S01.E06: Blast From the Past

[Adeejay]

2 hours ago, steff13 said:

I thought Kody wasn't interested in polygamy until after he and Meri had already gotten married.  I could be wrong about that, though. 

According to what is written in their book, when Kody returned from his two year mission, his mainstream Mormon family had converted to Fundamentalism.  Kody decided that he needed to learn more about polygamy, so he became involved with a plural family (Meri’s) to learn more about the lifestyle and what that entails.   

I don't know what to make of Angela.  I noticed that her son is always harnessed to her.  She seems to be using him as an excuse to get out of family functions/situations. 

I can't help but wonder if April has her marriage certificate hanging in her bedroom.  She clearly enjoys lording her first wife status over her sister wives. 

[Kyanight]

18 minutes ago, Adeejay said:

I don't know what to make of Angela.  I noticed that her son is always harnessed to her.  She seems to be using him as an excuse to get out of family functions/situations. 

I think it's POSSIBLE she uses him as an excuse so that she doesn't have to carry her own weight around the house.  But to be fair.... each child creates "work"  - like more laundry, more mess, more food to make - etc. etc. etc.  - and when you have ONE kid and the other wives have 7 or 8 kids... how is it fair when you are expected to do a third of the work?  Being a first-time mother at the age of 40 might also cause her to be overly involved in parenting, too.  Her baby isn't a newborn, and 2 hours to feed him seems excessive to me - and I had a lot of kids.

[Sasha888]

52 minutes ago, Adeejay said:

I can't help but wonder if April has her marriage certificate hanging in her bedroom.  She clearly enjoys lording her first wife status over her sister wives. 

Like Meri Brown, pre-divorce? ;-) I've wondered the same thing.

[TheGreenWave]

23 hours ago, Kyanight said:

She has four girls and one boy.  Their ages are 14, 13, 11, 7 and 1.  We don't know which are the girls and which is the boy - but regardless... ONE of the teens (either 13 or 14) or BOTH have to be girls.   I could see him "Marrying" them when they are around 16.  They are home schooled and don't have a lot of experience with boys and the outside world so they would be vulnerable.

Not sure if this was already answered already - but how does a single mom of 5 homeschool her kids?  Apparently she does not work??  What bio-dad would let his kids be involved in that lifestyle??

[Roslyn]

13 hours ago, Adeejay said:

I don't know what to make of Angela.  I noticed that her son is always harnessed to her.  She seems to be using him as an excuse to get out of family functions/situations.

 

12 hours ago, Kyanight said:

I think it's POSSIBLE she uses him as an excuse so that she doesn't have to carry her own weight around the house.  

  Being a first-time mother at the age of 40 might also cause her to be overly involved in parenting, too.  Her baby isn't a newborn, and 2 hours to feed him seems excessive to me - and I had a lot of kids.

With her first baby at 40, this may be her only child.  If she has been trying to have a baby for a long time (with lots of different partners by the sounds of it as well) she is most likely settled into living every experience for what might be her only baby.  Carrying your baby with a sash is a valid child rearing style and with all those little kids running around it is most likely the safest for the baby.  I still have the image of the little one (no idea who's child) wandering through the back yard with a hammer in his/her hand.  Spending two hours does sound excessive for one feeding, but it could be exaggerated by Crazy-Eye April, who is obviously put off by anything Angela does.  Also changing, feeding, bonding in a quiet place can take some time and it's her right as a mother to choose how she raises her little one.

My husband's sister went through a long broody time.  When she did finally have a baby (actually tricked her "I'm not having any more kids" husband and became pregnant) she never put the baby down.   He was a really big baby and she carried him everywhere and while doing everything.  It became a huge problem when she had a second baby when her first was 2 1/2 and he was a very jealous and confused toddler with the new baby. 

As with most all of these television polygamist families the man did a piss poor job of adding Angela as a wife and assimilating her into the family.  She is obviously overwhelmed with all the kids and the dynamic of the two other wives and their tractor trailer filled with unresolved baggage. Their religion teaches men that it's all the women's problems and up to them to pray and deal with it themselves. 

[Kyanight]

14 minutes ago, TheGreenWave said:

Not sure if this was already answered already - but how does a single mom of 5 homeschool her kids?  Apparently she does not work??  What bio-dad would let his kids be involved in that lifestyle??

