Kitty, 91, and Chester, 89, are trying to get themselves up to an assisted-living community while they can still walk, but without getting married, because as Kitty explains to Kathryn, her 55-year-old daughter, we don’t want to, get married, that is. However, the greatest obstacle turns out to be financial: Kitty cannot afford the community's monthly service charges if she continues to support Kathryn. And she insists on doing that. She has always supported her daughter and will not let her down now. Chester tries talking sense to Kittygently, but firmly and gets a glimpse into a peculiar family dependency that, on second glance, looks downright unsavory.
