Sara's mother told her that she shouldn't marry Conrad, that the 25-year age gap between them would be their downfall. Conrad, a famous painter, has decided that it would be good to die before he gets seriously old, and so spends his time sorting out his chaotic life. Meanwhile Sara?when not teaching art at a local college?finds that she has plenty of male company in the form of other people's husbands, all of whom are just good friends to her. But there's one man that she somehow never gets around to mentioning to Conrad, and suddenly her little secret begins to impact the rest of her life.