You’ll transfer half of the property to me if you want to become my son’s wife,” the future mother-in-law stated coldly. “Can you imagine? I still can’t believe it!

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Can you believe it, I still can’t believe it!” Angela stirred sugar in her cappuccino cup, oblivious to the slowly settling foam. “Just two months… In two months, I’ll be a wife.” Nadezhda smiled, watching her friend. Their favorite coffee shop on the corner of Sadovaya Street had been their meeting spot for the last … Read more

How did you quit your job, and what are we going to live on—did you think about that?” yelled the mother-in-law on the phone.

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Olya, what time do you need to be at work tomorrow?” Anton asked his wife during dinner. “Early, we have a commission.” “Won’t you be able to take your mother to the hospital?” “No, there’s no way, you do it.” “So I’ll have to ask for time off..” “And me? After all, you have a … Read more

The orphan fed a hungry old man in the park, and the next day, a luxurious car pulled up to the shelter.

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Who ran into the cafeteria again and stole a loaf of bread?” Lidia Fedorovna, the caretaker, scolded as she opened the door to the children’s room. “Not me!” yelled one of the kids. The others echoed him. Sasha said the same, but his response seemed unnatural. “So it was you?” Lidia Fedorovna grabbed him by … Read more

A boy from a drinking family protected a rich man’s daughter from dogs. The father wanted to find him and thank him.

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Ivan Viktorovich shouted in complete bewilderment: — How can it be — she can’t be found anywhere?! Did she just disappear? The bewildered nanny tried to justify herself: — I really can’t imagine how this happened. I was only distracted for a moment… And then this dog, people started to scatter. I turned around to … Read more

— Upon arriving to meet her future mother-in-law, Tanya discovered that the groom’s mother had invited his old flame to visit.

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Are you bringing your fiancée for New Year’s?” Valeriya Ivanovna frowned. She didn’t want her son, Lyonya, to marry so young, especially not to some newcomer from the provinces. She wasn’t acquainted with Tanya and didn’t plan to be. But she didn’t want to tell her son that. Valeriya Ivanovna was a cunning woman and … Read more

I tried to befriend my mother-in-law for three years, and she secretly set my husband up with his ex

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Mom, what are you doing?” Pavel stood in the doorway, holding Vera Nikolaevna’s hand as she determinedly headed for the cupboard with the dishes. “I’m helping your wife with the table setting. Fifteen people—it’s no joke. Everything needs to be beautifully organized,” the mother-in-law attempted to free her hand. “Fifteen people?” Alina froze with a … Read more

You can do as you please at your own home, understood! But here, I am the master, and I will do as I see fit!

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I’ve gone home, Denis! I don’t want to listen to your mother’s complaints anymore!” Nina replied to her husband, putting on her shoes at the doorway. “Nin, she didn’t really say anything bad! She was just pointing out your mistakes! If I were you, I’d listen and try not to repeat them!” The man stood … Read more

Why did you come home so early?” the husband was startled, instinctively closing the door in his wife’s face.

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Why did you come home so early?!” the husband exclaimed in fright, instinctively closing the door in his wife’s face. “What do you mean?” Svetlana managed to wedge her bag in the doorway to stop the door from slamming shut. The situation resembled a cheap joke. Only, in this anecdote, the role of the ‘traveling … Read more

When I heard the lawyer’s words, it felt like the ground disappeared beneath me. ‘Your father left you an inheritance.’ I stared blankly at the man in the formal suit sitting across from me.

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When I heard the lawyer’s words, it felt like the floor disappeared under my feet. ‘Your father left you an inheritance.’ I stared blankly at the man in the formal suit sitting across from me. My father had passed away more than twenty years ago, when I was just a little girl. How could he … Read more