hoosiermommy

I don’t want change…I want to wrap presents. Every time I think they can’t get more obnoxious, they prove me wrong.

I’m late to seeing this episode because my husband had surgery on Monday and unlike *some people* I couldn’t imagine being away from him while he recovered. Does anyone know how many calories you burn rolling your eyes? Because I think I did it enough that I can safely eat the chocolate cake in the pantry. For a man who can’t figure out why he’s mad, he sure does sling some pointed barbs. “All I’ve sacrificed to love you.” What was all that again? And when did he live her? Oh, Kody, the kids don’t need to be told you are a piece of excrement. They have eyes and ears and brains (clearly not inherited from you). And he’s on about Janelle’s sympathy to Christine and how he now feels betrayed? Oh and Meri, he doesn’t care enough about you to go off on you. He’s told you what he thinks of you. He’s told us what he thinks of you. None of it is good. I’d check the smug at the door honey. You’re too old to be this pathetic.

The juxtaposition of Maddy giving Ysabel her own bedroom and “rearranging their lives” to fit around Ysabel vs Kody not seeing Truly in the time since they got back from NC and saying they don’t have a place for her at Kody’s house (let’s just dispense with the charade it’s “Robyn’s house”, shall we?) despite having months of notice at that point about the divorce….chef’s kiss to the editors! Also, I do not understand all the angst about having to figure out how to co-parent. That’s what you’ve been doing since you moved into separate houses. From Vegas to Flagstaff, the houses have gotten farther apart, putting a literal and figurative distance between you. Seriously, you’re 1 wife, 1 ex-wife and 2 baby mommas. That’s not terribly different from other “family” structures we see today outside of polygamy. Finally, when Kody’s cooler head prevails (so approximately when I become President of the USA), he’s going to make his divorce with Meri “Christine official” and day “I divorce you” three times and call the cops on her if she trespasses on Coyote Pass. And he won’t even thank Christine for giving him the idea.

Cody magically got rid of the 13th amendment with that statement. No wonder the Utah government hates him. 😂

Kody says he was surprised Truly was not more broken up because….”I know she loves this house.” Well, at least Kody hasn’t been suffering under the delusion that Truly loves him enough to be broken up about moving away from HIM. No wonder he doesn’t spend time with Truly. She must scare him with her intelligence. Kody got a word of the day calendar and a recent entry (which he totally misunderstood) was “gaslighting”. 75% of your marriages suck, Kody. Many of your kids hate you. Maybe it isn’t gaslighting to recognize there is a common thread in all of these relationship is a little troll with curly hair and poor vocabulary. Truly being “owned” by the state? Is he honestly that stupid to believe that or does he suffer under the delusion everyone else is? I’m about sick and tired of Kody’s continued refrain about why he didn’t go to Ysabel’s surgery. “I couldn’t leave my family for that long!” As if Ysabel wasn’t his FAMILY.

The contrast between Christine’s attempts to keep Kody in her kids’ lives and Kody’s attempt to run from them is pretty stark. He’s only fooling Robyn and himself. The delusion is strong with this one. Janelle’s priorities in order: her kids, her dogs, her other dog. I’m almost sure Janelle knew the RV would separate him from her and that was a reason to do it. It’s her own way of saying “I’m out”.

So, last episode, Charlie was an amateur archeologist who knew about a long-extinct race, enough so that she would help with an archeological mission, and yet this week, not only could she. It identify what had been a ubiquitous object in her own species’ history, but she’d never even heard of it? “What is this cellular telephone you speak of?” The writing for her does her no favors.

Re: Claire and Isaac—I understand the need to have an open conversation about what you need from your partner emotionally. I think maybe the writing overshot that mark. To me, it’s one thing to say, “I need this from you to be happy in this relationship” then understanding that the other person can decide if they can do that or not and then dealing with the consequences vs. “I can only love you if you change”. The first is about what I need and the second is about what you have to do. I did find it interesting that Isaac seemed to have had his feelings backdated a few months or so. I have missed the genuine laugh out loud moments this season and was very happy to have several of those this episode, including “They….are….awful.”

