Meri Brown and her Wet Bar of Tears

[eskimo]

What did she say to shade Christine?  I heard 'cooking with JUST Jen', but didn't watch much further.  Was there more?  

The fact that she made a dig at Christine's cooking gig shows she's jelly!  But she obviously doesn't know how transparent she is.  

[ginger90]

4 minutes ago, eskimo said:

What did she say to shade Christine?  I heard 'cooking with JUST Jen', but didn't watch much further.  Was there more?  

The fact that she made a dig at Christine's cooking gig shows she's jelly!  But she obviously doesn't know how transparent she is.  

Meri’s friend has the user name, justjennreally, on Instagram. I personally don’t think it was a dig at Christine. 🤷🏼‍♀️ But who am I? 😁

[Sandy W]

47 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

Meri’s friend has the user name, justjennreally, on Instagram. I personally don’t think it was a dig at Christine. 🤷🏼‍♀️ But who am I? 😁

Jenn has been using the Instagram handle justjennreally and when challenged about their decision to do a cooking show at this time, they defensively presented a date stamped cooking demo to show that their efforts pre-dated Christine, that they just happened to have handy.  This leads me to believe that they knew they would be in for criticism and came prepared.

That said, I do believe it was done to taunt Christine, Jenn even muttered something like "Ooh that's shady" when Meri smirked her way through the announcement that they would be cooking.  It just seemed kind of mean to me that Meri would not allow Christine to have her moment in the sun, the timing was in poor taste.

It backfired on her anyhow, the majority of the viewers immediately leaped to the conclusion that Meri was attempting to steal Christine's thunder to the point that Meri threw up her proverbial walls and took the comments down.

Edited March 13, 2022 by Sandy W
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[Adiba]

Meri needs to know how to read the room. She should have known that doing a cooking video titled “just” anyone at this particular moment would be taken as stepping on Christine’s new venture.  Even if Jen has been using the “just” on her Instagram handle— it’s not a good look, Meri.

[WhatAmIWatching]

If she wasn't being shady, wouldn't she have said "cooking with justjennreally", since that is her handle?

She's always been this vindictive and petty person. She is beyond angry and jealous that Christine got those segments, even though the family has said on camera that Christine is the best cook. Surprised to see that even her hardcore sycophants thought it was the wrong thing to do! Good. Totally not surprised she's blocking and deleting though, that's her go-to.

 

 What's with the drunken antics in her vids? Is it real or are they just pretending? (And why would anyone pretend to be drunk at 50 years old??) Is the "healthy green caffeine" the Liv MLM crap? I'm surprised they've been selling it this long.

 

[TurtlePower]

14 hours ago, WhatAmIWatching said:

If she wasn't being shady, wouldn't she have said "cooking with justjennreally", since that is her handle?

She's always been this vindictive and petty person. She is beyond angry and jealous that Christine got those segments, even though the family has said on camera that Christine is the best cook. Surprised to see that even her hardcore sycophants thought it was the wrong thing to do! Good. Totally not surprised she's blocking and deleting though, that's her go-to.

 

 What's with the drunken antics in her vids? Is it real or are they just pretending? (And why would anyone pretend to be drunk at 50 years old??) Is the "healthy green caffeine" the Liv MLM crap? I'm surprised they've been selling it this long.

 

All of this. I think Meri got used to having her Army of Skanks backing her up no matter how mean she became and it backfired on her. Good to know her sycophants have a limit of what even they will put up with from her. 

Jealous much, Meri? Green isn’t a good look for you, both figuratively and actually. 

[Just Wondering]

I feel like the quality of FWF may have cost Meri a TLC cooking show of her own.   Then again, one may have to actually leave Kody and get tons of viewer support to merit such an invitation.
Whisper:: But it would still be fascinating to watch. 

[TurtlePower]

On 3/12/2022 at 8:13 AM, ginger90 said:

Fridays with Friends video:

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca_XC0tgrs6/

I watched a good chunk of this video whilst having my morning coffee and, wow, this is the real Meri—a self absorbed she-devil. The micro-expressions. The interruptions. The gleeful enjoyment of compliments. The shading of Christine. The staring at her own face and self-obsession in general. 

