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Ben & Jerry? Keep your mitts off of them, Meri! Them's my guys!

I don't know how intelligent or educated Jen is, but her grammar is atrocious.

I was curious about this, too. I did a little exploration and found an article that says she's been married 48 years. If she was married at 16, that makes her 64.

Unbeknownst to her, Brandi was sixteen weeks preggers? That's two to three missed periods. At her age, even with the possibility of being in peri-menopause, consecutive missed periods would raise one's suspicions about possible pregnancy, no? Especially, for a woman who has birthed two other children. That's not even taking into account the accompanying changes in one's body by the time you're that far along. A bit hard to believe.

Didn't Melissa's father go out for milk or cigarettes one day, and never return? I believe he left them for another woman/family.

I, too, suspect this is Janelle's motivation. However, I think there is more to it. Of all four wives, I believe Janelle is the most emotionally inaccessible of the lot. She makes Meri's walls look like papier mâché. I have long suspected this was her motivation (probably unconscious) for entering plural marriage. The more distraction (the more wives) for the one husband, the more a wife can evade emotional intimacy. Building a framework for communication can be a handy substitute for communication, itself. She can convince herself that adherence to the "rules" of communication is actually communicating, rather than allowing herself to be emotionally vulnerable to her own feelings and to others. I think her passiveness is a part of this. For whatever reason, she considers it unsafe to express her feelings of vulnerability or her "negative" feelings (anger, disappointment, hurt, etc.) to others, and equally unsafe to allow herself to experience those feelings. So she blocks. And as we all know, unresolved emotional distress doesn't disappear. On some level, it nags and irritates and stresses us, provoking a response that is usually something unhealthy and self-destructive... like overeating.

Add Robyn's mutilation of plural noun possessives. For example, the kidses'.

I have a theory on that. Kody doesn't like to have his Leadership/Kingship/Godship challenged. He likes to call the shots, and have everyone fall into lockstep. (I think this is the root of the friction with some of his older kids.) Both Mary and Christine ask of him. Mostly they want his presence, his attention, his time, his affection, you know, the things a decent husband provides without being begged and bargained with. Janelle seems to ask very little of him, or of life, for that matter. So she can stay. Plus her house gives him a refuge when he can't take Arabellaolea swinging from the rafters all night long. The other two, Meri and Christine, and their perceived unreasonable expectations, are on his last nerve. So he attempts to alienate them so that they will eventually be the ones who back away from the "marriage." See, it's not poor, long-suffering Kody's fault. It was those unreasonable women who wouldn't abide by his parameters of polygamous marriage. Yet, who expects more of him than anyone? Queen Robyn, of course. But she so successfully manipulates him that he is brainwashed into believing that his agenda is his alone, rather than it being, in reality, Robyn's agenda. He thinks, and Robyn's thoughts swirl around in his dome. He speaks, and her words come out of his mouth. So even though it's Robyn who has Kody's man parts in a vice, with her cold, bony hand on the lever, he doesn't realize that the one to whom he is most loyal is also the one who wields complete control over his mind and life. He believes that he and Robyn are on the same page, when in reality, it's Robyn's page, chapter and book, and she is sole author. It's her newest NYT best seller.

I generally don't like to question the religious beliefs of others, especially since my own religious beliefs likely evoke plenty of eye-rolling, but Robyn's little song and dance about the dark-haired child floating around in heaven, just waiting for her to envelop him in her womb, was truly wack. Somebody really needs to tell her how babies are made. Maybe Christine could send Truly over to fill her in. Oh, wait, can't. Covid. And Kody claiming that HIS blonde hair was dominant among his children... three of his four "wives" are blonde or blonde-ish.

That is what I'm wondering about (heaven help me, that I actually expend thought-energy on this). Would his widow/legal wife be responsible for paying off his debt?

... and Herpes Simplex.

All Evangelicals are not Fundamentalists, and I can't remember the last time I was in a church that used the KJV of the Bible. Many Evangelicals meditate, do yoga and dress up for Halloween. "Fear of God" is interpreted as being in awe of God, not afraid of Him.

