Her father is male; that's the problem.

She's BARELY more supportive. She should have refused to go to the same appointment as her future stepdaughter. That's what a classy woman would have done.

@@AFAskygoddess Why? women go shopping together ALL THE TIME. High school girls go together to pick out prom dresses, etc... etc...

​@@virginiamoss7045 Meaning?

@@AS-yz2iz Men aren't as tuned into social-emotional cues as are women. In some ways that's a good thing; in others it causes strife between the sexes.

I had only my mom, dad, aunt, and uncle for my dress shopping. I didn't have a Bachelorette party and I'm still married after 24 year's. The dad was horrible. At least my family supported me.

🙄 You do know that this episode is around 15 years old, yes? As well, every single reaction and comment is directed by the producer shooting onsite. Nobody makes any spontaneous comments without the producer telling them word for word what to say. It's a stupid concept to build "anticipation" and to draw in the gullible viewers. They were entirely successful in your case.

@@jb6712 It is not all scripted like you think.

Dad’s moved on from the family that Courtney belongs to. He doesn’t give a $hite!!

​@Mandy Ellis I thought this too. Just by how his eyes lit up by his partner but not for his daughter.

I actually hate this guy.

I sure wouldn’t want to marry him. That fiancé better think about it too.

I don't think it's the dad. I think it's the wrong time. He finally found someone after who knows how many years. He's in a honeymoon phase with his gf. And his daughter is fully grown. So all his attention is on his future wife.

What is wrong with you? He doesn't care about his daughter because he didn't like the SECOND dress she tried on? Randy is just painting the father this way, because he wants Courtney to choose something quickly, so he can make more money witih the next client.

I thought he came across as a bit of a jerk definitely

No.... Randy just wanted her to buy the second Goddamn dress she put on so he could get to the next client and make more MONEY

What's hilarious is how clueless and gullible almost all viewers are about these shows. It's very well known, if one watches more than just the stupid "reality" shows, that this junk is all directed by the producer---there are documentaries all over YT that tell just how false all of this is, and how much of it is done to the producer's instructions. These women typically get stuck with an 8 hour shoot, no water or food in there, barely any kind of bathroom break, and they try on dress after dress after dress, but the producer picks only 3 or 4 and then tells the brides that THIS is the one I want you to wear for the "Yes to the dress" part. Very often the brides do not choose that dress, but go with one that the viewers aren't shown at all. It's the same garbage on the home improvement shows, the home buying shows, every single bit of so-called "reality" tv. Nothing is the truth, but viewers swallow up all the drama and angst of the shopping brides (or house hunters, etc.). It's nothing but "entertainment," and the one form of it that sucks so many people in, it's the most successful format since daytime soap operas. If one watches with the knowledge that nothing seen is reality, it makes the show look entirely different. BTW, this particular episode is from around 15 years ago, not new at all.

The dad is an idiot!

​@@brockreynolds870 maybe because he knew she loved that dress

i Fuck'in HaTe opinionated parents

Agree. Not a good way to start a relationship daughter to stepmother.

She was way more supportive than the father though, so I don't think it's fair to blame her for this. Given the dynamics here I would imagine the father probably suggested double appointment because it "was practical" and the daughter and future wife are used to trying to be agreeable so they agreed... It's not impossible that that's how it went down so, again, blaming the stepmom seems a little too convenient. I mean, the dad was the problem at the appointment, quite clearly.

@@bakoyma But honestly, though, would YOU have shared a bridal gown appointment with your future step-daughter? I know I wouldn't. It's the young woman's FIRST wedding. It was very unfair and tactless. The father is what he is. The stepmom should have had a clue.

@@maryclaremayo6157 NO even if it means we don't get on the show.

In the stepmother’s defense, she seemed like she had good intentions about it. She might have thought this was a way to bond with her future stepdaughter and didn’t realize the reality of how it was going to go. The stepmother seemed in tuned to the stepdaughter’s feeling and was trying to put attention back on her. It was the dad who seemed much more focused on his fiance.