I lost count of the times Meri interrupted Jenn and at least once, she never got to circle back to her topic. Right in the middle of a sentence, Meri barrels over her with her grating, jake-brakey voice. How is Jenn still friends with Meri? I’d be pissed if someone kept interrupting me like that, as if what I have to say doesn’t mean anything to the other person.  It’s disrespectful and egotistical. 

i don’t know how (or why) Jenn puts up with her.  That’s happened to me before with a friend, once while I was (ironically) trying to explain a recipe to her—she blurted out something about herself and kept going, as if I wasn’t even speaking. I never got to finish. So, that kind of shit Meri is pulling on Jenn is a power move—Meri thinks she’s more important and interesting than Jenn. I’m willing to bet this is how Meri treated her sister wives over the years, railroading them until that didn’t work and then “building walls” when confronted or challenged. No wonder everyone hates her. 

Meri also keeps pointing the phone back at herself, obsessed with her face and how she looks. It’s painful to watch how awkward and fake Meri tries to be in these videos and in doing so, she reveals her true self—and her inner self is ugly, manipulative and malevolent—especially with the shading of Christine. 

 

[TurtlePower]

EVERYONE is mocking Meri and calling her jealous for shading Christine: 

https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/4884225/sister-wives-meri-brown-shades-christine-cooking-show/amp/

[xwordfanatik]

1 hour ago, TurtlePower said:

EVERYONE is mocking Meri and calling her jealous for shading Christine: 

https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/4884225/sister-wives-meri-brown-shades-christine-cooking-show/amp/

Good!  That witch Meri deserves it.  I think she's not only jealous for the cooking show, she's beyond pissed that Christine had more balls by leaving Kootie, than she (Meri) will ever have.  

Meri should be ashamed for her pettiness and cattiness.  But we know she's never sorry for anything she does or doesn't do.

[Teri313]

On 2/21/2022 at 12:15 PM, ginger90 said:

So was this meant for Christine???

[Gramto6]

Probably... really subtle Meri...NOT!

[TurtlePower]

12 minutes ago, Teri313 said:

So was this meant for Christine???

It can’t be. The last one says “your next move can’t happen til I make mine—you’ll be behind”.

Christine is light years ahead of Meri—she already made the move to leave Kody and got her own cooking show. If Christine were “copying” Meri, she’d still be in a loveless marriage and minus her own cooking show. 🤣

But really, I’m glad everyone else is ganging up on Meri. Her pettiness really went too far this time. And we knew this was how she’d react to Christine getting her own cooking segment—we correctly predicted an angry, envious and passive-aggressive Meri: “What about MEEE—I did it first I’ve been doing cooking segments on FWF why does Christine get her own segment on TLC and not MEEEE?” 

BECAUSE NO ONE LIKES YOU, MERI! 

[iwantcookies]

She turned off the comments on bunch of her posts. She can’t take criticism of her fake face/mean girl behavior. If Jenn is her friend she is as mean as Meri.

[iwantcookies]

Didn’t do a fwf video yesterday? 
 

Womp womp hiding behind her walls again?

Build those krispy treats walls for good mean girl.

[TurtlePower]

14 hours ago, iwantcookies said:

She turned off the comments on bunch of her posts. She can’t take criticism of her fake face/mean girl behavior. If Jenn is her friend she is as mean as Meri.

YESSSSS. Finally, it’s not just us seeing it—her followers may finally be seeing the true Meri Brown—and calling her out on it.

Meri must be feeling shocked and surprised. Willing to bet she thought she could get away with just about anything and her Army of Sycophants would always back her up. 

This is the real Meri, the narcissistic Meri. And no FWF? Why? Not enough fawning comments? Let’s also add cowardly to the list of attributes Meri has.

Meri is kinda like Lord Voldemort. She even filters herself to look like him 😂. 

[iwantcookies]

I just looked still no new video. 

[iwantcookies]

3 hours ago, TurtlePower said:

YESSSSS. Finally, it’s not just us seeing it—her followers may finally be seeing the true Meri Brown—and calling her out on it.

Meri must be feeling shocked and surprised. Willing to bet she thought she could get away with just about anything and her Army of Sycophants would always back her up. 

This is the real Meri, the narcissistic Meri. And no FWF? Why? Not enough fawning comments? Let’s also add cowardly to the list of attributes Meri has.

Meri is kinda like Lord Voldemort. She even filters herself to look like him 😂. 

I just want everyone to stop buying her lularoe! If she made $0 in sales that would show her that no one likes a mean girl!

[Grifter Lives]

1 hour ago, iwantcookies said:

I just looked still no new video. 

