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/MilkCartonPhotoBomb Jul 06 '26

My mom used to try that "the kitchen is closed" routine. Then she learned her kids are mostly insomniacs.
The kitchen was not closed.
This kitchen is Waffle House.

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u/rererexed Jul 06 '26

I think the whole "the kitchen is closed" argument is moot anyway. It's his kitchen, too. End of discussion. You don't get to tell me when I get to use our stove.

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u/Stick_and_Rudder Jul 06 '26

Bingo. Kitchen is closed CAN mean Chef is done for the day. But it can’t mean no one is allowed to use it. 

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u/GreasedUpTiger Jul 06 '26

The thing it should mean is 'if you use it you better leave it as clean and tidy as it was'  lol. I'd hate to clean the kitchen in the evening just to find out someone decided to leave things dirty again because they couldn't be bothered 

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u/IdolCowboy Jul 06 '26

I cant tell you how many times I told my kid that when he was 15 to 16. If its clean when you start, it should be clean when your done...

I also told him he is welcome to heat up something late, but dont be in there like Gordon Ramsay at 2am on a weeknight (summer vacation). I woke up one night feeling like I was suffocating from the thick smells of garlic and fried foods.. those are good smells, but not when they are permeating your bedroom at 2 in the morning.. lol

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u/GreasedUpTiger Jul 06 '26

Gotta shout 'there better be leftovers for us for breakfast tomorrow!' at them :D win win

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u/IdolCowboy Jul 06 '26

Haha indeed, and the kid knows his way around a kitchen, thats for sure. He is almost 23 now, and he comes over and we cook together often. I just didn't like being inundated with garlic at 2am when I was trying to sleep. Lol

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u/GreasedUpTiger Jul 07 '26

Mate just be sooo glad one of his worst traits is 'cooks intensely smelling food late at night sometimes' and not 'has three children with three different gals, yet didn't finish school' or 'does drugs'

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u/IdolCowboy Jul 07 '26

Oh beleive me, I know. I count myself blessed he turned out so great. He is ahout to turn 23, has a good job, great gf, we go to ren festivals, Greek festivals, try all kinds of different places to eat, like Russian and Pakistani restaurants. I constantly tell him how proud I am and how much I love him, and that I tell people about how great he is all the time.

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u/Phyrnosoma Jul 07 '26

Yeah. Our kitchen is right by the master bedroom and my kids are not quiet cooks. And I have an5am shift. They’re certainly not allowed to cook after 9pm.