The ironic meaning of the title of Denis Gutsko’s story “Men Don’t Cry” is revealed as the story progresses about the fate of a woman who is forever abandoned by her husband who is easy to cheat on. For some time she finds solace with the hero of the holiday romance, but in the end everything returns to normal: the lover goes to his family, the husband to his. The story by Evgeniy Novikov “The Mistress of the White Cloud” is about the dreams of a young married woman, the wife of a jealous man captain - ends with a comical scene: the husband bursts into an empty bedroom in search of a non-existent lover.