There could be more than one Daddy, and he may not give a damn.

[TheGreenWave]

2 minutes ago, Kyanight said:

There could be more than one Daddy, and he may not give a damn.

Good point!!! 

I am still surprised that Dmitri would be cool with potentially raising/feeding/supporting 5 kids who are not his...but, then again, I'm sure he would absolutely get off on strolling down the street with his 2 wives and 8 kids - he is so gross.

[chickenella]

3 hours ago, TheGreenWave said:

I am still surprised that Dmitri would be cool with potentially raising/feeding/supporting 5 kids who are not his...but, then again, I'm sure he would absolutely get off on strolling down the street with his 2 wives and 8 kids - he is so gross.

I''m sure something will happen with the potential sister wife and "she won't be a good fit" again. If course this will be after Dimitri test drives the goods.

Like Ashley said, roughly, "When you're dating someone and it doesn't work out, you don't just give up and stop dating. You continue until you find the right one." I get the feeling there will be a long line of "wrong ones" that Dimitri will get to try out first. Ugh, he's  just a whoremaster. (lol, I hardly ever get to use that word!! But it works here!)

On 2/26/2018 at 2:02 AM, princelina said:

Third family:  I'd love for Melina to just be a big old lesbian who's after Sharis!  That would be some good TV :)

It's looking that way to me. :) My money is on the lesbian angle.

[Kyanight]

1 hour ago, chickenella said:

On 2/26/2018 at 12:02 AM, princelina said:

Third family:  I'd love for Melina to just be a big old lesbian who's after Sharis!  That would be some good TV :)

It's looking that way to me. :) My money is on the lesbian angle.

My money is that she is transgendered.  And that is why she can't have kids.  

[b2H]

On 2/25/2018 at 10:07 PM, Sasha888 said:

And April's pissed that Angela had to feed her baby. Because it's SOOOO easy to explain to an infant that now just isn't a good time for you to be hungry.

And that would be true if it didn't take two hours for the baby to be fed and calmed.  That's a darned long time for anyone and I've raised and nursed two kids and run a home daycare while doing so.  Every child is different, but two hours is an awfully long time.

[b2H]

22 hours ago, gardendiva said:

I agree with this. She has trouble saying her “r” sound, which is something Barbara Walters struggled with, but I also detect a gutteral tone, like she is speaking in the back of her throat, a quality of sound I hear in deaf or hearing impaired people that seems to be separate from the speech impediment, or should I say in addition to it.

In a previous thread, I wrote where I think, given the various speech defects she has, she must be tongue-tied.  Her tongue has a longer ligament underneath that prevents it from being able to properly form sounds.  The R sound is the big one, but there are others.

[Lynnlynnlynn586]

On 2/26/2018 at 8:58 AM, Kyanight said:

You mean Ashley.  April is Drewfus's wife.

Dimitri didn't marry Ashley and he told her like the first day they got together that he wanted a polygamy "tribe".  She either goes along with it or she hits the road.... and I get the impression that she wants Dimitri, dick warts and all.

LOL D WARTS LOL

[Lynnlynnlynn586]

6 hours ago, chickenella said:

I''m sure something will happen with the potential sister wife and "she won't be a good fit" again. If course this will be after Dimitri test drives the goods.

Like Ashley said, roughly, "When you're dating someone and it doesn't work out, you don't just give up and stop dating. You continue until you find the right one." I get the feeling there will be a long line of "wrong ones" that Dimitri will get to try out first. Ugh, he's  just a whoremaster. (lol, I hardly ever get to use that word!! But it works here!)

It's looking that way to me. :) My money is on the lesbian angle.

I agree the lesbian thing ?

[woot]

On 2018-02-26 at 8:21 PM, yankeefan said:

When Ashley was telling Dimitri about talking to her sister, am I the only one who had a horrible feeling that Ashlley was going to suggest her sister as a possible sister wife?  I can see Dimitri liking that idea.  Yuck!

Yes! I was thinking the exact same thing - taking the term sister-wife literally and bringing a whole new level of fucked up to this show. 

Edited February 28, 2018 by woot
awkward wording

[woot]

Okay so the Alldredge family seems like the most functional of all.  I’m going to echo much of what was already said here but why the hell are they entertaining the possibility of Milena becoming a sister wife? She has literally nothing to offer this family.  She has not even spoken to Jeff on her own.  I get that the wives need to connect but come on, the relationship with the man should be the most important thing.  

