S09.E04: Meri's Crazy Idea

[Reppiks2897]

 So Tony what is generic white people candy???  So Mexican candy is like the real good name brand candy and white people candy is the generic not so good candy? I just can’t with this guy, ugh! 

[Armchair Critic]

2 minutes ago, Chicklet said:

Why did this have to be another two hour show?

They could easily condense this to 1 hour instead of dragging it out. That's why I have it on for background noise and play online and do other things during the show because they repeat things so much you don't have to watch that closely.

[dreadfulLeigh]

FT—nope. FF

Chris, I can totally understand how he’s friends with the Browns. Another one who loves to hear themselves drone on. 

As per culture, I will be identifying with Messy Living Room Destroyed By Toddler Culture. You must have at least one small, painful to step upon or obnoxious, barely-touched-it and-it-went-off-like-a-damn-klaxon toy. For wedding ideas, flower girls throw legos or shopkins onto the aisle. Honeymoons are for the whole family to child infested destinations only. It’s mah culture!! It’s totaly legit and you will respect it!!

[MoodyGirl]

6 minutes ago, peaceknit said:

So have they all had cold sores? Sobbyn's was very apparent in her TH.

I was wondering if anyone else saw that. I almost paused it to doublecheck. 

[VedaPierce]

Robyn's baby girl really is the sweetest peanut. :) my grinch heart grew a little towards Robyn.

[xwordfanatik]

Ah, you lucky East Coast viewers (PST here.)  I DVR the ep and watch it Monday am before Mr. Xword gets up.  The comments here let me know what fun I'm in for.

I'll add my own special snarkiness tomorrow.  This forum is the real fun.

[Kyanight]

Just now, VedaPierce said:

Robyn's baby girl really is the sweetest peanut. :) my grinch heart grew a little towards Robyn.

She's ok these days.... but back when she and kody were courting/newlywed - oh no!!  Truley is being born and Kody doesn't give a flying poop - he's off with Robyn, the ONLY person in the world he had eyes for.  It was sad.

[MoodyGirl]

I still don't get Robyn's niece...so they are the same age? Is she trying to just be a spinster sister with no family of her own?

[Chicklet]

OR shorter Christine: This wedding is a shitshow.

[ThinkerBell]

Didn't Meri originally sell the B&B idea by saying that Christine's mother would move there and run it, and now  she wants her own mother to be to be the sole resident? It seems that older women in plyg families (at least this one) seem to get kicked to the curb.

[Armchair Critic]

2 minutes ago, ThinkerBell said:

It seems that older women in plyg families (at least this one) seem to get kicked to the curb

You would think that would serve as a warning to this bunch.

[LucyEth]

Love your screen name Veda Pierce, one of my favorite movies!

[ShellB]

So the wedding episode is February 11th? Why is everything so far behind?

[trimthatfat]

23 minutes ago, Chicklet said:

Why did this have to be another two hour show? We just see regurgitated crap. Over.and.over.and.over. Make it stop!

I don't get it either. I only stayed up to watch thinking this was the wedding special. Ugh.

[suomi]

I've heard that the color of our red rocks in SG is enhanced when it rains but I wouldn't know because that's when I'm cowering inside. And winter winds here? Oy. Days like that, I don't even get dressed. Inside, PJs, cocoa or white tea. I am astounded by how much actual physical discomfort Mykelti insists on causing and how large of a fuck she doesn't give.

[VedaPierce]

Mykelty is a big, stupid, selfish fool! She doesn't care about making people freeze for "her day"??? What an asshole!!!! I would be FURIOUS if my thoughtless niece dragged me and my 2 little babies, and 3 older children, all with colds, outside in the freezing, raining, horrid day. All because she has some childish vision of what her tacky-ass wedding should be like. Her sitting on the couch and proclaiming, "I don't care, it's my day" made me detest her. Your guests' comfort should come first at any invited gathering, you stupid moron!! Ugh! She deserves every little bit of what she gets with FT. And hopefully she gets plenty.

[ThinkerBell]

2 minutes ago, Armchair Critic said:

You would think that would serve as a warning to this bunch.

