Sit down, my child. Soon you'll get married, having no idea how to keep your man. Remember, an argument always starts from sex. What do you mean, grandma? I'm saying that men have sexual needs, which they have to satisfy. Even if you're not in the mood, you get on with it and that's it. And if you want to have him under your thumb, you best learn to cook well. He's a man and he needs a warm meal. And if he knows a plate of food and sex are waiting for him at home, he'll never leave.
(Translated by Iulia-Teodora Urea / University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, MTTLC, year II / Corrected by Silvia Petrescu, coordinator of the translations)
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