Jerry Warriner told his wife Lucy he was going to Florida, but he then vacations somewhere else, while Lucy Warriner is involved with her voice instructor in her husband's absence. Both return to their home, and an argument quickly escalates about the whereabouts of the other. Divorce is suggested, and is quickly pursued. Jerry and Lucy both engage in external, artificial romantic relationships to make the other jealous. Eventually, the couple find themselves together in a cabin, and Jerry apologizes for his foolish behavior. The ending strongly implies that they will reunite and remarry.
The title is one of the first utterances Jerry makes in the film. Jerry's phrase forms the entire fabric of the story, and foreshadows the forthcoming events of the abrubt and carefree end of the couple's marriage. The essential problem in their marriage is that they don't truly trust each other and live cohesively as a functional unit. They are both leading their own lives while living under the same roof. Jerry takes a solo vacation to "Not-Florida" which is shrowded in mystery and suspicion, while Lucy spends the night at a hotel away from home with her voice instructor. The title embodies the attitude that Jerry has about his marriage, the idea that "I can do my thing, and she'll do hers, and we'll both lead our own independent lives while still being members of the institution of marriage". This kind of attitude in their relationship was so destructive for them, and led to immense suspicion of the other. The idea that suspicion cannot be sustained in a marriage is constantly repeated by varying parties throughout the film, and Jerry even apologizes for his suspicious behavior at the very end. Thus, the couple living side by side but leading independent lives led to mistrust and suspicion, which quickly culminated in divorce.
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