Do you ever think you forgot to turn off the stove?

Haha.. Water the dogs... No, I never *knock on wood* have forgotten any of that before.. Usually turning the stove off is just by habit. Be careful though.. My mom and dad (they were drunk of course) forgot they were cooking, passed out, and the house basically burnt down halfway about 8 years ago. It's one thing if you forget to make your bed one morning or something small like that, but anything that could have really bad consequences should be taken very seriously and your number one priority. Good luck, and don't worry too much or too little!

It is such a horrible feeling when that happens, I have left the house a few times and then wondered if I left such and such a thing on because I cannot remember turning it off. I have never left the house and left the oven on although I have often forgot to turn it off when I am in the house which is annoying!

I got distracted by a television show years ago, after I started heating some oil to fry some tortillas. I ran to the kitchen and found a fire from the pan licking the cabinets above. Silly me, I tried to move the pan to the sink. Without any gloves (it was a cast iron skillet) I had to put it down on the linoleum floor that of course that got burned, leaving a black circle in the middle of the floor. As well as second degree burns on my hands. By the way, one is not supposed to use water on grease fires. In my case the easy solution would be to take another pan the same size or bigger and cover it, smothering the fire. A CO2 fire extinguisher is also good, but don't spray too close from the side! The burning oil will spread all over. It's best to fire it off at a distance, aiming above the flames so that the gas will go down on it.

I always have to double (and sometimes triple) check to make sure these things are done. LOL Here's one of my favorites, though it didn't happen to me personally. My aunt and uncle had left to go somewhere (a trip, I think). When they were almost to their destination my aunt asks her husband "Did you remember to close the garage door?" I have to wonder what made my aunt decide to ask my uncle at that point at not before, though I'm guessing she didn't think about it until then. Was it closed? Nope. My uncle lost a brand new tool chest (one of those big fancy ones) because of it.

I do things like this all the time. I'll get half way to work and start wondering if I turned the stove off or unplugged the hair straightener! Sometimes I end of even turning around to check, but it everything is always fine! Better safe than sorry I guess!

You are not alone I often find myself doubling back to cheack if I flushed the toilet because a lot of times I cannot remember hearing it flush.

I do it all the time, but usually I just get out of the driveway. I also do a checklist before leaving the house. I do have a habit of leaving the stove or oven on after cooking. My husband has gotten to the point, he checks it after supper. I think it is more trying to get the food on the table and just carry it off and don't turn it off lol. I don't think you are losing your mind.

I forget so many typical simple things as of late. A couple years ago I was making bread pudding from scratch. I cubed up some day old bread. Spread them on a cookie sheet. Placed them in a 200 degree overn. A few hours later the house stunk. Going into the kitchen I opened the oven. Hahahaha! I had black burnt crumbs, no bread in sight. I have turned around after a few miles not knwoing if my door was locked recently as well. Not losing your mind, just your memory.

Hello! I am not a regular cook.However often I am required to cook our meals and most of the times I forget to switch off the gas stove which have been detected by my wife later.And she everytime reminds me to switch off the gas stove.One night it was not switched off and the stove was burning the whole night.I don't know how much gas have been lost that night.I am sorry for this.thanx.

Hey!! Oh no, you are not loosing your mind it happens with me too at time. its just hat we are pre-occupied with other thing to remember small things which come quite naturally. I used to get in the middle of the night to check if i locked the door! Well, it actually dosnt matter we are just being cautious!! prevention is always better than cure, right?

my husband and i have done that on occasion

no actually i wont use the stove ...in my house my grand mother used to forgot to off the stove when cooking is over....she did it many times as she is very old and later my mom stopped her for cooking...

Hi there... you are not alone!!! I am just as bad. I always worry whether I locked stuff, turned things off, plugged out appliances etc. Most of the time the only way I will remember that I have done stuff is to say what I have done out loud immediately after doing it. Otherwise I can't remember and it drives me crazy!!!!

this has hapenned to me a couple of times before. Once, a couple minutes after leaving, I drove back to my house just to check that I had close the garage door, which I was. I think this happens to a lot of people around the world every day, specially with every day activities.

I do that all of the time, and it is so frustrating. I try to make a habit just like you to make sure the stove is turned off, the cats have food and water etc. when I leave the house. I have left the house and then start to think whether or not I turned the stove off, I have a habit of turning the dial on simmer and forgetting to turn it completely off. I do that with the iron as well, leave home, then try to rememember if I unpluged the iron. It really is an uncomforting feeling not knowing whether these things were done or not, and of course when you go back to check everything was okay.