Fiancé should see it too. It’s a 🚩

@@nicolesseon1480yeah agreed, is she really ok with being with an insensitive asshole like that? I would never view it as acceptable behaviour for my future partner

She’s trying so hard to compensate for her fiancée’s insensitivity.

I agree. Her fiancé is a jerk. She wants to be a loving stepmom, you can tell. Idk what she sees in him. She even said "Oh don't be too critical." I wouldn't want to be his fiancée. @@Nurse_Kathy

Wow Courtney looks GORGEOUS in that second dress!!

Translation- She has trained herself not to show me anything but smiles because I have ignored or minimized her feelings all her life and she's learned that not seeking my support hurts less than seeking it and not getting it.

Yes, this was a big problem for me. I have personal experience with this statement from my father, and it's indicative of deeper things that aren't good that I don't have the time or energy to rehash in a comment. Smh

​@@shanalebeau8340all facts, but it's sad cuz she was still seeking it tho!! She doesn't seem to be to the point where she realizes he don't give a dam.

@@shanalebeau8340 Bingo.

I felt this. My heart, OH COURTNEY WE LOVE YOU BABY GIRL! I also felt bad for Reane, she was the Mother Courtney needed she really felt for her. Dad is a real booger.

So.... what was he supposed to do? Lie to her and told her he liked it? It was the second dress she tried on! There are 2.000 dresses in that damn store! sound like you want a sycophant and not a father that is honest with his daughter.

But he was being insensitive.... He could've been a bit kinder!

@@brockreynolds870 yes - he’s supposed to look at her face and if she loves it, he backs her up! Chicken feathers?? Really?? It’s called putting your child’s feelings before your own opinion 🙄

@@EH23831 Well, if her feelings are all that matters, she should just go shopping by her damn self.

@@brockreynolds870 I agree. That dress was worst than the last two she tried on. She looked like my grandmother. I am surprised she loved it.

She is a grown woman. Courtney DOESN'T need a man like that in her life going forward

I imagine she's always felt second best her whole life her dad is a pos

Bad vibes going here now and possibly in the future. Should have been handled better.

@@trishf2184it doesn’t matter how old one is, the dad always stays the dad.

I'm glad at least the stepmom seems to be aware of the sensitivity of it all. I think if there's going to be a second marriage situation at least this is as good a stepmom as you're gonna get I think. She seemed very tuned in and could be that extra voice to remind the dad of how insensitive he's being and steer him a bit.

I think dad’s penis is running the show 😒 My father is similar

He’s only marrying his wife for her looks…I feel bad for his wife & the daughter…he’s a massive knob head

I agree with you. The father was totally disregarding the daughter feelings. I also thought this family was very toxic including the step-mum. The bride is so self conscious and insecure, serking her father's approval, he has been verbally and emotionally abusing his daughter her whole like. Unfortunately the bride will never get her father's approval, no matter what she does. I just hope she didn't marry a man like her father.

Yep - I think that dad’s penis was in the drivers seat

Dad was thinking about the sexiness of his bride...

But it was 100% SILK! So sad that daughter couldn't compete with that!

The stepmom's first dress is unique than others. Dress 1 makes he more special and she did look good on it.

Terrible idea to have a double appointment like that. It did rob the daughter of a special moment. At the absolute minimum, have successive appointments on the same day, Daughter in the morning, Dad's fiancée in the afternoon, with a clear break between the two. But the two brides showing up at the same time with their potential choices, just no. I blame Kleinfeld's for this. This being said, it's hard faking enthusiasm for a dress that one doesn't find attractive at all. Glad the bride liked it, but from the esthetic point of view, I'm with Dad. At the minimum I hope the dress was altered so that the bust didn't sag.

@@lysem4392 i'm sure they had it fitted to sit on her properly. the only thing i would change about the bottom is make the skirt out of lace instead of tulle (or whatever that's made of). the more antique lace especially combined with the belt really suited her, it just didn't fit the modern-style bottom. but if it's a choice between that dress or losing that top, i'd keep that dress.

