Janelle Brown: Smarter Than Your Average Brown (Maybe)

[Kellyee]

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It mystifies me why on earth Janelle will do anything to stay in Kootie's good graces.  It's truly baffling.

It may be low self esteem issues.  I don't know what caused the breakup of her marriage to Meri's brother but if he was as domineering as Meri, that may have been a factor.  Janelle may just feel that this is as good as it gets for her.

I think Janelle is passive and terribly lazy, and takes the path of least resistance. Leaving Kody permanently takes effort. Letting Kody come by once a month and calling it a marriage is much easier, with no confrontation. Janelle's kids do whatever they want as well. The one kid who was visiting his girlfriend during Covid appeared to have zero respect for either of his parents. And Janelle did nothing to put his attitude in check, and didn't appear upset at all by his attitude. Christine mostly raised Janelle's older kids, and now that she has to do it herself, this is what you get. 

I am curious as to where Janelle is planning to spend the winter. 

 

 

 

 

 

[LilyD]

Lots of couples have unequal relationships. Many stay with their partner despite abuse or gross neglect for various reasons. That’s worrisome but nothing new. 

A lot of people assume that Kody neglects Janelle and that she’s the victim.    And while I won’t deny that it really looks that way (mansion vs RV) and I definitely do not approve of it, I’ve come to the conclusion that she seems perfectly fine with an absent husband. Of all the wives, she hardly complains about anything, let alone Kody’s absence, she doesn’t radiate unhappiness and seems happy with her independence and doing her own lazy, nonsense things…

 

[lookeyloo]

36 minutes ago, LilyD said:

Lots of couples have unequal relationships. Many stay with their partner despite abuse or gross neglect for various reasons. That’s worrisome but nothing new. 

A lot of people assume that Kody neglects Janelle and that she’s the victim.    And while I won’t deny that it really looks that way (mansion vs RV) and I definitely do not approve of it, I’ve come to the conclusion that she seems perfectly fine with an absent husband. Of all the wives, she hardly complains about anything, let alone Kody’s absence, she doesn’t radiate unhappiness and seems happy with her independence and doing her own lazy, nonsense things…

 

And maybe that's how she likes it.  Just because it wouldn't work for a lot of us, doesn't mean it isn't working for her.

[Yeah No]

16 hours ago, lookeyloo said:

And maybe that's how she likes it.  Just because it wouldn't work for a lot of us, doesn't mean it isn't working for her.

True, but it also doesn't mean she isn't a masochist!  😉

[lookeyloo]

2 hours ago, Yeah No said:

True, but it also doesn't mean she isn't a masochist!  😉

And we will will never really know either way!

[Pickleinthemiddle]

1 hour ago, lookeyloo said:

And we will will never really know either way!

Agree.  I think she is mostly content with her situation, but I do believe that she loves him more than she shows.

If I were in this situation, I too would be happy with my one day a week with the husband and free to do what I wanted when he's not around.

[Roslyn]

On 9/6/2021 at 2:23 PM, Pickleinthemiddle said:

Agree.  I think she is mostly content with her situation, but I do believe that she loves him more than she shows.

If I were in this situation, I too would be happy with my one day a week with the husband and free to do what I wanted when he's not around.

Exactly.

As a woman who has had a "part time husband" (for lack of a better term) for 25 years I live two very different lives.  One life is lived during the working week and a different life on the weekends.  Just as my husband lives his working life traveling near and far and then a weekend home life. We made it work, raised two great kids and continue to live this way.  6 or 7 weeks a year he is home on vacation weeks and I see it as a "whole lot of Saturdays in a row".  I often have to take a week constantly checking to see what day it is until I settle back into my routines.

It is one of the reasons that I became so interested in the Sister Wives show in the first place.  I can look at each wife and really see small parts of my own life and experiences within their predicaments. The only very large difference is that my husband is spending his weekday evenings on his travel computer in a hotel playing video games.  Depending on the game, I sometimes join in from home.

