A man says his partner put his card back on her Uber Eats and ordered $40 of McDonald’s nearly every day, then told him to pay the minimum

Splitting the cost of takeout is a common flashpoint for couples who live together, though one man says his partner took it much further. The 36-year-old claims she put his credit card back on her Uber Eats account after he removed it, then ordered McDonald’s almost every day. He now says he plans to change the locks.

In a post on Reddit in r/AmItheAsshole, the man says he deleted his credit card from the account a few weeks earlier, as the spending had reached around $40 (£30) at a time almost every weekday. He says he told his partner, who is also 36, that he could not afford those costs. His latest statement, he wrote, showed the card had been added back.

He then checked the order history and says he found McDonald’s orders of about $40 (£30) nearly every day, starting the day after he removed the card. Big fast-food bills can rack up quickly, as one Ohio man found when his Big Macs and nuggets order came to a memorable total. Because his partner works from home and he does not, he claims there was no packaging or other sign of deliveries when he got back from work.

He says she told him he could pay the minimum

When he raised the charges, the poster says his partner called him unreasonable and suggested he make the minimum payment on his credit card bill. He told her he expected the full amount transferred before the payment was due on the 20th.

In an update, the poster says a colleague was prepared to give a statement confirming he was at work when the card was used. He was reportedly told the charges would likely be a civil matter, as he could not prove he had restricted her use. Disputes over cards and what they cover come up in other ways too, like the traveler whose Amex Platinum was turned away from a Delta Sky Club.

The man says the deadline passed without the money arriving, despite a reminder text, so he asked her to leave, and her family agreed to take her in for now. He says a colleague who stopped by the house found his partner’s car gone, and he plans to change the locks once he gets home from work.

Paying only the minimum is a slow and costly way to clear a credit card balance. The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority estimates that a balance of around $5,350 (£4,000) at 30% APR would take 10 years and 10 months to repay through minimum payments. Under FCA rules, providers must contact customers who pay more in interest and charges than they repay over 18 months.

The account comes solely from the poster, and his partner’s side of the story could not be verified.