Meri Brown and her Wet Bar of Tears

[laurakaye]

So let me see if I understand....any time any of these people want to have a rill conversation about rill feelings, all any one of them has to do is screech, "I'm puttin' up my walls!!" and the conversation comes to an abrupt halt?  It sure seems like that's Meri's favorite way of avoiding discussing any of the crap she's put her family through in the last 30 years.

Excellent work, Therapist Nancy.  I don't think that's how walls are supposed to work.

[iwantcookies]

I got this today. Meri it’s for you!

[CalicoKitty]

I use the rice krispie recipe with Cheerios instead of rice krispies.  It makes a nice change.  

[WhatAmIWatching]

11 hours ago, CalicoKitty said:

I use the rice krispie recipe with Cheerios instead of rice krispies.  It makes a nice change.  

Try it with Honey Nut Cheerios, it's amazing! My bff and I made those a lot as teens. We tried pretty much every cereal.

[TurtlePower]

Meri and her “walls” when a conversation becomes “unsafe” (meaning, Meri Brown is getting called out on her bullshit and can’t handle it).

I cannot wait for this conversation to happen, though I fear Janelle will wind up placating Meri. Why doesn’t anyone tell Meri to go ahead and build her walls? Everyone’s so sick of it!! Build that shit and stay inside you fake-ass, spineless coward. 

https://okmagazine.com/p/sister-wives-janelle-brown-questions-meri-brown-personal-boundaries/

Edited December 10, 2021 by TurtlePower

[ginger90]

***Edited to add: content includes bananas! ***

Edited December 10, 2021 by ginger90

[iwantcookies]

Brown banana … I lost it 😂

 

Also why is Meri wearing too small jackets? Girl buy bigger clothes 

[Rabbit Hutch]

Mariah must need some cash.  🙄

[Sasha888]

Meri describing what kind of bananas she likes best....OMG this is the best clip of this show I've ever seen. Well played, TLC. 🤣 

I wonder if they had to give Meri bonus pay to film this, or if she just likes rekindling the romance...

Maybe Meri is so jealous that Christine is the "it" girl this season that she's willing to do anything for attention, even lovingly fondle a banana.

[xwordfanatik]

4 hours ago, TurtlePower said:

Meri and her “walls” when a conversation becomes “unsafe” (meaning, Meri Brown is getting called out on her bullshit and can’t handle it).

I cannot wait for this conversation to happen, though I fear Janelle will wind up placating Meri. Why doesn’t anyone tell Meri to go ahead and build her walls? Everyone’s so sick of it!! Build that shit and stay inside you fake-ass, spineless coward! 

https://okmagazine.com/p/sister-wives-janelle-brown-questions-meri-brown-personal-boundaries/

1,000 times YES!  Meri is loathsome.  Fuck her stupid walls!  

1 hour ago, ginger90 said:

 

Dear God, yet another banana!  @LilyD is not going to like this!

 

Edited December 10, 2021 by xwordfanatik
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[Sasha888]

19 minutes ago, xwordfanatik said:

Dear God, yet another banana!  @LilyD is not going to like this!

🤣🤣🤣

We have to tease the ones we love, right? @LilyD, you might want to skip this video clip...you picked the wrong day to ditch the banana business. 😉

I feel like I just watched porn.

[LilyD]

I should have known better than to confess my undying love for bananas on this snarky Meri-forum. 😂 😂

And thanks for the witty remarks; it was fun reading it all, I needed that!❤️ I'll happily trade my bananas for the fun I have  when chatting to you all about the Looney Tunes!

Edited December 11, 2021 by LilyD

[Rabbit Hutch]

Rabbit Hutch, upon seeing a well-developed banana; "My, what a lovely banana, it will go good in my banana bread."  🍌=🍞

Meri, upon seeing same banana, "ooooh, nanner, baabbbbbyyy!" 