[B3cky50]

On 2/26/2018 at 6:18 PM, steff13 said:

But April really has no excuse.  Other than she would be a single mom with 7 (?) kids.  Which I admit is daunting.  Especially since she likely has no marketable skills.  

I went down the rabbit hole the other day and found April's artwork from like 5 years ago on Instagram. She is amazingly talented. LIKE AN INCREDIBLY TALENTED ARTIST. I was impressed. 

Anyhoo. I don't know how marketable that is, but she definitely is skilled. 

[woot]

I don’t know much about polygamy other than what I’ve seen on Sister Wives but isn't it strange that the wives in this show find or want to find someone for their husband?  Shouldn’t it be the husband who finds a new woman who he’s interested in and gets to know and then introduces to the other wives?  I’m thinking back to when Kody brought Robyn into the family. 

[Kyanight]

8 minutes ago, woot said:

I don’t know much about polygamy other than what I’ve seen on Sister Wives but isn't it strange that the wives in this show find or want to find someone for their husband?  Shouldn’t it be the husband who finds a new woman who he’s interested in and gets to know and then introduces to the other wives?  I’m thinking back to when Kody brought Robyn into the family. 

But Meri wanted Robyn for a sister wife and turned Kody onto Robyn.

[chickenella]

46 minutes ago, B3cky50 said:

I went down the rabbit hole the other day and found April's artwork from like 5 years ago on Instagram. She is amazingly talented. LIKE AN INCREDIBLY TALENTED ARTIST. I was impressed. 

Anyhoo. I don't know how marketable that is, but she definitely is skilled. 

I agree with you, she's talented! I am following her on insta. Doesn't April paint also? I recall seeing her working on a canvas with sunflowers.

[B3cky50]

8 minutes ago, chickenella said:

I agree with you, she's talented! I am following her on insta. Doesn't April paint also? I recall seeing her working on a canvas with sunflowers.

Yes she's incredibly talented. She does great portraits. 

Angela is also an impressive artist. 

Edited February 28, 2018 by B3cky50

[Gothish520]

56 minutes ago, B3cky50 said:

I went down the rabbit hole the other day and found April's artwork from like 5 years ago on Instagram. She is amazingly talented. LIKE AN INCREDIBLY TALENTED ARTIST. I was impressed. 

Anyhoo. I don't know how marketable that is, but she definitely is skilled. 

I saw some of her stuff too and I agree, she is really very good. 

[MoodyGirl]

5 minutes ago, Gothish520 said:

I saw some of her stuff too and I agree, she is really very good. 

Yes I just found her on Instagram—I think it was aprilbrineyart—something like that. I wish I had that kind of talent!

[RoxieRambles]

On 2/25/2018 at 8:07 PM, Sasha888 said:

So...Drewfus was able to jump up without his crutches and juggle fire balls, but he couldn't get off his ass and help with dinner when Angela needed to feed her baby.

And April's pissed that Angela had to feed her baby. Because it's SOOOO easy to explain to an infant that now just isn't a good time for you to be hungry.

There's plenty of STUPID to go around in this family.

Drew - "and then, April unintentionally derailed the entire conversation."

Um, NO, you idiot, she INTENTIONALLY derailed the entire conversation. NOT an ACCIDENT. God this guy is obtuse.

This whole family gives me the heebee jeebees! They make the Browns seem normal, likable and attractive by comparison. 

[Sasha888]

7 hours ago, b2H said:

And that would be true if it didn't take two hours for the baby to be fed and calmed.  That's a darned long time for anyone and I've raised and nursed two kids and run a home daycare while doing so.  Every child is different, but two hours is an awfully long time.

True, but we're kind of just going on April's word that it "always takes her two hours". I'm not ready to accept that as an absolute fact.

I do think Angela isn't really showing any interest in being part of the group. At least, not in this episode. When she wasn't attending to her baby, I didn't see her trying to engage with any of the older kids...if she doesn't want to interact with April, interacting with some of the other children is something she COULD do, but didn't, that I saw.

April is my least favorite from what I've seen so far...but that doesn't mean I'm firmly in Angela's corner. Angela has lots to work on also. 

