Man, woman, apple. That's the threesome with which the story begins. Unfortunately. Because what would we have been spared if it hadn't been for that stupid thing with the snake! But Adam and Eve, the forerunners of all marriages, long-term relationships and day-part relationships, had to allow themselves to be seduced, were thrown out of paradise for it, and that's where we still stand today - paradise barricaded. And so men and women still have to deal with misunderstandings, jealousy, problem discussions and break-up seminars, in other words all the "pleasures" that relationship life has to offer.
The modern relationship is open and emotionally flexible. From hormone-fueled love affairs to marriage out of calculation: some marry at 18, not out of love, but because spouses are allowed to copy each other's work in class. Others stay together despite the break-up because there is a minimum order value at the pizza service.
And let's be honest: how is it with you? Which sentence gives you more pleasure? "I love you" or "We'll open till 2 for you"? Because being in a relationship means sharing worries that you wouldn't have had on your own. A typical lose-lose situation. But there are these ravishing feelings associated with it.
Frank Sauer's inimitable blend of wit and depth once again peeks out cheekily from under the comforter. He digs deep into the relationship jungle of polygamy and psychology, forced marriage, corona collars, marriage-damaged shrimps and species-appropriate male husbandry. And at the end, he sits on the tree of knowledge, giggling and summarizing: If God baked Adam and Eve out of clay and then breathed the divine breath into them, then man is - a puff cake.