Hi! First time poster here etc. Let me begin with given some background info. I am the one who pays for our joint spotify family account which includes myself, my sister and her two childre, my dad an my brother. We’ve had a family account for 3 years. Usually I pay the monthly subscription and we divide the sum at the end of the year (november) and i get my money back. Everyone on the account knows that I pay for my dad’s share and my own. My sister lets me use her other subsc to compensate for her and her childrens share. It’s okay for me since we’ve estimated that it’s enough to compensate. OFC we still divide the yearly subscription fee to 6 and usually my brother pays me back his own fee (1/6) of the yearly fee.
But the problem is that I always have to remind him months in advance and nearly beg him to pay me back. Same thing happened this year where I began to remind him already on October. He told me to wait till November, I waited he didn’t pay me back. Same thing happened on December and January. On January I finally snapped at him via tex, he payed me back. I told him I didn’t want to be disrespected anymore, that I worked for my money too, and told himI would remove him from the account as I didn’t want to beg him to pay me back anymore next year and then removed him from the shared account. Now he hardly speaks to me on even on the family group chat. AITA?
NTA. You had an agreement. He owes you money. He hasn’t paid. You’re totally within your rights / not an asshole.
NTA. Your brother obviously can’t be trusted with his payment. Think of yourself like the companies who pause subscription if you don’t pay… Kinda like what you did. Could always add him again if he becomes more trustworthy, or make him pay at the start before he can use it again.
NTA. It gets boring having to continuously remind someone to pay you back, it’s not worth the time or hassle.
Why can’t your brother pay upfront? No payment then the password changes
NTA. Sound like the cold shoulder is a blessing, at least you won’t have to bother with his payments anymore.
NTA… he doesn’t mind using the service, he should pay without having to be told.
NTA you took on this responsibility so the fam could enjoy the family plan, and everyone respects paying their part except him. And the cost of him paying his part for a family plan is way cheaper than an individual plan. He obviously can’t afford his 1/6th, if he’s making you wait several months. I think you definitely made the right call. He can just go be a child on his own and sulk in his corner, music less 🤣