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/^t/Our first mistake is that we assume we have to have a good time. And how can a man be happy when his partner requires him to put on his evening clothes and dance all night when he prefers sitting in his living-room and watching TV? And how can a woman be happy if she can see that Miss Jones wears a dress worth nine hundred zloty, and Mrs. Harris lost ten kilograms and looks like a model while she has had difficulties in fastening her five year old dress she is in? And how can she enjoy herself when she constantly has to control who her partner is talking to? Here arises the question of all those pathetic singles. How miserable that they were not invited by anyone. Now they are a danger for all unfaithfull or vindictive spouses. Of course our vicious remarks can destroy their good mood