Megan Burch je mlada visoko izobražena in brezposelna ženska, ki povsem brezbrižno zaostaja za prijatelji, ki drug za drugim osvajajo mejnike odraslosti – služba, poroka, otroci … Ko jo ob snubitvi dolgoletnega partnerja zagrabi panika, si vzame premor od odraslega življenja ter poišče zavetje pri svoji novi najstniški prijateljici Anniki. Tako se Megan za teden dni skrije pri novi prijateljici in njenemu samskemu očetu Craigu. Načrtuje, da bo v tem tednu tehtno in trezno razmislila o vsem, preden se obveže življenju, za katerega ni prepričana, ali si ga sploh želi. Življenje pa ima seveda povsem svoje načrte …
Megan's approaching 30 with a good degree and a boyfriend in hand, but when he proposes at her friend's wedding and everyone seems to think that the best way to advance in her career is to take a seminar where you find out what animal you are, Megan's understandably feeling lost. After meeting teenagers who want her to buy them beer, Megan is drawn into 16-year-old Annika's simpler life. She ends up moving in with Annika and her single father, juggling the life of a teen and that of an adult, two romantic interests, and the feeling of lagging behind.