This is a parable about one man who avoided the bonds of marriage all his life. And when he was dying at the age of ninety, someone asked him:
“You never got married, but you never said why. Now, on the brink of death, satisfy our curiosity. If there is any secret, even now reveal it - after all, you are dying, leaving this world. Even if your secret is found out, it won't hurt you.
The old man replied:
- Yes, I keep one secret. Not that I was against marriage, but I was always looking for the perfect woman. I spent all the time looking, and so my life flew by.
- But really, on the entire huge planet inhabited by millions of people, half of whom are women, you could not find one single ideal woman?
A tear rolled down the dying old man's cheek. He replied:
- No, I did find one.
The questioner was completely at a loss.
- Then what happened, why didn't you get married?
And the old man replied:
- That woman was looking for the perfect man ...
