Daniel und Inga haben jahrelang eine glückliche Ehe geführt. Doch in letzter Zeit streiten sich die beiden immer häufiger. Die Anlässe sind oftmals Kleinigkeiten. Für die gemeinsame Tochter Melanie eine schlimme Zeit. Sie leidet unter den Scheidungsplänen ihrer Eltern.

Lena is happily married to Bodo. She spots a very attractive man on a tram and has a spontaneous sexual encounter with him. The stranger, Martin, also thinks this secret encounter will not harm his marriage to Solveig. What appeared to be a harmless adventure turns into to a new territory of desire and longing. Lena and Martin can't stay away from each other. They struggle with the temptation of exchanging their old lives for a new one and at the same time they fear every day life will catch up with them.

Sisters Maria and Anna live together. Maria is a most proficient executive secretary, encouraging Anna to finish her studies and start a career. Anna broods, threatens to quit university, takes pills, and keeps a diary. When Maria's relationship with Maurice, the son of her boss, starts to lead to love, Anna takes a selfish and drastic step that plummets Maria into solitude. No longer able to connect with Maurice, Maria does establish a relationship with Miriam, a typist at her office who becomes a surrogate younger sister. But Maria is intrusive as well as helpful. Can this or any relationship work out for this talented woman whose past seems to choke her soul?