[lindalouwho]

Things that make you go hmmm…all comments have been removed from ALL her IG posts as far back as I looked.  I guess avoidance is one technique for pretending you’re not a mean girl. Too bad she can’t shut down this site.🤣🤣🤣

[TurtlePower]

14 hours ago, lindalouwho said:

Things that make you go hmmm…all comments have been removed from ALL her IG posts as far back as I looked.  I guess avoidance is one technique for pretending you’re not a mean girl. Too bad she can’t shut down this site.🤣🤣🤣

This!!! There are so many sites that say the same things we do about Meri, I wonder if she reads the comments or just avoids everything said about her (unless it’s highly complementary). Meri is very good at avoidance, as you pointed out.  I think this may be the first time even her sycophants have turned on her, though there are certainly a few kiss-asses still on her side. 

 It’ll be interesting to see what she does next—will it be more cryptic memes? More power posts? Or will she take this time to think about who she truly is (and that we’re not all picking on her for no reason)?

As much as I enjoy snarking on a deserving bully like Meri Brown, I’d love to see her actually become a decent human being. One who accepts responsibility and doesn’t pretend she’s something she’s not. I don’t think Meri realizes it’s okay to be vulnerable — she puts out this steely version of herself that’s unempathetic and unrealistic. It would be wonderful to see her become more humble, more kind and more real.

I don’t know if she’s hit her emotional “rock bottom” yet where she’s ready to admit that, maybe, it’s been HER all along and that her personality is the reason many people don’t like her. 

Edited to Add (here’s a quote Meri could stand to embrace): 

Edited March 21, 2022 by TurtlePower
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[deirdra]

On 3/19/2022 at 1:32 PM, Grifter Lives said:

Was Jenn subliminally saying "Yay No FWF this week"? Her colour choices made the YAY pop out.

Edited March 21, 2022 by deirdra

[TurtlePower]

That didn’t take long—more cryptic shit from Meri (and fans didn’t hold back): 

https://www.monstersandcritics.com/tv/reality-tv/meri-brown-shares-message-about-suffering-and-needing-help-amid-estranged-marriage-to-kody-brown/amp/

[Noergli]

OMG, all that cryptic bullshit. Is she a teenager? 🙄

Edited March 21, 2022 by Noergli

[Cetacean]

8 minutes ago, Noergli said:

OMG, all that cryptic bullshit. Is she a teenie? 🙄

I think she has signed up to Vapid Platitude of the Day emails.

[Sandy W]

Whenever Kody is within earshot she is humming Lean On Me, trying to reinforce the only quality he saw in her, which was loyalty.  At this time it's more like pointless dogged determination.

[LilyD]

1 hour ago, TurtlePower said:

That didn’t take long—more cryptic shit from Meri (and fans didn’t hold back): 

https://www.monstersandcritics.com/tv/reality-tv/meri-brown-shares-message-about-suffering-and-needing-help-amid-estranged-marriage-to-kody-brown/amp/

Oh wow....she's finally decided to share her mantra with us! This must be the reason why she's so frantically hanging on to Kody. The poor guy needs emotional help and she's convinced that she's the (only) one to help him!

[Mahamid Frauded Me]

Funny thing is, she probably has not seen Kody since Christmas.

I would be suffering if I was stuck at home with Robyn and her whining

[TurtlePower]

17 hours ago, Noergli said:

OMG, all that cryptic bullshit. Is she a teenager? 🙄

Someone quoted in the article said something similar—Meri is a grown-ass middle aged woman posting cryptic, teenager-like stuff.

Another person commented that of course Kody is suffering, that’s what happens when you try to break up with someone and they won’t leave 🤣. 

[iwantcookies]

When TLC cancels the show that’s when Meri will leave. She is riding that TLC pony till it dies. 

[TurtlePower]

13 hours ago, iwantcookies said:

When TLC cancels the show that’s when Meri will leave. She is riding that TLC pony till it dies. 

Likely, but we’ll see what she does. 

Meri seems quite interested in power and money — she’s made that clear with her SM persona, so it won’t surprise me if she wants her claws in it until the end. Unlike Christine, Meri is invested in remaining unhappy — for the money.

I still suspect Meri unrealistically believes Kody will change his mind about her and “award” her for loyalty. When he doesn’t, maybe then she’ll break away on her own. But Meri isn’t as brave as Christine — Meri’s all blow (as in hot air-unless we include bananas 🍌) and no go. Christine quietly did a strong thing while all Meri does is obnoxiously talk about strength and bravery. 

