Josie is in a school play and after a good performance likes all the attention. She informs her mother Jan that she wants to be an actress and is upset that her mother Is against it.
Roommate Pat brings a date to the apartment who is drawn to Jan. Afraid of hurting her friend Pat's feeling Jan fights her own attraction to the handsome bachelor.
The deli delivery boy Stanley develops a crush on Jan which isn't reciprocated. She's embarrassed by his attentions because of his youth. Things worsen when her daughter Josie has a case of puppy love for Stanley.
Stanley decides his life lacks a future and adventure so he gets a job that will take him halfway across the world. Jan thinks Stanley is too innocent for such a position and should remain at his father's deli.
A young couple's crying baby is disturning the neighbors and they try to have the family evicted. But Jan sticks up for the husband and wife, working to find a solution that will quiet the infant plus pacify the other tenants.