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I nearly injured myself rolling my eyes so much during this episode. Christine's entire segment was her spilling something on her dress and Janelle just happening to have a Tide pen to clean her up. Janelle looked great in that pink dress and I love Hunter for telling her so. Mykelti was her usual obnoxious self. She really needs to get over her hostility toward Christine. Kody and Robyn's date had to be held in that attic so the other diners didn't have to hear that nonsense and lose their appetites. They are really trying hard to convince us how in love they are. Christine goes on and on, but she seems really genuine in her feelings. For some reason, Kody and Robyn seem so fake and desperate. And it really says something about Kody's perception of Robyn that he is so afraid some guy at church will steal her from him. If they are such a strong unit, other guys looking wouldn't matter. Not that any other guys are looking. One thing about Kody, for someone who is constantly telling us how tough he is including threatening to punch his kids in the mouth, he's awfully fragile. Just this season we learned that he supposedly has a bunch of food allergies, he gets easily triggered talking with his kids, he has a phobia about tattoos, and now we learn he has a phobia of church. I wonder if all this started with being with Robyn or if he has always been so dramatic about everything. It's exhausting. Meri and her friends were entertaining. It was clear Meri didn't want to film at the cul de sac, so she did the bare minimum then took off. Unlike Kody, she was embarrassed to be standing outside that gate trying to wax nostalgic. But Robyn had a lot of nerve talking about how they maybe shouldn't have left Vegas. She was the reason they did because she had to follow her son to college. I still think he picked that college to get away from her. I am not at all surprised Janelle hasn't been back. That part of her life is done and she has no need to revisit it. I also loved how Meri's friends had no problem mocking Kody over the poor Robyn BS. How stupid is he was my question as well. It made me sad that Robyn didn't even support Meri from afar when Bonnie died. Of course she used the covid excuse, but she wasn't going to catch anything by calling or texting Meri or sending flowers and a note to the funeral service. I am glad to hear Meri speaking the truth about what a bad friend Robyn has been. It was such a contrast hearing Meri and her friends laughing and enjoying themselves vs. the dark cloud that hangs over Kody and Robyn.

I imagine that this really is new to Maddie and Janelle who are used to Kody doing whatever he wants and not considering any regulations. I admit that I will be surprised if this far ever produces anything but T-shirts. It sounds like they have a long road ahead of them to get to growing flowers. I agree that they should stick with the timber to make some money and slowly transition parts of the land.

I've said this elsewhere, but I am thrilled that she found what she always wanted in David. My only problem was that she kept repeating that she didn't care what her kids thought. She used them for emotional support for years and it's not like they were telling her not to marry David. They were just concerned that she was moving really fast. I just felt she could have been a bit more sensitive, but she can be as happy as she wants.

Most of those dresses Christine tried on were not flattering. Very few people actually look good in a mermaid style. A-line would have suited her much better. The final dress even though the fit was off in places was better than some of the stuff she was trying on. As to that huge group of people with her, not sure any of them are fashion mavens either. That one hideous dress Mykelti picked should have been banned from the shop. No one was going to look good in that thing. And look at the outfit Christine came into the shop wearing. I get that she is experimenting with different styles, but the only thing good about that was the color. I'm remembering back to when I was Aurora and Breanna's ages. I would nave never asked my parents for permission to go to church or not. Robyn has completely infantilized those two. I think they are just desperate for any sort of social life and figure Robyn would approve of church rather than them playing a sport or joining a hobby group. Also, they are at the age that they can get themselves to church without mommy driving them. Kody has a bunch of vehicles, so surely they have access to something. They were acting like a couple of nervous 13-year-olds asking Mom to drive them to the movies with their first crush. Time to cut the apron strings. I suspect the only reason Robyn's head didn't explode when Aurora said she was not going to have a plural marriage is that she is setting up a narrative that her marriage didn't work because of those mean other wives. I was surprised at the cake tasting that Christine scolded Truely. Yes, what she said was probably not appropriate, but Christine has been laughing off a lot of inappropriate stuff from all her kids. Why in that moment did she suddenly decide to come down on Truely? And why did there need to be that many people at the cake tasting when Christine said that it was supposed to be about her and David. I did love that he told her to get all the cakes. Production was probably paying, so go for it. Finally, I'm really happy Meri has supportive friends in her life that are firmly telling her what reality is. When she made that weak sauce statement about how monogamous marriages could be unhappy, I loved how that one woman laid it out for her. I think that really gave Meri pause to think about what she has been living with and accepting for so many years. I also was glad to see yet another couple of people who saw that Kody favored Robyn from the beginning.