As for the topic of if Janelle and Kody love each other, I say yes, very much so.  Janelle has made it clear that she had electricity from the moment she set eyes on Kody.  She kept putting herself into his circle after her divorce and stayed close to his family even after all ties were cut, and then decided to turn her back on her family/friends/LDS church to convert to the fundie polygamist version just to choose Kody as her shared husband. I believe that Janelle and Kody have a very quiet and private relationship because that is what Janelle wants.  She has never seemed to be comfortable around others having openly physical affection and doesn't seem to want her relationship to be openly affectionate. Janelle doesn't make emotional demands on Kody, and after seeing how he treats Christine and Meri (who both make demands on him with emotions and demanding he reciprocate in an emotional way of their choosing) he responds much better to Janelle's pragmatic relationship.

[MargeGunderson]

@Roslyn, that’s very insightful. Maybe this is exactly what Janelle wants. One thing that I appreciate about Janelle is that she doesn’t post cryptic bullshit on social media that hints at strife in her marriage while at the same time proclaiming how strong she is, and then turns around to says everyone misunderstood her and her marriage is awesome (contrary to everything shown on the show). Meri has that market cornered. 

[Scarlett45]

On 9/5/2021 at 4:36 PM, lookeyloo said:

And maybe that's how she likes it.  Just because it wouldn't work for a lot of us, doesn't mean it isn't working for her.

Yes- I don’t think Janelle was ever “in love” with Kody in the romantic sense. 
 

I think Janelle wanted to have children (like many people) but wasn’t interested in being a primary caregiver. If you’re the one with the uterus that’s a bit harder to work around unless you 1. Can afford to outsource all of the help, 2. Have an extended family (like a parent or aunt/uncle) that will be happy to take on the caregiving role for you. (Most men in our culture aren’t primary caregivers if the bio-mom is available). 
 

I think Janelle is heterosexual and early on her relationship with Kody and the other wives gave her a way to get many of her needs met. Yeah she LIKED Kody well enough, and she wasn’t repulsed by him, but I don’t think she was ever “in love”. 
 

I think the adults in that family that have the best most fulfilling relationship are Janelle & Christine. 
 

At this point Janelle has one child left at home, she probably doesn’t feel the need to rock the status quo. We often comment that Kody doesn’t have the sex drive he used to have, it’s likely Janelle doesn’t either, so Kody not being around might not bother her that much (from a sexual perspective). 

[Teafortwo]

Oh please

I removed the link for security reasons (it linked directly to my instagram acct. For some reason it won't let me just copy the image.

She posted a pic of a marshmallow she toasted. Because, y'know - Plexus!

Edited September 8, 2021 by Teafortwo

[ginger90]

[ginger90]

[DakotaJustice]

How old is Truely? She already has boobs.

They don't look like they're having fun to me. 

Edited September 13, 2021 by DakotaJustice

[ginger90]

11 minutes ago, DakotaJustice said:

How old is Truely? She already has boobs.

They don't look like they're having fun to me. 

I believe she’s 11.

That was my first thought, no “fun” in that picture.

[iwantcookies]

Probably miserable since daddy lives in a nice house and they will live in an RV.

[iwantcookies]

Slow news day?

 

https://people.com/tv/sister-wives-janelle-brown-enjoys-some-quintessential-summer-fun-with-her-family/

[ginger90]

The only thing of “interest”, Season 16 of Sister Wives premieres Nov. 21 on TLC.

[WhatAmIWatching]

Do the rags like People have to pay them for articles if all the info is gleaned from public social media?

Hmm, looks like the new season is pretty much a redux of last season. I hope this time Kody's head actually explodes, sending ramen noodle hair strands flying out like shrapnel.

[SunnyBeBe]

6 hours ago, ginger90 said:

The only thing of “interest”, Season 16 of Sister Wives premieres Nov. 21 on TLC.

I thought they had announced a much earlier premier date….hmmmm….anyone else see that? 

[ginger90]

10 hours ago, WhatAmIWatching said:

Do the rags like People have to pay them for articles if all the info is gleaned from public social media?

 I think if the article is, “exclusive “ they get paid, but they don’t when it’s just info gathered from social media.

An example:

[Teafortwo]

OMG https://www.cureus.com/articles/44221-plexus-slim-induced-immune-thrombocytopenic-purpura

This was posted on reddit TLCSisterwives by user KSDem under topic "I'm finding it harder to sympathize with Meri and Christine after watching the Lularich documentary." I hope it's okay to repost here.

[Twopper]

On 9/4/2021 at 9:09 PM, Sandy W said:

It may be low self esteem issues.  I don't know what caused the breakup of her marriage to Meri's brother but if he was as domineering as Meri, that may have been a factor.  Janelle may just feel that this is as good as it gets for her.

