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It's an L-shaped studio. So using the closet for privacy is actually rational. Not as rational as getting a second job or moving to a less expensive city, but rational. You don't think 3 feet of straw-like extensions look good on an olive-skinned woman?

The only thing I can say in Nicole's favor is that Igor (that's his name!!) is super handsome. He obviously does not need a terrifying skeleton person, and is in this for the paycheck. Nicole being trans is the least troubling thing about her. The plastic surgery addicts have recorded their mental illness all over their faces.

Kim earned my pity today. I can't imagine anything worse than waking up with Indian GI distress when I have to be on stage in front of a million strangers all day. I'll go back to disliking her tomorrow. Today, I wished she could just lie in bed and sip ginger ale.

From what I understand, vagina-building technology is outstanding, and even a gynecologist might be fooled at first glance. The only way a straight guy would know is that a neo-vagina is not self-lubricating.

That was totally bananas. How were there greater limitations on this relationship than on the others? He's just giving himself away because this was the only wife he's been in love with, so it's the first time he's ever WANTED to flaunt it.

Let me get this straight. People take advice from NICOLE about plastic surgery? What's the advice -- do all of it? Go to Dr. Nick Riviera? Yes, and also Wal-mart brand Juno Temple.

The dress is fine, the fit is off. More importantly, she looks thrilled and very pretty. I hope People paid for the whole bash. David bears a strong resemblance to the partner my friend found after a lengthy abusive marriage, and my friend seems similarly besotted with him. Not my personal cup of tea, but what's not to love about that enthusiasm?

Whether to follow religious food taboos in a semi-shared house is a real thing to worry about. This is a major clash of values. The only way to make it work is for Kimberly to give way and only eat the forbidden foods outside the house. It seems she's not willing to do that, which means the whole situation is doomed.

Yes, which makes it even more ridiculous that Mary acted horrified and insulted at the idea.

It's not in the Book of Mormon. It's in a different, later document called the Doctrine & Covenants. The Browns' church and the big Mormon/LDS church both view those two documents as foundational scriptures. /amateur scholar of American religious history

Mary and Brandan will lie in the bed they made. There's nothing worse I can wish on them than what they've done to themselves. I just wish there wouldn't be innocent kid/s involved in their catastrophe. I get that divorce is nearly impossible in the Philippines, but even so, I can never understand the logic that somehow marriage is a bigger commitment, with more burdensome financial expectations, than a CHILD. Getting married wouldn't add a nickel to their budget! But they got pregnant on purpose without a plan to provide food and clothing? There are no words. The Shekinah/Sarper stuff is obviously staged, but still ridiculous. If you don't trust him, that's the problem. Female clients are not the problem. Holly seemed drunk or strung out. Her statements about knowing she was with her soulmate and the right guy for her were unconvincing.

Their scriptures include both the Bible and the Book of Mormon, as well as some shorter texts. But I can't draw any conclusions from not seeing the books lying around Janelle's apartment. It's just amazing that Kody can't hear himself. When he's talking about Meri, "That relationship isn't a fit any more" is all the explanation he thinks he needs to give. But Janelle's thoughtful, diplomatic explanations for why SHE wants to stay separated are wholly inadequate for him.

Nah, I'd just have been deeper into 90 Day, or maybe gone back to Amazing Race.

Yes. He even explained that if he told her, he feared that she wouldn't move to/stay in India for him. So it was a clear, deliberate plan to hide the truth. What's extra weird about the whole situation is that the daughter-in-law is going to be expected to cook in the MIL's kitchen, HER recipes, HER way, the way the four members of the family have been eating every meal for decades. That situation leads to conflict even when the MIL and DIL have the exact same background (I'm a Jewish wife with a Jewish husband -- I've been there). But this is India! No Western person knows what they would need to know about the different purity rules, different nuances of vegetarianism, different spice levels expected in a particular home. All the Madhur Jaffrey cookbooks in the world could not prepare me to cook for this exact Hindu family in this part of Jaipur. Maybe Kimberly has been learning to make Gatte Ki Sabzi or whatever, but I don't see how anyone could expect decent DIL work out of her, even if she had a personality transplant and became totally committed to the job.

Shekinah accurately called out Sarper's BS excuses. We'll see how long that lasts. Making the relationship official -- whether that's on Instagram or elsewhere -- is not a small matter at all. I grieve the death of TJ's moment of clarity when he broke up with Kimberly. Just think: right now the relationship is only making five people miserable. But soon they will add children to the mix so they can suffer, too!

Statler was right that having Nicola around is going to screw up Meisha's relationship with her daughters, but damn. That's not a kind thing to say to a child under any circumstances, never mind on national TV. The daughters are very pretty and seemed thoughtful and measured in the way they spoke about their worries. It's kind of weird when Jasmine says reasonable things about the other couples. She was dead on about Nicola's sexual ignorance. I'm like, oh right, she's only nuts when it comes to HERSELF.

Always! What is it with him? I always feel like I need to look away.

Totally! I could not believe that he was so unable to focus on the wife in front of him. His nonstop whining about the injustice of his other divorce is about to trigger THIS divorce. That narcissistic blindness to the possibility of his own failures is complete. Oh, good point. Note that he never told Janelle "Yes, I want to be in a plural marriage with you." He just frowned. And then he's offended that she wants to stay separated and think about it? He thought they were going to reconcile right there, even though he couldn't give her the smallest crumb of affirmation? It is, because it reveals that this is all about power and control. He gets off on being head of his kingdom, whether he likes the women in it or not. What kind of king only has one subject? This is the same reason he stops caring about any children who get too old or independent to worship him. He wants an adoring crowd, not a family.

So, did we just see a 90-day-er make a wise and considered decision to break up a relationship that was making five people miserable? Maybe the whole thing is staged, but congrats to TJ if it's real. I can't even with Brandan and Mary. What can you say about an innocent kid ending up in that pit of insanity? I feel dirty watching that.

Yes, online in a community for gay single dads. Not a dating site.

Kimberly and TJ actually seemed calm and rational at points during this episode. Father Kimberly nailed it when he said you DO have a relationship problem. Shekinah and her matching sister, yeesh. As with Darcy/Stacy, the daughter has adopted their fake aesthetic but is way smarter than her mom. I love that Shekinah's response to "He's a controlling alpha asshole" is "but he has good qualities too!" Well, Hitler loved dogs. So what?? That's not an argument for dating someone, much less moving 7,000 miles across the world to marry them. You don't think being "Instagram official" is a good idea BEFORE that giant move? And her hard line is that he can't have any female trainees, meaning she already knows he can't be trusted. Recipe for success. Armando was kind of adorable talking about the stripper.

These are not names from Mormon history/scripture. You do see those names as well: Hyrum, Ammon, Manti, etc. But as noted above, the "Aspyn" and "Mykelti" trend is a whole thing among white Utah Mormons.

Damn, Kody has really gone off the deep end. He cannot handle the loss of control. Cutting off his own children who live in Flagstaff is low. "The ones who still love me..." Get over yourself! The only kind of love he recognizes is the kind that wants to sit on his lap. Once the kids grow beyond that stage, they're useless.

If Brandan is telling the truth about his cash holdings, he can't afford a ticket home. Maybe his godparents would pay for him if he were in extremis, but according to him, he's stuck in the Phillippines.

Plural marriage?