A boarding-school girl asks the boy next door for help getting an abortion.

索尼娅（芮妮·齐薇格Renée Zellweger 饰）是一个性格十分开朗，脑袋里装满了古灵精怪的念头的女孩。命运将她和名为门德尔（格伦·菲茨杰拉德 Glenn Fitzgerald 饰）的男人联系到了一起，两人一见钟情，很快携手步入婚姻的殿堂。门德尔是犹太教虔诚的教徒，生活中的一切事物皆遵循上帝的旨意。很快，索尼娅就发现，门德尔需要的只是一个人们传统观念中的“妻子”，而不是她这个有血有肉的人。
随着时间的推移，索尼娅和门德尔之间的距离越来越远，而一位名为雷蒙（艾伦·佩恩 Allen Payne 饰）的首饰店店员走近了索尼娅的身边，两人不可避免的坠入了爱河。

Two childhood paranormal incidents have convinced schoolteacher Faith Corvatch that her true love is a guy named "Damon Bradley," but she has yet to meet him. Preparing to marry podiatrist Dwayne in 10 days, Faith receives a phone call from Dwayne's old classmate named Damon Bradley who is on his way to Venice. Faith tries to catch him at the airport but just misses him so she impulsively decides to fly to Venice hoping to finally encounter the man of her dreams; accompanying her on the trip is her sister-in-law and childhood best friend, Kate, who has just left her husband, Faith's brother Larry.