Based on the book it appears that as  Janelle and her mother were sailing from the LDS church toward polygamy, Adam was sailing from the shores of polygamy where his mother had planted her family to the land of the LDS. 

Several members of her family cut ties with Janelle and her mother which probably caused them to double down on their commitment to polygamy.  Because she came from the LDS, she had fewer choices of people to marry.   She already knew Meri and she thought Kody was cute so in a way it was a practical choice and a marriage of convenience for her.  It probably wasn't too easy to find potential polygs as this was long before dating sites such as Polygsrus.com or poly.com

[Roslyn]

On 9/13/2021 at 7:32 PM, ginger90 said:

She looks cold to me, sitting too far from the fire to even keep the front side of you warm.

[Elodia]

I get that Janelle's idea of fun is roasting  hot dogs and making s'mores. Unfortunately, neither Truely nor Savanah look like they're having fun. They look totally bored und slightly uncomfortable. 

Edited September 17, 2021 by Elodia

[laurakaye]

Truely might be having a decent time because she gets to go home to a warm house with a nice private bedroom.  Savannah knows that she gets to head back into a confined space with almost no place to call her own that smells like sweat, Plexus and dog farts.

I also wonder if the glum look of the photo is because the two girls are both in the midst of yet another life-changing upheaval...both Christine and Janelle appear to be in the process of pulling up stakes and moving again (to who knows where).

[ginger90]

We’ve seen Janelle’s food pictures. She takes awful pictures, but posts them anyway, that’s a known fact.

 

 

[SunnyBeBe]

I’m wondering if Janelle is sort of waiting around to see where everyone is going to end up and that’s why she’s really not committing on another lease or purchase. If she can get power to her property, she might explore these houses. I saw a piece about them on tv.  It’s new technology called 3D houses.  Originally, designed for the homeless and seniors.  They seem to be expanding.  Quite attractive and low cost too.

 

https://www.iconbuild.com/updates/3strands-brings-more-3d-printed-homes-by-icon-to-austin-market

[ginger90]

 

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[Meowwww]

2 hours ago, ginger90 said:

 

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Didn’t know this was a new thing.  Here in Wisconsin, they will refill upon request unless you decide to exchange. 

[Elizzikra]

8 hours ago, SunnyBeBe said:

I’m wondering if Janelle is sort of waiting around to see where everyone is going to end up and that’s why she’s really not committing on another lease or purchase. If she can get power to her property, she might explore these houses. I saw a piece about them on tv.  It’s new technology called 3D houses.  Originally, designed for the homeless and seniors.  They seem to be expanding.  Quite attractive and low cost too.

 

https://www.iconbuild.com/updates/3strands-brings-more-3d-printed-homes-by-icon-to-austin-market

That seems awfully pragmatic for the Browns but maybe?

I love those 3D homes. Very attractive. Again, probably way too pragmatic for the Browns but not a bad idea!

[Gramto6]

2 hours ago, Meowwww said:

Didn’t know this was a new thing.  Here in Wisconsin, they will refill upon request unless you decide to exchange. 

When I lived in CA until we had propane piped in we always refilled the canister. Here in MT when I used my propane bbq I always refilled instead of exchanged. Not anything new and amazing!

[Cetacean]

11 hours ago, Gramto6 said:

Not anything new and amazing!

Anything requiring common sense or common knowledge is new and exciting to this bunch.

[xwordfanatik]

2 hours ago, Cetacean said:

Anything requiring common sense or common knowledge is new and exciting to this bunch.

Most especially to Janelle...it's like she was dropped here fresh from another planet, sometimes.  

[NoWhammies]

19 hours ago, ginger90 said:

 

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WTF? We've been refilling our propane for years. We have one tank we keep for exchange if we need to do it on a day the refill station is closed. 

[Roslyn]

21 hours ago, ginger90 said:

 

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Oh Geez Janelle... The places that you go to for tank exchange sell by price.  They only partially fill the tank so that the "price per tank" looks lower, but in actuality the tank is as little as half full. If you go to fill the tank instead of just exchange...they fill the tank to its intended volume. Coupled with the fact that it is overall cheaper to just have a jumbo tank of propane and fill the smaller tanks than shipping around the small tanks to begin with.  That's why the price is actually cheaper to fill vs swap.