Exactly. Mariah should plan to make space for Meri's wet bar and her assorted mulit-coloured leggings. Men in plyg culture seem to lose interest in supporting their wives ( financially and emotionally) once their child bearing years come to an end.

[ThinkerBell]

31 minutes ago, Reppiks2897 said:

 So Tony what is generic white people candy???  So Mexican candy is like the real good name brand candy and white people candy is the generic not so good candy? I just can’t with this guy, ugh! 

He didn't seem that thrilled with the white people Claddagh ring either.

[VedaPierce]

What a shitshow! I had such pity for all those poor people shivering outside! So happy I was curled up under a warm blanket on the couch and not at that wedding from hell! Stupid Mykelty.

[Galloway Cave]

Meri said B&B had been out of her family for 30 years. That really isn't a long time. The way she was going on, I thought it hadn't been in the family for 50 years or more. The way her mom and sisters were acting, it was the long lost family jewel. It is also beyond absurd that her mom would live there alone and the entire Brown family supports her. Meri's stupid business isn't paying the mortgage (and no bank will make a loan based on the income from an MLM). I wonder why Christine's first question wasn't "What about MY mom? She was supposed to run the place!" Second question from anyone should have been "Since when does Bonnie make decisions about how to spend/manage Brown money?" Since we know that the place is being run as a B&B, wonder who is actually living there now.

I really don't know what Mykelti was thinking would happen with a December wedding. I know she wanted an August date but once it was moved back, she needed to change her "vision" to factor in what they would encounter around that date, like the holidays, horrible weather and limited venues due to holiday celebrations. She should have also ordered a cute little furry shrug to go with her dress instead of wearing FT's huge sloppy jacket. Despite how Christine will spin it to be endearing, it is just plain stupid.

Poor Ysabel. I discovered I have bad scoliosis as an adult and my back has been failing me for a few years. I have one spinal fusion, several herniated disks and just had a diskectomy. I hope the money holds out so she can get fixed now.

Robyn: I'm worried I'm worried I'm worried I'm worried I'm worried

[Reppiks2897]

15 minutes ago, ThinkerBell said:

He didn't seem that thrilled with the white people Claddagh ring either.

Yep and I didn’t see him wearing it in his TH with mykelti talking about how they loved the ring!

[Kyanight]

8 minutes ago, Galloway Cave said:

eri said B&B had been out of her family for 30 years. That really isn't a long time. The way she was going on, I thought it hadn't been in the family for 50 years or more. The way her mom and sisters were acting, it was the long lost family jewel. It is also beyond absurd that her mom would live there alone and the entire Brown family supports her. Meri's stupid business isn't paying the mortgage (and no bank will make a loan based on the income from an MLM). I wonder why Christine's first question wasn't "What about MY mom? She was supposed to run the place!" Second question from anyone should have been "Since when does Bonnie make decisions about how to spend/manage Brown money?" Since we know that the place is being run as a B&B, wonder who is actually living there now.

And like Kody mentioned I think, what about all of the OTHER expenses associated with living and owning a home?  There is heat/water/trash removal/phone, food, insurance/ blah blah blah.  Then there is the upkeep when and if the electricity/wiring DOES go bad and other old house issues.   Who is going to pay for all of that?  Kody and the other wives?

[JocelynCavanaugh]

For those who speculated last season, I'm here to tell you all that Tony and Mykelti were totally doing it before the wedding, thereby breaking their promise to Kody. Between their body language and Tony's casual reference to "coming home" to Mykelti's house, it was obvious. Maybe they shouldn't have made a promise like that, but if they're such mature, sexualll adults then they should've paid for their own damn tacky generic Mexican Claddagh piñata arctic blast wedding.

Poor Ysabel, for sure! I know what it's like to have a condition that's not necessarily life-threatening, but forces you to limit your activity and dress differently from/less comfortably than your peers. The "there are others who have it much worse" mantra is all too familiar. It may be true, but having the condition still sucks. I hope that curve somehow gets straightened out without her having to undergo that terrible surgery. 

[greekmom]

1 hour ago, trimthatfat said:

Are we sure Mykelti really isn't Meri's child? This insistence on having an outdoor wedding in December when the weather is cold reeks of 'I want what I want and you better give me what I want'. 

