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Bravo to Janelle for "I just don't like them." It's really not that deep. I gave a double take at Kody saying that he had not talked to Christine for two years, and then later saying he is still not talking with Christine. Has he not been having any visitation with Truely for two years? Or is he somehow arranging visitation with his minor daughter without talking to her mother? It's just weird.

My head hurt trying to figure out what they were all dancing around not talking about. Christine said she didn't want to throw Meri under the bus by talking about something. Then Kody said he didn't want to rehash some big thing, some big change that Meri had. He said to "go back and watch the episodes" and that he and Meri will always disagree about what happened. But then Meri also said she didn't want to talk about certain things. Can someone fill me in on what we are supposed to read between the lines?

I found it very odd and sad that Robin's reaction to Kody telling her that Aspyn asked "Why don't you like me?" was "Well, she was just being confrontational." A normal human with empathy might have said, "Oh, that's horribly sad that she feels like her own Dad doesn't like her. What can we do to make her feel loved?" It was just such a weird reaction.

True. Though I was pleasantly shocked to see Kody demonstrating a modicum of self awareness. He is starting to admit that he was an asshole and that he was lashing out and lying about never loving them out of insecurity and defensiveness. He is still in denial about many things, but that at least seemed to show a small amount of growth.

Well, he chose the right wife for someone who needs a lot of attention. At least he finally admitted that about himself.

Yes! She said she & Kody wanted to focus on "the family" and that Janelle & Christine were focusing on the "kids who moved away" - as if they are not a part of the family! That stood out to me as a horrible thing to say. I would never consider my adult son who doesn't live at home as less a part of my family than my teenager who does.

The dressmakers only having 45 days to making Christine a fully custom dress I guess explains the end result. That's not a lot of time. Brianna and Aurora having a have a big conversation with their Mom to tell her they want to go to church was weird. These girls are in college. Can't they just...get themselves to church?

Janelle was the bookkeeper and tax preparer, which is different from the person who is ultimately making the final decisions about how and where to spend the money. That said, I think Janelle is downplaying her role a little, in that Christine, Meri and Robyn were not even privy to the books, and Janelle at least had access to the full picture of the family's financial information, if not the ability to override Kody's control over it.

I thought Paedon's theatrical exaggerated reaction to the engagement video was hilarious. He was just pointing out the ridiculousness that Christine would think this was a surprise she was springing on them. They've moved in together. They have told everyone that they have been looking at wedding venues and they're getting married. "We're engaged!" is not the shock you think it is, Christine.

I could have sworn that Christine had mentioned in some past episode that Truely was autistic. But as I google it, I realize that never actually happened. Truely did wear a shirt for an autism organization in a couple of episodes, but that doesn't mean anything. Gwendolyn has spoken about being autistic, so the shirt on Truely could have been because of that connection.

"We're not engaged yet, but we need to book the wedding venue..." Um, what? You've said you want to marry him and he's said he wants to marry you. You've agreed to want to have a wedding. You guys are engaged. I don't know what formal process Christine thinks engagement has to be - for her, it probably has to include an element of surprise, a photo shoot and a diamond ring - but someone should break the news to her that she's engaged.

That's what she needs now. But I think she did need polygamy when she had young kids, because she wanted a big family and she wanted a career, but she did not want to be a single mom raising a bunch of young children. She wanted and needed someone to co-parent with her in a situation where she would still be head of the household. That's why I think she appreciated polygamy for at least part of her life. It's funny now she says she doesn't want to be married because she wants her independence - Kody was so oppressive that she can't even seem to imagine a husband who could love and support her AND encourage and enjoy her independence. This was so weird to me. If this is his logic, would he also say that it's his fault if someone does or doesn't love him? I don't think so. He sure doesn't take any responsibility for the wives and children who don't love him anymore.

When Gabe mentioned that Savannah wants her brothers to walk her down the aisle when she gets married, my thoughts immediately went to Garrison. What a tragedy.

Good point! At the time, he said over and over that he had no obligation to his adult kids and once they were 18 they didn't need to be living at home. But now that some of Robyn's kids are over 18 he's changed his tune on that one.

I think she knows deep down that it's bs. She knows the kids are mad at him because of his actual actions. But she has to walk on eggshells around Kody's fragile ego so she tells him that the kids have been fed misinformation and would come around if they knew the truth. That's the only story that seems to get through to him a little, so it's the story she keeps telling him.