In her final letter to her marriage counselor, a woman reveals the truth about her ongoing divorce and her distaste for her religious husband.

After her husband leaves her, a middle-aged woman reminisces about their years of marriage. Encouraged by her therapist, who thinks that her husband is going through a temporary midlife crisis, the woman waits for her husband and is convinced that he will come back.

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.

When her husband leaves, a divorced woman finds comfort in her home with another version of herself.

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.

After falling in love with another man, an insecure woman attempts to discuss her current marriage with her husband while they drink in a bar.

Six days after getting married, a man discovers that his wife has stolen money from their family and friends, leading him to reflect on many other strange behaviors of hers. He ultimately decides that he will stay and spend his life taking the blame for her and smoothing over her mistakes.

After kicking her husband out and changing the locks, a mother imagines he is still living with her, distant and uninterested in sex. Lying in bed, she conjures up old memories and imagines new ones, grappling with questions of selfhood, identity, womanhood, and motherhood. One night, her real husband returns, and she lets him back in.

A female novelist asks her friend for help with her story about a woman who has a reputation for her husbands dying during marriage. The friend offers a story idea that seems oddly similar to the author's life.

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