A privileged young woman from New England falls in love with a practical Midwesterner, but can their love withstand the grief of losing a child?

A conversation with his former lover opens a man's eyes to his tendency to flee rather than confront the hopeless reality of his own life.

When loving each other becomes inconvenient, a man separates from his wife of 20 years and struggles to realize that the end of marriage must also bring an end to the life they were supposed to live together.

A middle-aged writer turns back the clock by twenty years and narrates his ill-fated romance with the beautiful but unattainable girl from his memories.

A woman tries to understand the space-time continuum and his love.

A mother sorrowfully recounts her daughter’s first love and its destructive effects.

A widowed woman reminisces on her childhood crush and longs to reunite with him but feels uncertain about her decision.

A Native American woman reminisces on the story her great-grandfather would tell about running away with her great-grandmother. The woman draws parallels between the story and her own first love.

When a depressed middle aged man strikes up a romance with his neighbor in a modern suburban American town, he consults women's magazines to make himself into the perfect lover.

A young couple helplessly in love spend their last night together at a park before they begin college at different schools.