[dramatic music]
- Tonight on "The Bachelorette"...
- Life is not measured by time.
- Are you kidding me?
- It's measured in moments.
- Nobody got your back like family.
- I'm falling in love with Charity,
so I cannot wait to introduce her to my family.
- It's almost been somewhat of a fairy tale.
- I really feel like I'm falling in love with you.
- I'm hopeful, but someone's family's opinion
could really, like,
shift the trajectory. - Yeah.
- How confident are you that you have the genuine Joey?
- Do you feel like he is truly ready to be a husband?
- I'm gonna be very honest.
- [crying] You deserve, like, the opposite of this.
- She's not looking at me. She's just crying.
Like, was that a goodbye?
- It just doesn't make sense.
What am I doing?
I don't want to do this.
♪ ♪
[birds chirping]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[normal voice] I truly cannot believe it's Hometowns.
It got here so fast.
I'm freaking out a little bit.
I have four guys left--
Aaron,
Joey,
Dotun,
Xavier...
all very different, but all so special to me,
and one of them could be my forever person.
This week is gonna be a pivotal week.
There's a lot of pressure that comes with meeting families.
You know, it's a big deal.
I'm not taking it lightly.
I'm hoping that it does bring me clarity.
I want to stay true to the fact
that I am following my heart, trusting my gut.
I just know that this is only getting harder.
For my first Hometown date, I'm with Aaron.
We're kicking things off in Houston.
Hi.
- Oh, come here.
- How are you? - I'm amazing.
Oh, God. - I missed you.
- I missed you, too. - I'm so happy to see you.
[smooches]
- Mm. - Oh.
- No. - Welcome.
I'm happy to be here.
- I'm so happy you're here. - Oh, my goodness.
- And, obviously, we're meeting the family today.
- Mm-hmm. - But let's go chat first.
[laughs] - Okay.
Me and Aaron did start off on top of the world.
On our first date, if you asked me,
"Is this man my husband?" like, I had no doubts.
But that's the crazy thing about all this
is, like, you meet other people.
Other connections grow.
So today I hope we can get back on track
of where we were at the beginning of all of this.
- So how are you doing, first of all?
- I'm doing good. - Yeah?
- It's been a long--
long day coming, anticipated, and I just--
I constantly circle back to, like, obviously, our first--
- Yeah. - Our first date,
which was so special in so many ways.
And, you know, I think just us together,
like, having this time, like, it's gonna be
very important for us to, like, really feel that again...
- Yeah. - And be back in that spot
where we were. - Yeah.
I feel a little anxious.
This is a very important day
for Charity and I's relationship.
It's been ten years since I brought someone home
to my parents, but I'm really looking forward to today.
I think it's gonna go well.
I mean, honestly, Charity is an incredible woman,
and I wouldn't want to have her meet my family if she wasn't.
One thing I wanted to mention...
- Mm-hmm.
- Is the fact that we haven't talked
about the L word, "love." - Mm-hmm.
- And I wish we were at that point
before meeting my parents,
that we were talking about the--love.
- Yeah.
- But I feel like with the date that we had,
that we can take that leap. - Absolutely.
- I want today to be that day. - Absolutely, same.
It's scary because me and Aaron
are probably the furthest behind.
But the connection is visibly there.
And so I am hopeful.
And, like, meeting family,
that can completely change my whole outlook
and perspective on things.
I'm nervous, but I think I'm ready.
- Oh, yeah. Well, let's get to it.
I think they're waiting as well.
- Okay, here we go. [laughter]
[indistinct chatter]
- Aaron. - You need help?
- I'ma stir this right here before we get going.
- Yes, ma'am.
[sizzling]
- Here we go.
- I think I'll know if Aaron is falling for Charity
if he smiles at me real big and doesn't say anything else.
When I was talking to Aaron about Audrey
for the first time, it was the same thing.
We just sat in a room and smiled at each other
for a while. - Aw.
- Mom, how do you feel?
- I'm trying to keep it together.
- So sweet.
- I definitely did that. - Oh, look at the sign.
- Yes, it's says "the Bryants." - Oh, this is so cute.
[all scream, laughter]
- Hi.
Hello.
Oh, I'm so excited.
- Guys, meet Charity. - You're so gorgeous.
- Oh, thank you. - So gorgeous.
- Hi.
- So today Charity's meeting my mom, my dad...
- Pleased to meet you, dear. - Nice--I'm so excited.
- My older brother, Edward,
Erick, my little brother,
and then also my sister-in-law, Audrey.
My mom's gonna be the toughest. Like, she's very welcoming.
At the same time, like, she locked one of my exes
in a room for 45 minutes and had a "chat."
- Y'all hungry? - I am.
- Oh, yeah, starving. Starving.
- I'm ready. - Oh, my God.
We got frog legs, catfish. - Oh!
They're--they are--
- We got some green beans, got some gumbo.
- This is definitely the way to my heart.
Aaron's family is so sweet.
- This is all for you guys.
- From the moment I walked through the door,
it was an immediate feeling of love.
I'm engulfed with warm, positive energy.
We need to make Mom-- - We need catfish.
- Mom needs some stuff. - Oh, yeah, Mom.
- Yes, she's like, us eat first.
- I live here. - Yes, ma'am.
[laughter]
And the fact that Mrs. Bryant prepared all of that food
for us...
- There's two fried lobsters on that tray somewhere.
- The food is literally the best food ever.
[laughter] - Oh.
Taste buds were dancing.
- So what y'all been up to these last couple of weeks?
- Oh, man. - It's been busy.
- We started off at the Bachelor mansion.
I played the piano for her.
- Ooh. - He did. He did.
- Yeah, yeah, and after the piano,
she talked about her parents being together for 48 years.
- 48? - Wow.
- That's amazing.
- So I mentioned you guys just having your anniversary,
32 years.
And the next day, she invited me for the first date.
- Really? - He got the first date.
- Yeah, and we had our own private concert.
- By Lauren Alaina. - Yeah, Lauren Alaina.
- Oh, my gosh. - Yes, I know.
I was like, oh, my gosh, too.
We just had our night together, dancing away.
- And our nightcap. - Yeah, it was so sweet.
[upbeat music]
- Aaron's face told me everything I needed to know.
And then looking at Charity, seeing their body language,
seeing that they're holding hands,
it told me he really does care about her.
Hey, big dog, it's been a minute.
You want to-- you want to go to the back,
have a quick chat?
- I'd love to. Let's go. - All right, man.
I'm happy for them.
I was telling everybody earlier,
Aaron's gonna give me a look.
If he gives me a look,
I know what it is. - [chuckles]
- And across the table, you were...
[laughter] Yeah, right?
- Yeah.
- So, like, first impressions, that's, like,
Aaron, she's a nice girl.
- Yeah, I agree. Like, she's so genuine, man.
- Mm. - And it's just good.
Her emotional intelligence,
I feel like we're pretty similar.
- You know, if you guys are on the same level
emotionally, like, real talk,
I think you can solve any problem
that comes your way, right? - Yeah.
- So just keep that up.
- I see your--you and Audrey's relationships, like, she's
been through so much with you. - Yeah.
- The good times, the long distance.
Like, you might be my little brother, but I look up to you
in many ways, and I hope you know that.
Like, I'm very proud of you. - Oh, man, stop.
- You're just such a good--
you're just such a good role model.
- Somebody cutting onions out here.
- [laughs] - Chill out.
- But, yeah, no, the support means everything.
- You have my support 100%.
But with Mom and Dad,
it's gonna be a tough one, right?
- Mm-hmm.
[somber music]
- Thank you for this time. - Yes, ma'am.
- I just want to get to know you a little bit better.
- Yes, ma'am.
- Aaron has a wonderful heart.
He's warm and loving,
and all I want for Aaron is to be happy
and to be loved by someone that loves him as much as I do.
So what do you find attractive about Aaron?
- So many things.
I think he is someone that is very gentle,
someone who's very passionate at the same time.
And then our first date, it was really special.
We really...
truly saw and envisioned, like, what our lives would look like
at the end of all of this.
- Have you been in love before?
- Yes, ma'am. - Okay.
- Mm-hmm. - So...
- I have.
- And that's not a bad thing, because to love and to lose,
that life experience is great to have.
- Yeah.
I definitely am a person
who comes from humble beginnings,
but I'm not a girl that likes to be put in a box.
I think I have been put in a box my whole life,
and I'm at a point where, yes,
I'm doing something as crazy as finding love in this format.
But outside of all of this,
I am person who just enjoys the small things in life.
- I can see that. - Yeah.
- I can see that in your caring personality.
Meeting Charity is very encouraging.
She seems very compassionate,
very purposeful, and very warm.
I'm very pleased.
What if Aaron proposed to you today?
- Mm.
- What would be your answer?
Would you be ready to say yes or not?
- That is a great question.
Um...
[soft music]
I will say...
probably not...
but my answer would not be in reflection of who Aaron is
or where I stand with him.
I value what a proposal means.
I value saying yes and doing it only one time.
And so, for me, I want to be at a place
to where when I say yes to my person,
I'm 100% certain where I'm at.
- Yes, you definitely want to take it seriously,
especially when it's someone that
you really want to be with. - Yes, ma'am.
Yes, ma'am.
Aaron was the first guy that I saw as my husband,
but here we are at Hometowns,
trying to get back to that place of where we were
after our first date together.
Thank you so much.
Meeting Aaron's family has been going great,
but with the time we have,
I don't know if me and Aaron will get there.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- So... - Hi, Dad.
- How are you? - I'm happy to be here.