I had to pause. What idiot has a December wedding in Utah outdoors??? Seriously?  Isn't it like f'ing cold?

1 hour ago, peaceknit said:

So have they all had cold sores? Sobbyn's was very apparent in her TH.

Well, if they all kiss the Kdouche.  No wonder they have not spread some other diseases among them.

[Reppiks2897]

18 minutes ago, Reppiks2897 said:

Yep and I didn’t see him wearing it in his TH with mykelti talking about how they loved the ring!

My bad I just saw it in another th of theirs on his right hand.

[cereality]

They plan a Dec wedding outside in the desert and are shocked that it's cold?? WTH? And so what if it's normally 50 and now it's unexpectedly 40. Is 50 supposed to be comfortable outdoor wedding weather??

Why the heck didn't they get married indoors with the Christmas theme -- red/white type of colors or blue/white/silver (little more Hannaukah-ish in colors but also reminiscent of snow/winter generally) kind of colors? I've seen both done quite elegantly around Christmas time and both times it was done by young/underemployed/just starting out couples just like T&M bc then you're paying nothing for decorations bc most places are already decked out for the holidays and let you use their existing décor. All you have to provide is your own bouquet, bridal bouquet, and boutonnieres and that's literally it. 

[VedaPierce]

"So, FT, it will be nice to let the little kids run up and swing at the piñatas...they have so much fun doing that." FT: "NO! I'm gonna do that! MY piñata!" 

Klassy. 

What a selfish slob. Yes FT. ALL THE LITTLE KIDS WILL JUST LOVE TO STAND AROUND AND WATCH YOU HAVE FUN WITH YOUR PIÑATA! Nothing like going to a wedding and standing around, watching the bride and groom entertain themselves. To hell with the guests. Oh, and first freezing your ass off. Then running out of food. This wedding had something, I mean nothing for everybody. YUCK!

Edited January 29, 2018 by VedaPierce

[VedaPierce]

1 hour ago, Chicklet said:

OR shorter Christine: This wedding is a shitshow.

Omg, I called it a shitshow before reading 2 other posters call it a shitshow....so, we're in agreement?

1 hour ago, LucyEth said:

Love your screen name Veda Pierce, one of my favorite movies!

ME TOO! Seen it 100x. :)

[gardendiva]

Did anyone catch the TH where FT is talking about Kody giving marriage advice and he says something like “he’s been married four times—that we know about” and Mykelti gave him the most shocked expression? That guy thinks he is so hilarious. I am sure Kody will be seething at FT’s insolence when he sees this episode.

[Lovecat]

I can’t see that ridged chip/cracker commercial, where the punchline, delivered by a pickle, is “It’s kind of a big...DILL!” without thinking of this bunch.  Hearing them say the phrase “a big dill” approximately 400 times tonight is not going to do anything to sever that mental connection.

Production must think we’re morons who won’t catch on that Mykelti and Tony’s TH segments were filmed months after the wedding. They’ve both packed on some “just married” pounds (as have I since my September wedding, alas), and Tony’s hair is completely different—better, actually; what a shocker!  

[toodles]

13 minutes ago, VedaPierce said:

Omg, I called it a shitshow before reading 2 other posters call it a shitshow....so, we're in agreement?

ME TOO! Seen it 100x. :)

I was going to call it a clusterf##ck just to be original.

[mythoughtis]

All the TH for all the reality shows are filmed well after the fact.  You will notice that they can’t keep verb tenses straight. 

Edited January 29, 2018 by mythoughtis

[MoodyGirl]

I guess we will see the wedding later in more detail, but in the previews, I was trying to see the chairs and how it would accomodate 400. I couldn't tell, but did not look like that many chairs. Maybe they just didn't pan the whole crowd. I just couldn't see 400 chairs being even set up in that small space. 

[NotinKansasanymore]

Loved Meri shading Robyn, about being too careful with her words so she doesn't know if she can really believe her, while Christine is honest and will tell you like it is.

So is she implying Robyn is two faced and says one thing to Meri and then something else to Kody?

[islandgal140]

Lawd, pinterest didn't just throw up on this wedding, it had explosive diarrhea.  Tony and Mykelti are quite the brain trust. Outdoor wedding in the dead of winter but no tent or any kind of shelter. 

