Yukino Yukinoshita liked horseback riding—could an ordinary family satisfy her need to ride?
Of course, horseback riding was only a hobby, and giving it up was no big deal. But if she could give up riding today, then tomorrow she could give up something else she liked. And the day after tomorrow, or the day after that?
People were like that. If they yielded from the very beginning, they would eventually grow used to yielding...
Perhaps some would say that she yielded because she married for love. But setting aside the initial freshness that made most people's hearts flutter, could people of different social standing truly feel happy after being together for a long time?
Before marrying "love," a young lady's life was: "Music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, and flowers..."
After marrying "love," a young lady's life became: "Firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea..."
Perhaps when a young lady first encountered "firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea," she would make a huge fuss with the poor boy. When had they ever suffered such hardship? But the poor boy could argue back:
"Firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea are everything in the lives of people like us. I don't understand romance. You were the one who said you didn't need romance..."
Uh, wasn't that a form of PUA too?
Once young ladies accepted the shift away from "music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, and flowers," and let "firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea" become everything in their lives, what else could they not endure?
Some might regret it, but with things having come this far, what use was regret?
They could only blame it on—the mistakes of youth, mistakes they had no choice but to spend their entire