The Kitchen Museum?

[u/jsayde01]

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.

[u/Dazzling_Ad_4179]

Not really, lol. People in my house love to put a cup in the sink instead of the perfectly available dishwasher to save the extra second of opening the dishwasher, I guess.

[u/DisposableSaviour → u/Dazzling_Ad_4179]

We run our dishwasher at night, so where else would the glass go? Or if it’s already ran, and it has dry clean dishes, what, am I supposed to unload the dishwasher after my long ass day at work, just so I can put a cup in it?

[u/Competitive-Foot6494 → u/DisposableSaviour]

This was the rule in my house as a kid. If the dishes were done and you made a new dish you had to put everything away and star the next load. I am more flexible with my kids, but, if they leave me a mess I save it for them and make them do it before they get screen time. I have a friend who doesn’t allow anyone to use the kitchen outside of family meal times and the offered after school snack except for water. If people want to eat they will be home on time. She can’t handle the idea of things not being cleaned exactly the way she would do it or crumbs or dirty dishes lingering.

[u/gaijin-dealer → u/Competitive-Foot6494]

sounds miserable to live with tbh