My Hometown with Aaron is going great.
His family is so generous and so sweet.
I very much want this to work.
So today is a make-or-break day for us
to get back to that place of where we were
after our first date together.
- We are so grateful... - Thank you.
- That Aaron has invited you to our home.
- Mm-hmm.
- But this just blows... - Mm-hmm.
- My mind that he would do something like this.
- Mm-hmm. Yeah, in all, in full transparency,
like, I know it's crazy. - Yeah.
- So, like, from your perspective,
how do you feel about it being done in this way?
- It's overwhelming. - Yeah. Mm-hmm.
- But at the same time, I trust him.
- Yeah. Mm-hmm. - I know him.
- I will say, Aaron is one of the--
one of the ones that has truly swept me off my feet.
He has a great heart, but it makes sense.
Like, you have a picture, a puzzle.
And when you meet family, it's like that's the missing piece.
And you guys are--I felt it from the moment we walked in--
just, like, so loving. - Thanks.
We have a good time.
We fuss. We fight. - Oh. [laughs] Yeah.
- We kick, we claw, we scratch, we love, we hug.
- It makes sense. This feels good.
This feels right.
- If this feels good, then... - Yeah.
- Wait till Christmas.
That's a family tradition.
Every December, we need you to come home.
- This is, like, just family. I love that.
- And now I think he's at that point before 30
that he wants to share...
- With someone. - Something with someone
for the rest of his life.
So I didn't know what to think at first,
but meeting you today,
I'm like, I get it. - Yeah.
Thank you. That means a lot.
That really does mean a lot.
- We often told the boys,
look, I don't want to remember your girlfriends' names.
I don't want to know any of their names.
I want you to come home and say, hey,
I'm getting serious with so-and-so.
Come on, son.
I think that's the case.
I think he's pretty smitten.
Yes.
- I just go back to the love that you and Mom have.
That's the type of love that I want.
And, like, that's the love I have not been getting
from my past relationships. - Got ya.
- That's what Charity and I have shown so far
in a short amount of time.
- How did you feel when she was out on other dates?
- [sighs]
- [laughs] - You know...
[laughs] I knew it was coming.
- Man, get your hands off my woman.
That's my girl.
- Well, it sucked.
But at the same time, you know, focusing on our relationship
only because, you know, Charity is someone
that I saw in the long run.
And, yeah, screw the other guys.
[laughs] - I'm--I'm--
I talked to her, and, Aaron, I'm telling you, man...
what a sharp, articulate, beautiful young lady.
That's what you would call a keeper.
- Thank you, Dad. - I'm happy for you, man.
Anything you ever put your hand to, man, I've been happy.
I don't care what it is 'cause I know who you are.
I-- Come here, man.
I can't say nothing else. I can't say nothing else.
I thought it all, man.
[speaking indistinctly]
Okay? - Oh, man.
- I love you more than anything, all right?
- Oh.
- All right?
- [sniffling]
♪ ♪
- You take your time.
- You know what, Dad?
Growing up,
I might not talk about it all the time, Dad,
but as the years went on, like, your support
just meant everything, and, like,
I realized all I really wanted to do
was make y'all proud.
- I'm so proud.
Nobody got your back like family.
That's what we here for.
You said you wanted support.
This is what we do.
- [inhales sharply]
I love you, Dad. [sniffles]
It's just so good to hear my dad say that he is proud.
That's someone that I've been trying
to seek approval from for years now, you know.
That's something that I've been waiting to hear
from my parents.
Honestly, I'm just so overwhelmed
with how much my family is rallying right now.
- Just because you are a young man,
you're still my baby. - [chuckles]
- I'm so proud of you for following your heart
and trying to find that person for you,
someone to love you just for you,
to be there for you, support you.
I just can't say enough.
- Honestly, I wouldn't bring anyone home
if I didn't think that you guys wouldn't like her.
- Well, I more than like her.
- [laughs] - And she's sweet.
She's lovely.
She's grounded.
You guys definitely have something there.
- This was a huge day.
Everyone got to see who Charity is,
and Charity fits in like a glove.
Everything just felt so right.
This is such a special day...
the coup de grâce to an amazing Hometown date.
- I am blessed to have been a part of this,
and Aaron is definitely smitten.
[laughter]
Use this time wisely. - Yes, ma'am.
- Don't be afraid to continue to put your heart out.
- Mm-hmm.
- We have enjoyed you. - Thank you.
Can't wait to come back. [laughter]
- Mm. From your lips to Gods ears.
[laughter]
- He loves that. [laughter]
- This day was amazing.
I mean, honestly, like, I just feel the love today for sure.
- Mm-hmm. - But we got some things to do.
- Mm-hmm. - You ready to get out of here?
- Yeah, all right.
I feel so good after meeting Aaron's family.
This is a family that I would want to be in,
and this is a family that I can envision
coming home on weekends or coming home on holidays,
my kids running around with their grandparents.
Like, this is a home that makes sense.
- All right, all right, y'all have a good time.
- I have more surprises.
- That same feeling that you look for in love,
of, like, it feels right...
all: Bye!
- Like, I felt that in Aaron's home today.
[soft music]
- Football's been a huge part of my life.
Through high school, that's all I really focused on.
So I have a little surprise here.
- [gasps] Stop. Did you--
- We got our own letterman jackets.
- Okay, this is so cute. Are you kidding?
- Yeah, so Aaron and Charity. - Aw.
Oh, my God. This is so cute.
- High-school sweetheart. - Love that.
- Today was so important.
I just-- I really appreciate you
just really leaning in and trying to just make it
a really good day.
And... - It was so easy, so easy.
- Yeah, and you know, I talked about it earlier
how I hated the fact that we weren't able to get
more time to talk about, you know,
just love and all that good stuff.
- Yeah.
- I mean, honestly, I can't deny how I feel.
The leap was taken today. - Yeah.
- And I really feel like I'm falling in love with you.
- Aw.
[sweeping music]
♪ ♪
Aaron is so genuine, so romantic,
and he makes me feel, like, so valued.
Now I truly feel like the sky's the limit for the both of us.
Perfect day.
And sitting on that field,
"Friday Night Lights" is all I could think of.
- Here's another surprise. - [gasps]
- Yeah, here, we're gonna get up and dance.
- Oh, we are! Not the-- - [laughs]
[Lauren Alaina's "Just Wanna Know That You Love Me"]
Oh, my God. Okay, are you kidding?
Are you kidding right now?
- ♪ Don't need the moon or the stars in the sky ♪
- I'm gonna cry. No freakin' way.
- ♪ And the love that we... ♪
- It is so romantic,
Aaron playing the song that we first ever danced to
by Lauren Alaina.
- ♪ I just want to know... ♪
- I'm literally gonna cry.
- The feeling of love, that gravitational pull
towards Charity, how I got there today
was her giving pieces of love to my parents.
And I can't--
I can't deny how I feel.
Our day was just as strong as the first night.
That's the leap that we needed to take.
- ♪ Just want to know that love me ♪
♪ I just want to know that you love me ♪
- I feel so good after today.
Aaron is a person of purpose,
and him making sense of how he feels,
articulating that to his family today
and his family relaying that back to me
let me know that, like, this man is a man
who loves me, a man that cares for me.
And I know, like, when this is all said and done,
if it's me and him at the end, like,
I will have not a worry in this world.
♪ ♪
Today my wish and my goal was for me and Aaron
to get back on track, and we're back on track,
and we're moving at full force.
- ♪ I just want to know ♪
♪ That you love me ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[geese honking]
♪ ♪
- Even the geese are excited to see you.
- I know. They're, like, saying a warm welcome for us.
I am in Collegeville, Pennsylvania,
and I'm here with Joey.
I cannot wait to meet his family.
I'm running to you.
Today is a huge day.
Me and Joey are in a good place.
You know, last week, he told me that he's falling in love.
And so, if all goes well, I will be telling Joey
that I am falling in love with him.
And so there's a lot at stake,
but I'm just looking forward to just a great day.
Missed you. - Missed you as well.
- I'm so excited to be here. - You look great.
- Thank you. This is yellow, my color.
- Yes, every color has been your color, truthfully.
- Oh, thank you.
- We got a really special day planned.
I think you're gonna love it.
I can't wait for you to meet my family.
- I'm so excited.
- But before, we have to do something
that means, like, a lot to me.
You ready for it? - I am.
- All right, let's go do it. - Let's go.
- I'm falling in love with Charity,
so I cannot wait to introduce her to my family.
I can't wait to have fun with her today
with my little surprise.
And, yeah, I think it's gonna be a great day.
All right, we'll just stand right here for a second.
You can open your eyes.
- [gasps] Oh, my goodness.
- Kind of gives it away. - It does.
- But we're gonna come this way
a little bit. - [laughs] Okay.
- We're gonna have your first tennis lesson today.
- This is great. - Yeah.
So I got a little gift for you.
Tennis is a big part of my life.
Look at that. - This is cute.
- It speaks a lot about who I am,
probably where I feel the most comfortable
and I'm my most, like, real self.
Yeah, that's the look right there.
- Am I cute?
- It just brings a good side of me out,
so I think that'll be important for Charity to see.
- Get the hand out. - Okay.
- Perfect, yep. - There we go.
- And then I want you to throw the racket at my chest
and then over your shoulder. - At you?
- Perfect, good. - Ooh.
I have never played tennis before,
but it's something I always wanted to learn to do.
- You always want to commit to the swing every single time.
[thud] - Ooh, I just hit you.
- I knew it was coming. I knew it was coming.
