While 'Your Place or Mine' revolves around a fairly classic romantic comedy plot, it does make a point of centering female empowerment and independence. Character identities are foregrounded, particularly in highlighting the single-mom lead’s career dreams. However, the film mostly sticks to traditional formulas, so any ideological emphasis doesn’t totally derail the basic story structure.

The movie chipperly sidesteps traditional family narratives. Fatherhood feels like an afterthought; masculinity is depicted as somewhat inept or in need of 'fixing.' The messaging around women having it all, career, independence, and family, is definitely foregrounded, revising some old-school romantic tropes to fit modern sensitivities.

There’s little genuine debate of values here; everyone’s pretty much on the same progressive page. The ex-husband and traditional roles are played for mild laughs, and no real alternative is given much depth, but the lack of overt villainization keeps it from going full monoculture.