A blissfully naïve young couple hopes to avoid the fate of the husband's unhappy parents, but as his jealous mother, children, and resentments come between them, the young couple falls into the same pitfalls.

A married woman ponders the kindness and subsequent coldness of her mother-in-law.

After subconsciously imagining getting a divorce from his wife, a man examines his marriage and tries to convince himself that he still loves his family enough to stay with them.

An older mother frets over her third, most troublesome and combative daughter, who may be having an affair.

Two narcissistic adult daughters take exception to their wealthy parents' houseguests, a priest mourning his dead lover, and the strange and frumpy American woman Arleen. But Arleen possesses insight into the family that the girls' own parents lack.

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.

After having an affair with a married man, a woman divorces her old husband and remarries, but she struggles to keep up with the compounded responsibilities of mother- and step-motherhood.

Despite his wife's pleas for him to behave at the annual family reunion, a man finds himself engaging in hand-to-hand combat with his brother-in-law after a few drinks.

A jealous husband invites his beautiful wife’s worldly friend to dinner and the night ends with a tragic accident.

Two brothers have been inseparable since their parent's divorce. When a girl starts to flirt with one of the boys, he ignores her to hang out with his brother, who realizes their bromance is too distracting.