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[TurtlePower]

11 hours ago, Dustbunny said:

THIS x1,000! 🤣

It’s. Never. Going. Away. 

[Absolom]

Christine has several kids and she's close to all of them.  She also has her mother who has walked a similar path.  She has a lot of support in leaving I expect.  Meri has basically nothing as Mariah does not look like a staunch support system.  

[LilyD]

17 hours ago, iwantcookies said:

When TLC cancels the show that’s when Meri will leave. She is riding that TLC pony till it dies. 

And when it does, she should audition for banana commercials or cat food commercials. Particularly the ones that promote fish….

Nah, better not. The end of Sister Wives will signal the road to oblivion. People like Christine and will want to see more of her. Meri… not so much! Did anyone notice how brutally (and justly!)she was vilified over her snarking on Christine’s cooking show?

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[Sandy W]

1 hour ago, Absolom said:

Christine has several kids and she's close to all of them.  She also has her mother who has walked a similar path.  She has a lot of support in leaving I expect.  Meri has basically nothing as Mariah does not look like a staunch support system.  

This says more about Meri than anyone else.  It's almost tragic that a woman 50+ years has no one in her life that will have her back.

[WhatAmIWatching]

50 minutes ago, Sandy W said:

This says more about Meri than anyone else.  It's almost tragic that a woman 50+ years has no one in her life that will have her back.

Doesn't Meri have a ton of brothers and sisters (full and half)? I am curious how her relationships are with the rest of her family. 
 

  Don't all of the Browns have giant families? It's surprising to me that we've only seen glimpses here and there of only a few family members.

[Sandy W]

29 minutes ago, WhatAmIWatching said:

Doesn't Meri have a ton of brothers and sisters (full and half)? I am curious how her relationships are with the rest of her family. 
 

  Don't all of the Browns have giant families? It's surprising to me that we've only seen glimpses here and there of only a few family members.

It seems she has something like 25 full and half siblings.  She seems quite close to one sister, Rebecca?  She's the one that enlisted Meri into LLR, so I guess she's in that sister's downline.  One brother helped her arrange financing for the BnB, I think that's the brother that is Janelle's ex.  Other than those two, I haven't noticed any exchanges between other siblings.

[Cetacean]

28 minutes ago, Sandy W said:

It seems she has something like 25 full and half siblings.

I would imagine in families that large, especially if they live in different houses, that you only get close to a couple. I bet a lot of them don't see each other enough to remember names. 

I have 27 cousins but don't see a number of them often so, while I know their names, I couldn't pick many of them from a lineup. I think the last time we were all together in one place way my grandparent's 50th anniversary in about 1960 and then most of us were just kids except the older ones in their teens.

Even if Meri's 25 siblings got together, the madhouse alone would preclude getting to know many of them very well.

[xwordfanatik]

I remember one sister that looked a lot like Snowflake.  She was making food for the "(non)commitment ceremony.  IIRC, her name was Debbie.

I can see why Meri apparently doesn't have a lot to do with her other half-and-full siblings, if that's the case.  She puts the U in unpleasant.

[Sandy W]

3 hours ago, xwordfanatik said:

I remember one sister that looked a lot like Snowflake.  She was making food for the "(non)commitment ceremony.  IIRC, her name was Debbie.

I can see why Meri apparently doesn't have a lot to do with her other half-and-full siblings, if that's the case.  She puts the U in unpleasant.

25 siblings all clamoring for paternal attention and affection may explain (not excuse) Meri's thirst for power and her abhorrent treatment of Janelle and Christine in the early years.  As first wife, for the first time in her life she reveled in her position of power and control when she finally had status and expected homage from the others.  

She may not initially thought of Robyn as someone capable of usurping her, she was after all, a divorcee with 3 dependent kids and a ton of debt, so in gratitude she may have expected Robyn to assume position in the pecking order and at the same time, be an ally and friend for herself.

She underestimated Robyn's equal drive to be in control and now that she is dethroned, has diverted her attention to her LLR and BnB businesses in an attempt to prove that she can command  respect in these fields.  This would also explain why she is so prickly about any criticism that comes her way in these endeavors.

[outtahere]

Sandy W.

You are wise.

 

[Art Of Noiz]

7 hours ago, Cetacean said:

I would imagine in families that large, especially if they live in different houses, that you only get close to a couple. I bet a lot of them don't see each other enough to remember names. 

