— Denis, darling, you don’t mind if your sister stays with you, do you? Well, with the kids, of course. — And don’t you dare object, I’ve already decided.

Olga stood by the stove, stirring the vegetable soup, when the phone rang. Denis picked up the receiver, and within a second, from the tense way his back straightened, she understood—his mother was on the line. — Hi, Mom. What happened? Nadezhda’s voice flowed from the phone, sweet yet venomous: — Denis, dear, you wouldn’t […]

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Mother-in-law secretly re-registered the family cottage in her daughter’s name. Upon learning this, the daughter-in-law decided to teach the insolent relative a lesson.

Irina looked at the document, and her hands were trembling. The lines danced before her eyes, but the essence remained unchanged – the country house, their family’s country house, now belonged to Lena. How could that be? For ten years, Andrey and she had invested money, effort, and soul into it… And now her mother-in-law […]

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Your little fifi can do without a purse for thirty thousand. Give the money to your sister for the child…» the mother-in-law declared categorically.

Igor turned 33—a milestone age when some are already managing production, others going through divorces, and still others continuing to live by the rules set back in the eighth grade by a strict mother. Igor had grown accustomed to being the “good son.” Whenever he heard the word “independence,” he didn’t think of a mortgage […]

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She felt that she had become a nuisance to everyone — her son, her grandson, and even her granddaughter. She knew that the employees in her huge office called her nothing but “old hag.” She involuntarily approached the mirror:

She felt that she had annoyed everyone, including her son and both grandchildren. She knew that all the employees in her huge office called her nothing else but “old woman.” Involuntarily, she approached the mirror: «Am I really an old woman? I may be seventy, but I look wonderful,» she mused as she twirled, once […]

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