Oh, Meri ... you tried it. She was absolutely trying to run it up the flag pole and see if the sistren would pay to buy her and her mama another big empty money pit house, but does it have a wet bar?

1 hour ago, Galloway Cave said:

Meri said B&B had been out of her family for 30 years. That really isn't a long time. The way she was going on, I thought it hadn't been in the family for 50 years or more. The way her mom and sisters were acting, it was the long lost family jewel. It is also beyond absurd that her mom would live there alone and the entire Brown family supports her.

She is acting like they are the Romanoff's that were run out of their ancestral home. I can't with her. 

Pawn shop's must pay well because Chris's home is lovely and their X-mas decor was divine!

A thousand million Nos to Christine's singing. 

FT has that quintessential bowler's athletic build. I wouldn't be surprised if the local leagues were avidly recruiting him. LOL!!

[HahYallDoin]

1 hour ago, ShellB said:

So the wedding episode is February 11th? Why is everything so far behind?

They are just skipping 1 week. Next Sunday is the Super Bowl and I'm assuming that is the reason for a one week hiatus. 

[Starsandbucks]

I’m still watching on the West coast but oh my god this nail salon scene is so tedious! Who argues with who over what. It just keeps going and going. 

[Kyanight]

9 minutes ago, Starsandbucks said:

I’m still watching on the West coast but oh my god this nail salon scene is so tedious! Who argues with who over what. It just keeps going and going. 

Wait until you get the to the wedding rehearsal.  Seriously  - it's worse than watching paint dry.  The only thing entertaining about it was watching one of the kids (Truley?) constantly rolling around on the wet freezing ground while an adult would try to get her up and hoping the strong wind would blow someone away.  I was mostly hoping it would snag Tony, but of course he is MUCH too weighted to fly off.  When he was talking with Mykelti on the couch in that white shirt I could swear he's working up to 300 pounds.  But then again, Mykelti is also packing some on.  Her face was a balloon.  (Unless she's pregnant in that scene since it WAS filmed after the wedding.  In that case she can't really help it.)  

[Lynn]

Christine and Cody sure had a lot of cozy couch scenes, his hand on her knee, etc.  They looked like they had something going on.  This may be why she is so happy these days.

Also, this episode made me think that maybe Christine's voice coach had suggested a lower key and Christine argued for the super soprano arrangement. She was absolutely uncompromising with the guitar player, and he tried.  My daughter had the theory that the voice lessons were awful by design so as to showcase a good performance at the wedding. I no longer think that's a possibility after this episode with the guitar guy.

[Pollo Loco]

So much to comment on. 

I greatly enjoyed how unimpressed everyone seemed to be with Mykelti refusing to alter her vision of an outdoor wedding. I hope when I get married that my guests will have (un)fond memories of freezing their asses off during the ceremony and the lasting gift of pneumonia. 

Maybe I'm missing something but if people are on either side of FT and Mykelti tossing the frisbees over them, would that not mean that there's a good chance that they'll be hitting people on the other side?? That visual makes me laugh. 

 

I don't understand what the point of Meri's announcement was or what she was hoping for, "ok guys, instead of possibly generating income from a B&B, I instead want to buy a large house for mom to live in. By herself. While I continue to live in this even larger house. By myself. Yes? All good with that?"

 

Hell to the no with those stupid fabric flowers. They looked ugly and no one's going to keep them. My understanding is that she did it to "save money" which she may think she did but this bears truth to the "what's your time worth". Personally I'd rather ante up a little more money(few less tacos/guests/generic white candy and/or fancy exotic Mexican candy perhaps?) and get real flowers or come up with something a little less labour intensive. If I was Aspen I'd already be planning my wedding favour revenge that Mykelti can help with. I'm petty. Lol

[EtheltoTillie]

When do they show the singing?  I tried fast forwarding but I'm not seeing it. 

