Thirty-something Hillary Burns has spent her life trying to get the approval of her parents her mother, Meredith burns off, to date without success. Section of this endorsement for Hillary is to marry the perfect man. That's why Hillary is so joyful she is engaged to lawyer Jason King, that will bring home to meet the household for the first time at their Thanksgiving get-together weekend in a week. However, because he tries to concentrate on his livelihood that's apparently more important to him than Hillary Hillary's life starts to fall apart Jason dumps her, and when simultaneously she's her newspaper writing project when the newspaper itself folds. On the recommendation of her best friend Sophie, Hillary - that feels she can't move home without Jason, especially as her sisters' lives appear to fulfill their mommy's endorsement - decides...