The ginormous garage is full of crap. There's a neighborhood near me with expensive townhouses with two-car garages and practically everyone parks in the driveway because they have filled up their garages with junk.

I had to laugh at Kody's Las Vegas nostalgia trip. I guess the neighbors wouldn't open the gate for them, so he had to stand outside reminiscing while his curls blew in the wind. It was his and Robyn's choice to move to Flagstaff, so he has only himself to blame for what came after. As for him not being invited to events, once again he has only himself to blame. He was invited to several events and played games about whether he would show up and created all sorts of drama. Then when he did show up, he was late and he would sit in the corner and pout that everyone wasn't coming to pay homage to him and his one shy pretty wife (barf). I'm sure at some point some of the kids have gotten tired of his antics and either don't bother inviting him or invite him once and ignore all his histrionics. I don't believe that anyone has invited him and not Robyn. The most I think happened was that he whined that Robyn wouldn't be comfortable at some event (or it wouldn't be safe) so they said she was welcome to stay home. I'm glad Meri got to see Stonehenge. I travel solo and it is really great. I know several women my age who have discovered the joys of solo travel, so I didn't see Meri's situation as unusual. Also, despite what Kody said, guys are perfectly capable of remembering stuff that they may not be interested in themselves because those things are interesting to someone important to them. Kody is just selfish and got away with it for a lot of years. I also loved that Meri was at least finally direct with him about building on that land. She didn't waffle around like Janelle, she just said she was done with Flagstaff and had no interest in building on the land. Good for her. Apparently bad dancing is genetic. I'm not sure what Maddie was doing at Savanah's party and I don't think Savanah was either. At least she was there, which was nice. It looked like everyone had a nice time.

Agreed. I'm happy Christine got the things she missed out on marrying Kody, but I don't need to watch them schmoop at each other all the time. Time to go live their lives off of TV.

I understand that. I'm glad that Truely isn't pushed in front of a camera to giver her thoughts on David. It just would have been nice for Christine to recognize that moving so fast might be difficult for her. Aspyn seemed to at least understand that Truely existed. BTW, I loved the scene of Mitch trying to help Truely learn to ride a bike. He was quiet and reassuring to her and tried to adjust the bike so that she would feel comfortable. Christine and Aspyn were yapping incessantly and he told them very politely to be quiet to make things calmer for Truely. It seems Aspyn got a good guy there.

Late to the party on this, but I was looking at that screenshot from the video of Evan and his flat top grill. That thing is filthy. I guess Zach hasn't been by lately to clean it because Evan certainly isn't going to. I can't imagine living like these two do. What kind of future will Layla and Zade have with very little education and being so far behind developmentally? It's just so sad to see.

I really don't understand the Christine's whole insistence that they aren't engaged. I guess until David does some showy proposal none of it counts or something. Makes no sense to me since she has said she is going to marry him, he just hasn't proposed yet. Gives me a headache.

