Kyanight

@@ <~~~ that is a virtual eyeroll. It's like the dog poo in the brownies story. Suppose your neighbor, who is a non-Mormon, brings you a plate of Brownies covered with plastic wrap. You open up the plastic wrap and notice the big chunky walnuts, ooey-gooey melted chocolate chips scattered throughout, and it looks moist and delicious. But then a friend tells you that they heard this neighbor has a secret ingredient - she adds dog poop to her brownies to make them moist. You can't see it, you might not even taste it after it's been baked and had the walnuts and chocolate chips added. It might not even be a lot of poop... it might just be a teaspoonful... but you throw out the entire batch because they are filthy inside. So it is with those not of your faith. They might look nice, they might SEEM nice.. they might act nice.... but they have filth within that can spread through your wholesome family if you allow it to. Since Jesus was just another prophet like Joseph Smith, they don't care what Jesus would do. Jesus might mingle with the unclean, but they will not. (And yes I know - the dog poop story has been used a million times in a million different ways. Still is applicable.) Still - shouldn't you be able to make a buck off of the unwashed masses? Meri certainly does. There were enough people outside of the faith to unload your junk on and support your family. Why they would ever buy the crap again after the first time is the mystery, so it might be a one-time deal. Encourage them to buy as much as they can afford - or even more than they can afford. Afterall, they aren't your friends. Your friends can only come from within your faith. Those outside of your faith will only attempt to corrupt you.

Hopefully they won't set Utah on fire with a gender reveal.

I'm not posting this to offend anyone, make fun of anyone, hurt anyone's feelings or ANYTHING of that nature. I'm posting this because it made me laugh and I thought in these troubled times it might make someone else smile, too. : )

Ah!! Not my point at all. I thought that it was strange to assume that when you have two kids your house is naturally going to be dirty. I was only pointing out that you can have a lot more than two kids and still keep a clean house. And I'm glad I didn't offend you. I never TRY to offend - well - I don't think I ever mean to offend anyone, but I am old, my personality is strange, and it just happens often.

Because I post on this board daily and respond to comments in a lot of the threads. You appeared on the board and disagreed with my comment first, so it was natural to wonder if I had offended you while you were on a different name - or even just as a lurker. I am good at offending. So I asked.

I am curious. Did you come to this board simply to defend some carpeting? That's the only aspect of the show that you wish to discuss? I mean.... if so, that's fine. I'm just trying to understand your agenda. Some people like to discuss, some people like to snark, some people like to argue - there is no right or wrong I guess.

True. But this is a message board. ALL of us can express our opinions even if you don't like other people's opinions if they differ from yours. And don't assume I EVER needed "Pristine" carpet. There is a whole lot of gray between black and white. I simply prefer clean over filthy. But as you pointed out - that's just me.

Seriously? I had 8 kids and my carpet NEVER looked like that. We took our shoes off at the door (they all still do in their own homes) and we ate in the kitchen or outside on the picnic table. My kids didn't walk around the house sucking on sippy cups of juice all day and snacking on junk that was spilled all over. If we made a mess - we cleaned it right up. I don't know... that was just my house. Even if you have two kids, you can clean the carpeting now and then. *** And I was a single mother from the time my youngest were a year old, and I had a special needs kid. Still no reason for it to look like that.

I didn't know what my babies were going to be - but I would have LIKED to have known. However, there is no way I would have set up those elaborate parties with pink or blue balloons and colored cakes and whatnot. Outside of your immediate family and best friend - people are content to wait and see what you have, when you have the baby. So many people think that the entire world revolves around their personal lives - they post every detail on social media and expect everyone else "out there" to read every word, enthralled. Kind of like the Browns.

It's way beyond a vacuum. They need to rent a carpet cleaner machine or hire someone to come in.

Thank you! I was wondering if this was mentioned on an episode! And yes. Kody doesn't even attempt to be a good husband or a father. A good father would ensure that all of his kids are treated equally. And I think he's been a terrible husband to the first three wives for a multitude of reasons.

But where did they say that? Did THEY say that, or someone else? Did one of them mention this on one of the episodes?

My thoughts are "nay". Here in Colorado we have had an EXTREMELY hot and dry summer... with lots of very windy days. I often joke that I feel like I moved to Chicago - the "Windy City". That's definitely a recipe for fire disaster. And of course it's hot and dry and windy all over the west (and elsewhere?) and you have stupid people who do stupid things - like set off fireworks when they are prohibited because of the fire danger, not putting camping fires out completely, etc. And then you have the random person here and there who likes to set things on fire... but I don't think it's a collective effort to attack the U.S. Just my opinion.

Was it ever stated that each wife was to get the exact same monthly stipend? I remember Meri whining because she wanted an equivalent sized house even though she only had one kid, although that point was moot because the lots were zoned for certain sized houses and there wasn't a dinky house to choose from for that plot of land. The wet bar was ridiculous, I think all of us can agree on that! I was wondering where it was said that each wife got the same amount of money each month to take care of the kids, once they were in Vegas and in separate houses. It wouldn't surprise me a bit if Robyn and Meri got the lion's share at one time. At this moment in time at least, Meri pays her own way and Robyn and her Mcmansion and Victoria Secrets needs (and her inability to work for a living) certainly must suck out a good majority of the monthly cash flow. (Wherever that flow actually comes from.)

