LotusFlower

Talking to a realtor is not illegal. One owner trying to sell a property co-owned by others is a different matter, although I don’t think illegal is the right word. It’s simply not possible. I don’t think this is true. I distinctly remember a discussion Meri had about Westminster with Kody and the wives way back when. Seems wild now, but at the time, Leon picked Westminster because they were considering a polygamous future, and they wanted to go to a school with likeminded people. It was met with a lot of understanding, and I think she got her way. Meri’s mention of the wet bar in this episode is a good reminder of how spoiled and, imo, selfish and immature she acted back in the day. I always thought her pity party for only having one child was very manipulative. A one-child household does not mean that she should have lived in a small apt. above the garage of someone else’s large house, but it also doesn’t mean that she should have received the same amount of funds for expenses as a six or seven-person household. But she pouted and cried and made her case, and usually got her way. The wet bar, the French doors, and the tuition at Westminster are examples.

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Where is Ginger?! I would love to see the listing for Christine’s Airbnb in Moab!

I’m watching this episode thinking how much I like Jenn, how smart she is, and how lucky Meri is to have her as a friend, and then Kody says: I really can’t believe it. I gasped out loud. He is the biggest asshole, and he keeps getting worse. Exactly.

Weird outcome, and weird final. Undoubtedly disappointing for the producers to create the karma vote only for it to have no effect on the men's race. All that for nothing! At least it played a part in the women's standings, although it was weird how they played it down. Yes, Michelle moved from 2nd place to third, but she got so many pats on the back for her strong season. And to me, the story was Jenny - she only got two karma votes!! If she didn't have such a commanding lead during the final, she would have lost! Again, weird how they didn't talk about any of that.

Ginger, how do you know so much about the family? Asked with curiosity! Your knowledge is so detailed and impressive!

My tv guide says the next episode (ep. 18) is “The End of an Era, Part One,” so I’m guessing two more episodes.

Not a Meri fan, but “I’ve been married once and divorced twice” was pretty funny.

Does that mean next season we’ll be subjected to many episodes of Robyn talking about and getting ready for the

Did they get it appraised? One third, as Christine no longer has a share. But it’s not even one-third, as the division of the parcels is so complicated!

Maybe because he didn’t know. Gary sat there mute, while others covered for him, implying no one knew because everyone was drunk and messing around.

Is the current season two years behind? Because Janelle and Meri were still talking about building on CP. In real time, Janelle just bought land in NC (with what money??!), and I’d be shocked if Meri still wants to build there. So that just leaves Robyn and Kody. Did you notice Robyn saying she still wants to live on CP when Kody and Meri were discussing the option of selling all of it? She pretends she’s so open and fair and for-the-greater-good, but she always finds a way to get what she wants.

That scene was gold! Did you notice the death stare Kody gave Meri when she exposed him for not having a clue about her Stonehenge obsession? He was SO uncomfortable. He didn’t care at all that he didn’t know a thing about Meri - but he cared A LOT about not knowing anything ON CAMERA.

Janelle lived in a trailer with her teenage daughter. She gave money to Kody and Robyn for a down payment on their $1 million+ luxury home, while she lived in a number of nondescript apartments and homes and the aforementioned trailer. She has started a number of businesses which have fizzled out. She claimed on the show that she has “basically nothing,” and no estate to leave her children. It feels like folks think Janelle is smart about money because she sounds smart. But if you look at her financial decisions and see the naive way she talks about money, she’s not that smart! I guess my main point is that re: finances, Kody has controlled and scammed all the wives since forever, and continues to, minus Robyn. (Robyn came into the family with debt, and is now living in a $2 million house and living large, so she’s also a scammer). If anyone has been mischievous or underhanded about money, it’s Kody. Janelle’s warning to Meri about protecting herself, combined with her financial naivety and non-materialistic way of life tells me her intentions were good ones. Kody’s, on the other hand, were not. Again, he’s the asshole.

A lot of this is speculative, and I guess I don’t agree with some of it, esp. the part with Janelle getting a private reassurance from Kody that Christine trading her CP parcel for her house would benefit her and screw Meri. What seems very evident to me, esp. after last night’s episode, is that Kody made all the financial decisions and controlled all the money, and kept all of the wives in the dark, even Janelle. Plus, Kody and Janelle weren’t exactly on good terms around this time (and it’s only gotten worse), so it doesn’t make sense that they would gather to conspire against Meri. And now Kody says he’d screw Janelle if he could(!!), if not for his noble wife. Lastly, it just seems so out of character for her. Yes, apparently Janelle did the bookkeeping for the family (until when?), but she a) doesn’t sound very smart about money; and b) has made a lot of bad financial decisions. She keeps talking about wanting to leave an estate to leave for her kids, but right now she has next to nothing to her name, while her once-husband is living large in a $2 million home, with multiple fancy cars. The scene with Janelle and Maddie & Caleb showed Janelle basically dismissing Maddie when she tried to get her to think smart about their family’s money. Janelle, along with Meri and maybe Christine, seemed to just put blind trust into Kody re: managing their money, and it’s now biting them in the ass. Doesn’t sound very savvy to me.