I'm Felicia.
I'm Daryl.
(TOGETHER) And we're engaged!
(SINGING) Love you, love you, love you
all through the night, babe.
We met at a brunch.
Daryl was not my type at all.
He's dressed cute, but he wasn't my type--
Lies.
-- at all.
We talked at that brunch at 2:00 PM to like, 2:00 AM
that day.
We kind of were inseparable since that--
- Yeah. - --that moment.
You know I just learned how to swim.
So I'mma try and embrace somebody
and see where I'm at with it.
I would say, babe, how would you like
your perfect proposal to be?
And she says, marriage is like a merging of families.
I want my friends and my family to be there.
I want your family to be.
Little did I know Darryl was planning
this extravagant engagement.
It was at least 60 people.
And she completely lost it.
She knew then, like, Oh, wow, this is real.
Do you think that everybody is going
to give us their blessing?
- That's what I'm hoping for. - Yeah.
In hindsight, it wasn't a complete merging of families.
Daryl's family not showing up to the engagement,
it made me feel like, OK, what is it about me that makes
them not want to come around?
And Daryl doesn't get along with my best friend, Keith.
Are you open to Keith?
Keith and I went to college together.
And I'm not willing to give up my friend.
He's a good guy.
And you're a great man.
We should be able to kumbaya.
Long as you know the difference.
If Keith does not attend my wedding--
He won't be missed.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Oh, yeah.
Nice.
Look nice.
Very nice. Hey!
Hello.
Hi.
Welcome to "Family or Fiancé."
Nice to meet you.
- How are you doing? - Good.
This is going to be your house.
OK.
Check things out, then meet me in my office
in a couple of minutes. - OK.
Sounds good.
OK.
Oh, wow.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
Really, really cozy.
This pool is dope.
It's peaceful.
So hopefully we can resolve all of our issues in this peace,
right?
[EXPECTANT MUSIC]
Hello.
Hi.
Come on in.
OK.
Have seat.
So how are you both?
- We're doing good. - Yeah?
Yeah.
First of all, congratulations on your engagement.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
When did you know that you wanted to marry Daryl?
I was bringing him around my family.
That was the number one thing, because everyone
just really know embraced him.
I figured, if he can mess with my family, then that's it.
What's your relationship like with Daryl's family?
There is no relationship there.
So many relationship issues come out
of our families of origin, and the relationships
that we have with our families of origin.
So what's great about this is that we get to put
everybody in the same space.
Yeah.
Now I want to find out who's coming from your family.
OK.
My mom, Anastasia, Kevin, my best friend, and Terance,
another friend of mine.
In this house this weekend, I think somebody's going to cry.
Kevin, closest friend I have.
He's my best man.
He holds me accountable.
So he wants to make sure, yeah, you're
doing everything the right way.
I call Terance the wild card.
He wants to make sure that because we both can be stubborn
or spoiled, we check that at the door.
And what about your mom?
What's your relationship with your mom like?
Awesome.
I looked at it a little differently, because I
come from a family of close knit,
and we're going to reach out.
And I was expecting that from Daryl's mom,
so maybe the expectation was wrong?
So there's a little bit of tension between you
and Daryl's mom?
Or there's like a relationship there--
- It's just a gray area. - OK.
Gray area. - It's just gray.
OK.
Who's coming from your side?
So my mother, Sylvia, my sister, Keilly,
and my best friend, Keith.
Are you guys excited?
Nervously excited.
You know, I haven't seen Daryl since August.
We got into a heated argument.
--the two of you walk in, you're gonna be like,
what's up?
And like, I really don't know what to expect.
My mother, Sylvia, is coming, and I
think she just wants to know that Daryl can
handle me in a delicate way.
If he's upset, then he can effectively
communicate that, right?
My sister, Keilly.
Such a sweet person.
She just wants me to be happy and treated well.
And then, Keith is coming, and he's my best friend.
He wants to feel like I can have male best friends,
and Daryl's not going to be upset about it, or.
I've never said, yo, you can't be friends with him.
I feel like she allows some things to happen,
and she defends his behavior.
Mm-hm.
But when I tell her it's disrespectful to myself,
I'm insecure all of a sudden.
I'm controlling. - OK.
I want to get a little background
on this relationship. - Please.
Keith and I went to college together.
And you're 30, so this is a 12 year relationship.
Exactly.
OK.
Right So Keith liked me in college.
Even then, it was like, I don't like you in that way.
We became friends from that point on.
Do?
You think that Keith could hold a candle for you like that?
I don't think anymore.
OK.
Did you guys ever kiss? - No.
Never.
OK.
You never kissed. - No.
I get it.
This guy used to have some feelings for me.
And you don't think that's gone.
No, I don't know.
Honestly, I can't speak for him. - OK.
I'm just trying to check on that.
But that's not my concern.
My concern is her defending-- - I get it.
-- his behavior.
I totally get it.
It feels like she's loyal to him,
and that breaks the unity that you guys have going on.
Exactly.