Rest assured, she won't get a job to keep it.

So true. But they would all have been happier. They had more income with TLC but they spent MORE than the "more income". And Robyn was like a cherry bomb in the family dynamics. "Boom!"

YES!!! Washington is also burning, big time!

They might have divided the money equally in the past, but I don't believe they do so now. Maybe they divide the TLC money equally - which is fair. If I were in that living situation, I would be furious if all income was pooled together and then distributed in equal amounts to each wife. (And Kody?) Say what you want about Meri, she DOES manage to sell that ugly Lularot, while Robyn lays in bed until afternoon and doesn't do squat to bring in a dime. Her kids are NOT infants, and hundreds of thousands of mothers of young children work outside of the home. It's definitely a personal choice if it isn't an absolute necessity.... but I am not going to work my buns off to bring in money to give to a lazy, entitled woman who thinks she is a princess and can't work because she has a 9 year old and a 4 year old at home. I am guessing that Kody is into some pyramid type scheme that brings in some money which he solely gives to Robyn. Meanwhile Janelle squeaks by with public assistance and strive (being snarky - I have no clue if she's on public assistance but certainly STRIVE isn't going to pay her mortgage, let alone all of the other expenses) and Christine also sells Lularot - but probably not as aggressively as Meri does. IF a sister wife were watching my children while I was outside of the home working - that is a different situation. That is more than fair. Child care is expensive, and if you have several little ones - well this works out quite fairly, I think. But to work to support a lazy sister wife who doesn't contribute in any way isn't reasonable in my world. NOR would I support a husband who collects wives buts doesn't support them financially. Or who supports his FAVORITE wife financially but leaves the others to flounder.

WOW!!! We have been having some serious fire here, too (Colorado). And California....! Last night I told my son that the entire western section of the U.S. is on fire. Oregon, Idaho, Montana, California, Colorado..... did I miss any states? On Sunday, ash was falling out of the sky just like it was snowing. Our cars were covered, our clothes (if you walked outside) - everything. I went to pick up a few items from Michaels... walked from the store to my car and the stuff I bought (didn't bother getting a plastic bag to put the stuff into) was covered with ash. We wore our masks when we went outside, even if no one was around, because you don't want to breathe all of that into your lungs. As bad as it was - we were NOT in an intense orange glow like your photo! Eerie!

Oh, I'm not going to "take my ball and run home", lol. I was just talking about THIS thread. If I am not doing anything to improve myself, I don't belong on THIS thread. Not that I won't do something soon, perhaps. You never know! I DID get off of Nyquil, however trite that might sound. But... that's pretty small potatoes in the grand scheme of things. And your large number of steps are something to be VERY proud of!! I will still post on this board (other threads) and hang out with everyone - and no doubt offend people from time to time without meaning to! And I love Kyanite, too. And also Herkimer diamonds. 😄

Exactly! But it was a wake-up call. If I can't be productive and kind, there is no reason to post on this thread. I DO appreciate all of the hard work everyone is putting forth. I don't realize how my stupid humor comes across sometimes. My kids (all grown adults now) always say, "Mom - you THINK you are funny, but you aren't!" And I always say in return, "But I make MYSELF laugh" - as if that makes everything ok. I sincerely hope your depression passes soon, KBO! I think maybe Covid has just intensified it for many people, myself included.

For Truely's birthday. He probably couldn't come up with an excuse to get out of it where he could save face.

Love you, too! But... I honestly WASN'T making fun of step counts. That is seriously probably all the steps I took today. I even thought about how many steps I might have taken before I posted that - and it seemed about right. I wish you could know my heart. 😞

I know you don't know me at all except what you read (mostly snark) about the Browns, but let me PROMISE you that when I wrote that post it never once even occurred to me that I was mocking anyone or making fun of anyone! That is not me - I would never deliberately hurt anyone's feelings or make fun of someone who is bettering themselves! No, my post was ONLY to make fun of MYSELF!! Tongue-in-cheek, because I really AM a bump on a log... a Janelle -with the difference that I don't post health tips and don't take photos of my food every day. I am really shocked that you took my post in that way. This is why I stopped posting a few weeks back - I hurt the moderator's feelings and that was so far from my intentions that I was hurt that SHE felt that way, and I took a break from posting. It was only because Suomi wrote me a personal message that I even came back to these boards. Please accept my most sincere and humble apology, for inadvertently hurting your feelings! Please understand that the thought that I MIGHT hurt your feelings never once crossed my mind! It was only mocking myself because I simply don't care about myself at all and have no desire to better myself in any way - because.... why? You are certainly NOT worthy of ridicule. That is the problem with message boards. We don't see people's facial expressions, we don't hear their tone or their words or their voice inflections... and too often people take our words to heart when they were never meant to be taken that way. I don't think I am a good fit on message boards, unfortunately. Again - I am VERY sorry.

No way!!! They aren't polygamists.... You're just teasing!! lol Everyone knows that Robyn is married to Kody and Christine and Janelle are ex-girlfriends. Meri is his ex-wife. I am willing to bet Kody goes weeks without seeing any one of them except Robyn.