I have 27 cousins but don't see a number of them often so, while I know their names, I couldn't pick many of them from a lineup. I think the last time we were all together in one place way my grandparent's 50th anniversary in about 1960 and then most of us were just kids except the older ones in their teens.

Even if Meri's 25 siblings got together, the madhouse alone would preclude getting to know many of them very well.

Iirc, Meri's dad had 5? wives.

[Sandy W]

2 hours ago, outtahere said:

Sandy W.

You are wise.

 

Thank You Outtahere, I can't take credit here though. If there is wisdom, it's the collective wisdom of the commenters here, many of us recognize traits in Meri, similar to people we have known in real life.

[Joan of Argh]

6 hours ago, Sandy W said:

Meri's thirst for power and her abhorrent treatment of Janelle and Christine in the early years.  As first wife, for the first time in her life she reveled in her position of power and control when she finally had status and expected homage from the others.  

She may not initially thought of Robyn as someone capable of usurping her, she was after all, a divorcee with 3 dependent kids and a ton of debt, so in gratitude she may have expected Robyn to assume position in the pecking order and at the same time, be an ally and friend for herself.

She underestimated Robyn's equal drive to be in control and now that she is dethroned, has diverted her attention to her LLR and BnB businesses in an attempt to prove that she can command  respect in these fields.  This would also explain why she is so prickly about any criticism that comes her way in these endeavors.

Excellent post @Sandy W ❤️
And to think that Meri with all her daily affirmation posts has conveniently missed the one that describes her best! 
 

 

Edited March 24, 2022 by Joan of Argh
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[TurtlePower]

14 hours ago, Sandy W said:

25 siblings all clamoring for paternal attention and affection may explain (not excuse) Meri's thirst for power and her abhorrent treatment of Janelle and Christine in the early years.  As first wife, for the first time in her life she reveled in her position of power and control when she finally had status and expected homage from the others.  

She may not initially thought of Robyn as someone capable of usurping her, she was after all, a divorcee with 3 dependent kids and a ton of debt, so in gratitude she may have expected Robyn to assume position in the pecking order and at the same time, be an ally and friend for herself.

She underestimated Robyn's equal drive to be in control and now that she is dethroned, has diverted her attention to her LLR and BnB businesses in an attempt to prove that she can command  respect in these fields.  This would also explain why she is so prickly about any criticism that comes her way in these endeavors.

Meri definitely underestimated Robyn — first of all, she should have been wary of Robyn’s attractiveness. At the time, Robyn was slender, adventurous and quite pretty. Meri, on the other hand, could be described as plain oatmeal — does the job, but not something to be enjoyed. Robyn was a shiny ornament in a sea of blandness. Meri should have seen this coming. 

I agree, following dethronement, she’s transferred her thirst for power to these businesses of hers and clearly she was angry when Christine got attention and a segment for her cooking. We see how Meri treats her customers and fans and this is how she likely handled the other wives—bullishly. 

Meri fails to understand that women can command respect without acting like a c**t. 

7 hours ago, Joan of Argh said:

Excellent post @Sandy W ❤️
And to think that Meri with all her daily affirmation posts has conveniently missed the one that describes her best! 
 

 

You mean when she told Kody she wanted plural marriage but actually didn’t?

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[Joan of Argh]

1 hour ago, TurtlePower said:

You mean when she told Kody she wanted plural marriage but actually didn’t?

Yes and also how Robyn was a sneaky little secret between Kody and Meri… and how Janelle and Christine were kept out of the loop.

Meri was struggling in her relationship with Kody so she decided to gift him a hot young woman that they could discuss and giggle about between the two of them… of course their relationship improves because she’s going to help him get what he wants.

Meri shot herself in the foot and her plan has backfired but like every other mistake she’s made she’ll never admit it.

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[Ms.Lulu]

21 minutes ago, Joan of Argh said:

Yes and also how Robyn was a sneaky little secret between Kody and Meri… and how Janelle and Christine were kept out of the loop.

Meri was struggling in her relationship with Kody so she decided to gift him a hot young woman that they could discuss and giggle about between the two of them… of course their relationship improves because she’s going to help him get what he wants.

Meri shot herself in the foot and her plan has backfired but like every other mistake she’s made she’ll never admit it.

This passage speaks to so many problems in all of their relationships.  

