Just Wondering

I got the impression from Meri’s Friday show that Amos was scared away by outside forces. So it looks like, once again, these plural ladies get discarded and abandoned and then call it “leaving”. I just reread 50 Years of Polygamy and I’m seeing a pattern here. Man dumps woman, lets her hang out in that, then she says “leaving” was her choice, not the only option left. Maybe I’m jaded. But this seems more common than a woman actually waking up and saying, “None of this passes the smell test. Im leaving before I waste even more years in this mess”. IMHO

What was your opinion of the inn??

Gold! After listening to Mr. Dilt’s interview on The Brothers Random podcast where Kody’s brother referred to him as the most interesting person in any room (or some such) then watching this episode, all I can see is a con artist. A spiritual con artist. The Pop Psychologist already outed Mr. Dilts on that fear/self delusion/anger mistake, and I feel like Nathan has gotten away with that sort of thing a lot with these folks. I think even less of Kody after meeting his best friend - and of course that’s saying something.

How badly did Nathan and Rebekah Dilts treat their sister wife for her to not only leave Nathan, but to cut off ties with her childhood friend? In my opinion this feller just made Christine and Janelle’s (and even Meri’s) points for them.

I wondered the same! Because she’s usually telling us how uninvolved she is. I think when she says “family”, she just means “show”.

Hear me out. Because this has gotten to be such a farce of contradictions, I’m beginning to wonder if this family as a whole dropped their faith in polygamy and they are now attempting to expose the faith through these plots and scenes. Because for me that is all I see - an expose. I believe there might be some truth to the infighting because Kody did abandon his children after the divorces, but even then there are so many inconsistencies and contradictions that I’ve come back full circle to the belief that they’re all lying (kids included) and it’s on purpose for a common goal. Maybe that goal is to keep the show going for the money and opportunities available for all involved rather than philanthropic purposes, but it’s evident something besides the truth is at play here.

Such good points. I feel like this hAs to be a lie on Janelle’s part. I mean, we all know she could go into a family tomorrow. Her excuse sort of reminds me of when Robyn was lying about all that new wife stuff. Shady.

Janelle just doesn’t know where to find a polygamous family?

The tearless crying always makes me more suspicious than usual of the story lines that precipitate it.

I meant that if she wanted to say something particularly nice about either child (her own and Christine’s) she should’ve just captioned that in her photo instead of adding a grudge.

Why can’t Meri say something nice about her own child without it having a double meaning that involves her own grudges? Both children rated poorly in this post.

I’m wondering if the Brown’s divided their TLC money by how much screen time each cast member received instead of by 5. Or maybe Kody just received more time because he used to be the focus of the show. So I don’t think Meri wants to be Kody’s real wife again, she would just like to be a pretEND wife like the others. Playing that role may ensure her place on the show isn’t jeopardized, especially if Kody and Robyn were at one time calling all the shots and holding expulsion over the “wives” heads. Or maybe that role of pretend wife just affords more leverage for $, more screen time for exposure, or even more honor with fans. Christine (and Janelle) were probably threatened in some way with being cut as far as screen time and $ and they decided eventually to fight back, discovering that they had all the support they needed. I said all this to say I don’t believe Meri cheated on Kody all those years ago. I think she was a free woman - scamming viewers that she was still a wife - and that any attention she wants from Kody is purely business. I think her whining about it on the show is an attempt to shame him into getting her. Not that I blame her, but…

I meant to say that the family is given an additional yearly amount for a big party or trip according to one of the Patreon girls. I was wondering if TLC made them split thAt money now.

It’s obvious she’s overextended. I knew that when I saw how thrown together she was for the Plexus event. The same goes for Janelle and Maddie.

This makes me wonder if TLC had to split the yearly party/event money the family received along with the agreement to film. Maybe that’s why Kody is particularly angry about all parties splitting up and dividing by four. I say four because Kody & Robyn share funds.