There wasn't much there there this week. The house hunters bit was not great. They missed the whole point of House Hunters which is looking at the houses, not at two people playing tonsil hockey in front of their realtor. Any one of those houses are nicer than mine and I think mine is pretty awesome. There was nothing wrong with any of them. Though I do understand the need for double ovens if you are going to do a lot of cooking. Just having one when trying to prepare a big meal for a lot of people can be challenging. Poor Gwen. I am sure she didn't realize the producers were going to do her dirty like that. She was barely shown while we had to stare at Kody and Robyn being their usual selves for far too long. It really made me mad when Christine said that Gwen put on a brave face for the party. She shouldn't have had to do that. Her parents both need to grow up. Divorced couples come to family events all the time that involve the kids and can manage to be civil to each other. I thought that poor baby was going to get whiplash the way Kody was gyrating around. I refuse to call that rocking because he was moving so aggressively. I am assuming he was wanting to throw an epic tantrum about the fact that David had babysat his grandchildren. Interesting that he didn't seem bothered that David was being regularly brought around Truely and spending the night at Christine's house. Let's not even get into his one pretty wife comments. What a tool. Speaking of Truely, did anyone else notice that neither of her PARENTS mentioned her at all in all their convos about David. The only one who did was Aspyn and she just talked about how David was going to be raising her so he and Kody should at least meet each other. Honestly, my heart breaks for Truely because Christine doesn't even seem to remember she exists as she rushes to move them in with David. I have a personal bias about this which I won't get into here, but I do hope David is really a decent guy. The fact that his kids get along with him is a point in his favor. Not sure what to make of the Meri and Janelle part. I think there has just been so much that has gone on between them that they can't trust each other. I don't think Janelle would intentionally cheat Meri, but I do think she approached her there because she needs an ally. If she didn't, she would have never talked to Meri. I hope Meri isn't as naive as she came across in real life. Janelle is right that Kody will cheat them if he can. I hope they at least got something out of all this mess. I loved the hug between Meri and Christine. I think that was a genuine moment. Meri was clearly trying to put on a brave face, but was still grieving the loss of her marriage. Yes, I know it was really over years ago, but Meri was raised to believe that it was for eternity no matter what. Getting the release finally brought it home to her and she was still doing a lot of processing at that time. Christine was uncharacteristically sensitive to her in that moment. I hope Meri does find the place where it gets better. She doesn't deserve to be trailing after Kody and Robyn forever. I would love to know the real story of Kody and Robyn playing will they or won't they come to the party. I do believe they pull that stuff for attention and to get people to beg them to come to events. Then they show up last and late so that everyone will be focused on them. There was a real edge when Kody said the bit about how God told hm to love and God would do the judging. That came across as he doesn't approve of Gwen or Leon. I never believed that he and Robyn were supportive of Leon once the cameras were off and the fact that they haven't seen each other in years bears that out. I do wonder if the producers made Kody and Robyn come to the party because they wanted that awkward scene of him meeting David. I can see what Gwen didn't want her wedding filmed. I hate that the party was messed up, but if the producers really want to make Kody and Robyn do something, make them answer tough questions and not refuse to watch scenes. That's what I want to see.

Well, Derick, if the shoe fits...

I know some years ago when I had a particularly bad time at work I took it out on my hair, so this could be. I think highlights or lowlights on her original color would have looked good. The box color was awful, but the salon color is also too dark. I do like the style, though because her hair needed a trim and conditioning.

Someone paid 1.7 million for that ugly falling down house? There really is one born every minute. Even with this, I still don't know how they are going to maintain the new place long term without being able to pick the OG wives pockets. I have wondered if this was part of the break with Mykelti. On the show when Kody met her twins he was talking about Mykelti and Tony moving in with him and Robyn in a larger place. He said they had looked at someplace they were interested in. I wonder if he thought he could get a lot of the financing from Tony and Mykelti and they shut him down. Even at the time that was filmed, Mykelti looked less than enthusiastic about living with him and Robyn.

I agree with this especially for Meri. She was 19 when she married Kody and went along with polygamy because it was how she was raised and because it was what he wanted. She was understandably insecure and unfortunately made some awful choices with the other wives. I also don't think she was cut out to have a bunch of feral kids running around. Meri likes things just so and that's not going to happen with a huge number of kids. I think if she had been allowed to grow into herself before marrying she would have made very different choices. He was making fun of his grandfather around giving Christine his blessing to marry David. He mocked him for taking a long time to rise from a chair. It was tacky. He also said that David was old which is ridiculous because David was in his late 50s when this was filmed. Of course to people in the 20s, that is probably one foot in the grave.