Who will explain why charming brides most often turn out to be bitches? This question has tormented men for hundreds of years. However, this does not reduce the number of bitches. As does the number of marriages.

The thought of marriage literally haunts literature teacher Arseny Vasiliev. He looks for candidates in every way available to him. The girls he knows give him unhappy girlfriends, his friends offer him secretaries and abandoned wives. However, Arseny finds his wife literally nearby. After a parent-teacher meeting, the mother of one of the most negligent students unexpectedly invites him to visit. The teacher's soul, yearning for affection and comfort, immediately responded to the call of the mercantile mother.

But it turned out that family life was not an idyll at all. Instead of reading poetry in the evening on the balcony, Arseny is forced to listen to whining about the lack of money; instead of romantic sunsets, he watches the constant washing and pickling of cucumbers, and the faces of his friends are increasingly obscured by the unpleasant faces of provincial relatives. But true love was really nearby...

However, what is lost? The good thing about marriage is that you can always get a divorce. Moreover, according to statistics, there are nine guys for ten girls (as the famous song says)...