- [laughs]
Joey's cute before tennis.
He's cuter in his tennis element.
So cute plus cuter equals the cutest.
- What's the C-word? - Commit.
- Commit, you got it. All right, here we go.
Coming to you.
Let it get to your right hand.
Commit.
- Oh, my God, I almost hit you.
Joey has, like, this ability to really make me
feel so calm and so at ease.
- And swing.
Yeah, we're getting it. - Ooh.
He's generous. He's patient.
Like, it's just all the great things
that makes my heart feel so good.
- You want to make sure that the wrist is laid back.
- Okay. - Yep.
And then you want to make sure that the head
of the racket is low. - Okay.
- Those are the two big things, so laid back and low.
So you want to be right there. - Got it.
- Feeling all right? Hit me in the face?
- I am. [laughing] I'm sorry. - It's all good.
- Joey makes me feel good. Joey makes me giddy.
You can see a whole different side of me.
I'm just, like, cute and flirty.
I have a good time.
I let my walls down.
- You feeling good? - Oh, I'm having fun.
- You're crushing it. - Thank you.
- Okay, so, again-- - Oh, sorry.
'Cause he's just, like-- he's just a loving person.
Like, I feel loved when I'm in his presence.
- All right, here we go. Ready?
So we're gonna do three balls here.
You're gonna do the same thing you just did.
- Hey, are you guys almost done?
- You're kidding me. [laughter]
- Who is this?
[playful music]
This is someone...
[giggling] Hi. - This is my Uncle Joe.
I think you... - Hi!
- Nice to meet you. - Heard about him, yeah.
- Oh, my goodness. Can I hug you?
- Absolutely. - So nice to meet you.
- Yeah, he looked like he maybe needed some help.
- My uncle shows up, and I'm shocked.
I didn't think he was gonna be here today.
He's probably one of the, if not the most special,
person in my life.
- I'm having fun. - Well, I'm here to help.
I can do a little feeding. I can do whatever you want.
- Yeah, all right, let's do it. - How exciting is this?
- Joey has some similar traits to me,
and we talk about it a lot.
And I try to get him to avoid some of the pitfalls
that I've gone through in my life.
- He's nicer to everyone but me.
- And you can ask for your money back
after the lesson, too, if it doesn't go well, you know?
All right, here you go. - Mm-hmm.
- Smooth. - Yes.
- Pretty good. - Oh, try to get it.
- Come on, athlete. - Pretty good.
- The only reason I played tennis
was because of my uncle.
He was my coach. He was my mentor.
He was the person that made me into the man
I am today in a lot of ways.
- Yes. - Yes.
- Moving. - Okay.
Oh, God.
- Yep. - There we go.
- One more, one more, three for three.
- Go. - Ooh.
Whoo! - Yes.
- Yay!
- You are now officially a tennis player.
His opinion is probably the one that matters
the most to me, because I think he knows me.
So this is big. This is huge.
- Swing was great.
You got decent hand-eye coordination.
- "Decent," that's good. - You have hope.
- I like that. - That's a real answer.
He's gonna give you the real answer.
I can't give--I have to give the sugarcoated sometimes.
- You don't have to. You can be real.
- No, I don't.
[laughter]
- Um, yeah, it looks like you guys are
enjoying each other's company. - We are.
- Yeah, that's the easy and obvious side of it.
It just, like, feels like I've known her
for a long period of time, and I know I just met her
a few weeks ago, so that part is crazy to me.
- I like Charity.
She seems fantastic.
But something didn't feel 100% with Joey.
I don't know if I can pinpoint it down
to what specifically that would be.
It's more just a feeling.
I want to look Joey in the eye
and see if his head's screwed on straight
and he's really thinking things through.
And that's what I'm hoping I find out tonight.
Well, it was nice to meet you. - So nice meeting you.
- Are you gonna be here later tonight?
- Okay to see you. - [laughs]
- You're the best. - Hope to see you tonight.
I love you. - Yeah, man, I love you, too.
- Sweet.
To see Joey in his element with his uncle,
I knew that this was a person
that he had a very special relationship with.
That makes me happy to know, like, he has this support.
No.
- You were amazing today, and I appreciate
how much you're, you know, trying
to get to know me better. - Yeah. Mm-hmm.
- And I'm excited for more conversations to come tonight.
- Yeah. Is there anything that you're nervous about?
- No. - No?
- There's-- there's really nothing
that I have nerves about in terms of them meeting you.
- Mm-hmm. - Like, I know we've talked
about very serious things
about the interracial background.
- Yeah.
- But I think, as soon as you step into that door,
you're gonna feel nothing but excitement and love.
- Yeah. Mm-hmm. There will be nerves.
Like, if I was to sit here and say, like,
I'm not nervous about anything, that would be a lie.
Like, it's meeting people that you love
and that love you so much. - Yeah.
- So, of course, they're gonna be protective.
And then, obviously, like, I've also never met, like, a family
that's not the same race as me.
So it's like, I just really want it to--yeah.
- It's okay. It's realistic to have nerves.
Like I said, I know what it's like to meet someone else's
family, and there's an underlying factor
that you have to bring it up. - Yeah. Mm-hmm.
- So, if there's anything you need to ask me
or anything you're worried about,
I'm, as always, an open book. - Yeah. Mm-hmm.
No, I mean, I'm going into this week,
and I know where my connections stand.
And it's like, with you, it's insane.
It's so strong. It feels right.
- I have nothing but high hopes and excitement.
- Me too. - But it's...
- Yeah. - It's nerves.
It's okay, though. - It is. And that's okay.
- It shows that we care, which is also important.
- Exactly. It shows that I care a lot, a whole lot.
So...[sighs]
Deep breaths, but I'm excited. - It'll be good.
♪ ♪
- Joey means a lot to me,
has changed my life for the better.
And if everything does go good,
I would want to tell Joey that I'm falling in love with him.
But I haven't said it in a hot minute.
I haven't said it to anyone here on this journey.
There is, like, that fear for me.
So it makes me very nervous.
- It's gonna be a good night.
- It's gonna be great.
[soft music]
[dog barking, howling] - You excited?
- I'm excited to see Joey. I'm anxious.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- Exciting. - I'm so excited.
- All right, after you. - Okay, thank you.
- Oh!
[laughter] - Yeah.
- They're here.
- I'm feeling good going into tonight,
and I'm excited to share my family with Charity.
- Hi. - Hi, Charity.
- Hi.
- Charity is going to be meeting my mom, Cathy,
my dad, Nick,
my Uncle Joe, once again,
my sister Carly, my sister Ellie,
and my brother-in-law, Zach.
- Hello. - Hi.
I'm a little nervous meeting Joey's family
and getting their stamp of approval.
I'm just gonna speak from the heart
and answer questions all as truthfully as possible.
That's all I can do.
- Hi, everyone. - Hi.
- This is the family.
- This is real. - It is.
- You're here. - This is still pretty crazy.
- What have you been up to?
- Yeah, that's the obvious question.
- So much, so much. - What have we been doing?
- A lot. - Yeah, it's been a crazy
but also, like, amazing experience so far.
- Yep.
- Now I see you guys, and that's where we are.
- And now here we are. - Yeah, this is crazy.
- So much he has shared with me about you all,
and so I know how special you all are to him.
And so I'm so grateful to be here.
- Listen, I'm just so excited to meet you
and excited to see him extremely happy.
And I'm hoping you feel the same way about my son.
So cheers to a continuation of a good journey so far.
all: Cheers. - That was so good.
That was great.
- Charity seems like a pretty incredible woman.
But, you know, Joey's had his heart broken.
He's been through relationships,
and family has really helped him to get past it.
So I'm glad, you know, we can give some input.
- Charity, can I steal you for a second?
- You sure can.
- What I am excited about is for her
to meet my daughters, because my son definitely
respects his sisters' opinions.
Hopefully this is the girl, you know?
- I'm so excited to meet you.
- We're excited to have you here.
Are you nervous? - A little...
- Okay. - But, like, more excited,
'cause just the way Joey has talked about you all.
- What makes Joey stand out to you in comparison
to the other guys... - Mm-hmm.
- Whose families you're gonna be meeting?
- Which is a great question.
Honestly, with Joey, I think I just always
go back to how comfortable we are around each other.
And we both talk about how when we're together,
nothing else matters.
When I'm around him,
he brings out, like, the good in me,
and I make him feel like
the best version of himself. - Okay.
- And I think that's really important.
- That's good to hear. - Yeah.
- Obviously, in a situation like this...
- Yeah. - It's just a little bit--
it's nerve-racking. - Yeah, it is.
- I want to protect him... - Yeah.
- And his happiness and his heart...
- Mm-hmm. - Because he feels so deeply...
- He does, yes. - When he does love someone.
So, when it doesn't end in his favor, it's...
- Scary.
- You know, we have to pick up those pieces
at the end, and it's scary. - Yeah.
We don't know the outcome.
Like, I don't even know the outcome of it.
- Yeah. - It's like a day-by-day thing.
But, like, for what I feel in this moment
and what I truly hope for and really want with him
is, like, forever.
- Do you feel like you're falling in love with him?
Is that something that you guys have talked about?
- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm, I am, without a doubt,
falling in love with him, so... - Okay. Good.
- [laughs] - That's good.
- It is great, yeah. - It is.
- Yeah.
- Seeing the two of you together,
he seems really happy. - I love that.
Carly wants the best for her brother.
She's just protective.
Ultimately, she just is looking to see,
will I be the best fit?
- Can I give you a hug? - Absolutely.
