威尔（瑞安•雷诺兹 饰）的女儿玛雅（阿比吉尔•布莱斯林 饰）在学校学习了性教育之后，回到家中嚷着要父亲给她讲述关于自己的爱情故事。雅玛更想努力的从故事中找到母亲的形象，虽然她的父母已离婚。 　　1992年，威尔暂时别离的女友艾米莉（伊丽莎白•班克斯 饰）独自来到纽约发展自己的事业，他是协助克林顿竞选总统的竞选战团的一员。威尔雄心勃勃，可是他的事业却不如想象中顺利。 　　感情路也是如此，寂寞的威尔跟战团员工艾波（艾拉•费舍尔 饰）、新闻记者夏曼（蕾切尔•薇姿 饰）发展出若有似无的感情，最后他甚至与同样出轨了的艾米莉分手收场。 　　即使到后来威尔在纽约站稳了脚，有了自己的公司，他还是兜兜转转在这三个女人当中，到底谁是他的真爱？Romantic comedy: Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad is in the midst of a divorce when his 10 year old daughter, Maya, starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love. Will's story begins in 1992, as a young, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the Clinton campaign. For Maya, Will relives his past as a idealistic young man learning the ins and outs of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women. On the campaign, Will's best buddy is Russell McCormack. They not only have similar political aspirations, they share the same type of girl problems, too. Will hopelessly attempts a "PG" version of his story for his daughter ad changes the names so Maya has to guess who he finally married. Is her mother Will's college sweetheart, the dependable girl next-door Emily? Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, the apolitical April? Or is she the free-spirited but ambitious journalist? As Maya puts together the pieces of her dad's romantic puzzle, she begins to understand that love is not so simple or easy. And as Will tells her his tale, Maya helps him to understand that it's definitely never too late to go back...and maybe even possible to find a happy ending.