Meghzie

I was going to say this. He bought that apartment for a sentimental/guilt reason. Is Barbara Morgan his child? Or a woman he had a child with and abandoned when the child died? Is the woman Ashley tried to talk to related to Barbara. I guess it wouldn’t be much of a story line if Ashley has laid out everything on day one. But dang she is sketchy!

It’s all relative when you have 4 wives!

This is a good point. She sees all of her moms struggling with weight, and most of her sisters. And the sister closest to her in she, Gwen, has a very different natural body type and is tiny. It must be really hard. It’s also compounded by the fact that he dad’s favourite wife is the one that is thinnest. Meri was on top in the first season, and she was smallest. Then Robyn came along and was thinnest and hot and the favourite wife. Now Robyn is struggling with post partum weight, and Christine looks amazing and has lost weight (and isn’t eating nachos any more) and is the favourite. Kids aren’t dumb. At some level these things sink in.

Haha, I didn’t think of that, because I didn’t realize it was suppose to be a secret. It’s been blatantly obvious all season+

Not only their customers, their sellers as well. Some of the leaked home office calls are awful. Like straight up mean girl nastiness.

In the medical world, this is an unproven treatment. (As far as I’ve found) It has no external tests done on it, no peer reviewed articles on the results or method, no long term studies etc. The results are all based on testimonials. This is also why I am 99.999999999% sure their insurance did not cover it. It’s like pulling teeth to get physical therapy and chiropractic covered for “evidence based” practices, something like this would be a nightmare. I’m not saying they shouldn’t try it, or that it’s wrong or neglectful or anything. I’ve done many alternative treatments in my life. But the TLC description is technically accurate. The title of the episode however... no clue what that’s referring to. Nancy has a pretty sweet set up. I mean, she probably makes $50-100 an hour. She working with a man with relationship problems with 4 wives, the whole group, each wife has their individual problems, and then interwife problems... no wonder she just smiles smuggly as they make no progress and go around in circles.

My husband and I do this, especially when dealing with in laws. It’s easy for us to jump full force into ideas our own families have, but not always as comfortable when it’s not your own family. So we gauge each other’s reactions.

She means Ashley

Ashley shot Dimitri some seriously hostile looks during their THs.

I do think having live in nannies for the kids was a slap in the face to Meri. I’m sure it wasn’t intentional, and she likely didn’t want to step up. But with all the talk about them being “our” kids etc. they should have just said “Meri, we need you to step up and help, you are one of their mothers.” I know it wasn’t the other SW’s job to do that, but if it had been done years ago when Mariah stopped needing her as much, the whole course of the family might have changed for the better.

Benjamin needs speech therapy, he’s developing the same enunciations as Auralee. Not sure when the THs were filmed, but there is one, during the packing scene, where Auralee is speaking very intentionally and her impediment is barely noticeable. “To be able to live in a place where I can claim my husband, and my children can call Drew dad, it’s kind of like a dream come true.”

Melina would have been a total shit stirrer of a sister wife. She was already trying to turn the other sister wives on each other. And it was the first freaking time they met her! Drew is a douche.

I doubt that not wanting the surgery has anything to do with money/insurance. When it gets to that point, they can easily go to Shriners, who will treat her for free.

And that’s the problem with so many of these super strict, isolated, sheltered religions. Especially ones that encourage you to get married young and pop out babies. They never have time for personal individual growth and exploration.

I noticed that! So awkward. He wasn’t even part of their little circle, just awkwardly standing right outside it with his greasy hair, occasionally looking straight into the camera.