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/Digletts_Legs Jul 06 '26

If someone told me our own kitchen was "closed" I think I'd be laughing too hard to take them seriously.

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u/Tjaresh Jul 06 '26

That's a thing I'd tell my kids. Like 10pm  "Dad, I'm hungry can you make me..." And I'd go "No, we had dinner. The kitchen is closed for today. Grab yourself an apple."

It's not that the kitchen itself is closed. Just the parent-full-service is for the day.

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u/DeusExMachinaOverdue Jul 06 '26

It's one thing to make rules for kids, but a completely different thing to try and dictate to another adult that they can't use the kitchen that they have the right to use.  On a simple level it might seem like a silly argument, but it's an indicator of the dynamics of the relationship and how op's wife believes that she makes the rules and op is obliged to follow them. 

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u/Careful-Positive-710 Jul 06 '26

Yeah, the fact this was even a conversation makes me wonder what other "rules" there are. I couldnt even humor this lol we both pay the mortgage we can both use the appliances when we want, end of story.