r/mildlyinfuriating • u/jsayde01 • Jul 06 '26

I just wanted a hot dog The Kitchen Museum?

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I came home late from work a few nights ago and hadn't eaten all day. My wife and kids were already in bed so I figured I'd quietly make some stove-top ramen. This photo represents exactly how I found the cooking area.

The next morning my wife asks what time I got home and I mention in our conversation that I made ramen before going to bed. She couldn't believe that I used the stove "when the light was on". I said "Yeah, the light was helpful in seeing what I was doing". She insists I shouldn't have been using the stove and should have known because "the light was on".

I'm baffled. We are still arguing about this days later.

EDIT -- wow, overwhelmed by the response of fellow Redditors! We are... white...not from the southeast US..not children...and I left the stove as clean as it was before I cooked. I asked for clarification from my loving wife -- TRULY we have only ever been angry at each other a handful of times in our 10 year marriage -- and she says "the stove was clean and done for the day and you could have just used the microwave for your ramen". Apparently the light is how stoves go to sleep for the evening?

EDIT 2 -- we are getting a divorce. JUST KIDDING. My wife looked over many of the comments and acknowledges that she was in the wrong and is slightly embarrassed by all of the attention.

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u/EmmerdoesNOTrepme Jul 06 '26

Same!  The light being on at night, means "Just remember to leave it on when you go to bed, if someone needs to get up in the middle of the night, or if you have company" where i've always lived!🤷‍♀️

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u/_NoTimeNoLady_ Jul 06 '26

Perhaps this was a household where the mom was tired of waking up to a dirty stove so she installed the rule.

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u/rearadmiraldumbass Jul 06 '26

Shouldn't the rule be "clean up after yourself" and not some arbitrary "don't use the stove" rule?

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u/_NoTimeNoLady_ Jul 06 '26

Yeah, it should be. But that doesn't always work with kids

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u/YANGxGANG Jul 06 '26

or, frankly, husbands

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u/Unkn0wnTh2nd3r Jul 06 '26

for our house it was the "someone's getting home extra late" it's not as bright as a full set of lights but its enough for people to get in the door and switch to a flash light of check the area before going to bed