Dated rom com has young couple Chantal (Dee) and Eugene (Darin) already having marital issues since Chantal thinks Eugene takes her for granted. Her mom (Presle) gives her some bad advice about how to train Eugene to be the perfect husband by pretending to have a lover (this involves the telephone title). However, Eugene soon catches on and decides to turn the tables on his wife when his father (Romero), whom Chantal has apparently never seen, shows up unexpectedly.