I think that what bothers me the most is that the women appear to have a bit of self-loathing.  They have used polygamy to feel accepted and to redirect their anger to nonbelievers that don't see the beauty in giving up:  a full time partner, the legal financial benefits of marriage, and a focus on their personal value rather than value having kids. 

Instead, they create a thunder dome where there is mistrust and a fight for Kody attention scraps.  There are winners and losers, but the prizes just aren't worth having.

 

 

[WhatAmIWatching]

17 hours ago, Sandy W said:

25 siblings all clamoring for paternal attention and affection may explain (not excuse) Meri's thirst for power and her abhorrent treatment of Janelle and Christine in the early years.  As first wife, for the first time in her life she reveled in her position of power and control when she finally had status and expected homage from the others.  

She may not initially thought of Robyn as someone capable of usurping her, she was after all, a divorcee with 3 dependent kids and a ton of debt, so in gratitude she may have expected Robyn to assume position in the pecking order and at the same time, be an ally and friend for herself.

She underestimated Robyn's equal drive to be in control and now that she is dethroned, has diverted her attention to her LLR and BnB businesses in an attempt to prove that she can command  respect in these fields.  This would also explain why she is so prickly about any criticism that comes her way in these endeavors.

Fantastic post!

  I remember from one of her parts of their book: she said she was a wallflower, and nobody noticed her until she and Kody started dating...that people thought she was new to the church when it's the church she's attended her entire life! 
   If that is at all true, because I am aware of how they ALL rewrite history multiple times, and can lie like bad toupees (and Meri is always The Victim), then that is unbelievably sad and must have really hurt her self esteem. She must have felt so invisible. I can imagine that, combined with her family crap, fed her thirst for power and control. You WILL notice her! Once she's the top dog, she'll treat you however she wants because she's paying back anyone who ever overlooked her. (This to me explains a lot of her holding the Brown family hostage while she dithers at length over decisions.)

 

  Yup, she vastly underestimated Robyn, and Kody, too. Iirc, he said he was initially turned off by Robyn because she was divorced and already had kids, and a ton of debt, so should have known her place as damaged goods, and been grateful for the bottom of the hierarchy and also been grateful to Meri for "saving" her.
 

  That whole part of the book, when they described pursuing Robyn, and keeping it a "sweet secret" between only Meri and Kody, read to me like a husband and wife fishing for a third for some kinky fun. They should have just had wild sexy times and skipped the marrying!

 

[TurtlePower]

4 hours ago, WhatAmIWatching said:

Fantastic post!

  I remember from one of her parts of their book: she said she was a wallflower, and nobody noticed her until she and Kody started dating...that people thought she was new to the church when it's the church she's attended her entire life! 
   If that is at all true, because I am aware of how they ALL rewrite history multiple times, and can lie like bad toupees (and Meri is always The Victim), then that is unbelievably sad and must have really hurt her self esteem. She must have felt so invisible. I can imagine that, combined with her family crap, fed her thirst for power and control. You WILL notice her! Once she's the top dog, she'll treat you however she wants because she's paying back anyone who ever overlooked her. (This to me explains a lot of her holding the Brown family hostage while she dithers at length over decisions.)

 

  Yup, she vastly underestimated Robyn, and Kody, too. Iirc, he said he was initially turned off by Robyn because she was divorced and already had kids, and a ton of debt, so should have known her place as damaged goods, and been grateful for the bottom of the hierarchy and also been grateful to Meri for "saving" her.
 

  That whole part of the book, when they described pursuing Robyn, and keeping it a "sweet secret" between only Meri and Kody, read to me like a husband and wife fishing for a third for some kinky fun. They should have just had wild sexy times and skipped the marrying!

 

It would have been Plain Oatmeal Meri watching helplessly while Kody enjoyed White Chocolate Rasberry Cheesecake Robyn.

I used to be a pole dancer and saw this A LOT. Mousy wife brings husband to club, thinking it will make him happy and maybe improve their relationship. The night rolls on and she winds up pushed aside, feeling jealous and inferior (unless they’re bi — the bi women were far more confident and enjoyed themselves). Meri was just as stupid dangling Robyn in front of Kody — it’s all giggles until he starts ignoring you, favoring the newer model.

Meri deserved everything she got from that little game she played (and lost at).  

[LilyD]

5 hours ago, WhatAmIWatching said:

She may not initially thought of Robyn as someone capable of usurping her,

A Trojan horse sort of sums Robyn up... The perfect gift (addition) or so it seemed and before you know it, she has it all and you're left with nothing.