On the drive to Los Angeles to visit Stacey and Claudia, Dawn kept thinking about how odd and awkward the dinner was the night before and recalled seeing Jeff's fiancee Julie for the first time. She was a very sweet girl but very shy and reserved and didn't have much to say other than expressing her adoration for Jeff. The other thing? She was..weird looking. Her frizzy hair was clearly naturally brown but it was dyed blonde and it was obvious she tried to blowdry it straight but didn't have much luck. She also had a bunch of freckles, a slight overbite, couldn't have been any more than 5 feet tall and was significantly overweight . While Dawn wasn't a petty person at all and would never judge a person's appearance, she couldn't help but notice how unattractive this lady was and she recalled the endless hours she spent at the gym getting in the best shape she could leading up to her wedding and yes, she felt awful for even thinking so superficially, but at the same time, she couldn't help but think it was odd that Julie would allow herself to wear a wedding dress in that physical condition.
The discussion at the table was strange too, with Jeff and Julie displaying way too much PDA between them and Jeff throwing several subtly rude comments towards Ben and Dawn about numerous things like their house and their jobs and insulting Dawn's cooking by repeating that his preference was to eat at a restaurant instead but the evening was also filled with endless praise of his fiancee and her family. While he didn't want to upset Dawn and call Jeff out for his disrespect, it was enough to piss Ben off to the point that he told Dawn that Jeff wasn't allowed back there again. After such a nice visit just a few hours prior at the coffee shop gave Dawn hope that they can finally work on rebuilding their relationship, it ended in utter disappointment for her and she was reminded why she didn't like him in the first place. She was at a complete loss and had no idea what to do. Thank goodness she had an afternoon with her good friends Claudia and Stacey to look forward to and hoped they might have some advice for her.