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Anna opened the door and froze. On the threshold stood her mother-in-law with two strangers and a bouquet of wilted chrysanthemums.   — Anna, meet them! — Elena Petrovna beamed. — This is Roman and Svetlana, Sergey’s first cousins. They’re passing through the city, and I decided… — Hello, — Anna replied coolly, not moving […]

  When I heard Maxim say that my family heirloom should be sold to satisfy his mother’s whims, something clicked in my head. Five years of life together, five years of patience and compromise turned to dust in just a few minutes. But let me start from the beginning. It all began that fateful evening […]

“Well then, of course, he can. Rent is seventy thousand a month.” Lyudmila and Andrey had been married for about twenty years. They had an older son, Denis, who had just graduated from school and entered university, and a younger daughter, Milana, who had just started eighth grade. The family lived harmoniously: there were hardships, […]

“We’ll Crash At Your Place For The Whole Vacation. We’re Family, So Get Ready! And Don’t Forget To Set The Table With Some Shashlik!” A message like that came to her husband’s phone. Tatyana, seeing the note from her sister-in-law, boldly opened it and decided to read. But after learning what her husband’s sister had […]

Natalya was wiping dust off the coffee table when she heard a familiar crunch. She lifted her head and froze. On the dark surface she had just cleaned, trash had reappeared. Sunflower seed shells. She glanced at the sofa, where Inga, her sister-in-law, sprawled. — Inga, maybe stop making a mess? — Natalya’s voice trembled […]

When I walked into the restaurant in a terrycloth robe the color of fresh carrots and house slippers with pink pom-poms, the waiter didn’t believe at first that I was the birthday boy’s wife. I swear I saw his eye twitch as he tried to figure out whether I was a lunatic or this was […]

  Valentina sat staring at one spot, unable to look away. No, this simply couldn’t be! And with her too — this should not be happening. She kept rereading the message her husband had obviously sent to the wrong woman by mistake. The text was short but painfully clear. Fyodor was explaining to his mistress […]

The call came on Saturday morning when Yulia was still lying in bed with a cup of coffee. The screen showed the name of her mother-in-law — Valentina Petrovna. Usually, that didn’t bode well. “Yulechka, dear,” came the syrupy sweet voice, “how are you? How’s your mood?” “Fine,” Yulia answered cautiously. When her mother-in-law started […]