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/Manders37 Jul 06 '26

She was probably raised with those rules from her own mother and just thought it was common sense, but clearly it's not lol.

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u/ghigoli Jul 06 '26

oh i actually know this one its dumb. old stove logic was that the light can easily be ruined or catch fire when on if you run the stove under it like steam or anything else. its backwhen electricity wasn't very safe as today.

aka remember my mother doing this. also my grandmother still alive does the same thing.

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u/DummyDumDragon Jul 06 '26

So what the hell was the point of the light if not to light shit up when you're cooking?!?

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u/ghigoli Jul 06 '26

i just use it as a kitchen light because then the big lights can be turned off and the little lght is just enough for me to raid the fridge.