So this is the big issue between the two of you.
This is what I'm getting.
This is the one that we don't talk about.
Yeah.
That means it's the biggest one.
- Right. - Exactly.
He may have a different perception of him,
and I can't say that that's not his truth.
However, it's not fair to make me feel
as though I have to choose.
OK, I think you might have to choose, though.
That's what it is.
Family or Fiance.
I know.
What do you want to accomplish?
I would like to see the ability for the families
to merge, and then I would like for him
to work out things with Keith.
OK.
How about you, Daryl?
How she handles that situation with her best friend.
She has to do better.
OK.
The families are on the way, and when they get here
you're going to have the family meeting.
OK.
You're going to hear what their issues are.
Then you're going to do tasks.
Felicia, your task is called, Give Us the Facts.
OK.
You're going to start opening up some lines of communication
and some understanding.
The goal is to begin to feel like part of their family.
Yeah.
Daryl, you are going to play a game called Dicey Questions.
Felicia's family is going to write down questions,
you're going to pick a dice out of the jar,
and whatever color the dice is, that's the card you're
going to pick up to read.
And the hope is to start to build some bridges.
Maybe even, especially, with Keith.
You ready?
You feeling good? - Yeah.
All right.
Let's start.
[INTENSE MUSIC]
Because if you and Keith don't figure it out,
It's not going to be good.
Girl, stop it.
It's not going to be a good thing.
[DOORBELL RINGING]
Are we first up or second up? That's what I want to know.
I think we're first up.
Who you think is here first?
- My people. - No.
My mom first.
The realest.
Told you.
Oh, it is yours.
Hey, I don't know these folks.
Hola.
Welcome to my-- oh, you know what,
I'll just cop this, you know.
Hey.
Hold up, girl. let me hear what's up.
I finally get to hug my son.
- What up? - Hello.
How are you, beautiful?
Before I give my blessings, I want
to make sure that this young woman loves my son.
And that within his heart he knows that this is it.
Come here, Felicia.
Let me see the ring.
Oh, it's right here.
Yeah I saw it in the box before you got it,
but I couldn't see it in person.
It's beautiful.
- Thank you. - Here we go.
(SING-SONG) Uh-oh.
Start the party.
Hi.
Hey.
Hi.
Good to see you!
Hey, Sylvia.
Good to see you!
Hey, girl.
Hey, guys.
[LIVELY MUSIC]
When it comes to Felicia, our friendship
has always been super close.
Talk about any and everything.
And--
We shared deep conversations you don't share
with just anyone, so.
But did you kiss?
Me and--
I want to know.
Did you guys kiss?
So we had one situation where we kissed,
but it wasn't anything to the point
that where it was going to go to another level.
[TENSE MUSIC]
So thank you guys for coming out.
We really appreciate it.
Y'all all know that the wedding is about five months away.
So at this time we're going to go around the room,
and any concerns you guys may have, you can address it then.
Terance, we're going to start with you.
I know that she needs to hash out things with Keith
over there, and I want that to be addressed because I want
you both to be comfortable.
And then I want the relationship between the families
being OK with him, right.
Thank you.
And Kevin?
Like Terance said, y'all are definitely going to have
to find some type of middle ground
to figure out the triangle that y'all have with Keith.
Fee, I also would like you to gain a deeper relationship
with this side of the family.
Thank you.
And Mother, what are your concerns?
My concern is trust, and that you guys stand
together and not be divided.
Thank you.
Mommy, what are your concerns?
My concerns is the way you both come at each other,
and I don't think that have to be in a marriage.
And I'm concerned about Daryl, the way
he sometimes is jealous.
It doesn't have to be that way.
Keilly, what are your concerns?
Daryl, I really want you and Keith to have a conversation.
I think it's really important, being
that he's her best friend.
And I just don't think it's healthy for you
to kind of control who she can be friends with.
Thank you.
Keith, what are your concerns.
My concerns with Daryl would be
his way of not being able to talk through difficult issues.
Other concern would be in times where you have called me
for different favors, Daryl has inserted
himself into a situation that really didn't pertain to him.
And it caused a big confusion for all of us.
Thank you
That's cute.
So earlier, we met with Tracy.
That was cute.
And she assigned us some tasks.
So I'm supposed to go with Daryl's family
and do Give us the facts, and we can
get to know each other better.
Yeah, and for me, I'm going to be with you all,
doing Dicey questions.
And at that time as well, you can address
any concerns that you may have.
So let's get to the tasks.
What is he talking about, babe?
Daryl.
No, I'm not trying to--
I swear to God.
Are we going to figure it out?
You got to get yourself together.
We going to figure out what he talking about.
How can I insert myself in my own relationship?
I thought that was funny.
I thought it was cute.
And I saw it for what it was.
I inserted myself into this situation?
I'm just asking, what is he talking about?
She getting upset.
Daryl, it's your reaction.
Babe, I'm asking you a question.
Learn how to control that.
The question should not be to me.
It should be to him.
If he said it, ask him.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]