When Andrey and I got married, we immediately decided to live separately from our parents. At first they lived in rented apartments, and then, when finances began to allow, they took housing on a mortgage. I had a good relationship with my mother-in-law, I always considered her a sensible and reasonable woman. Sometimes I even …

Only two of my friends know about this story, and I don’t dare tell anyone else. And I can’t calm down for the second year. I wanted to work early because I needed my money. It was a shame to beg even a mere penny from my mother. And Dad thought he didn’t need to …

Olga Petrovna looked attentively at her son-in-law, who was repairing a broken stool. Finally, the son-in-law could not stand the overseer’s gaze, and politely asked: – And why are you looking at me like that? Am I doing everything wrong again? – You fix it, Tolya, fix it, – the woman also answered suspiciously politely. …

Sitting by the window, Nina Andreevna looked out at the street. Snow fell in large flakes on the ground, enveloping it in a snow-white canvas. The glass felt a little cool. The women’s peers were walking: some alone, some in pairs. Her neighbor, Nadezhda Ivanovna, was sitting on a bench, wrapped in a down shawl, …

The situation in my family is terrible, so I want to ask readers for help. I am now 22 years old, but I have experienced so much that it would be enough for several lifetimes. For every person, parents are the closest people on earth who can always help and come to the rescue in …

Everyone says that summer is the hottest time, summer romances, love and so on happen, but I’m willing to bet, since my story happened in the fall… I was then thirty-five, old enough, married, had two twin children, worked at a factory, became a foreman and was preparing for a vacation with my family. In …