I am falling in love with Joey.
I want him to know so bad how I feel,
and I am there, like, 100%.
- What is unique
about the relationship you have...
- Yeah. - Versus the other guys?
- Yeah, that's a good question. - There's more people.
- Yeah, our strongest thing, she always looks at me
and just knows, like, he's focused on me.
I don't have to worry about any of this.
Like, I can just be myself.
- Right. - That's not small.
- It's not.
- I do feel comfortable
that I've gotten to know who she is as a person.
- Right.
- We've had very serious conversations.
We've talked about the idea of being
in an interracial marriage. - And how did you answer that?
- I truthfully just talked to her about the fact
that all I want to do is learn.
All I want to do is understand and get to know you better,
because I know if our love's strong enough,
none of that matters. - Right.
- And I explained that the only reason I'm confident in that
is 'cause the fact that, you know, in the family
I grew up in, like, we know love is love.
And she's just, like-- - Well, and I really think
if you are being you and you're being real...
she falls in love with you.
There's no doubt about that. - Thanks, Mom.
Do you think I'm not being me and not being real?
Are you doubting that? - No.
- So then why are you worried?
- I'm afraid you could get heartbroken.
- I understand, and I'm afraid I'm gonna get heartbroken.
All I can tell you is I don't doubt the process...
- Okay. - And I don't doubt Charity.
You know how much I've wanted this.
- I know. I know. - You know how much I've talked
about this for so long.
The fact that I'm here right now
and bringing her into this home, like,
that's all you should know.
- Right, and that's what's scary.
You're in it. - I know.
- [breathes shakily]
[crying] You and Ellie are still looking,
and if you've found her, I am very happy for you.
♪ ♪
- I love you. - I love you.
I want Joey to find that special person
that's as special as Joey.
But if he's in it,
his heart is completely in it.
My fear is, what if he gets his heart broken?
- You know how much your opinion means to me.
I want the honest truth.
I want the unfiltered,
and I know you're the guy to give it, so I need it.
- She seems cool. She seems grounded.
She seems legit. I like her.
I think the only thing I have is,
you today on the tennis court,
I was like, I don't know.
You just didn't seem as comfortable.
You didn't--you just-- you had me nervous, right?
I'm like, I don't know what's going on here.
My biggest concern with you is, are you portraying yourself,
or are you portraying somebody that she wants, okay, right?
And we've been down this road a ton.
Like, has this experience been about you being you?
[tense music]
How confident are you that you have really been
your most genuine self?
- Very confident.
- Okay.
If there's a fear I have,
it's that Joey is a little bit of a pleaser.
He can kind of become somebody that somebody wants them to be.
And so I want to see Joey in a relationship
where he's comfortable being 100% Joey.
It's hit me like a ton of bricks.
Like, dude, there's a chance he's going down on a knee,
and he's gonna ask this girl to marry him.
Like, this is real.
And you know I'm pretty cynical
when it comes to all that kind of stuff.
- Facts. - And you know
I'm gonna be like, what, after how much time?
Come on.
- My uncle, he's a skeptical dude.
He was truthfully speaking
to how he feels about this process,
and that's okay.
None of it surprised me.
I truthfully know how I feel about Charity.
And regardless of what his thoughts were,
I felt confident in where we were at.
I was just hoping that you could hear me out
and listen to my side and at least leave this
knowing that I do have serious feelings for this girl.
I have already told her that I'm falling in love with her.
And, yeah, man, I'm excited to see what comes next.
And I'm hoping the next time I see you is with her.
I might be engaged to this amazing woman.
- [laughing] It'd be incredible.
To make what I consider to be probably
the most important decision of our entire lives
after a pretty short courtship,
it's gonna be challenging to make sure it's real.
And so I'd like to hear what Charity has to say about that.
It's now or never, right? There's no holding back.
I want to see what's going on.
♪ ♪
[dog barks] - Our time to chat.
How are you?
- I'm good.
- After conversations tonight,
I'm feeling very, very confident
of where me and Joey are headed.
And so I truly feel like I will be telling Joey
that I am falling in love with him.
- You seem to be super down to earth...
- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. - And genuine.
And it seems like you're drawing that out on him,
which I appreciate and like. - Good, good. Yeah.
- It seems like it's cool. - Mm-hmm.
- I mean, this is hitting me hard, to be honest.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Like, there's a chance you guys are gonna be engaged
in a very short amount of time...
- Right. - And that blows my mind.
- I will say I do have a question.
Do you feel like he's in a place
that he truly is, like, really ready to be a husband,
to be a father one day?
- I mean, I think he's gonna be
an amazing husband... - Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
- An amazing dad, like, no question.
Is he right now ready for all that kind of stuff?
- Mm-hmm.
- I don't know.
[soft music]
I don't know.
If there's been a challenge in our relationship,
it's been he oftentimes is trying to be
somebody that he thinks I want him to be.
- Mm, mm-hmm.
- To be honest, today on the tennis court,
I got a little vibe from him...
- Mm-hmm. - Where I'm like,
hey, are you trying to be somebody...
- Mm-hmm. - That Charity wants?
♪ ♪
If there's a concern I have...
- Mm-hmm. - It's a little bit of that.
- Okay. - How confident are you
that you have the genuine Joey,
the real--the real Joey?
- Ah, yeah, I feel pretty-- fairly confident in that,
and you guys would know that way better,
'cause, obviously, you guys know him.
But I have not sensed anything other than
just genuineness from him.
I'm, like, very much confused.
I don't know how I feel about that,
'cause I feel like that hasn't been the case
with Joey in what I've seen.
I feel like he's been very consistent with himself.
It's concerning, and it's alarming a little bit.
Maybe I am missing something,
but what is that that I'm missing?
I don't know.
- Okay. - Yeah.
- Those are my reservations. - Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
- All right, be careful with his heart.
- I'm the happiest girl. - Be careful with his heart.
- Yeah. Thank you.
- I hope that, for both of your sakes,
you find what you're looking for.
- Yeah. Absolutely, that's the goal.
I wish I honestly didn't feel the way I feel right now.
Is there concern there? Yes, 100%.
- Hi. - You really are awesome.
We just kind of want...
- It was a lot tonight, a lot of emotions.
The weight of Hometowns is truly hitting me.
It's making me stressed right now because I basically
told myself, like, I will say "falling in love" to Joey
if everything goes perfect.
I don't know what I'm gonna do,
don't know how I'm gonna do it.
- Ooh. - I know, deep breaths.
[laughs]
- Yeah, no, it was--
- Come on, let's sit.
- Yeah, that was an awesome night...
- Mm-hmm. - In a lot of ways.
Like, that was everything I needed and more.
- Yeah.
- So I just want to, like, check in with you.
- Yeah. Yeah. Um...
there was great, great conversations.
And even the conversations--
the ones you did kind of prep me for,
they were challenging, but out of love
and wanting the best for you, and I felt that.
And I felt so accepted.
I felt so loved by them.
Yeah. - They're great.
- They are great.
- I think they truthfully see how happy I am.
- They do.
- Obviously, I've told you before this in New Orleans.
I am falling in love with you.
After today, it's gonna just--
I keep falling more and more.
Like, it's-- - It's there. Yes.
- It's definitely there, and I'm excited to see
what comes next.
But every part so far has just been
a steady incline for sure. - Mm-hmm. [chuckles]
- We'll see what the next week holds.
That's all we can do through this process.
- 100%, yeah. - For sure.
- Mm-hmm. [chuckles]
♪ ♪
- All right, you ready? - [sighs]
- There's a car over there waiting for you.
- I know. - But you good?
- Yeah, it just sucks.
- We'll be good, Ay...
- Really sucks to say goodbye.
I think I came in here obviously wanting
everything to go super great, but it didn't go bad.
It went good.
I'm trying to take all of that and take it into consideration
but also still trust, like, what me and Joey have built.
I don't know. [sighs]
♪ ♪
Okay.
♪ ♪
- Thank you, again. - You're welcome.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
- It's okay. - [sniffles]
♪ ♪
- You okay? - I just, like, don't--
- Are they happy tears? - They are.
It's just like, I'm gonna miss you.
- I'm gonna miss you, too.
It's okay.
I know that I'm falling for this girl.
I know how much she means to me.
But it felt weird when we were on the bench.
- Okay.
- She seemed kind of uncomfortable.
Thank you. - Thank you.
Okay. Bye. - See you soon.
- Now I have, like, my own head spinning
about, what does that mean?
[engine turning over]
Like, she's crying when she's leaving,
and I think those are happy tears.
She says she's gonna miss me,
but then she's not looking at me--she's just crying.
Like, was that a goodbye?
Like, is she not confident in this anymore
because of tonight?
♪ ♪
I don't know. I felt like every time I've left her,
I've felt very confident,
and today for some reason, I just don't.
Could this be the end for us?
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- This is my third Hometown of the week.
We are in Cleveland, Ohio.
I'm with Xavier, and I absolutely
cannot wait to spend the day with him and his family.
He does make me extremely happy.
He's someone that I'm very giddy around.
But Xavier reminds me a little bit, too,
of, like, past people that I've dated.
You know, with them, I've never really been a priority.
So, when I see maybe glimpses of that,
that's definitely concerning.
But when we're together and it's good,
it's really good.
And so I just hope today
the parts that make me a little nervous with him
could be put to rest.
[laughing] - Looking beautiful as ever.
- Thank you.
- Sheesh.
- A lot is at stake, but I'm ready.
- Come here, come here, come here.
Yes.
- How are you?
- I missed you so much.
