Translated material
Paradoxes of worldly wisdom
The plot of Denis Dragunsky
One man cheated on his wife quite often - five or even six times a year. In general, about once every two months. But he easily forgave himself these betrayals. Because it was either a sudden passion, a sunstroke, a shock - and a complete readiness to drop everything and start life from scratch (which, however, never happened). Or carefree and harmless one-time sex, fool around on vacation, on a business trip or at the dacha, when he came to look after the masters, and a neighbor suddenly called to help carry firewood for the fireplace. That is, either something very serious, or something completely frivolous. Who will throw the stone? At least he didn't throw stones at himself.
His wife knew about these betrayals through mutual friends. But she was silent. She herself cheated on him, and considered herself just a model of morality, because she did it only twice. She had only two lovers in her twenty years of marriage, “and not simultaneously, but successively,” she laughed, letting in a clever foreign word: that is, not simultaneously, but sequentially. There were only two lovers in twenty years, you understand? That is, one was, and the other continued, because they were constant lovers. And she had sex on the side much more often than her husband - three times a month, the smallest.
They say they continue to live together.
One relatively young man had a girlfriend with whom he lived for almost a year. At first they just enjoyed love, without any mutual obligations, but then little by little she began to hint about marriage. Of course, he pretended that he did not understand anything, but when she put the question point-blank, he answered: “Why bind yourself with the bonds of civil status? We do love each other! What do you really not like?" That is, he refused to marry her. And she immediately broke up with him, right on the same day.
He did not expect such playfulness from her, he was very upset, but pretty soon forgot about her. But then - about ten years later - he suddenly found out that she was living a free bohemian life, changing lovers - either she had an artist, then a translator, or in general - a long-married major theater figure. This fact hurt him greatly and offended him.
Once he caught her at some party and directly asked:
“There’s one thing I can’t understand, Alyonushka. You so insisted on a legal marriage, you were so offended that I did not run with you to the registry office. And now you live like a free hetaera, with married men, and you feel great. And she didn’t want to live with me simply and freely. Why so?
“Because,” she answered seriously, “because I loved you very much and wanted to be your wife.” And all of these are nonsense.
He took a breath for a minute, but nothing could be done, because he had already been married for seven years, his son would soon go to school.
Yes, and she, to be honest, has already fallen out of love with him and her dreams of a house, husband, child.
One woman, having pushed around enough after the tragedies of her youth, finally got back together with a man who had been the cause of many of her misfortunes. The daughter, who perfectly remembered her humiliation and suffering, asked her:
- Mom, how is it? After all, he…
But she interrupted:
“I just don't have anyone else.
"You don't even have me?" the daughter wondered.
She was offended and stopped communicating with her. However, they used to see each other three times a year. Two birthdays and Easter.
But then the daughter was suddenly left alone with the child and without money, she fell ill - and wrote a letter to her mother. She zasobiralsya to her in another city. The man was against it, especially since he remembered how badly this girl treated him. He said, "It's either her or me!"
The woman said, "Of course she is!" But not because she loved her daughter so much, but because she hated ultimatums.
One person always smelled strongly of cutlets. Fresh, homemade, delicious. With bread soaked in milk and, most importantly, with garlic.
Therefore, he was not promoted and was not taken to another job, and his wife cheated on him with some contemptuous ease, considering herself entitled.
Although she cooked these meatballs for him herself, that's what's amazing.