In Russian society it’s considered that men want sex, and women only endure it. In reality it’s the opposite: it manifests itself as people grow older. Besides, the lifespan of a marriage is just a few years. Whether it survives longer or falls apart depends only on the spouses themselves. Wives—heroines of the stories in this collection—try to solve the problem in their own way. Some readers’ methods may seem too radical. But someone will think it through and try it on themselves. © Viktor Ulin, 2021 — photo. © Viktor Ulin, 2021 — cover design. Contains obscene language.