[Spiderella2]

I think Angela is intimidated by the other kids. I remember how daunting it was for me when I first brought my twins home. Even now at 3yrs old, sometimes I struggle caring for both of them, or am doing something with one and totally forget for a minute about the other. Can you imagine going from having no kids to 8 kids! Then throw in your own newborn who is breastfeeding still and a husband you only get 33% if the time, a martyr sister wife and another manipulative sister wife who makes her stabby.

I am cutting her some slack. I’ve seen Angela make several meals for the entire household, and even spend time with the other kids. She just doesn’t take ownership of them. April wants Angela to be ‘more involved’ so she can wander off to go paint or be with Drew and leave Angela in charge of the kids. April seems overly demanding and controlling anyway. I wouldn’t take her selfish opinions as the honest truth. Looks like next week even Drew gets tired of her whining, self-centered controlling ways and puts her in her place. Knowing Drew it will be a lame putdown, but a putdown nonetheless. 

[Meowwww]

On 2/26/2018 at 4:19 PM, Kyanight said:

so here is Jeff with his first family.......

Auralee says it's a speech impediment and if she could work with a good specialist she could learn how to pronounce the sounds correctly.  She said her family thought it was cute because she talks like she has a Danish accent?!?  If I remember that correctly. 

 

Do the first wife and the kids live in the same house as Sharis etc ?  And just aren’t being shown???

Edited February 28, 2018 by Meowwww
Couldn’t remember or spell the 2 wives names.

[Kyanight]

Just now, Meowwww said:

Do the first wife and the kids live in the same house ?  And just aren’t being shown???

No one knows.  He pretends that Cindy and the kids never existed.   She definitely did NOT leave because he suddenly got into polygamy.... there are pictures with Jeff, Cindy AND Vanessa all together, and all appearing comfortable with each other.  Let's face it - separation/divorce can happen for a myriad of reasons, and it's possible they just had nothing in common any more.  OR... it's possible she is still in the family/household, just off-camera.  Like how many licks does it take to get to the middle of a Tootsie Pop - the world may never know!  :D

[Meghzie]

Just watching now... some random thoughts.

I had a very high needs baby with a bad latch. It would take him foreverrrrrr to nurse. Like 45 minutes, then he’d take a 15 minute break, and then nurse another 45 minutes. He also never slept. It meant I didn’t do much but take care of him, although I did use it as an excuse to escape the in laws at times. 

Use the freaking wrap properly, Angela! The way she has him in it is not secure and safe. Plus if she used it properly she could nurse in it, and do other things.

Obviously April, Auralee, and Angela need therapist Nancy. (Strong sarcasm!)

Angela really has no room to complain. She married a man with 2 other wives after 13 days. 

“What’s the real issue?”- Drew

”I don’t want to do this”- April This=polygamy. 

 

I think it’s weird that they had the Melina discussion in front of the kids. Most awkward dinner ever. Melina was so unemotive. And Sharis is awkward anyway. 

 

Why the hell didn’t Ashley’s sister say “dude, Dimitris cheated on you. Wake up.” 

Ashley seems so much more relaxed and happy talking to Jakira then she ever did with Jocelyn. There isn’t the weird I’m the mom/boss attitude. Some of my best friends have been people I’ve met online. Ashley could have a really good bond with this woman, how long will that last once D get “intimate” with her?

Edited March 1, 2018 by Meghzie
To clarify sarcasm

[Kyanight]

33 minutes ago, Meghzie said:

Ashley could have a really good bond with this woman, how long will that last once D get “intimate” with her?

10 minutes.   Tops.

[Gothish520]

1 hour ago, Kyanight said:

No one knows.  He pretends that Cindy and the kids never existed.   She definitely did NOT leave because he suddenly got into polygamy.... there are pictures with Jeff, Cindy AND Vanessa all together, and all appearing comfortable with each other.  Let's face it - separation/divorce can happen for a myriad of reasons, and it's possible they just had nothing in common any more.  OR... it's possible she is still in the family/household, just off-camera.  Like how many licks does it take to get to the middle of a Tootsie Pop - the world may never know!  :D

I'm wondering if the first wife/family just doesn't want any part of the show, not even a mention? Maybe they are respecting their wishes? Inquiring minds want to know!

[Meghzie]

1 hour ago, Gothish520 said:

I'm wondering if the first wife/family just doesn't want any part of the show, not even a mention? Maybe they are respecting their wishes? Inquiring minds want to know!

