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.

A woman finds herself impregnated out of wedlock by a man who suddenly decides that he will only marry a ‘pure’ woman. She conceals the pregnancy from him in order to go forward with the marriage, but his adultery and continued irresponsibility after their wedding give her a second chance at motherhood.

A famous novelist emotionally manipulates a young artist in order to write about him and inadvertently causes the artist to commit suicide.

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.

Reeling from his recent divorce, a man tries and fails to reason with his ex-wife. He hopes to find solace in the arms of his girlfriend, but realizes that sex will not fix the wound left by his dead marriage.

A retired chemist forms a friendship with a young girl whose mother is suspected of poisoning her dead husband. Out of concern, the chemist starts a rift with the woman that has an unexpected romantic ending.

A seventeen-year-old boy falls in love with a girl, but the boy's boss wants her as a second wife.

Fearing a lonely life in the company of her ailing husband, a woman begins an extramarital affair with her friend, but soon realizes that her worst nightmare might come true anyway.

Yvonne and Matthew, a couple now in their seventies, think back on their relationship and remember the affairs, the drunken ex wife, and Yvonee's cancer.

A stenographer discovers that her fiancé does not share her ideas about married life, but excited by the very idea of marriage, she lets go of her personal and professional ambitions for his sake.