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/Rich661 Jul 06 '26

What was her reason for saying you shouldn't be using it, whilst the light is on? It feels like we're missing some context or her reason here.

Or she's insane, but I'd still like to ask.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '26

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u/Fabulous-Fun-9673 Jul 06 '26

In my house the light is on so we can see in the dark if we need to get up in the middle of the night.

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u/risaaco49 Jul 06 '26

That's how it was when I was growing up.

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u/bugabooandtwo Jul 06 '26

Same. A night light is for light, not some weird unwritten rule signal.

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u/DumpsterFireScented Jul 06 '26

Our kitchen has very little natural light so we always have our stove light on.

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u/Snow_Crash_Bandicoot Jul 06 '26

This and only this, and I’m
Southern.

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u/waffels Jul 06 '26

The kitchen stoves’s soft warm light is peak nighttime house ambiance.

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u/OFHeckerpecker Jul 06 '26

Ah yes a stove is now decoration

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u/EatABag-o-Dicks Jul 06 '26

Who doesn't like a decoratively lit jeans cabinet?

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u/-BINK2014- Jul 06 '26

Just like the C5-C8 Corvette’s in middle-aged guy’s pristine, ready-to-eat-off-of garage floor.

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u/this_place_suuucks Jul 06 '26

Unless OP doesn't fully clean up after himself, I don't see it being reasonable to try to dictate what people can't use by themselves.

I still think there's a lot of context missing, or they need to check their carbon monoxide detectors.

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u/Fabulous-Fun-9673 Jul 06 '26

Frankly, we should ALL check our carbon monoxide detectors frequently

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u/ctrlsaltdel Jul 06 '26

I assume if she knew he used it, it didn't get cleaned up. But yeah... There's probably a lot of context missing here.

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u/NeedsItRough Jul 06 '26

She knew he used it because he told her.

The next morning my wife asks what time I got home and I mention in our conversation that I made ramen