That’s likely the case. But it’s stupid to think that people wouldn’t dig them up in 5 minutes. They probably would have gotten a lot less speculation if they’d just released a brief statement saying they weren’t interested in doing the show. 

[Sasha888]

3 hours ago, Meghzie said:

Just watching now... some random thoughts.

I had a very high needs baby with a bad latch. It would take him foreverrrrrr to nurse. Like 45 minutes, then he’d take a 15 minute break, and then nurse another 45 minutes. He also never slept. It meant I didn’t do much but take care of him, although I did use it as an excuse to escape the in laws at times. 

Use the freaking wrap properly, Angela! The way she has him in it is not secure and safe. Plus if she used it properly she could nurse in it, and do other things.

Obviously April, Auralee, and Angela need therapist Nancy.

Angela really has no room to complain. She married a man with 2 other wives after 13 days. 

“What’s the real issue?”- Drew

”I don’t want to do this”- April This=polygamy. 

 

I think it’s weird that they had the Melina discussion in front of the kids. Most awkward dinner ever. Melina was so unemotive. And Sharis is awkward anyway. 

 

Why the hell didn’t Ashley’s sister say “dude, Dimitris cheated on you. Wake up.” 

Ashley seems so much more relaxed and happy talking to Jakira then she ever did with Jocelyn. There isn’t the weird I’m the mom/boss attitude. Some of my best friends have been people I’ve met online. Ashley could have a really good bond with this woman, how long will that last once D get “intimate” with her?

I like you whole post, except for one part - 

No one should ever see "therapist" Nancy. She's a joke and a total quack. Therapy? Yes. Nancy? No.

[xwordfanatik]

41 minutes ago, Sasha888 said:

I like you whole post, except for one part - 

No one should ever see "therapist" Nancy. She's a joke and a total quack. Therapy? Yes. Nancy? No.

Nancy is a huge quack IMO.  Kody Brown and his "wives" have gone to her for years, and at least from what TV viewers see, she's not been helpful at all.  Janelle and Meri still hate each other.  Nancy just is in it for the TLC exposure, seems to me.  

The Brineys will never be a happy family, never.  Drewfus just gets off on three women fighting over his namby pampy ass.  He is despicable.  

If TLC is trying to make polygamy look palatable, they're doing the complete opposite.  

[Meghzie]

1 hour ago, Sasha888 said:

I like you whole post, except for one part - 

No one should ever see "therapist" Nancy. She's a joke and a total quack. Therapy? Yes. Nancy? No.

That was completely sarcastic, I recent ranted about her on a Sisterwives thread ;) I need a better sarcasm font!

[Sasha888]

10 minutes ago, Meghzie said:

That was completely sarcastic, I recent ranted about her on a Sisterwives thread ;) I need a better sarcasm font!

I should have realized no one would recommend Nancy for real. :-)

[xwordfanatik]

29 minutes ago, Meghzie said:

That was completely sarcastic, I recent ranted about her on a Sisterwives thread ;) I need a better sarcasm font!

I missed the boat and I apologize.  I snark on Sister Wives as well, and thank you for your sarcasm.  It's applicable here, and there too :)

20 minutes ago, Sasha888 said:

I should have realized no one would recommend Nancy for real. :-)

Me too!  :)

[Meghzie]

1 hour ago, Sasha888 said:

I should have realized no one would recommend Nancy for real. :-)

 

1 hour ago, xwordfanatik said:

I missed the boat and I apologize.  I snark on Sister Wives as well, and thank you for your sarcasm.  It's applicable here, and there too :)

Me too!  :)

 No problem!

Nancy has got to be a tv therapist, it’s so ridiculous. My 4 year old could come up with better “strategies” then she does. Meri and Janelle’s sessions are basically preschool 101

[Sasha888]

2 hours ago, Meghzie said:

Nancy has got to be a tv therapist, it’s so ridiculous. My 4 year old could come up with better “strategies” then she does. Meri and Janelle’s sessions are basically preschool 101

Definitely agree. I honestly think she's worse than no therapy at all...because people think they're doing something good by going to see her. If they weren't seeing Nancy, MAYBE they'd see a therapist who could actually help them. (Not Meri and Janelle specifically...there's probably no help at all for them! Plus I think that's just a story line and they have no intention of actually ever getting along.)