​@@dietotakuI hear ya. That show does make us want to redesign dresses, doesn't it? I hated the bride's choice mostly because I found that skirt hideous and I don't like jewelled belts at all. I wanted to scream No, No, NO! to that bride. The first dress was miles ahead in my opinion. But her wedding, her taste. I hope her wedding day was happy.

I thought this EXACTLY! 💯

They flew from Idaho so had very limited time. I wonder if there weren't any other open appointments that day.

Sounds like a bunch of people are overly sensitive.

I think it was just a budget reason so they all could do only one trip to NYC to shop, instead of doing 2 separate ones for each bride.

​@@Janexcalibur They still could have gotten two separate appointments for the same day, assuming the salon had another slot available.

It's not her mom

You nailed it! He's a prick all around.

Shop without step mom and dad and parents of brides maid. How crass to share spot, meant for ONE bride.

@@kathimorrical9912 absolutely!

I totally agree about the wrong head! Plus, being an insensitive a$$

Yep. You got it.

Almost certainly, doing them at the same time was at the suggestion / requirement of the show runners. More dramatic TV! People's feelings don't matter. Still, the wedding party should have refused, and walked away if necessary.

i'm very curious as to whose idea it was to bring her along for the daughter's appointment.

​@@dietotaku , id bet on the d!ck father.

@@dietotaku If the fiancée had any concern for the family at all, she would have bowed out. She even admits that the it wasn't good for the man and other women to be comparing them.

I thought the future step Mother was gracious.

@@emilylabo7053 Really? I must not have seen the same show as you!

does anyone think that it is weird that this man's fiancé resembles his daugter?

@Marlene Stewart I really didn't notice it, but I'm sure going to watch it again

@@bobbyruffin6978 in the initial footage, coming into the salon, both woman's hair appears brunette, the are similar height and body type. That is what I was reacting to. Later close ups shows fiancée's hair to be lighter. I am curious as to your opinion.

@@marlenestewart7442 you know looking at this again if we didn’t know that her father was getting remarried we could assume that, that was her mother cause they really do favor. But when he made the accusation that he didn’t think his daughter would be getting married did you notice how the other women looked at him

Right. It seems like an obvious solution to have one appt followed by the next. Or just stay in town for 2 days to keep them a day apart.

Because people forget that reality TV is cast, scripted and edited for drama. This scenario is probably what got them on the show.

I consider that move to be unprofessional. Especially for a store like Kleinfelds.

Well they said at the beginning that was the plan for the day, to have both out at once

Anything for TV

Agree.

Can't help but think it might have been intentional

A double appointment was a terrible idea and Dad ( and Daughter, and Dad's fiancée) should never have agreed to it. But what does his being a boomer have anything to do with it? Clueless men are legion whatever their age.

I agree. Being a baby boomer has nothing to do with anything. This whole shopping trip was NOT very well thought out. Too bad the daughter couldn't have a do-over without the dad, & either before or after stepmom found her dress.

@@lysem4392 Baby boomer men have been spoilt as their mother's did everything for them. Their mother's coming from the Silent Generation. These baby boomer men married women who enslaved themselves to these men. Gen X and continuing generations are more aware if they are in relationship it's a 50/50 .. How often do you see women who have been married for years to these baby boomers, had their children and kept house. To be divorced by the their husbands for a younger female.

@@susanleverette8641 A do over ? WTF !

I assume she died -otherwise SHE would have been there for/with her daughter.

​@@TheScarlett618 , maybe her mother is terrified to fly. Maybe she's in a mental institution or prison. Maybe she lives in Japan. Maybe she has a restraining order on her ex. Lots of explanations.

Absolutely, I noticed that too.

😁😆😅🤣😂

They got married first too 🙄

@@jenniepennie14 ew that’s so tacky. Poor kid

@@Littlehouseonthepurge seriously