All Over The Tuna

Hubby and I just had the stupidest fight, and it was all about tuna salad! Since hubby doesn't have to work tomorrow he stayed up late tonight to play some Halo 3. He started getting hungry about an hour ago and said he was going to make tuna salad. That was fine by me. He can eat anything he wants if he's cooking it. I asked him if he knew what he was doing, and he said yeah just boil some eggs, mix them with tuna, mayo, and mustard. He doesn't cook much, but I figured he couldn't really mess this up.

Within 5 minutes hubby was yelling for me. I walked into the kitchen and he asked me how to boil eggs. Come on. He knows how to boil eggs. He's done it plenty of times. I knew he was just trying to get me to cook for him so he could get back to playing his game. Now my method for boiling eggs is put the eggs and hot water in a pan, bring to a boil, remove from heat and cover with lid for 17 minutes. Then put the eggs in ice water for 2 minutes while I bring the water to a boil again. Drop the eggs back in the boiling water for one minute each, transfer back to the ice water for 1 minute, and we have perfect boiled eggs! I went over it again with hubby, and went back to my work.

About 20 minutes later I started smelling a burning smell and went to investigate. Hubby didn't follow my instructions. He left the eggs boiling on the stove, and not only had all the water boiled out, but the bottom of my pan was scorched. I found hubby asleep on the couch! I about beat him with the tuna can! We argued about how he could have burned the house down, then he said he still wanted tuna salad if the eggs weren't ruined. They were a little rubbery, but they weren't burned, so I cut them up and made the tuna salad.

Hubby started yelling at me again because I didn't put enough mustard in it for his liking. He even used the phrase "this isn't the way my mom makes it." OK we've been married for 4 years, and never has he complained that I didn't make something just like his mom does. He's eaten my tuna salad too many times to count. We argued for a little while longer until I eventually just locked the door to my office. I swear if he were a woman I'd totally accuse him of being hormonal right now.