Wow! You're very disciplined! Will you be my coach? Slim and Dandy with Sandy has a nice ring.🙂

I'm suspicious that the D'Andra/Momma Dee confrontation was a set-up for camera. Jen (Is that her name? Who is she?) asks D'Andra why she goes by the name Simmons (rather than by the name of her biological father). Instead of answering the question, D'Andra deflects it to Momma Dee, who then makes the nasty response. Why bring Momma Dee into it? Why not just answer the question the way you want it answered? Smells a little fishy to me. Hey, Brandi, how about you and your self-righteousness come down off your high horse. "Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place..." (Eph. 5:4) I guess you ditched that day of Sunday School. Is Stephanie still on this show?

She reminds me of someone from whom your mother would force you to take violin lessons, whose house smelled of mildew and cats.

Sign me up for the husband showering next door! In fact, I’m in favor of his taking all his bathrooming needs next door. What’s not to like about that arrangement?

The average per square foot cost to build a home in Flagstaff is $141. For a 2500 sq ft house (which obviously would be nowhere near big enough for Robyn) that would come to $352,500. For four homes, $1,410,000. For seven, $2,467,500. That's just to build the houses, not run utilities. In the meantime, during the construction of these new homes, they'll still be paying rent, mortgage and other expenses for their current four homes, as well as whatever is owed on Coyote Pass. How in the world can Kody even suggest doing this with a straight face?

Suitcases on beds are taboo in my household and it has nothing to do with culture. Think where those suitcases have been. Airport floors, cargo compartments, chutes, carousels, hotel lobby floors, train or bus cargo compartments, trunks of cars. Then there is the concern of bedbugs, which can spread like wildfire, and which can be transported in luggage. Not that long ago, there was a nationwide bedbug issue in hotels. Ew!

Oh! I didn't realize that. (I pay way more attention to the comments here than I do to the show. They're infinitely more entertaining.) Perhaps she's using the Kazakhstanian pronunciation? Okay, Amy, I withdraw my support. Straighten up and fly right, and stop butchering the English language.

That's true. The French pronunciation would be parmesan, just as it's spelled. The pronunciation as parmejahn is a hybrid between French (or English) and Italian. If Amy threw a short a on the end of the word, she'd be speaking Italian, and properly. Zink? I haven't heard that one! German? I've heard "warshed," but it was from midwesterners. Our middle school gym/health teacher kept us informed about men-is-stration and pres-per-ation. She also called a student named Lydia Lydie for three years. Hopefully, to give her the benefit of the doubt, she was either farsighted or there was a perpetual typo on the student roster. I'm going to cut Amy some slack on parmesan. When her preschool students come east, we'll know exactly what they want on their pasta.

I, and most people I know, pronounce parmesan similarly to the way Amy does. So being the nerd that I am, I did a little research. Here's what I found: "Parmesan" is the French name for an Italian cheese, so it should carry the French pronunciation. The strong presence of Italian immigrants in North America may explain why it's often pronounced "Par-mi-jahn", echoing the correct pronunciation of the Italian name, "Parmigiano", even when the French spelling is used." There's a large Italian population out here on the east coast, so maybe that's why many of us in this part of the country use the Italian pronunciation, even though it's not an Italian word. Don't get me started on bruschetta! I'm routinely corrected by waitstaff when I order broo-skay-ta, which is the proper pronunciation. For fustrated and spring foam, Amy's on her own.

Appreciate the recap, Laurakaye. I have a couple of questions, if anybody knows. 1. What was Janelle's job? 6:15 am to 7:00 pm is a pretty long workday, unless she had a very long commute. 2. If Christine is homeschooling the kids, does Logan "get them off to school" to Christine's part of the house? Or were only some of the kids homeschooled?

It's running on Robyn's vomit fumes.

If sheltering-in-place goes on much longer, I'll be happy to send "someone" over for you to try out. 😣

Every time I read a quote by Ramoaner, in my head I hear Ronnie Karam saying it. I'm sawr-ree, but I do.