作家彭梅芬与徐曼丽、赵淑娴同往一屋，情如姊妹。娴数年前遭前夫陆飞鸿抛弃，独力照顾卧病在医院的儿子；鸿浪子回头，娴坚拒复合。丽倾慕新加坡笔友郑大江，对追求者李家华不瞅不睬。江抵港后，爱的是芬；芬却是曾经苍海，竭力回避。芬往青山小住，江、丽、华先后为所爱的人追往青山。芬终为江打动，丽目睹二人拥吻，疾奔而去时给华的车子撞倒。各人在医院碰头，丽终接受华，娴亦为了儿子原谅鸿。

This is the story of three ladies who live together in an apartment in Hong Kong and what happens to them. First, there is Shuxian, whose husband left her and has a son in the hospital who can't walk. Then, there is Meifen, a romance novelist who pines for a deceased lover and, finally Manli, a young lady with some sass who is expecting a visit from Mr. Zheng, a man she has been a pen pal with for a year. She also has been dating someone else, not happily. The film goes through all three lives.