I don't know what's gonna happen at the house.
I mean, I know one thing that's gonna happen.
I'm gonna be drinking.
I'm Brandy.
I'm Akin.
And we are getting married.
BRANDY: [KISSING SOUND]
We've been together a little over two years.
And we met--
I messaged her through Facebook.
BRANDY: I am a content creator.
I have a platform.
My first impression was I thought she was real classy.
She dressed well, and spoke well,
and seemed like she was handling me a little bit
better than most people--
[BRANDY LAUGHS]
--can handle my personality.
So I was like, OK, this might work out.
[LAUGHTER]
I am most excited about our families getting together.
Hopefully resolve some problems.
[BRANDY LAUGHS]
Age difference between me and her is not a problem for me.
BRANDY: The only thing I will say
is when it comes to, you know, having children,
his age does play a factor in that.
[GIGGLING] Not having a child is a big deal in our relationship.
I think it's gonna be a fun weekend.
You and me sister are gonna meet for the first time.
So that's gonna be interesting.
She'll love me, or hate me.
[LAUGHS]
She's gonna of love you.
I predict that he will change his mind
and that we will have a little girl.
[AKIN LAUGH]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Hello.
TRACY MCCMILLAN: Hello Welcome to Family or Fiancé.
Thank you.
(GIGGLING)
How are you?
Good.
- This looks so beautiful. - This is your new home.
Beautiful. [BRANDY LAUGHS]
TRACY MCCMILLAN: Ready? BRANDY: Yes.
All right, go inside, take a look around--
Mm-hmm.
--then meet me in my office and we'll get started.
- OK. - OK, sounds good.
All right? Thank you. (GIGGLING)
TRACY MCCMILLAN: See you in a minute.
Mm, wow, this is so adorable.
Look at this.
Ooh, look at that. That's [INAUDIBLE]
Yeah, beautiful-- BRANDY: Yeah.
AKIN: --beautiful.
Come, let's step outside.
BRANDY: Can you imagine just like sitting out there?
Sitting there and smoking a cigar?
BRANDY: Right. AKIN: Hell yeah.
[BRANDY LAUGHS]
TRACY MCCMILLAN: Hello.
BRANDY: Hey.
- How was it? - Wonderful.
Oh, good!
It's gorgeous
I want to start by just saying congratulations
on your engagement. - Thank you.
Thank you.
How long have you been engaged?
For about seven months?
And do you have a date?
New Year's Day.
OK.
[BRANDY LAUGHS]
Tell me how you met.
Well, we met on social media.
He messaged me.
So you slid into her
[BRANDY LAUGHS]
Yeah, pretty much. [LAUGHTER]
Pretty much.
But you were in two different cities, am I right?
BRANDY: Yeah.
TRACY MCCMILLAN: How did you do a courtship long distance?
BRANDY: Our communication is, like, A1.
We both like our space.
So the fact that we do do long-distance
doesn't affect us.
AKIN: I think it worked out better long distance.
We had to cherish the moments we had to each--
Right.
AKIN: --other.
Because then, we knew that was gonna
be a period of time we weren't gonna be with each other.
Whose--
AKIN: Yeah.
--state are you guys going to live in?
BRANDY: We are working that out.
He enjoys being in Louisiana, you know, where he lives.
AKIN: I own an Italian restaurant.
TRACY MCCMILLAN: An Italian restaurant.
Yeah.
That must be part of why it works to have a long-distance
relationship is that there's nobody
at home tapping their watch going, where are you?
Yeah, right?
But I like. Atlanta.
Yeah, he likes Atlanta
I have zero problem living there.
TRACY MCCMILLAN: You would live there?
AKIN: Yeah. - OK.
I can see that there's an age difference between the--
Mm-hmm. TRACY MCCMILLAN: --two of you.
Let's talk about that. - I'm much younger.
TRACY MCCMILLAN: Uh-huh.
[GIGGLING]
BRANDY: The age difference is really not a problem.
The only thing is the fact that he feels like he's
too old to have more kids. - MM-hmm.
And obviously, I want a child.
So that's just been, like, a huge challenge for us.
OK, how old are you?
I'm 37.
[GIGGLING]
TRACY MCCMILLAN: Why do you say it like that?
[BRANDY LAUGHS] AKIN: Whisper it, whisper it.
Nobody heard.
TRACY MCCMILLAN: [INAUDIBLE] why?
I'm 37.
TRACY MCCMILLAN: Does that feel old to you?
Yes [LAUGHS]
OK.
And how old are you?
I'm 49.
OK, so the clock is ticking for you.
This is a deal-breaker for me.
So he needs be on board with baby.
You have one child, is that right?
One son, yes.
TRACY MCCMILLAN: Mm-hmm.
My relationship with my son is wonderful.
But he's 19 years old.
He's in college. He's so busy.
The reason that he doesn't want to have
another child is not, like--
it's not reason enough not to do it.
For you.
AKIN: It's not a coach purse.
It's gonna involve two people.
I'm making a decision that's gonna
affect the rest of my life.
Mm-hmm.
Tell me about your families.
Akin, who are you bringing?
I'm bringing my sister, Ilkin, my nephew,
Burak, and my friend, Aaron.
I can't wait to meet with Brandy's family.
I'm excited for all of us to just be around and--
Eat together?
Eat, let's break bread together.
[LAUGHTER]
And what do you think's gonna happen?
I think everybody on my side is gonna have a problem
with me having a baby.
I think everybody on her side is gonna have a problem with me
not wanting to have a baby.
Mm-hmm.
OK, Brandy, who are you bringing?
BRANDY: I'm bringing my mom, Claudia, my sister, Anjel,
and my best friend, Aisha.
How we feel on a general consensus?
We feeling hopeful, y'all?
I don't know, I don't know.
I don't know, we'll just have to see.
It's not something that I can say right now.
I just have to see how it goes.
Very serious issues--
Yes.
--are gonna be addressed.
Have the two families met? AKIN: No.
BRANDY: Not yet. Cause this would be the--
Never met?
--very first time.
Yeah.
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