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Anna and Ben meet up in his office to discuss contacts. They reveal that
they are attracted to each other, but Ben says he cannot cheat on his wife.
Ben goes out sailing with Neil, who is living on his boat, and they talk
about marriage. Ben says that he married Janine because he loves her and is
happily married now, but jokes that no man really wants to get married and
all they think about is all the women they're missing out on. Neil is
surprised and says he only wants to be with Beth.
Then Ben goes to a yoga class that Anna is teaching, and afterwards she
invites him for a swim, where they agree to be friends. Anna strips down and
jumps into the pool while Ben watches from the side. Meanwhile, Janine finds
an ashtray and cigarettes in their backyard. When Ben comes home, she yells
at him for smoking, which he denies, saying that it could be any of the
workers who are renovating their house. She apologizes, but he sees his
marriage in a new light and sleeps with Anna.
Gigi is making out with another guy on his couch. She mentions waiting
for the second date to be intimate, but he tells her that he will be out of
town and out of touch for a while. She goes to the bathroom and calls Alex,
who is also making out with a girl. He tells her to ask where the guy is
going that he would be out of touch (he fumbles and tells her Pittsburgh),
and says that the guy doesn't really like Gigi, and she should only go out
with someone who likes her. He later calls her and says he will introduce
her to someone he thinks will like her, a friend Bill. They meet at the bar,
but Alex says he accidentally told Bill the wrong day, so he won't be there.
She asks why Alex shares all his insight on men and women with her, and he
says he likes her and invites her to a party he's having.
Gigi has decided that she will go to the party to pursue Alex, because
all the "signs" are there. At the party he barely talks to her, but asks her
to refill the chip bowls. She jumps at the chance to "co-host", thinking
this will make them a couple. After the party, Alex is playing video games
with a tall, attractive woman while Gigi cleans up the apartment. After the
woman leaves, Gigi jumps on Alex and begins to kiss him, but he pushes her
off and tells her she's doing the same thing again. She gets mad and tells
him that she would be naive like she is than cynical like him, because
despite his attitude, he is still alone, and she will always be closer to
finding someone than he is. She storms out and Alex is obviously stunned.
Beth is a bridesmaid at her sister's wedding. While her sisters walk down
the aisle with their husbands, the family dog escorts her. Her father has a
heart attack at the reception, and Beth, her sisters, and their husbands
stay at his home to care for him. Beth does most of the work, while her
sisters' husbands are lazy, make a mess, and watch TV. She asks if they went
to get groceries like she asked, and they dismiss her, saying they got
takeout, and ignore her while shouting at the television. She notices that
Neil is in the kitchen and has done all the dishes as well as bought
groceries.
Janine asks if any of the workers at the house smoked. Their manager
denies it, so she concludes that Ben must still be smoking. While at a Home
Depot type of store, she insists on their using hardwood instead of
laminate, even though she can't tell the difference, because she feels that
the laminate is lying to her. Ben tells her he cheated on her and says he
will move out, but she says they will work it out. Later, Anna and Ben are
about to have sex in his office when his wife knocks on the door. Anna hides
in the closet while Janine seduces Ben in an attempt to save their marriage.
After she leaves, Anna storms out, disgusted, and ends it with Ben.
Mary finally gets a message from someone she met online; where he sings
her a song and tells her it was special to meet her (on video chat). She
gets excited, but the next message is he singing the same song to another
girl that he accidentally recorded on her machine.
Meanwhile, Alex is at the bar acting very distracted and constantly
asking if anyone has called for him. His co-worker tells him he must have
fallen for a girl -- Gigi. His friend Bill calls Gigi and they go on a date,
after which they awkwardly say goodbye at her door. Gigi hears another knock
and opens the door to find Alex, who tells her he has her pen and wants to
be with her. Gigi doesn't believe him and states all the advice he has given
her, but he kisses her. She asks if this means she is the exception, and he
says, "You're my exception."
Beth goes to see Neil on his boat to tell him that after seeing her
sisters' husbands, she no longer needs to get married, because Neil is a
better husband than they ever would be. She says he can move back in as long
as he does not bring back his ugly pair of cargo pants.
At home, Janine sets up their newly renovated house, looking forward to
an improved marriage, but flips out when she finds cigarettes in one of
Ben's pockets. She throws all his clothes down the stairs and smashes a
mirror, only to get the broom and sweep up the broken pieces. Ben comes home
to find his belongings neatly folded on the bottom of the stairs and a
carton of cigarettes, with a note from Janine telling him to knock himself
out, and she wants a divorce.
Anna goes to Connor and they sleep together, but Anna is clearly less
satisfied. Connor shows her a house he wants to buy and tells her he hopes
that she would someday move in with him, but Anna says she can't be with
him. Mary then calls Connor at a coffee place from a few tables away. They
finally meet face to face and seem to get along.
Neil moves back in with Beth, but she finds his ugly cargo pants and
tells him she's throwing them out. He tells her to at least make sure the
pockets are empty, and she finds an engagement ring. When she turns around,
he proposes to her and she of course says yes.
The end of the movie shows Neil and Beth's wedding on his boat, Anna
opting to stop dating for awhile to focus on her singing career and herself,
Mary and Connor happily in love, Janine and Ben divorced and living on their
own, and Gigi and Alex co-hosting a party as a couple, while Gigi's voice
over advises that the path to happiness is not through finding another
person, but through finding yourself.
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