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Well, they always make them do it on the grid during the F1 race in Austin. I don't think it can get any worse than doing the jump split on asphalt!

It’s actually an annex, not an attic. (the Anne Frank house I mean, not the restaurant)

I want to believe her feelings are different, but not sure if I can. Christine herself has said multiple times she was head over heels in love with Kody and being totally obsessed about becoming his third wife. She even begged her father to talk to Kody, who then felt pressured to act. (Christine and Kody seemed to be in agreement about these events and how they both felt btw) I see a similar obsession toward David, a similar obsession about becoming his wife. My gut tells me it’s simply who she is and how she’ll react when in love. At least David is very different from Kody and he genuinely cares for her, which is why it may actually work out fine this time.

Buying a field full of (pine) trees to start a flower farm is mind-bogglingly stupid! It’s going to take foreverto clear the land and also, to get it ready for planting as @Denizepointed out. That is, if the soil recovers within a few years. (We had, and still have this issue in our backyard. ) And starting a farming business without taking all the permits and surveys into consideration?? Please… For all you know, you bought a massive logging area where you’re not even allowed to farm in the end!

That would be their third, right? How many do they need? Just the thought makes me 🤢

The whole CP and mansion business seem deeply unfair, assuming the numbers and divisions are correct. Kody probably got the others to sink their money in it because everything was (sort of)divided fairly until the Arizona move. Take the LV houses for instance; they all got the same house and budget. The OG3 must have believed that things would work out fairly in Flagstaff as well. By the time they realised it wouldn’t, it was too late (though Christine dodged that bullet!)

Didn't Janelle warn Meri specifically about the ownership of CP and making sure she got her fair share? Meri refused to take that warning seriously. For whatever reason, she insisted Kody would treat her fairly.

Slightly behind in watching as couldn't be bothered the past few weeks. Just watched the bit where they dug out Kody's car out of the snow. I'm still scratching my head over that one. First you see Ari swinging a snow shovel full of snow at Kody (and actually hitting him while doing so) and then she bashed dad's precious car with it. Kody meanwhile, refuses to tell her off as he wants things to stay "fun" and saying "he's no fun to be around when angry." I don't even know where to start on this. It was so very wrong in every possible way!

FTFY

In one of the recent episodes, Janelle said about Kody: "He's always been very creative with money." I suspect that's one way of saying he'bending and stretching the (financial) rules while not caring for the consequences for others.

I’ve recently come to suspect Christine was slowly and carefully plotting her way out. She knew her “marriage” was a lost cause. At some point, she must have realised that owning a house, even a small one, was the safest bet on gaining some financial control and freedom. And on hindsight…. Boy was she right and lucky!

An oxymoron is a literary device which technically contradicts but is used for emphasis: Think of a deafening silence or awfully good.

A question to my fellow posters: What Meri did, would you call that cheating? My gut tells me it is, because: You are in a relationship, albeit an unhappy one and you don't see much of him. However, both Meri and Kody clearly agreed they were still 'spiritually married'. That means you're not free to pursue someone else. In my book, having intimate and/or sexual conversations or texts with another man or woman who is not your partner, is a form of cheating as well. Iirc Meri did say she would leave Kody for Sam if given the chance. It's tricky. In a way I am very sympathetic of Meri, but I also feel that you should end a relationship if you're not happy before you become involved with someone else. Just curious what you're thinking ☺️

This could definitely have contributed. It seemed they were ok before Janelle married Kody: maybe no real friends, but doing ok. However, it’s common knowledge that an inability to conceive can have devastating consequences for one’s well-being. And nothing is worse than seeing those around you being pregnant and having babies all the time when you can’t. True, she got Leon, but that took her years. She lost a second baby and never got pregnant again despite desperately longing for more children. I can’t even begin to imagine how this must have crushed Meri’s heart. I always found this utterly heart-breaking. If anything changed Meri, it must have been this.

Wishing Janelle all the best. I. really hope she’s going to make wiser financial decisions without Super Mario dumping all her money down the Brown drain. However, her recent, rather vague business venture about a possible flower farm on a (former?) logging site, doesn’t give me much hope. Also, if she hasn’t realised by now that Kody is not to be trusted with money, then she’ll never learn.