Don't blame the kids. The introductory part of the film boldly states that the appearance of children spoils the sexual life of parents, and after it spoils the relationship itself, in some cases bringing them to a break. The source of inspiration for the authors of this film was the work of the famous sexologist-psychotherapist Dr. Keaton. But contrary to the reported statistics that 83% of families lose their previous sex life after the birth of a child, the astute viewer will be able to see in the stories in the film that the problems in the relationship of these couples and personal conflicts lie much deeper than it seems at first glance. On children, as always, adults blamed almost all their failures, because it is easier.
The film shows the family life of several couples connected by different circumstances. One couple has not had sex for a year and the husband is desperately fighting the temptation to sedate a colleague. Lesbians are complex about which of them ' more mother' for their son and constantly argue about the issues of upbringing. A single father changes his mistresses like gloves because he is afraid to start a stable relationship, and a single mother suffers a total collapse with her boyfriends because of her natural stupidity and self-doubt. An elderly couple who have already raised children are confronted with the discovery that for most of their lives together they didn't understand each other's needs. The former model after childbirth lost slimness, ceased to monitor her appearance, and then caught her husband in the lack of love for her, although he could also ' fall out of love' her, if she, for example, seriously ill. The birth of a child led to irreversible changes in their lives, creating numerous stressful situations that the heroes cannot cope with together. Relationships are tested for strength, and only by sustaining them justify their existence.
Screenwriter and director Jeremy Lalonde touched upon the very pressing issues now resulting in divorces and unhappy children. People must constantly learn to build relationships and better understand people in order to create a family with which no storm of life is afraid. Instead, we see that many unions can suffer and break like a reed from the wind.
Jules and Ben don’t have sex because they’ve put life at the center of their lives. Attempts to be not only parents, but also lovers, they do not seem to have made. What definitely deserves respect is Ben's loyalty to his wife, despite the ' trials' in the form of an unscrupulous colleague seducing him.
The social couple is experiencing difficulties due to the fact that the former model has ceased to pay due attention to her appearance, for which her husband loved her. Becoming a mother, she ' relaxed ' in relation to her husband and ceased to satisfy and attract him as a sexual partner. About the maturity of the love of this man can be said that it is superficial, based on passion, but not on conscious feeling.
A single mother, Lou, can’t have a personal life because she has a head problem. Her brother, a former drug addict, is better at babysitting than she is.
A single father is too demanding and intolerant of the shortcomings of the girls with whom he tries to establish a relationship.
Lebian women worry about who is their child's mother in Bo' no longer can they come to a consensus on parenting philosophy. With sex, they have problems not because of their son, but because they argue a lot.
An elderly couple realizes that because of the embarrassment to talk about their sexual desires, they have deprived themselves of many joys and pleasures. Having evicted grown children, they are bored with the passions accumulated over the years while their children grew up.
All characters are rather collective images with problems and characters depicted in an exaggerated manner. At the end of the film leads the viewer to an agreement that sex is not the main component of family relations, and the ability of the couple together to overcome difficulties leads to true unity, not physical, but spiritual.