[suomi]

Mykelti's hair does nothing for her when she wears it down. It's limp and lank, and it drags her features down. It was gathered and tucked at the nape when they got their nails and the difference was night and day. It was extremely flattering. Like, not even the same person and the color looked good. In her THs, with her complexion, her lip color is harsh and so is that hair color when her hair is hanging limply. She's an attractive gal and it's a shame she doesn't see that her original look is more "her" and now she just looks hard. Isn't she a natural blonde like her mother and sisters? I think we can safely assume that if FT liked her with blonde hair she'd have blonde hair.

Edited January 29, 2018 by suomi

[Lynn]

Christine goes alone to the St. George home of the guitar accompanist who she has never met and we have to hear her sing the dopey song for the fourth time. This time it was worse than the first time.

[Delete]

My Mom who doesn’t watch tv was in another room, but heard Christine singing, and said to me , “Has anyone told that lady that she can’t sing?”

 

ouch!  ?

 

I can’t get over Meri’s drawn on eyebrows. i can’t focus on anything she says either, but then again, she speaks so slowly, with dramatic pauses that I drift off into other thoughts. .  “I have............something........to tell...............the family”.   

Kody:  conditioner is your friend, and so is a hairdresser.

 

i was fast forwarding thru most of this episode. I literally want this wedding over. 

[suomi]

3 hours ago, Galloway Cave said:

Meri said B&B had been out of her family for 30 years. That really isn't a long time. The way she was going on, I thought it hadn't been in the family for 50 years or more. The way her mom and sisters were acting, it was the long lost family jewel. It is also beyond absurd that her mom would live there alone and the entire Brown family supports her. Meri's stupid business isn't paying the mortgage (and no bank will make a loan based on the income from an MLM). I wonder why Christine's first question wasn't "What about MY mom? She was supposed to run the place!" Second question from anyone should have been "Since when does Bonnie make decisions about how to spend/manage Brown money?" Since we know that the place is being run as a B&B, wonder who is actually living there now.

 

It didn't happen on the show so I won't post it but the bold is answered in the reviews on the Inn's FB page. You will be spoiled if you go there so keep that in mind. Also of interest, there are seven reviews tallied on the FB page (six give 5-stars and one gives 4-stars) but you can read only two of the reviews. The other reviews just link to the Inn's website. Sorta odd.

[suomi]

I got a kick out of the various ways Meri's LuLaRoe gig was gently referred to/described. My favorite was "social retailer."

[Tabbygirl521]

God help me, I found myself agreeing/sympathizing with Kody several times tonight. 

I also caught Tony mentioning “when I got home” and thought, A-HA!! They also seem way too physically comfortable with with other not to be poking. On the other hand, I can’t imagine it and certainly don’t wish to. 

Upthread, whoever said “Not FT - FF” - not sure what FF stands for but I made a wild guess and had to laugh. Geez, he is annoying. Even Mykelti seemed to think so when he mentioned generic white-people candy. He comes across like a preteen doofus. I wonder if his parents have enough English to understand what a dick he is being. They don’t gaze at him with blind love or anything. Do they know what they hath wrought 

[onatrek]

1 hour ago, suomi said:

It didn't happen on the show so I won't post it but the bold is answered in the reviews on the Inn's FB page. You will be spoiled if you go there so keep that in mind. Also of interest, there are seven reviews tallied on the FB page (six give 5-stars and one gives 4-stars) but you can read only two of the reviews. The other reviews just link to the Inn's website. Sorta odd.

And if someone's not on FB, it's also included in this article (about 2/3's down below a picture of Kody, Janelle and I think Meri and an umbrella)

https://www.sltrib.com/news/polygamy/2018/01/07/one-of-the-sister-wives-opens-a-utah-bed-and-breakfast-despite-family-being-seen-as-felons/

Or here under a spoiler is the quote:

Spoiler

Meri Brown said her mother has sold her house in Lehi and will live at Lizzie’s Heritage Inn. The mother and daughter will run the bed and breakfast together, the latter said, in what they want to be a moneymaking endeavor.

[zenme]

Well, I thought Meri was initially saying "Oh, I've always wanted to run a B&B..." Now she's saying the idea would be hell for her? She's so manipulative! 

Meri's mother has a lot of nerve to esssntially ask her daughter to buy the house for her so that she may live in. She's expecting all the rest of the 20-something family members to fund that? What about the other moms? What about Annie?  And shame on Meri! 

[ginger90]

 

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