[MaddyMaeboxerbabe]

And she is the smart Brown! 🤔

[Teafortwo]

25 minutes ago, MaddyMaeboxerbabe said:

And she is the smart Brown! 🤔

(Maybe) ;-p

[Mahamid Frauded Me]

Obviously that Plexus shit does not improve common sense for Janelle

[laurakaye]

New thread title suggestions:

Janelle Brown: Communication Specialist

Janelle Brown: Go Back to Being Eeyore on the Couch

Janelle Brown: Serving Canned Cabbage and Plexus, Cooked Over an Open Fire

Janelle Brown: She Fooled Us All

[Irate Panda]

Can Janelle claim a homestead exemption on Coyote Pass since she’s “living” there now?

[Mahamid Frauded Me]

1 hour ago, Irate Panda said:

Can Janelle claim a homestead exemption on Coyote Pass since she’s “living” there now?

I was just thinking that, didn't she have to apply for a permit to RV there? I thought it could only be temporary and it appears to me that if she is just learning to refill her propane tanks, she plans on staying a while. I am sure people who live close by probably aren't thrilled there are squatters in sense on land they paid probably a pretty penny to build their "dream homes" on.

[Irate Panda]

1 hour ago, Mahamid Frauded Me said:

I was just thinking that, didn't she have to apply for a permit to RV there? I thought it could only be temporary and it appears to me that if she is just learning to refill her propane tanks, she plans on staying a while. I am sure people who live close by probably aren't thrilled there are squatters in sense on land they paid probably a pretty penny to build their "dream homes" on.

Yes, I think she applied for some sort of permit.  I know Janelle said she was going “somewhere” for the winter, but just wondered if she wondered parking a trailer there was considered the same as a house in regards to getting an exemption.  Honestly, the only thing I find interesting about this show at this point are the finances.  

[LilyD]

5 hours ago, laurakaye said:

New thread title suggestions:

Janelle Brown: Communication Specialist

Janelle Brown: Go Back to Being Eeyore on the Couch

Janelle Brown: Serving Canned Cabbage and Plexus, Cooked Over an Open Fire

Janelle Brown: She Fooled Us All

Janelle's adventures in the little house on prairie plague

[NoWhammies]

14 hours ago, LilyD said:

Janelle's adventures in the little house on prairie plague

Will be driving right past there next week. I'll keep my eyes out for the trailer. :)

[TurtlePower]

20 hours ago, laurakaye said:

New thread title suggestions:

Janelle Brown: Communication Specialist

Janelle Brown: Go Back to Being Eeyore on the Couch

Janelle Brown: Serving Canned Cabbage and Plexus, Cooked Over an Open Fire

Janelle Brown: She Fooled Us All

Canned cabbage and plexus! 

[iwantcookies]

7 hours ago, TurtlePower said:

Canned cabbage and plexus! 

That will give diarrhea for a week aka cleanse the system! One way to lose 10-20 pounds.

Edited September 21, 2021 by iwantcookies

[ginger90]

Screenshot from a video, plexus blah, blah, blah, gut health, blah, blah, no sugar cravings, blah, blah, blah.

Yet, she started the video talking about pumpkin spice stuff she has to try, and now with the holidays coming it’s going to be hard.

Whatever.

[iwantcookies]

Let’s see your Trader Joe’s haul girl! I bet hers is bigger than mine 🤣.

[TurtlePower]

3 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Screenshot from a video, plexus blah, blah, blah, gut health, blah, blah, no sugar cravings, blah, blah, blah.

Yet, she started the video talking about pumpkin spice stuff she has to try, and now with the holidays coming it’s going to be hard.

Whatever.

Right? If this magical elixir is so great, why is she worrying about cravings? 

Dolt. 

[Stefphill]

On 9/7/2021 at 12:47 PM, MargeGunderson said:

@Roslyn, that’s very insightful. Maybe this is exactly what Janelle wants. One thing that I appreciate about Janelle is that she doesn’t post cryptic bullshit on social media that hints at strife in her marriage while at the same time proclaiming how strong she is, and then turns around to says everyone misunderstood her and her marriage is awesome (contrary to everything shown on the show). Meri has that market cornered. 

This should be framed and sent to Meri.  The lady needs to stop with the posting