🍌=💓 

Poor Kootie, even a banana outdoes him.  Prolly got more brains, too.  😏

[notnowimbusy]

On 12/8/2021 at 7:46 AM, Sandy W said:

Your building walls hashtag reminds me that the clip for this Sunday's episode features Meri threatening Janelle that if she continues her line of conversation, Meri's fabled walls will once again arise.  As IF the world will grind to a standstill should this happen.  Where did this seething quagmire of hostility and resentment get the idea that anyone would delight in being close to her anyhow?

I don't like Meri and get tired of her walls, but when Janelle complained that she had to go outside to get to Christines, I was confused why that was such as issue.   In Vegas she had to go outside to see anybody.  Why would anybody assume it was ok, to use anybody's livingroom as a shortcut.   I would hate that too.    Janelle said she slipped on the outside stairs - why didn't she put down those skid strips?   Instead she has spent 30 years holding a grudge? 

 

[Roslyn]

39 minutes ago, notnowimbusy said:

I don't like Meri and get tired of her walls, but when Janelle complained that she had to go outside to get to Christines, I was confused why that was such as issue.   In Vegas she had to go outside to see anybody.  Why would anybody assume it was ok, to use anybody's livingroom as a shortcut.   I would hate that too.    Janelle said she slipped on the outside stairs - why didn't she put down those skid strips?   Instead she has spent 30 years holding a grudge?

This is the great conundrum of this whole family really. After watching the show ad nauseam and reading the #1 NYT Bestselling book...every single problem they have is like a giant spider web and every single thing leads back to the center...back to the beginning. It just grew outward with all the issues becoming interconnected. And now in present day it is damn near impossible to solve any of them because a discussion of one issue immediately leads to two, no three, no six other interconnected issues.  Where do you even start !?

What's at the center? Kody Winn Brown. Every single issue leads back to his unwillingness to actually be the leader that he claims to be. He wants the glory in heaven without having to shoulder the burden on earth.

[deirdra]

17 hours ago, Rabbit Hutch said:

Poor Kootie, even a banana outdoes him.  Prolly got more brains, too.  😏

And Meri prefers soft old bananas to him.

[deirdra]

53 minutes ago, notnowimbusy said:

I don't like Meri and get tired of her walls, but when Janelle complained that she had to go outside to get to Christines, I was confused why that was such as issue.   In Vegas she had to go outside to see anybody.  Why would anybody assume it was ok, to use anybody's livingroom as a shortcut.   I would hate that too.    Janelle said she slipped on the outside stairs - why didn't she put down those skid strips?   Instead she has spent 30 years holding a grudge? 

Apparently in winter the stairs were often covered in snow, ice or slush and tracked into Christine's & Janelle's apartments when they went to and from homeschool.  Janelle should have insisted that Mr. Manly Man shovel the steps every day or put a roof over them.

[TurtlePower]

1 hour ago, deirdra said:

And Meri prefers soft old bananas to him.

Pretty sure there’s no option. Soft old bananas are all she has. 

[iwantcookies]

Meri was gently stroking that banana with 1 finger. That’s the best clip ever. Bwahaha.

[WhatAmIWatching]

On 12/11/2021 at 12:03 PM, notnowimbusy said:

I don't like Meri and get tired of her walls, but when Janelle complained that she had to go outside to get to Christines, I was confused why that was such as issue.   In Vegas she had to go outside to see anybody.  Why would anybody assume it was ok, to use anybody's livingroom as a shortcut.   I would hate that too.    Janelle said she slipped on the outside stairs - why didn't she put down those skid strips?   Instead she has spent 30 years holding a grudge? 

 

And what in heaven's name was Nancy the therapist doing with them for all of those years? *Some* of that pettiness, conflict and resentment they left to fester should have been worked out eons ago. 
  I'm all for a good grudge, but 30 years?! I would have forgotten what I was originally mad about after that length of time 

[Sasha888]

1 hour ago, WhatAmIWatching said:

And what in heaven's name was Nancy the therapist doing with them for all of those years? *Some* of that pettiness, conflict and resentment they left to fester should have been worked out eons ago. 
  I'm all for a good grudge, but 30 years?! I would have forgotten what I was originally mad about after that length of time 

I hear ya.

