Entitled mother demands neighbor give her their WiFi password to entertain her bored kids, neighbor refuses, leading to a dispute: ‘My internet is not community service’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Jun 22, 2025 9:00 AM EDT

When I was a kid, and I told my parents I was bored, their standard reply was 'Well, go play outside'. The majority of my childhood was spent playing hide and seek, dodgeball, and various card games with other kids in the neighborhood. That for sure made my parents very happy, not only because they felt like it was time well spent, but because they got to have some peace and quiet inside the house while I was running around outside. 

At a certain point, we were introduced to the computer and the internet, and that definitely took up some of the outside time from before. Hide and seek games were replaced by online games, and the internet became this fantastic thing we could not get enough of. 

These days, kids are pretty much lost without the internet. While I'm sure there are kids out there who still prefer grabbing a ball and going to play outside with their friends, we all know that most kids would rather just scroll through TikTok. What their parents think of that, however, is anyone's guess…

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  • It seems like the mom in the story below would rather her kids do whatever they want on their phones than have them complain about being bored. And while that is her business, when she came knocking on her neighbor's door demanding the WiFi password, it started crossing a line.

    Should the neighbor give in to the demands? Keep scrolling to read the full story and decide for yourselves.

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    My neighbor demanded I give her my Wi-Fi password "because her kids are bored"

    This happened last week. I live in a small apartment complex, and I occasionally chat with one of my neighbors nothing deep, just polite hellos.
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    She knocks on my door one afternoon and says, "Hey, my kids are home for the summer and they're driving me rts, my subscription just finished
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    my subscription just finished can I get your Wi-Fi password so they can stream stuff and play games?"
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    I politely told her I wasn't comfortable sharing my internet since I work from home and need it to be secure and stable.
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    She immediately went off, saying stuff like: "Common, It's just Wi-Fi!" She stormed off after I told her I wouldn't be changing my mind.
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    While walking away sge said "you're seriously being selfish over something you already pay for, assuming you had kids you will understand what it feels like"
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    Now she gives me dirty looks every time we pass each other outside.
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    AngelXlipsSweet OP Sorry your kids are bored, but that doesn't make my internet a community service.
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    PerhapsInAnotherLife It's a giant security risk and liability if they download something traceable to you.
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    SugaredZebra Yeah, she can... maybe... renew her subscription? Just an idea, it's not like this is rocket science
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    Vegetable Assist_736 That's what the library is for. Maybe she should try taking her kids
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    roydesoto51 Set up a special guest WiFi and redirect every URL to a Rick Astley video.
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    APuticulahInduhvidul Demand her credit card number because you're bored
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    Strange_Emotion_2646 "Oh yes, please let your children use up my bandwidth because you won't pay for your own service" said no one ever.
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    Wild RosieDream Imagine being so entitled that you think someone owes you internet just because your kids are bored. Next she'll be asking for your Netflix login and fridge access too.
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    wheres_mayramaines I have a child. If she's bored, it's my job to entertain her or provide a space where she can entertain herself. That, or we make playdates, but that means we also have to watch other kids too.
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    strywever "My work's security protocols don't allow me to share my network password, and they monitor access.
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    PyrexPizazz217 Make it a calculus problem clue, they can do something productive with their boredom.
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