Something tells me that Meri got more than her fair share of the family money over the years. The episode where her and Mariah were setting up Christmas decorations, she had enough stuff she could open a Christmas store. Then there was the episode that they were eating out and deciding if they were going to put money down on the lots. And Meri said yes, but they need to discuss this alone. Then in a talking heads, Meri looks at Janelle and says " I'm sorry if you think I took something that you thought belonged to you, or something like that. Janelle said I didn't say it was mine, but just that money was tight and she was renting a house in a much nicer neighborhood than the other wives. As it was Kody and Janelle both had to cash in their retirement funds and had just a small amount of money to get into the rental homes.