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Can’t get past the first few seconds of the video, but some of the comments are gold! Meri is catching flak for shading Christine.

Edited to add: I don’t mean that order and (relative) quiet are not possible within a large family, but it takes a lot more effort (and discipline) with the eight children Meri wanted than with the one she actually had.

Also, I wonder if Meri’s parenting style was different depending on which kid was the offender? If Mariah misbehaved, was she given a verbal lashing or a gentle reprimand? Meri likes order and quiet, but she’s has the luxury of that because she only had one child, and was head wife until Robyn staged a bloodless coup.

Yes, I was raised Roman Catholic, too. I figured it might be similar to the Brown’s in that their religion still considers them married. However, it makes no difference to Kody anyway, because as a polygamist, he can marry again in the church. What puzzles me is that they are sealed for eternity, so if Kody is still a true believer, does he think Christine will be joining him in the afterlife, or has he abandoned all of his religious beliefs, except the one that suit him?

Gimme a break, real-life Neff. Anna got away with much because she's a good con. "Con" for confidence, that is--she knows how to draw people in, apparently. Also, Anna's weird accent and European identity helped muddy the waters in vetting her. And if Anna is all "alone" in America, why doesn't she just go back to Germany, as her criminal sentence requires, instead of staying in a NJ jail and suing because she got covid? All the while, the taxpayers paying for her because she does not have money left from selling the rights to her story. Her lawyer argues that Anna should be able to stay here because she has a "business" (!) and a place to live. Huh??

I couldn't even get through the series completely. I skipped some episodes and fast-forwarded through much of other episodes. I already knew the story of Anna Sorokin, but I wanted to see how this series handled it. What a disappointment.

I can imagine Meri standing outside the McMansion singing her rendition of “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” from Dreamgirls. Sounding nothing like Jennifer Hudson ( or Holliday), of course, but more like the braying stubborn donkey that she is.

I’d have “accidentally “ cut his hair the last time he slept at my house if I were Christine, lol. As for Robyn’s stepfather— his obituary stated that funeral services would be at an LDS church in St. George. I thought that Robyn’s family were AUB? Aren’t known polygamists excommunicated from the LDS church? I’m confused. Also, if Robyn’s polygamist parents were living in Utah, why was she so afraid of and against moving back there? So much of what the Browns (especially Kody) have tried to sell viewers about their lives and lifestyle has been a sham, filled with half-truths, spin, and rewritten history that I don’t know what to believe anymore 🤷‍♀️.

You have a point with the patriarchal dynamic that exists between Kody and Christine and Janelle. Kody should not be the BOSS of grown women, though. I would like to add, though, that Kody and Robyn came up with rules that were over-the-top and no longer recommended by the CDC. They knew that all of their rules were never going to get 100% compliance from Christine’s and Janelle’s households. It was about control and obedience for Kody. For Robyn, it was about a feeling of (false) security and making sure Kody stayed with her and her kids. And yet, it was the nanny who exposed them. I’ll bet even Kody did not follow “his” own rules 100% of the time.

I’ve always wondered ether Kody has a will. If he passes before Robyn, will Robyn get everything, assuming there is anything to get? The Robyn-kids then stand to inherit when Robyn passes—does that leave out all of the non-Robyns? Ed. to add: If I were Meri, I would have insisted on some kind of compensation, payout, etc. to divorce Kody. And because Kody says he would never be the one to divorce a wife, he would need Meri to do so.

At Disney, $20 probably buys only one dole whip! As for Meri, I kind of like the haircut, but what is with the texture of her hair? It looks dirty, almost— no shine at all. Does she put too much product/ hairspray on it? She looks like she needs a deep conditioning treatment.

Paedon did an interview on YouTube with US Weekly. He flat out said that his father Kody “found his soulmate” and only wants to be with her (Robyn), so he understands why his parents split up. Finally, someone from that family has admitted what has been obvious to viewers for a long time.

Exactly, if they sell, where will they go that is cheaper? According to Kody, the (Robyn's) kids love Flagstaff--Robyn has said in a past episode that she doesn't want to move again and that she will make sure Kody puts down "roots" when they moved to Arizona. I think that if there were no Robyn in the picture, or if she had agreed to move to Utah, they would have.

Same. I might not want her recipes, but I’m glad she has her own thing. And if it annoys Kody that Christine can do fine without him, so much the better.