[VedaPierce]

On February 26, 2018 at 1:42 AM, Christi said:

I cant fucking WAIT until they meet her dozen or so hungry, fatherless, whiney ass kids?

Fav seen of the night...Chris Elliott was sitting, hanging on to both crutches with his head between his knees, while those 3 idiots fight at the campout..omgomgomg?

Your post made me really LOL! Love!

On February 26, 2018 at 1:48 AM, AllyCat said:

The men in these relationshits never get off their asses to help cook or clean, ever.  They spend their lives having multiple women cater to them and fight for their attention while they get to sit back and get their d wet by a different woman every night.  It's gross. 

It's crazy that in this day and age, with all options and education available, that this is what women are choosing to do. Oh well, I guess if there are women lining up to have pen-pal relationships with death row inmates, nothing should surprise me....

[Kyanight]

5 minutes ago, VedaPierce said:

Oh well, I guess if there are women lining up to have pen-pal relationships with death row inmates, nothing should surprise me....

TOTALLY off topic on a polygamy board but I can't help replying - I just CANNOT wrap my head around the sick psyche that goes along with that self-destructive behavior.  There could be 500 witnesses including his close family but HE says he didn't do it - and his new "love interest" completely believes it too, and petitions to get him out of prison and waits 20 years for his freedom... blah blah nauseating blah blobbity blah.  I've always wondered what these marriages are like when the creeps DO get paroled.  I would bet money they don't stay together on the outside for more than 6 months.

[VedaPierce]

The only thing I like about Dimitri's new possible sister wife, is that she seems like she will beat Dimitri's ass the second he crosses her. Lol. I would pay extra to see that. :)

I think the Snowden's new potential Sister Wife addition, with her extra 5(!) TEENAGE kids, is EXACTLY what the Snowdens deserve. I hope they get a great big cooler full of it. ;)  

Edited March 1, 2018 by VedaPierce

[VedaPierce]

5 minutes ago, Kyanight said:

TOTALLY off topic on a polygamy board but I can't help replying - I just CANNOT wrap my head around the sick psyche that goes along with that self-destructive behavior.  There could be 500 witnesses including his close family but HE says he didn't do it - and his new "love interest" completely believes it too, and petitions to get him out of prison and waits 20 years for his freedom... blah blah nauseating blah blobbity blah.  I've always wondered what these marriages are like when the creeps DO get paroled.  I would bet money they don't stay together on the outside for more than 6 months.

I can't either. :( it's really very sad, actually. I think an extremely broken, damaged woman is doing that. It can be a very sad world. 

[VedaPierce]

On February 26, 2018 at 2:02 AM, princelina said:

Although I'm sure I won't be able to look away from this train wreck, I'm starting to get annoyed in that so much of it seems fake.

Ashley/Dimitri:  Her sister's on board with this shit?  I guess that's not totally unbelievable, considering that modern-day etiquette seems to mean acting like you approve of everyone's everything, no matter how ridiculous.  But when she suggests "looking at people you know" Ashley immediately has someone in mind!  I did a little mental exercise of trying to find a friend who I could ask such a thing of - came up completely blank.  And then it turns out this "friend" is someone she "met online" but doesn't even know.  What now?  Am I such a Luddite that everyone has internet friends they don't know except me?  Once again, I don't think I know of anyone who has people they consider "friends" that they only know online.  I mean, there are people who post here who are funny and I think I would enjoy having a beer with, but I don't consider them "friends" and would not feel comfortable asking anyone to come live with Mr. P and me as a "sister wife".  (So you can all relax :). Also:  LOL at stupid Dimitri's jaw dropping when he heard that this "friend" had 5 kids!  He recovered in his TH to blah blah about the "big family" he supposedly wants - but I saw you, Dimitri.

April/Auralee/OtherAnamelady:  So they found a house to move @15 people into - and it's a rental?  Really?  And of course don't get me started on everyone's fear of arrest as they live out their illegal lifestyles ON TV!  And now he's going to start looking around for other places to live and wants their suggestions.  Yet he never once mentioned a job. Wouldn't a job dictate where they would live?  Doesn't he need a job to support @15 people if he is the sole breadwinner?  Isn't he supposed to be a lawyer with a practice?  Is it that easy just to move your practice to wherever the wives show a preference?  And if this were real life, wouldn't it just be simpler to move everyone back to their separate homes?  If they lived in separate homes before, who cares if April and Auralee got along?  And I have to assume Third Wife was happy in her apartment with her baby and only having to put up with Idiot Husband a couple days a week.  This family interests me the most on this show, even though I call BS on a lot of it.

