The film opens on an Alabama beach with two children chasing each other: Melanie Smooter and Jake Perry. The two discuss their future together. They kiss, and Jake says they will be married one day. The scene then moves to the present day. Melanie (Reese Witherspoon) has changed her last name to Carmichael and is now a successful fashion designer in New York City. After becoming engaged to Andrew (Patrick Dempsey), the mayor's son, Melanie announces that she has to go back home alone to Alabama to tell her parents. She has not told Andrew that she is married to Jake (Josh Lucas).
Upon arrival in Alabama, Melanie demands a divorce and an explanation why Jake has for the last seven years returned the divorce papers unsigned. Jake refuses to sign the papers. Melanie retaliates by emptying out their joint checking account. After following Jake to a local bar, Melanie gets drunk and embarrasses herself in front of her friends confessing that she had previously been pregnant with Jake's baby and revealing that a mutual friend, Bobby Ray, is gay. Jake becomes angry with her and takes her home. When she wakes up the next morning, the divorce papers are lying on her bed signed by Jake.
Upon arrival in Alabama, Melanie demands a divorce and an explanation why Jake has for the last seven years returned the divorce papers unsigned. Jake refuses to sign the papers. Melanie retaliates by emptying out their joint checking account. After following Jake to a local bar, Melanie gets drunk and embarrasses herself in front of her friends confessing that she had previously been pregnant with Jake's baby and revealing that a mutual friend, Bobby Ray, is gay. Jake becomes angry with her and takes her home. When she wakes up the next morning, the divorce papers are lying on her bed signed by Jake.
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