Right, the only way Kody and Meri are married is because they say they are. For all practical purposes, they have been separated for a long time. The one thing that ties them together is the show and any money commingled. I wonder if they are even spiritually married in their religion, since the AUB kicked them out? They don’t seem to formally belong to any religion/church now— can you be considered “sealed” to each other in the AUB if you are no longer a member?

Oh, I can just imagine the tears and ire if anyone dared to question Robyn about her marriage(s). Did you really try hard enough with David Jessop, Robyn? Just how allegedly abusive was he? Why did you let your kids visit him after Kody adopted them? I’m not saying that Jessop was or wasn’t abusive, btw. Robyn does tend to rewrite history and talk out of both sides of her mouth, though. Christine and Kody had been married for 16? years before Robyn joined the family. How does she know anything about Christine’s marriage before or even after that time? According to the Browns, they never 🙄 discuss Kody’s other relationships with him.

My peeve today—people that automatically take the opposite view or opinion of something that I’ve said. I’m not talking about strangers online, such as forums like this one—I mean people that you know, such as family members, friends, relatives, etc. I’m not talking about politics or religion or any major topics, either. I also don’t mean that people can’t disagree with me, but there are certain individuals in my life who frequently and consistently do so. No matter what I say, even if it is a simple statement like, “It sure is sunny today,” they’ll point to clouds and say, “not really.” Or, if I really liked a restaurant or a film, they’ll say say they hated it.

Huh, why does Meri use the word “stupid” when talking about telling Kody? Why wouldn’t Kody have gotten notice about the divorce being final separately from Meri? I bet Robyn ran home and told Kody right away, so moot point. So much for “brave” and “strong,” eh, Meri?

When Robyn used to say that in the intro, it always creeped me out. She would have been 12 years old at the time that Kody married Meri.

Where I live in PA, I don’t know of any polygamy groups (obviously there could be some), and clerks often make small talk when you say you’re buying a gift. It doesn’t necessarily mean they’re being nosy, imo—just normal human chitchat. The clerk may not have cared, really— just saying something friendly because a camera crew was there, perhaps.

I think Kody is just re-writing history to excuse his own failings in his marriage with Meri. Meri may have changed in his eyes,, but who the hell is the same person now that they were when they were 19? They got married very young— she was 19 and he was 22. They didn’t court very long, either. Kody, imo, compares his previous marriages with his marriage to Robyn, which is unfair. Robyn and Kody’s courtship started when they were offered the show—and 16 years after his last marriage. Everything must have seemed exciting and new for Kody. The show brought more income —they built the Vegas homes, had their 11-day honeymoon, big commitment ceremony, etc. Robyn has had very few reasons to not “keep sweet” in comparison to her previous marriage. She gained when she joined the family. The other wives, in comparison, lost when Robyn entered the family. They lost resources, status, time with Kody, etc. I also think the non-Robyn kids lost out on time with their father once Robyn entered the family.

I feel ambivalent about the twins’ appearing on the show. On one hand, no—they did not need to do that in order to get Jerry to plea guilty. On the other hand, if they truly wanted to do so (with parental permission), why shouldn’t they? It seemed from what they said that they were identified and shunned by some members of the cheer community anyway. Showing the fact that victims are real, live individuals and not nameless and faceless entities is sometimes helpful. However, I don’t know that if I were the twins’ parent that I would have allowed them to appear on the show. It would be a hard decision.

Robyn was adding 4 more people to the family, debt, and a fertile reproductive system. Resources were spread thin already, so no wonder two of the wives were less than thrilled to add more mouths to feed and people to house. Kody, of course, was happy to get a new younger, thinner wife and start to make babies. Then there was the show and the income and opportunities from that— which resulted partly from adding another wife to the family.

Exactly. Kody was frustrated because he could not completely control everyone (nor could he completely control a virus). And, even if everyone followed “his” rules down to the letter, he still might not believe them. By the time Kody handed out the rules, it had been determined that the virus was airborne. Wiping down mail and packages was unnecessary. Doing so if one wanted to for a psychological feeling of control— go ahead, just don’t expect others to. Then, letting a nanny and her husband come and go and not his own family? I’d tell Kody to eff off, too. Also, the non Robyn wives have said there’s not a set schedule for Kody’s visits, and I can well believe Kody has canceled or switched plans to visit at the last minute.

At this point, if I were the interviewer, I’d ask Kody “What do you want realistically, going forward?” Does he really want Meri clinging like a barnacle to their “marriage” and Janelle just going with the flow (except when it comes to her kids) so that when he dies the VIP section of heaven will let him in? Robyn needs to shut up about Christine. Christine tried for years with Kody and it got her to this point.