A teacher at a private school in 1970s New York begins to see a psychoanalyst several times a week because he struggles with awkwardness and timidity in social settings. The analyst encourages the man to pursue a wealthy widow whose children attend his school.

On Mother's Day, a group of mother-less women go to a pub to enjoy each other's company. One of them is pregnant, and another is planning to adopt. A woman contemplates her pregnancy at a dinner with her friends on Mother's Day. All the women's mothers have passed away.