How are you? - I'm great. I'm excited.
- Mm, you look beautiful.
- Thank you. You look so cute.
- Welcome to Cleveland! - We're here.
Thank you. - Yep, yep.
- We're in Cleveland, baby. Let's go. I'm super excited.
I'm super excited to bring Charity home to the parents.
This is a huge day.
This is gonna paint a picture of a future
for both of us.
We're doing something crazy. - What are we doing?
- How long can you hold your breath?
- What are we doing?
- I'm gonna tell you when we get there.
- Okay.
I'm ready. [laughs]
- Are you ready? All right, let's go.
- Yeah. Okay.
- This is gonna be a good one for sure.
♪ ♪
All right, we're here.
We're here. - Oh, my goodness.
This is cute. [laughter]
- We're at a yarn store.
- Wait, stop. This is so cute.
- Yes, yes.
- Hi, guys.
- Hi.
Oh, my goodness.
Hello, everyone.
- This is Charity.
- Hi, I'm Charity.
- So today we're gonna do a little knitting class.
You take these. - Thank you.
- And I'll take these.
You know, I'm in the lab all day,
and when I feel stressed, I like to knit.
I learned knitting, you know, to ease the mind.
The overall vibe's
super chill, super relaxed.
- Let's take Carolina blue. - Carolina?
- Yeah, let's go with it. - Both of us?
Yeah, let's do it, okay? - Exactly.
Oh, oh, no. - Oh, catch it.
I'm definitely excited to share this part of me with Charity.
All right, I think we have our yarn.
- Yeah, we got Caroline blue. - Carolina blue.
- I love it, I love it. - Very nice.
- Yep, yep. - Matching, too.
- Yep, exactly, exactly. - Of course. Of course.
- Got to make something cute.
- And I got my sticks. What are they called?
- Needles. - Needles, sorry.
- All right, so grab the yarn like that.
- Okay, and then you're gonna wrap it around, right?
- Mm-hmm. - Don't be scared.
It's just string. - No, I know. I know.
[laughter] I'm scared.
[laughter]
This is the best group of people.
They're so welcoming.
They are truly experts at knitting.
- My beginning was at eight years old.
- Oh. - I taught myself.
- Amazing.
- It relaxes me.
It makes me happy. I call it my happy place.
- That's great. - Yeah.
- I taught myself to impress a girl.
So I knitted her this, like, great maroon scarf.
Took me a couple months 'cause, you know,
I wanted to make it perfect.
And by the time I was ready to give it to her,
she had a boyfriend. - Oh, no.
- So I never gave it to her. - No!
- That's was, like, at 14.
- That's what-- I made her a scarf, too.
- He did.
- Did you give it to her, though?
- He gave it to her. - I gave it to her.
- He gave it to her before.
- I definitely have been wearing it.
- It's probably most rewarding
when you give your knitted object away.
- Yeah. - It's a hug.
- Mm-hmm. - Yeah, yeah.
- That's a hug.
- I just find it so sweet and so special
that he wanted to take me and spend the day with me
teaching me how to knit.
- Stick the needle in between each stitch.
- Mm-hmm.
Obviously, knitting is a little complex,
and you have to be able to be skillful in communicating.
But him being so comfortable in that
and just being so willing,
it was just like a different side.
It was more like he was just in his element.
[laughter] - Don't freak out.
All right, so...
- He's so patient. I love it. - He is.
- I think it's so cute that you guys get to, like, hold hands.
- I know.
- Oh, that's sweet. - See?
This is knitting. [indistinct chatter, laughter]
- Patience--
that's what I tried to approach
this relationship with--
is just slow, careful patience.
That's how you have to approach knitting as well.
Like, you have to just be confident and careful.
I definitely can see Charity and I, like,
doing artistic things together that will last a lifetime.
- Through. - Yeah.
[all cheering]
- That was good. Oh, my God.
- Cheers. [laughter]
I'm seeing a wholesome side of Xavier today,
and that makes my heart swell.
all: Aw.
- He just continues to--
I don't want to say prove me wrong,
but shows me so much more about him.
And that's exciting. There's a thrill to that.
- See you guys later. - See you later.
- Bye. Thank you guys so much.
So nice meeting you all.
That, 100%, was exactly what I needed to see today.
- We're going in here. - This one?
Cute.
I think last week scared me
because Xavier was very vocal
about just how difficult it was getting.
He's been vocal about his fears and hesitations.
It does make me nervous that in the end
or, like, as we progress, like, he won't get there.
I want to acknowledge that you just have been
so open and honest about, like, where you're at...
- Mm-hmm.
- And, like, just the commitment thing.
But, I mean, I'll be honest.
It definitely did, like, kind of scare me a little.
And, like, I think it also is, like, tied in with my fear
of someone, like, just not prioritizing me and not,
like, choosing me.
- The main thing I want to say is, like,
I'm always gonna strive to push myself
to just be better... - Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. - For you, right?
I'm learning as well, right? - Yeah, yeah.
- So there's some things that I don't know, right?
- Okay. - And it's just about being--
You can only know by spending more time.
- Right. - Right?
- It's just something that we both have
to, like, obviously, like, continue to, like, work on
and, like, be comfortable and be trusting of each other...
- Mm-hmm.
- That we're invested in this process and this journey.
Like, what we have is something incredible,
and I don't want it to end.
Going into tonight and meeting his family,
I'll be able to get a better gauge
on understanding Xavier and, like, where he's at.
I think, for me, it's like I'm ready,
but I am scared, 'cause is he ready?
♪ ♪
[boat horn blows]
[soft music]
- Here we go. Here we go.
- [laughs]
- Today was a fantastic day.
But, like, I'm gonna be honest.
Like, this whole week I thought about, like,
oh, what if I'm in a place where I'm starting to fall
in love with Xavier and he's not there
or he's not gonna be able to get there?
- There is my home.
- Is that them in the window? - Yeah.
- I am hoping that tonight will give me
the answers that I need.
Sorry. - No, you're fine.
Today has been stellar.
Charity is the most incredible woman,
and I want to fall in love with her.
But is she the one for me?
Going into this talk with my parents,
I want to understand what everlasting love looks like
and the commitment that...
and vow that my dad made to my mom.
Charity... - Mm-hmm.
- You're about to meet the most important people in my life.
- I'm ready. - Ready?
- Yep. - Let's do this.
- Let's do it. Okay, here we go.
[indistinct chatter, laughter]
- Hello. - Oh, hey.
- Ah. [laughter]
- What's up, everybody?
Let me give you a hug. - Hi.
Oh, my goodness. - Oh, my God.
- This is my dad, Clarence. - Hi. How are you?
- Can I give you a hug? - Hey.
- This is Chelsea.
- What's going on?
- What's up, Chelsea?
- Xavier's family, as soon as we walk in,
there's an overwhelming energy,
and it's an energy that just reflects so much love,
so much happiness.
- This is my mom, Tracey.
- Xavier's mom has MS.
His mother's diagnosis was a turning point
for Xavier in his life.
And this is the reason
why he decided to go into research.
- Oh, my God. I love you. - I love you.
- Seeing his dynamic and relationship with his mom,
I mean, I feel great.
[indistinct chatter] - So how was the date?
- We went, and we knit.
It was an absolute blast, and she's a good knitter.
Like... - I tried.
- She picked it up so quick. - I tried.
- Like, it's actually crazy.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- What were you guys's first impressions of each other?
- Definitely reserved, but I could tell just, like,
when we sat down, he was someone
who was so, like, gentle and, like, patient.
- And we just, like, vibed.
Like, she's an amazing woman,
and so, like, it's super easy to just, like, talk.
- Ooh, really? - Yeah, yeah.
This journey has definitely, like, helped me grow
and helped me understand a lot more.
And, you know, obviously, she helped me a lot with that.
- Yeah. - So I couldn't be more happy.
- That's so nice.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- Their energy with one another,
I was like, whoa.
I mean, I thought they seemed like
they had been together for a very long time.
I was-- I was shocked to see that.
I'm not gonna lie.
- Charity, could I grab a couple minutes with you?
- Absolutely. - Okay.
I'd say I'm pretty protective of Xavier.
I really want to get a feel for how she feels,
how serious he is about it.
And I really just want to know
where they stand.
Do you really like him? - Mm-hmm.
- Are you falling in love with him?
Are you already there?
Like, where do you stand right now?
- I feel like I'm, like,
in between the in like and falling in love.
- Okay. - I haven't verbalized
the "falling in love" part yet. - Mm-hmm, yeah.
- And neither has he. - Okay.
- There was a lot of hesitations
at first with Xavier.
I was like, okay, I don't know,
like, if he, like, is ready for an engagement.
Like, do you, like, as his sister, like,
feel like he's in a place where he could truly,
like, propose or get down on one knee
and see himself, like, with someone?
- You know, Xavier's been looking for his person
for a while now. - Aw.
- Like, every single relationship he's had
has been very serious.
He's been super committed.
- He did talk a lot about, like, his past relationships
and how he was, like... - Yeah.
- The one that was always, like, overextending himself.
- Yeah, he's a giver. - Yeah.
- Like, he's super generous, and at the end of the day,
he's just looking for someone to give him that same energy...
- Exactly, yeah, yeah.
- And love and support and generosity, so, yeah.
- Which I feel like that's why we're, like--
we have so many similarities,
'cause that was the same for me.
It's like I overextended... - Yeah. Mm-hmm.
- Myself insanely in my last relationship.
So it's like, I'm just wanting that back as well.
- Exactly, yeah.
