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DakotaJustice

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  1. I’ve already watched this series twice. Then I downloaded the Audible book. There are some slow portions of the series but it took a second viewing to really drink in the details.  (Spoilers following)
     

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    All the characters have flaws/damage but I actually liked Toby. I was divorced more than 10 years ago and I remember going on the dating apps and initially finding a smorgasbord of men. However that got old after a relatively short while. I see Toby going through the same process. At first he was taking full advantage, then gradually focused on one woman who was unavailable otherwise, then that ended as he came to realize that he wanted something more.  He clearly loves his kids and missed them during the short time they were at camp. It wasn’t 100% clear in the series, but in the book although he kept saying he was newly divorced the papers were never signed and divorce was never finalized. In episode 8 as Libby was talking about her book, Toby’s eyes filled with tears at the thought of Rachel appearing at his door and asking “but then what happens”?
    Rachel was in love with Toby but after the traumatic birth experience, she changed. And eventually dived more into her work as a distraction, leaving Toby to do most of the child raising. It took 11 years for her PTSD to come to a head and result in a nervous breakdown.  I think she still loved/cared for Toby but was wrapped up in her grief. Did she really come to his door at the end or was that just Toby’s wishful thinking? 
    I have mixed feelings about Libby. I get that she was searching for something or going through a midlife crisis but to basically abandon her hubby and kids for days at a time didn’t sit well with me. 
    Seth popped in and out. When he proposed to his girlfriend at the end, both Libby and Toby dissed it but I could see the longing in their faces seeing the love there. It made them look back to the beginning of their marriages that they had forgotten, I think. 
    oh, and I loved Toby adopting Bubbles! 

    Just some thoughts. This series is sticking with me. 

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  2. 14 hours ago, Cetacean said:

    But do we know this for sure?  She'd have had to put the max amount in and even then there wouldn't be all that much after a couple of years even if she was making a six figure salary - which I seriously doubt.

    She wasn’t. Since Janelle was working for the state her salary is public record. Off the top of my head I seem to recall it being in the neighborhood of $50-60k.

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  3. 10 hours ago, Gramto6 said:

    Someone somewhere gave them money to make the book available free is all I can think of. I cannot see Kootie giving anything away free. 

    You can get the book for free from the Internet Archive as well. I think a lot of the books are donations from libraries and what not. 
    I myself have a collection of rare horse magazines from the 1940s-1980s that I’m planning on donating to the Archives. After they scan them, they’ll keep the hard copies in their archive. 

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  4. I’m on a group trip/tour this week. Last night at dinner I was seated next to a couple who lives in Flagstaff. After awhile I couldn’t resist asking about the Browns. 

    “So…do you happen to know of Kody Brown?” 
    well imagine my surprise when they answered “who”? 
    Actually I wasn’t all that surprised but clearly Kody is a legend in his own mind. 😅

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  5. 3 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

    And wasn't Janelle the real estate agent? And didn't Meri stay in LV for a bit longer than everyone else?

    Janelle was the agent for awhile but she couldn’t sell the houses. They ended up going to a top realtor who finally sold them. Christine’s house sat on the market for almost a year if memory serves. 

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  6. 3 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

    I'm going to guess Kody has never surfed a day in his life. I think he thinks he's "cool" like a long haired, laid back (lol), unconventional dude. You know like he's super stoked his life is so gnarly, and he's amped up, cuz like, he has 4 wives.

    He has surfed once. During his 2 week honeymoon with Robyn in Season 1 they took a surfing lesson. Of course that was on Robyn’s bucket list.

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  7. Hunter is a military nurse I think. Logan has an MBA and certainly must have a lucrative job as they just bought a house. Garrison has been in the military and I think works in construction and also bought a house this year. Gabe I believe is working and going to college. Aspyn works at a jewelry store in Utah. Not sure what Paedon is doing for a living. 

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  8. 5 hours ago, Kerrey92 said:

    Does anyone remember when Robyn was pregnant for the first time with Kody's spawn and the wives went to eat Chinese food and there as a lot of discussion about Robyn having some sort of health issue and not being able to eat the food?  I wonder if she doesn't have something chronic that then brings out the savior complex in Kody?

    Ha! That was “The Wives Diet Woes” and they were at an Asian all you can eat restaurant. I’ll never forget the scene where Robyn is eating noodles. 😅

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  9. On 9/2/2022 at 9:37 PM, deirdra said:

    Use the self-checkout, Paedon. It is almost as if you want the attention.

    If he didn’t want the attention he wouldn’t have posted about it on SM. 

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