I could hold a grudge against Meri for 30 years and beyond though, because nothing is ever her fault. She isn't going to apologize for her part in anything, and frankly I don't think it's even good to do a "forgive and sweep under the rug" for people like that...you're really just pushing down your resentment and it's just going to come out later and be an even stronger resentment when it does come out.

As far as what has Nancy been doing all these years? Good question. From what I can tell, she's been teaching them not to communicate about real issues at all. They're too busy being concerned with communication style, and things being safe. 

 Just before the start of this season, I re-watched some of last season. There's an episode where they meet at the picnic table to discuss communication. Before the meeting, Janelle met with each other wife separately, telling them things like "we communicate, but not effectively. We talk but we don't get anything done." I thought great, you guys actually do need this! Maybe you can learn to talk about real issues, real solutions, real decisions. This will be a good meeting for them. 

Nope. They got to the picnic table, Janelle got out a big easel for everyone to write on, and then they all marched up and wrote "I NEED" statements down. I need to be heard, I need to feel important, I need kindness, blah blah blah. 

It was all emotions. Not one actionable item. Not one real way to make decisions for their future, or talk about issues in their past. Every single one of them went up and wrote "I need THIS from the rest of you assholes", then they sit back and wait for each other to fill their black holes of need.

The truly mind-boggling thing to me was at the end, they all thought they had made great progress,

 

[jacksgirl]

5 hours ago, Sasha888 said:

I hear ya.

I could hold a grudge against Meri for 30 years and beyond though, because nothing is ever her fault. She isn't going to apologize for her part in anything, and frankly I don't think it's even good to do a "forgive and sweep under the rug" for people like that...you're really just pushing down your resentment and it's just going to come out later and be an even stronger resentment when it does come out.

As far as what has Nancy been doing all these years? Good question. From what I can tell, she's been teaching them not to communicate about real issues at all. They're too busy being concerned with communication style, and things being safe. 

 Just before the start of this season, I re-watched some of last season. There's an episode where they meet at the picnic table to discuss communication. Before the meeting, Janelle met with each other wife separately, telling them things like "we communicate, but not effectively. We talk but we don't get anything done." I thought great, you guys actually do need this! Maybe you can learn to talk about real issues, real solutions, real decisions. This will be a good meeting for them. 

Nope. They got to the picnic table, Janelle got out a big easel for everyone to write on, and then they all marched up and wrote "I NEED" statements down. I need to be heard, I need to feel important, I need kindness, blah blah blah. 

It was all emotions. Not one actionable item. Not one real way to make decisions for their future, or talk about issues in their past. Every single one of them went up and wrote "I need THIS from the rest of you assholes", then they sit back and wait for each other to fill their black holes of need.

The truly mind-boggling thing to me was at the end, they all thought they had made great progress,

 

Agree. A "Needs" list isn't a bad idea. But right afterwards, an "Action" list must follow. These doofuses don't want relationships. Now that most of the kids are grown, there is no common thread between them.

[Absolom]

They need to go find out what they what from life and go get it themselves.  It's obvious that they aren't going to get it from this particular polygamous "marriage."

[deirdra]

9 hours ago, Sasha888 said:

As far as what has Nancy been doing all these years? Good question. From what I can tell, she's been teaching them not to communicate about real issues at all. They're too busy being concerned with communication style, and things being safe. 

For 30 years they have been clamming up whenever a discussion gets uncomfortable.  Then they imagine what the others are thinking and hold grudges based on that.  NOT communicating is at the root of many of their problems.  Meri builds walls and runs away. Christine hides her face in her hands and then runs away. Janelle stays where she is but stops listening. Robyn just hides in her mansion.

[Roslyn]

12 hours ago, WhatAmIWatching said:

And what in heaven's name was Nancy the therapist doing with them for all of those years? *Some* of that pettiness, conflict and resentment they left to fester should have been worked out eons ago. 
  I'm all for a good grudge, but 30 years?! I would have forgotten what I was originally mad about after that length of time 

I come from a family of Epic grudge carriers.  30 years was nothing.

