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When a young woman can't seem to shake a strange man at a conference, she decides to get to know him a little better despite her first instincts.
Following a messy breakup, an MIT graduate and a PhD student at Indiana University separately talk about the problems in their former relationship in two spliced-together conversations, exploring conflicts surrounding language, intimacy, commitment, and intellectualism.
A co-worker gives a new staff member an introductory tour of the office, while providing small gossip about other employees along the way.
One woman’s affair leads to a lifelong revelation.
On a cold night in Indianapolis, a chance meeting brings two lonely divorcees together. For the night, they pretend to be a happy couple, hoping to work through the problems of their past relationships, grasping for some kind of genuine human connection.
A nameless person tells a story of when they had an intimate conversation over dinner with a former schoolmate whom they idealized.
Three people all sit down to talk after a night of drinking, but the agenda of one dinner guest changes the night.
A man meets his girlfriend’s mother. While at first she is cold to him, because of a secret his girlfriend won’t speak of, they grow close, begin to depend on each other.
A man passes by a stranger he considers to be the 100% perfect girl for him and when he fails to strike up a conversation he imagines an alternate reality where they had met before.
Afraid of judgment, two high school girls who have turned from friends to lovers debate whether or not to go to prom as a couple.