The point of the discussion with her mom was the statement (paraphrased) “If you forget, is it lying?” That was her strategy for the depositions…if she believes that, “I don’t recall” allows her the moral high ground in her mind of “truth”. The show wasn’t trying to justify her behavior at all, but to show how she could twist the truth to always come out as right.

That’s the “child care provider’s” job, not Robyn’s. I mean, you don’t want her to PARENT those offspring, do you? As if.

Sister wives are probably cheaper than a “child care provider” to watch and teach her kids because, she can’t or can’t be bothered to. It’s all the other Sister Wives’ fault they had a COVID scare. Had the other wives (Christine) not been flaunting them protuculls, she could have brought her parenting to Robyn’s littles and there wouldn’t have been a need for a “child care provider” who got sick by osmosis. Regarding the “first time” response to the COVID testing question, it is possible they were responding to the type of test not testing. We know Kody took a test for his mother-in-law’s funeral. I don’t assume they actually followed their own rules for Christmas, because they clearly haven’t done so that we’ve seen, but we also didn’t hear the question. And per Meri, the test type changed. Now, I will go take a shower because I feel unclean defending those two yahoos. I’ve been fortunate that I have t had to test yet, but I think the spit test turns my stomach. I think I’d be with Meri, especially if there were multiple people in the car taking a spit test that I had to listen to. 🤢

Does Kody remember he has other minor children like Ysabel? Apparently his world doesn’t revolve around her either. What stood out to me was that Kody has more trust that the nanny is doing everything “right” as defined by his standards then his kids. Their utter inability to even consider that maybe the nanny and her hubby weren’t being truthful or diligent was telling, when Kody was so quick to imply his sons were liars last week.

No matter what Christine and Janelle and their families did, Thanksgiving was out of the question. They could have followed every rule to the letter and on the day before be told “Sorry, the CDC says no gatherings more than 10 people.” If this was truly filmed in early November as one of the wives said in a talking head, it was also possible that they already knew this (late 2020 we were being warned of a spike due to the Holidays even before Halloween). I am seeing news articles from early November 2020 recommending against anything but small gatherings. I am also seeing the very reasonable suggestion in these same articles that people test if they feel compelled to gather. What a reasonable compromise would that have been? Of course, that assumes one is looking to compromise. But as has already been mentioned, the rules were about control not COVID. If his kids didn’t resent them then, they will after watching this episode. He’s not a dad….he’s a baby daddy who dropped his seed and hightailed it when the going got tough. I keep waiting to see a statement that Janelle has finally said “peace out!” or “F—- off” and officially left too. She seemed on the verge in this one.

Gah, that list! It is seriously like someone searched the internet for COVID safety protocols and just wrong down everything that was ever recommended with thought to superseding guidance. By this time, half of that list had been dropped because the science had shown us it was unnecessary. When Robin went in to hug Meri, she said she’d need to leave it in God’s hands and (paraphrased) “oh well, this relationship is more important.” But we just spent an hour watching that relationships were not important. Kody wants to be a cult leader….absolute dominion over submissive wives. He just doesn’t have the charisma, thank goodness.

As the astrologer was telling Mama Summit she was being selfish, I was cackling with glee as the “oh poop” expression came to Summit’s face as he realized he would have to be clever and think on his feet to find another plausible excuse for postponing a wedding. I’m guessing that is not a strength and he’s only been able to get by because of Jenny’s naivety. Jenny seems nice enough, but she has absolutely zero social skills or ability to read people. She reminds me of a 9 year old on my son’s football team who is super sweet but runs around the whole time wearing an expression of awe and confusion. Is there something wrong with Ariela? Like she seems so fragile and with her mom saying “we have to keep her happy” it almost seems like they are afraid the real world will break her. Well, if that is the case, maybe she should refrain from doing things that have big girl consequences…like having unprotected sex. I wonder how long Ariela will be in Nigeria before she hires a nanny to do the parenting of her pawn…I mean son (who deserves so much better than this and who clearly had a bond with his dad).