10 hours ago, Sasha888 said:

Just before the start of this season, I re-watched some of last season. There's an episode where they meet at the picnic table to discuss communication. Before the meeting, Janelle met with each other wife separately, telling them things like "we communicate, but not effectively. We talk but we don't get anything done." I thought great, you guys actually do need this! Maybe you can learn to talk about real issues, real solutions, real decisions. This will be a good meeting for them. 

Nope. They got to the picnic table, Janelle got out a big easel for everyone to write on, and then they all marched up and wrote "I NEED" statements down. I need to be heard, I need to feel important, I need kindness, blah blah blah. 

It was all emotions. Not one actionable item. Not one real way to make decisions for their future, or talk about issues in their past. Every single one of them went up and wrote "I need THIS from the rest of you assholes", then they sit back and wait for each other to fill their black holes of need.

The truly mind-boggling thing to me was at the end, they all thought they had made great progress,

It's all just going through the motions.  The four women can sing and dance and make lists and make promises to do better and try harder, but then all of that is erased when Kody opens his mouth and says "I just don't give a sh!t anymore."

[Sasha888]

4 hours ago, jacksgirl said:

These doofuses don't want relationships. Now that most of the kids are grown, there is no common thread between them.

Exactly, and I guess they are not going to admit that, at least not on the show, because last night we got the Meri/Janelle convo which was in part, about how now that most of the kids are grown, the five of us are our "community" and this is who we're going to spend the rest of our lives with, yadda yadda....

HORSE. SHIT.

Ladies, your social media tells a different story.

Meri's is full of posts about Mariah, Friday Friend, Blair Michael, random LuLaNo people, and once in awhile a photo op with a mini-Robyn. (No Kody, Janelle, Christine, or their kids, or any of the grandkids.)

Janelle's is full of pics of her with her kids & grandkids, Christine & her kids, and once in awhile, al fresco friend Kody. (No Meri, Mariah, Robyn, or mini-Robyns.)

And by all means, keep that shit up. Hang out with people who care about you and that you actually care about - but stop pretending you're working on things with each other.

 

[Roslyn]

38 minutes ago, Sasha888 said:

Exactly, and I guess they are not going to admit that, at least not on the show, because last night we got the Meri/Janelle convo which was in part, about how now that most of the kids are grown, the five of us are our "community" and this is who we're going to spend the rest of our lives with, yadda yadda....

HORSE. SHIT.

Ladies, your social media tells a different story.

Meri's is full of posts about Mariah, Friday Friend, Blair Michael, random LuLaNo people, and once in awhile a photo op with a mini-Robyn. (No Kody, Janelle, Christine, or their kids, or any of the grandkids.)

Janelle's is full of pics of her with her kids & grandkids, Christine & her kids, and once in awhile, al fresco friend Kody. (No Meri, Mariah, Robyn, or mini-Robyns.)

And by all means, keep that shit up. Hang out with people who care about you and that you actually care about - but stop pretending you're working on things with each other.

 

So true!

I suspect that all of this is "if you want to keep the show income you need to ramp up the drama ladies" from the producers.  Since moving to Flagstaff it is just the adults with a sprinkle of children, and Janelle now "leads" these "we need to work on x,y,z" conversations (yet casting shade when she is away from them). Robyn is just sittin' there clutching her pearls and Kody is a madman ranting on the couch.

[ginger90]

2 hours ago, deirdra said:

what has Nancy been doing all these years?

Collecting a paycheck from TLC?

[Rabbit Hutch]

12 minutes ago, Rabbit Hutch said:

As an introvert I can only imagine how annoying it would be  to have what,  10 or 11 kids running in and out of my apt all of the time.  Kids are noisy; slamming doors, running and clomping up and down stairs, fingerprints and muddy/dirty shoes, loud voices, roughhousing and fighting.  I'm no fan of Meri's, but it would be a lot to handle at times, especially from kids that aren't biologically mine. 