Yeah, I feel pretty solid. - Okay, good.
Chelsea tells me these things about him
wanting to settle down, wanting to find his person.
It shows me, like, he has a purpose,
and there's nothing more attractive
than a man with a purpose and a plan.
- What did you--initially,
did you really like about Xavier?
- About Xavier, yes. - Mm-hmm.
- With Xavier, I saw how gentle he was.
- Mm-hmm. - And when we're together,
it's just comfortable. - Mm-hmm.
- And that's something, like, the level of ease that we have,
we're able to really just be ourselves.
And that takes a very special person
to be able to bring those things out.
- Do you feel like you guys are kind of in the same place or--
- I do. I do.
I think with Xavier, he has opened up to me
about some hesitations that he's had about, like,
you know, only wanting to propose one time...
- Mm-hmm. - And really making sure
that when he does it,
he wants to be truly in love and being very transparent
about where he's at.
But I do want to know,
do you feel like, as a mom, that he is truly ready?
- I'm gonna be very honest.
So I know he wants to get married.
You know what I mean?
'Cause he truly does value that.
- Mm-hmm. - And he wants to be a dad.
Aw. - He said he wants--he's--
Xavier, he said he wants to be a dad.
I think the fear is coming from--because the short amount
of time and how quick it is, you know.
- Finding out all these things, that he's excited to be a dad,
he has these husband qualities,
it's exciting to hear, because to know, like,
he is more than ready,
feels good.
Right now I'm hopeful.
- My concern would be that I wouldn't want a relationship
to be frivolous, you know?
- There's definitely love in the air.
- Yeah.
- My main question to you is, like,
how do you know when it's right?
How do you know, like, this is everlasting love?
How do you know that it's gonna last for 30 years?
- It's a feeling when you're with that person, you know,
where nothing else matters when you're with that person,
knowing that that person has your back.
Love unconditionally.
Do you think that Charity could be that person?
- I feel like I can get there. - Yeah?
- The thing that I'm trying to figure out
is, like, of course, like, what you all think
and, like, what you all feel and if you know that I'm ready.
- Well, I see a connection there.
She's fun. - She's fun.
- Makes you laugh. - She makes me laugh.
- Okay. - She makes me giddy.
- Well, my first impression is that she's a nice young lady.
- Mm-hmm.
- If you're ready, I know it'll happen.
Trust and believe.
He cares a whole lot about her. I can tell that.
Love--you know, love is something that's a feeling,
and he's feeling something, yeah.
Now, whether that's love or not,
I'm gonna let him decide that.
- So what I want to know is for real, like,
you feel like you're ready? - I'm ready.
- With her, though? - What?
- You feel like you're ready with her?
- Yeah. - Okay.
- I feel like I'm ready with her.
I don't know if she's gonna choose me, obviously, but...
- Mm-hmm. That's why you got to--
- I'm ready for that in my life.
- Okay. - Yeah, so what do you think?
- I've never seen you like that.
I'm sorry. I'm just gonna be honest.
[laughter]
I've never seen you like-- I don't know what it is.
But I could tell that you have that connection with her.
- Mm-hmm.
I have a very strong connection with her.
- This is--I mean, I just--
I just want what's best for you.
And I hope that-- - Mm-hmm.
- I hope that, you know, however you're feeling,
don't hold back.
- Mm-hmm. - You know what I mean?
- My mom had so much confidence
and support in me,
and she said she could tell the difference.
What do you think of Charity?
- I like her.
- I love her. - Oh!
- She's phenomenal.
I definitely see you guys being,
like, potential partners and meshing well, so...
- Wow. - I'm really happy about that.
- My sister loves Charity.
Low key, I feel like she loves Charity more than me.
Like, my sister does not play.
She would absolutely say if she did not like Charity,
and she said she loved Charity.
I was like, okay, Chelsea,
this is-- this is a different Chelsea.
And having the support from my family
gave me so much confidence.
I feel so good about how that went.
- Mm-hmm. Yay. - And...
So excited about, you know, where we are.
So, Charity, honestly...
[romantic music]
I'm falling in love with you.
- Oh, goodness.
♪ ♪
Like, I want this.
I want this so much with Xavier,
and it's like, to hear those words,
it's so, like, reassuring for me.
Like, I feel so happy.
- You deserve to be.
- Feelings now have intensified times 100,
and I...
am now conflicted with where I stand
and how I feel with everything and everyone.
I don't want today to end. - Mm.
It's gonna end today, but there's always a tomorrow.
- That's right.
♪ ♪
We're so happy together,
and we truly enjoy each other's company.
- Right. - Thank you.
We're making sense of each other.
And now we're just elevating.
See you soon. - See you soon.
[engine turning over]
♪ ♪
- Tonight I'm walking away feeling so good.
[clicks tongue]
He could be my husband.
- [sighs happily]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[train horn blows]
♪ ♪
[goose honks]
- Today is my last Hometown.
We are here today in Fresno, California.
I will be meeting Dotun's family today,
and, man, am I nervous.
After Joey's Hometown and his uncle expressing
that I wasn't getting the full Joey,
now, like, I feel like that's something that I need to ask.
Is Dotun the person that I'm around and seeing,
is this way too good to be true?
♪ ♪
Today, like, I think something could come up,
and something might affect our relationship moving forward.
And am I prepared for that?
Not really.
- There she is.
- Hello, hello.
- Gee, I've miss you so much.
- That's so cool.
- Oh!
How you doing?
- Good, even better now.
You're here, and you look great.
- I'm just so happy to see Charity again.
The last time that we spoke, I told her
that I was definitely falling in love with her.
It's almost been somewhat of a fairy tale,
and today is certainly gonna test that.
Obviously today is Hometown, big day.
- It's a big day. - Big day.
Let's go. - [laughs]
- So you're gonna meet some of my folks.
- Mm-hmm.
- My parents go to Nigeria every year...
- Mm-hmm. - For four to six weeks.
And so they won't be here, unfortunately.
- That's okay.
- It really bummed me out,
like, genuinely. - Mm-hmm.
- It's just the timing didn't work out.
It's really, really sad that Charity is gonna miss out
on the two people who I feel like are the most important
for her to meet, my parents.
I was really interested in hearing what my mom had to say
because she's always been really the most critical
of the people I've brought home in the past.
So it would have been just good to receive that feedback.
But I think my brothers and sisters
will do a somewhat equally good job of that themselves.
- Why am I freaking out?
I'm just gonna smile. [laughs]
- Yeah, hey, that's all you need to do.
- Oh, man. Oh, man.
♪ ♪
[laughter]
- Hi, babe.
- What's happening? - Hello.
- Oh, love you, miss you.
[laughter] - How are you?
- Good.
I'm disappointed Dotun's parents
aren't gonna be able to join us today.
They are actually in Nigeria.
I mean, every Hometown thus far,
I have been able to meet the parents,
and they're potentially my, like, future in-laws.
So I think meeting the parents
is, like, one of the biggest pieces of all of this.
- Hi, Charity. - I'm so happy to be here.
- This is Miss Charity Lawson. - I want to meet Grandma.
Where's Grandma? - Oh, she's inside.
- Okay. - Okay, let's go help her out.
Come on. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay.
[soft music]
- So here is the surprise.
- Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
- What's up?
- Oh, my God.
- How you doing?
Grandma, Grandma, Grandma,
she is a whole vibe and a half.
She's a very expressive person
and loves to cook and feed everybody
until they can't eat anymore.
So you got to love her.
- Oh, she's in the kitchen.
- In the kitchen, chefing it up.
- Oh, my goodness. - Look at all this food.
- [speaking native language]
[footsteps departing, Charity chuckles]
- My body shake.
- Have you had Nigerian food before?
- I have. My best friend is actually Nigerian.
- Oh, okay, I do remember. [indistinct chatter]
I do remember.
Okay.
- Uh, whoo, whoo!
- Are you kidding me?
[cheering]
- Are you kidding me? [excited chatter]
- Oh, my goodness.
Seeing Dotun's parents, I wanted to cry.
To know that they sacrificed so much to meet me,
to be there in support of Dotun,
it was a very, very beautiful moment.
- Are you guys kidding? [laughter]
- Oh, my God.
- Wow!
This means so much to me
because I know that they sacrificed
their time in Nigeria to be here.
- I'm so happy you guys are here.
- I'm honored to meet you.
- Are you kidding me?
It also comes with its challenges as well, you know,
because my mom is very critical.
But that's what I'm looking forward to,
to get her input and hear what she thinks.
- We have to tell them what we did together.
[laughter]
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, so the first--
- Where was it?
- We were in Stevenson, Washington,
and we bungee-jumped off of the tallest bridge
that we were legally able to jump off in North America.
- Oh, my word.
- You guys know, like, I like new experiences
and to make sure to do new things.
- You're very adventurous.
- And so, like, that was so helpful to have her
in my corner to be like, oh, yeah, she's like that, too.
And we can do it together. - Yeah.
- Hey, my darling...
- Yes. - Can we go have a chat?
- Yeah, let's do it.
- With my son and Charity, I can see the connection.
He seems to be happy,
and that's very, very important.
I see a lot of positiveness between the two of you.
And I like Charity.
Yeah, she seems to be a pleasant.
However, I know they have other guys involved.
- Yeah. - So where are you?
- Hmm. - Would you say you're in love?
- That's a good question. - You're falling in love?
Or are you actually in love with her?
- It's definitely falling in love, right?
- Mm.
- So I think once my brain matches with my heart
and my brain says, yeah, like, there's nothing--
keep moving forward, then I think
you can call it, like, true love.
