By Paige Freshwater,Ravi Meah

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A frustrated man declared his marriage was “over” after accusing his “entitled” wife of spending nearly £900 on something most couples don’t end up breaking up over – takeaways. The anonymous husband revealed on Reddit his intention to divorce his wife over her spending habits, claiming the straw that broke the camel’s back was her dishonesty. He explained how he worked every day to earn enough money to keep food in the fridge and a roof over their heads while his wife was unemployed. However, he recently found out she spent a fortune on delivery apps, not only wasting their money but also damaging her health in the process. “My unemployed wife had spent $1,176 (£876) on delivery apps in just a month,” he revealed in an ‘Am I The A******e’ post on the social media site. “This is egregiously outside of what we can afford to spend on takeout. And since she didn’t seem willing to stop, I cancelled our credit card and moved the money from our joint account into my own.” His wife complained this was unfair and chided him for leaving her without money, but he maintained it was for her own benefit. He went on: “She threw several tantrums despite apparently being severely malnourished, threatened divorce, threw a bunch of the food we had in the fridge away to try and strong-arm me into letting her get takeout, and even tried to guess my bank account password a bunch of times (sorry my password isn’t TacoBell123). “That last one was how I learned if you try to guess someone’s bank account password enough times, the bank will send them an automated email.” But then on a Friday, her complaints stopped completely and the threats came to an end. He assumed everything had returned to normal until he went to put the bins out and discovered “dozen fast food bags and other takeout containers in it”. The man said: “My wife wasn’t supposed to have access to money. I had no idea how she was affording the food. I confronted her about it and first she denied everything. I had to bring all of her fast food garbage in to get her to fess up: she had taken out a loan. “Now, I thought that she had borrowed money from a friend or family member. But she had taken out one of those predatory payday loans. I have no idea how she was approved.” He continued: “Within the next hour, I froze my credit. I then drove her to the payday loan place, where I paid the loan off in cash. I will now have to dip further into my savings to pay the rent. “I suppose in a certain way, cutting her off was successful. She didn’t order takeout anymore. She just drove to the restaurants to pick up her food, for the low low price of $20 (£15) for every $100 (£75) she borrowed, or $60 (£44) in fees in total.” Feeling utterly defeated, he disclosed he wanted a divorce due to her spending habits and dishonest behaviour. “I told her that we would be getting divorced,” he said despairingly. “So yeah. My marriage is over. I don’t even know what alimony laws in my state are like, but I assume she’ll happily live in a cardboard box under a bridge if Uber Eats will bring her food there.” Replying to his post, one user advised: “I would keep the receipts for the court so that they can see how much she spent on takeaways.” Another user chimed in: “She has a serious food addiction. It isn’t just a matter of buying take out or not being able to cook. She needs professional help. Not that it’s your responsibility.” A third person offered more words of comfort, saying: “It’s not gonna feel good right now, but trust that your future self will thank you for what you’ve done. I would seriously bring up her expenditures, food waste, and financial dangers she put you through in the proceedings. She INTENTIONALLY put both of you in financial danger.”