Moreover, Meri isn't wrong for wanting quiet time with Kootir, or Kootie and Mariah having their time together.  Add the moms to the mix and there's potential for disaster.

Too, i think Meri's apt was the smallest?  Maybe I'm wrong, though.  Still, it's what, 10 or 12 YEARS LATER, and we're still kevetching about this?  Walls are still going up?  Sheesh, girls, grow up, will ya?  People got REAL PROBLEMS, for crikey's sake!!!

And, Janelle, you divorced Meri's brother and married her husband!!!  You're not so innocent here, oh earth mother wannabe!  😒

Sorry, put in wrong thread.

[Absolom]

Meri and Christine's apartments were the same size.  

[ginger90]

 

 

Video:

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXeLtBEF3Na/

[iwantcookies]

The picture is hanging crooked 🤣

too many tchotchkes for my taste 
 

[Cetacean]

She must never turn on the fireplace. I know it's probably gas but it does put out heat so I can see those candles melting into a puddle.

[jacksgirl]

1 hour ago, ginger90 said:

 

 

Video:

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXeLtBEF3Na/

What the hell is that video about?

[NoWhammies]

It just looks so junky. 

[Gramto6]

No clue at all what is going on in that weird video!!!

[lindalouwho]

Anybody else notice she’s wearing her Kody designed Fidelis charm necklace in her TH sessions? Ooohh. Deeply subtle message to Kody. Look at me! I’m so faithful! 🤮🤮

[Teafortwo]

57 minutes ago, lindalouwho said:

Anybody else notice she’s wearing her Kody designed Fidelis charm necklace in her TH sessions? Ooohh. Deeply subtle message to Kody. Look at me! I’m so faithful! 🤮🤮

Must be a dig at Christine.

 

[TurtlePower]

13 hours ago, ginger90 said:

 

 

Video:

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXeLtBEF3Na/

Hideous, cluttered and cheap looking. Totally Meri’s style. 

[Sandy W]

14 hours ago, ginger90 said:

 

 

Video:

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXeLtBEF3Na/

To me this fireplace scene represents Meri herself.  Way overdone on the exterior, and nothing going on in the cold interior.

[TurtlePower]

Just now, Sandy W said:

To me this fireplace scene represents Meri herself.  Way overdone on the exterior, and nothing going on in the cold interior.

THIS! This x 1,000! 

[ginger90]

 

$60.00

Kody’s is $99.

Janelle and Christine $35.

Mykelti $10.

[deirdra]

Curious filtering in that Cameo ad.  Meri's chin & jowls and turkey neck all merge into one.

[Sasha888]

Do they set their own Cameo prices?

Maybe they thought the question was "On a scale of 0 - 100, how fantastic are you?"

J said "35", C said "yep, I'm about a 35 too", M said "I am at least a 60" and Kody said "DEFINITELY 99 out of 100!!!".

[Granny58]

On 12/13/2021 at 12:52 AM, WhatAmIWatching said:

I'm all for a good grudge, but 30 years?! I would have forgotten what I was originally mad about after that length of time 

LOL...like Marie Barone holding a grudge over the big fork and spoon on the wall.  And Frank had no idea she was even mad.  

[xwordfanatik]

2 hours ago, ginger90 said:

 

$60.00

Kody’s is $99.

Janelle and Christine $35.

Mykelti $10.

In a pigs' eye.  No sale, NONE of you.

[Cetacean]

15 minutes ago, xwordfanatik said:

In a pigs' eye.  No sale, NONE of you.

They would have to pay ME to see any one of them.

Sad to think that there are actually sycophants who pant for the privilege.

[Sasha888]

I will give Mykelti ten dollars, but not for a video. I want a written message because I want to see her attempt to spell things.

[iwantcookies]

3 hours ago, ginger90 said:

 

$60.00

Kody’s is $99.

Janelle and Christine $35.

Mykelti $10.

Who is that? 

Edited December 16, 2021 by iwantcookies

[LilyD]

Obviously NOT the real Meri Brown.Our Meri takes up slightly more space in that picture...