A woman travels to see her lover after 6-months of silence. Though she would wish to be in a committed relationship with him, she comes to realize it is not possible and lets him go.

A man tries to determine the cost of a passionate but brief love affair, and his calculations lead him to a solemn but hopeful realization.

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

Following his breakup, a Japanese college student uses savings from his relationship as a means to quit his summer mowing job, but not without first helping a woman who asks, but doesn't appear to need, for her lawn to be mowed.

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?

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 woman considers her possible shortcomings when her boyfriend tells her that he doesn’t like some things about her. After a period of reflection, she acknowledges the futility of self-deprecation.

Sitting at a bar, a man reminisces about his past experiences with love and develops a philosophy for 'beautiful' relationships that relies on the inevitability of their ends.

A time-traveling man keeps returning to the woman he loves — but due to the limitations of time travel, years pass in between each of his visits. Meanwhile, the woman ages with every passing year, while he stays young as ever — and both must confront the reality that while their love may be timeless, the woman's time on Earth is passing far more rapidly than the man's.

As she walks alongside the Hudson River with her friend, a woman excitedly explains her intricate vision of what would give her happiness.