Fellow Nairalanders, my daddy is a civil servant and closes at 4pm each day while my mummy is a trader and she closes at 6pm. Each time my daddy comes back from work before her, he ll just dive into d kitchen and open d pot of soup or whatever meal that was prepared for d day and give himself a great treat. On most occasions forgetting to properly cover the pot.
This has been going on for sometime now making both of them to ve heavy arguments on most evenings. Pls i need ur comments on this cos i can't really figure out who is right or wrong. Thanks.

Some women don't like others messing with their pots of food, others don't mind.
Perhaps, your mother is among the former or perhaps your father leaves the pot 'area'/kitchen untidy...like -as you said- not properly closing the pot etc.
Let your mother dish your father's food out into a food flask or out into a smaller pot so whatever he does there is none of her business.

@Enoquin, thanks dear. I ll ve a talk with my mum on d idea of getting a flask. I never taught of this before. I just pray my dad don't start eating outside cos of this.

I suppose your folks must be hapilly married if pot of soup is the main cause of arguement between them. Kudos to them. I personally don't see a big deal in my husband opening the pots and dishing food himelf. Human Nature differ sha.

tripledub: @Enoquin, thanks dear. I ll ve a talk with my mum on d idea of getting a flask. I never taught of this before. I just pray my dad don't start eating outside cos of this.

I don't think your dad would start eating outside if your mum explained that perhaps the soup got spoilt sometimes because of maybe the way your father dished.
You are welcome

Is your mum the breadwinner? And your dad on the breadline? Perhaps that's what's giving her the impetus to quarrel with her husband over a common pot of soup.