Sylvia is a successful, fifty year old California mother and widow, who is persuaded by her educated daughter Karen, to take a well deserved, first-class vacation to Mexico. Sylvia decides to surprise Karen by having her twenty-five year old boyfriend, Mike, tag along. Their hot and steamy romance forces Karen to take personal inventory of her own life, and try to find a balance between her desire for love and companionship, and the responsibilities of being a young professional. Karen and her mother work through their differences and finally find a way to accept each other.