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The relationship between Masha and her mother-in-law was doomed from the start. At their very first meeting, Lidiya Ivanovna had decided that the future daughter-in-law was not her kind of person. She never missed an opportunity to convince her son of the mistake he was making: — Vitya, explain to me exactly what you saw […]

Step, I don’t understand what you want,» Katya said. «Nothing special,» Stepan replied. «I just want to be alone, take a break. Go to the country house, relax, lose a couple of kilos. You’re getting too soft.» He cast a disdainful glance at his wife’s figure. Katya knew she had gained weight due to her […]

Ten-year-old Grisha was hurrying home from school. His mother had strictly ordered him not to dawdle. That night, their cow had calved, and Lyudmila Sergeyevna spent the entire day by Zoryka and the newborn calf. Grisha was supposed to heat up lunch, wash the dishes, and do his homework. But it wasn’t household chores that […]

Dear, think up there—up high—about how to offend your wife. When you’ve figured it all out, let me know! I’ll let you down, – shouted a pretty woman from the cab of the crane. And dangling from the hook was a little house, the kind you’d see in every village courtyard. When this story is recalled […]

— Irina, all your attempts are in vain,” said Tamara Petrovna, watching as the young woman braided her hair before the start of the workday. “— What exactly are you talking about?” Irina turned to the elderly nurse who had been working in the hospital for several decades. “— About your hopes for something serious.” […]

— This is our son! — Anna jumped as if struck by an electric shock. — Are you blind? Don’t you see something’s wrong with him? — Ivan recoiled from the crib as if bitten by a poisonous snake. The room, redolent of sterility and baby formula, suddenly shrank to the size of a coffin. […]

— Are you waiting for someone? — her voice sounded even, without a trace of excitement. Taras looked up, and his face showed neither surprise nor confusion. He simply smiled. — You, of course. — Me? — Olesya felt as if the ground were slipping from under her feet. — Or, perhaps, Zhanna? — All […]

— Yulia, I’ve prepared a surprise for you! — said the mother-in-law with a strange and slightly frightening tone. — I know you love surprises! You’re definitely going to like this one! Yulia looked skeptically at her husband’s inexplicably cheerful mother, who was also oddly dressed—in a white medical coat and bright, multicolored polka-dot trousers. […]

When my relatives didn’t come to my wedding, I immediately understood why. People, for whom their own needs were far more important than the joy for a loved one, thought they were showing pride, but I knew that in reality it was envy and selfishness. Even though I am only 21, at this age I […]

Marina unlocked her apartment door with her key, entered, and switched on the light in the hallway. The first thing that caught her eye was a pair of red women’s shoes standing in the hallway. She recognized them immediately—they were the shoes… That morning at work, Marina had felt unwell. A sudden wave of nausea […]