- I hope and pray, you know, Charity feels the same,
just the way that you feel about her.
- Yeah. - Yeah, because I'm concerned
of her hurting you... - Yeah.
- You know, at the end of this process.
Yeah. - Yeah.
- He's not the type to be very vulnerable.
That's how I know for him this is real.
- Mm-hmm. Yeah.
- You know, like, you're very special to him.
I could tell you that. - Oh, thank you.
- I could tell you that.
- Do you feel like based off of, like,
his interactions of when you immediately saw him walk in
that what I'm seeing is the real Dotun?
- Oh, yeah, absolutely. Yeah, absolutely.
- I need someone who is going to be committed to me,
someone who I can trust.
- He's such a sweet boy. - Yeah.
- He's really sweet. - He is a sweet boy.
Do you feel like he would be ready to propose?
- Yeah, yeah. - Okay, okay.
Someone I know, without a doubt,
at the end of the day, like,
nothing is gonna come between us.
- You know, he's not the type of guy that dates around.
Like, he's a long-term guy. - Mm-hmm. Yeah.
- And when he was in a relationship,
this man literally is the most faithful man I've ever seen.
Like, never looks at other women.
- Oh.
And his family confirmed 100% that
I am getting the-- the real--the real Dotun.
I want to say, thank you so much.
Me and Dotun talked a lot about the possibilities
of you all being here.
And I want you to know, like, this means
the absolute world to me.
I'm gonna cry. - Aw.
- But I'm so grateful. - Oh, I'm very grateful, too.
So where are you now?
- With--with Dotun? - With my son.
- Oh, yes. - Where are you?
- He is someone who's truly super special.
It's like one of those feelings that you can't really
sometimes put into words.
You just feel it, and you know it's there.
- Yeah. Yeah. - And--mm-hmm.
- Oh, that's just so beautiful. - Mm-hmm.
- I know you are in a tough position.
- Yes, ma'am.
- If you pick my son... - Mm-hmm.
- I'll whisk you to Nigeria...
- Okay. - And give you a nice wedding.
- Okay. - Big-time.
- Big-time, okay.
- I adopted you already. You're my daughter.
- Oh, I love that. - It's true.
I like her.
I would embrace her
if she becomes my daughter-in-law.
- Thank you. - I love you.
- Oh, I love you, too.
[laughter] - You are a good girl.
[laughter] You are nice like me.
I love you.
- Today went so good.
This is a family that has shown me
nothing but love and embraced me.
And now, like, how I'm feeling about Dotun
is even stronger than what I came in this whole day with.
- All right, guys, we'll see you.
all: Bye.
- Wow.
- That was so good.
- I know.
- I was like...[gasps] - So?
- Oh, my gosh. You're kidding!
- You got that Thunderbird, baby.
- No way! Are you kidding?
- It's not the end of the night.
I have a big surprise for Charity,
and I think it's gonna be so meaningful.
It's so me, and I think it's so her as well.
- What a great day.
- Just give her a little taste of what a future with me,
I think, would look like.
- What is happening? [laughs]
This is crazy that my dad brought my mom here.
Growing up, my dad would tell me all the time
about how when my mom and him were dating,
they would go to drive-in theaters.
I'm a person who looks for direct signs,
and when I'm with Dotun, like, I just get
these, like, things that feel like, okay, this is right.
- Okay. Ready? - I am, I think.
- Okay.
[romantic music]
- Aw.
- Yeah.
- Oh, baby Dotun.
- [laughs] - So cute.
- I was a big fan of the face paints.
- Dot, they always called you that.
- Yeah.
- Oh, I love home videos.
- Yes, this video--
[laughter]
- Always with the moves.
[laughter]
It was so sweet.
There's baby pictures and then dance videos.
I'm like, that's where this came from.
[laughs]
No way.
Oh, my God.
- Looking at us as little kids
and how this is who we used to be,
and somehow life has led us here to this moment
on top of the car.
It just makes me feel so much closer to her.
- Oh, wait, this is so cute.
Okay, now I'm crying.
Dotun does make me happy.
And just to watch it all back
and just kind of relive those moments,
they were all, like, so individually
just so special and...
[sniffles] Meaningful.
That was beautiful.
Is there more?
[laughter]
- There's more, but not here.
But the story's not over yet.
♪ ♪
I'm just happy. - Me too.
- The connection that we share, it's so strong.
An engagement has never felt more real
than it does right now.
I'm ready for this movie to have a happy ending.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Oh, my goodness.
It's been an incredible, insane week.
- Do you even know what city you're in right now?
- No, I don't know. Are we in California or Georgia?
I don't know. - How are you feeling?
- Feeling good, yeah.
But to be in a position knowing that...
I'm having to say goodbye to someone,
it's not a good feeling. - Yeah.
- So it's like two feelings at the same time.
- Coming into this week, I know you were looking for clarity.
- Oh, yeah. - Do you feel like
you got some of that after these Hometowns?
- No.
That's the sad part. - Yeah.
- Like, everyone's family was so loving, so welcoming.
My relationships with the guys, like, everyone,
like, they all got stronger. - Mm-hmm.
- And it's just making my decision a lot harder.
- Yeah. - A lot harder.
- [sighs] What was it like meeting Aaron's family?
- Meeting Aaron's family was absolutely incredible.
I could see myself sitting there on Christmas morning.
- Wow. - It was insane.
It's hard when you have such a strong start,
and then you kind of see it plateau a little bit.
But, I mean, after the Hometown date,
I think we're right back.
So, like, that is--yeah. - Back on track.
- Then he did express that he was falling in love with me.
And when he said it, I-I felt it.
- That you're falling in love with Aaron.
- Mm-hmm, yeah, insane. - Wow.
- Yeah.
- Well, that's great news. - Mm-hmm.
- Okay, well, it sounds like you had
an amazing time in Cleveland, too, with Xavier's family.
- I did. I did. - Tell me about that.
- [laughs] Xavier is someone
who's always keeping me on my toes.
[both laugh] But I love that.
Meeting Xavier's family, I got a lot
of questions answered. - Good.
- I think just of, is he at a place
where he will be able to propose and be engaged?
And what would that look like?
So, yeah, with him, it's just--it's exciting.
It's easy. It's fun.
Xavier did tell me that he was falling in love with me.
- Wow.
- Yeah, I was like, I was not expecting that.
I will say I do feel like I'm at a place
where I, too, am falling in love with him.
I just haven't verbalized that to him.
- In your heart, can you see a life with him?
- Mm-hmm, yeah, I can.
- [inhales deeply] Okay. - Yeah.
- Tell me about your Hometown visit with Dotun.
What was it like meeting his family?
- Oh, my goodness, absolutely incredible.
His parents surprised us all the way from Nigeria.
- Wow. - Like, it was just great.
Like, it was--it was great,
and he has this ability just to make everyone
around him feel special.
I truly feel like I'm the only girl in the world with him.
- Mm-hmm. - And after Hometowns,
I think I'm falling in love with him.
- That's great. We haven't even talked about Joey yet.
- Yeah, we have not.
Everything was great.
His family is so loving, so open.
But there was a little challenge for me.
- Okay.
- That conversation with Uncle Joe
kind of threw me off a little bit.
There was some things
that Uncle Joe just kind of alluded to.
Like, sometimes my biggest concern is that
if you're getting the real Joey.
And that was a surprise to me.
Obviously, Uncle Joe knows him a lot better than me,
so he's seeing something that I'm not.
- Mm-hmm.
- So am I getting the Joey
that he thinks that I want?
Or am I getting the actual Joey?
- I could see how that'd be pretty jarring for you, too
because it seems like... - Mm-hmm.
- It's been smooth sailing with Joey up to that point, right?
- Smooth sailing with Joey, yeah.
- In New Orleans, he told you that he was falling
in love with you. - He did. Mm-hmm.
And my feelings, again, are also there with Joey.
- So you're falling in love with Joey.
- Mm-hmm, but then, you know, I left with that one thing,
and I was like, okay... - Yeah.
- Like, I hate that, but...
- Okay. - [sighs]
- So you've got four men... - Yeah.
- That are falling in love with you.
And if I'm hearing you right,
it sounds like you're maybe falling in love
with four men at the same time. - Mm-hmm.
It's weird. Yeah. - Yeah.
- I'm still trying to make sense of it
because two people are gonna be heartbroken tonight,
and that's--
I'm one of those people.
And I...
Gonna get emotional, but, um...
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[voice breaking] I don't know.
- So there's a lot riding on tonight.
- Mm.
- You feel like you know what you're gonna do?
- [sighs]
I have never been this conflicted in my life.
The reality is that I am falling in love
with four people.
I don't know.
The one person that I say goodbye to
is not going to see this coming.
♪ ♪
I can't picture saying goodbye to one of them.
I cannot.
I mean, I just met these people's families,
and that's, like, also weighing into all of this.
It's, like--it's just a lot.
But I know what's on the line, which is why this is so hard.
Like, this is-- this is my future.
I just have to follow my heart.
I don't even know what that is right now.
♪ ♪
I don't know how to make sense of what I'm feeling.
I'm, like, so fearful of sending, like, a person
that could be my person home.
In a matter of seconds, a Rose Ceremony will begin,
and I'm sitting here, and I don't know...
what the hell I'm going to do.
♪ ♪
[somber music]
♪ ♪
- Dotun, how we doing, man? [car door closes]
Good to see you again. - You too, brother.
- How you feeling? - Feeling good.
- Yeah? - Can't complain, yeah.
