A soon-to-be groom worries about his father's health as the old, surly man reminisces about his past. He must come face the reality of his family situation while tending to his own personal matters.

When a teenage girl meets with her father to remind him of his late alimony payments, she feels disappointed by his unhelpful reaction.

A father has failed his son and daughter multiple times. However, on his death bed, the father is determined to have her daughter be married, despite the daughter's fiancé continually postponing the wedding.

A woman with minimal relationship experience deals with the aftermath of her choice between her first love and her sick father.

A woman narrates the experience of sending her young daughter off every weekend to stay with her ex-husband and his boyfriend- until things change.

A peasant woman's life of hardship after a marriage without a dowry portion means she'll do anything to ensure her cruel, miserly husband produces a portion for their beautiful daughter.

A daughter recounts the story of how her parents came from Ireland to Massachusetts, and the regretful sentiments of each parent upon return visits to their hometowns.

When a young woman in a contemporary American city witnesses her father cheating on her mother, her entire world crashes down around her.

A father driving his son's girlfriend home at night takes a deliberately wrong turn and stops on a back road, where he demands she stop seeing his son. To counter his ultimatum, the girl threatens to accuse the father of sexual assault before leaving the car and running home through the night.

When a man's son visits with his new girlfriend, the father worries that she is only interested in the grand house and family money. The father knows he should not intervene in his son's relationship, but the more time he spends with them, the more he dislikes her and the more difficult it gets to stay quiet.