We spoke on a recent show about the joking consolation parents offer to a crying child, “It’ll be better before you’re married.” A podcast listener in Siberia emailed to say that in Russian, a similar saying translates to, “It has enough time to heal before you’re married.” This also shows up in a translation of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. This is part of a complete episode.
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