- How'd the Hometown go with Charity?
- It just couldn't have went any better.
I'm feeling very deeply connected to her in a way
that I've never felt with anybody else
now that she's met my parents,
and my parents just adored her.
And, you know, my mom literally said,
you're welcome in this family anytime.
I am feeling very good heading into the Rose Ceremony.
- Wish you all the best tonight.
- Appreciate you, Jesse.
- Why don't you head on in, Dotun?
- Appreciate you. - All right, man.
- But there's three roses for four people,
and I have no idea how it's gonna go.
I have no clue what Hometowns were like,
which connections were strengthened.
So anything is possible.
♪ ♪
- What's up, Aaron? You're looking sharp tonight.
- Thank you. You too as well. - Great seeing you again, man.
- Of course. Good to see you. - How you feeling?
- I'm feeling pretty good going into this, you know?
- Are you? - Yeah. Absolutely.
- How confident are you tonight?
- Pretty confident, Jesse.
- You look like a man that's-- that's fallen in love.
- Yeah, I mean, that's exactly what I told her, so...
It's definitely more than just a rose tonight.
I mean, the fact that she wants to pursue this
after meeting your family, it's the biggest validation.
I'm looking forward to getting that first damn rose
off that table.
- Jesse.
- Xavier, how you doing? - Good. How are you?
- Doing great.
Came dressed appropriately. - Absolutely.
- You've come a long way with Charity.
- For sure.
- How are you feeling about her now?
- I told her that I was falling in love with her.
- Wow.
- And it felt really good to, like, tell her that.
And I could see a life with Charity.
I haven't spoken to her since our Hometown,
so it's nerve-racking.
I think my Hometown went really well,
but I'm sure that everybody could have had
a Hometown that was great.
It could be the last night that I see Charity,
or it could be the start of something even greater
than what we already have.
- Joey, how you feeling?
- Good, man. A little nervous.
- Where do you think the nerves are coming from?
- I think a little bit of doubt.
You know, I've told her that I'm falling in love with her.
But I think I truthfully am... - Mm.
in love with her.
And, you know, I wish I told that to her.
- If it's not reciprocated and you don't get a rose,
how are you gonna feel?
- I'm gonna feel crushed. I mean, it's gonna suck.
But I put my heart on the line for a girl that was worth it.
This is one of the first times going into it
where I just have some worries
just because the last moment I had with her
was her crying and going to a car
and not able to look at me.
So it's just like, I understand
how strong everyone's connection is with Charity.
It's easy to kind of get in your head and think, like,
could this be it?
I've never been this nervous before in my life.
Her giving me a rose tonight is all I can ask for.
Like, that's all I want.
♪ ♪
- Hello. - Hi, Charity.
- Hi.
- It's good to see you again.
Oh, how you feeling?
- I'm feeling okay. - Yeah?
- Mm-hmm.
- What's the hardest part about tonight?
- Saying goodbye to a great person
and someone who I saw
as my future husband. - Mm.
I wish you the best. - Thank you so much.
The reality is that I am falling in love
with four people, and that's, like, the not-fair part.
The one person that I say goodbye to
is not going to see this coming.
And the sad part is I know exactly
what they're feeling like.
[dramatic music]
That's the reality. It's like, I don't know.
Like, is it gonna--
like, is my mood just gonna change when I see them?
Like, I don't know.
Like...
like, it's all sad.
It's all hurtful.
[sniffles]
[crying] Like, I don't want to do this.
[sniffles]
♪ ♪
Oh, God.
♪ ♪
[sniffles]
Hi, guys.
- Hey, Charity.
- Um...
okay, sorry.
I'm gonna try and get through this without crying.
Um...
this week exceeded my expectations.
For me to be met
with such love and warmth
shows me how remarkable your families are.
Every interaction this week gave me
much more insight to each and every one of you all.
This has been the hardest day of my life
because...
I know...
that there's only three roses up here.
That means I'm saying goodbye to one of you all.
And it absolutely destroys me.
I have been going back and forth all day
in what to do.
Ooh.
Um, but it's necessary
to get to what I want and what we all want,
which is to find our forever person.
Okay, God help me.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
Dotun.
♪ ♪
- [sighs]
- [clears throat]
Dotun, will you accept this rose?
- I do.
Thank you so much. - Of course.
[suspenseful music]
- [breathes shakily]
♪ ♪
- [sniffles]
Xavier.
♪ ♪
Xavier, will you accept this rose?
- Absolutely.
♪ ♪
- I am in love with Charity.
If I leave tonight and I haven't told her how I feel,
that's crushing.
♪ ♪
- I put my entire heart out there.
I looked Charity in the eye,
told her I was falling in love with her.
You know, if I didn't get a rose tonight...
like...God.
♪ ♪
- Gentlemen, Charity, it's the final rose tonight.
- [clears throat] - When you're ready.
- Thank you.
♪ ♪
Oh, God.
[clears throat]
♪ ♪
[clears throat]
[dramatic music]
[sighs, clears throat]
♪ ♪
Joey.
[sighs]
[sniffles]
Joey, will you accept this rose?
- Absolutely.
- [sighs]
- Thank you so much.
[soft music]
- Thank you.
♪ ♪
[sighs]
♪ ♪
- Aaron, I'm sorry.
Please take a moment to say your goodbyes.
[somber music]
- [sniffles]
[sighs]
[indistinct whispering]
♪ ♪
- I followed my gut
in that I have connections with other people,
and they are stronger.
- Charity.
- I'll walk you out. - Okay.
- I'm sorry. - [sighs]
- I probably do feel that if I had more time,
then I would have probably got there with Aaron.
♪ ♪
- Oh, God.
♪ ♪
- [sniffles] - [sighs] Right.
- I don't even know what to say.
Um...
and nothing I say right now, I know,
is gonna, like, make you feel better.
I, like, need you to understand
how, like, difficult of a decision this was for me.
And... [sniffles]
[both sigh]
The reality is, is like, I still don't know
if I'm making the right one.
And that's not gonna help you right now.
♪ ♪
- [sighs]
- [crying] I wish I could tell you--
like, there's not a reason why.
That's just what it is.
- I'm really just trying to hold it in.
- I know. - God.
- [crying]
Oh, God. - [sighs]
Um...
I hate that it wasn't me, 'cause I really thought...
- I know.
- [sighs heavily]
♪ ♪
[groans softly]
I can truly say that I felt feelings
that I've never felt before.
♪ ♪
Just--I thank God for you.
- I could go on and on about...
oh, God, all the great things
and how much you've helped me as a person, too.
[sniffles]
And, God, like, you deserve, like, the absolute best.
And I know you're gonna find it.
And I'm sorry, like, it wasn't me.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Thank you.
- Thank you so much.
♪ ♪
Thank you.
♪ ♪
- [sighs] - [sighs]
♪ ♪
[sniffles]
Let me give you one last hug.
♪ ♪
Thank you.
- Thank you.
♪ ♪
- [sighs]
[engine starting, door closes]
[sighs heavily]
♪ ♪
- Oh, God.
♪ ♪
- Like, I saw so much in her, and I just knew
that I wanted to make her my wife.
And, like, I was ready to get down on one knee, man.
Like, I just don't know what I did wrong.
[sniffles]
♪ ♪
[sniffles]
- It's really hard seeing him go.
And, honestly, I'm trying to make sense
of what the hell I just did.
I'm falling in love with someone,
yet I sent them home.
♪ ♪
The more I think about it, it's actually, like,
the most absurd [bleep] I've ever done.
[sighs]
I mean, what if I just made the absolute wrong decision?
[crying]
- Next week on "The Bachelorette"...
- I cannot believe that I will be getting engaged in Fiji.
The purpose of this overnight
is to help me decipher who is it
that I'm gonna choose to be my husband?
- It's scary how easy it is
to say that I'm genuinely in love with you, Charity.
- I am in a state of love.
- Queen Charity.
- I'm floating, like, actually levitating.
- I'm falling in love with Charity,
and I'm ready to already get down on one knee.
- I am 100%, like, in love with you.
[dramatic music]
[crying] I'm so upset.
- This idea of this fairy tale that we're experiencing
gave me some concern.
- Can you be someone that will show up for me
at the end of this?
- In my mind, there is that doubt.
- Joey's uncle told me
maybe Joey wasn't being his full self.
- It can be tough to be in a relationship with me.
- [crying]
We're, like, a week out from proposal.
Like, what's the next surprise?
♪ ♪
[gasps]
I can't believe my eyes,
because he's not supposed to be here.
I'm shaking.
This is insane.
What are we gonna do?
♪ ♪
This is not a drill.
♪ ♪
- So... - Yes?
- I brought something for you. - Okay.
- Yes. - From Nigeria.
- Okay.
Oh! Some bracelets!
- Yes. - Thank you.
Oh.
- Yeah, that's a African print dress for you.
- This is beautiful.
- Very nice. - Thank you so much.
So many gifts. Thank you.
I love the jewelry.
Oh, I love this. - Yeah.
- So many. Okay. - So this--
it's the necklace.
Can I... - Mm-hmm.
- Oh, it matches kind of. - Oh.
- Aw, princess!
- A princess! [laughter]
- And this one, it's a waist bead.
- Okay. - It should be for the bedroom.
- Oh! Hey--oh.
[laughter] We'll save it.
- So let's--let's save it. - We'll save it.
- That's one thing you should learn
about your future mother-in-law.
[laughter] - I love it.
- She's a giver.
- Got it. [laughs]
[laughter] Perfect.
[indistinct chatter]