I am Team April for reasons stated by others already, but I also have to point out what I liked from episode 1:  she "generously" gave the master bedroom to Auralee - hell yeah!  If they each get him for 2 nights a week, the sucker is the one who has to share her living space with his possessions.  I'd much prefer my own closet, dresser and bathroom!

Third family:  I'd love for Melina to just be a big old lesbian who's after Sharis!  That would be some good TV :)

I love your entire post! 

I'm thinking AAA and their prize rented the new house to all live in together strictly for the show. Once the show wrapped, so did they. It's like a sitcom set and was never real. Now that the show is over, they're going back to wherever the hell they came from. If that's true, it's such a sick thing to do to the kids --yet again--and I hate them for it! The kids' shining, excited, happy faces when they all first saw the house couldn't be faked. 

[Gothish520]

20 minutes ago, Kyanight said:

TOTALLY off topic on a polygamy board but I can't help replying - I just CANNOT wrap my head around the sick psyche that goes along with that self-destructive behavior.  There could be 500 witnesses including his close family but HE says he didn't do it - and his new "love interest" completely believes it too, and petitions to get him out of prison and waits 20 years for his freedom... blah blah nauseating blah blobbity blah.  I've always wondered what these marriages are like when the creeps DO get paroled.  I would bet money they don't stay together on the outside for more than 6 months.

I've been a fool for a man, but never that much of a fool. These women must be so desperate and lonely and just grasping at anything. They must think life is like a bad romance novel and their love will "save" the bad boy. PLEASE. And some of these men are real sociopaths and great con artists. 

I have a friend who keeps going back to the same jerk (not a con, just a run-of-the-mill lying tool) because he feeds her just enough bull to keep her on the hook - and the rest that he doesn't say she "infers". We women are sooooo good at making excuses for men and trying to come up with reasons why they aren't acting the way they say they will. I've given up trying to get her to see the light, and now I just wait for the inevitable fallout. 

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[VedaPierce]

On February 26, 2018 at 2:21 AM, Sasha888 said:

They seem the most normal of the three to me as well...which isn't saying much. I do think it's pretty damn weird that they are hiding a 3rd wife who doesn't want to be on the show and present it to us as thought there's just 2 wives, and they're looking for a third.

I also think something about Melina is off. When she didn't show up....she couldn't have sent a TEXT? Anything? Just a little note, 'hey I'm feeling a little overwhelmed, not sure about all this, I need some time'???? Nothing?

That's beyond rude and I would never have agreed to meet with her again. All the sudden now she's done being overwhelmed and flew out there? Flaky. 

I was also very turned off by her lack of any sort of apology! If I stand someone up to go to the movies or dinner, never mind the fact that I have never stood anyone up, and never would!-- but I would be falling all over myself with apologies. It would be non-stop. And the thing Melina stood ALL of them up for, was kind of a big dill-TM Meri Brown. Melina just waltzed into the restaurant with what looked like a pissy demeanor, shrugged and said "I think I got overwhelmed." Lolololol Really bitch?? 

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[VedaPierce]

On February 26, 2018 at 7:47 AM, Booger666 said:

I don’t think Drew has a practice and is more of an independent free lance lawyer.

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I’m not sure he is doing much lawyering at all anymore.  I checked out the family webpage and it mentions how he wants to be a writer so who knows what they are really doing for money.  

Oh he does, does he?? And who is gonna support his eleventy-billion kids and his harem?? The breast-feeder???

[Kyanight]

8 minutes ago, VedaPierce said:

I was also very turned off by her lack of any sort of apology! If I stand someone up to go to the movies or dinner, never mind the fact that I have never stood anyone up, and never would!-- but I would be falling all over myself with apologies. It would be non-stop. And the thing Melina stood ALL of them up for, was kind of a big dill-TM Meri Brown. Melina just waltzed into the restaurant with what looked like a pissy demeanor, shrugged and said "I think I got overwhelmed." Lolololol Really bitch?? 

I am waiting for ANYONE to tell me why they think it's a good idea to add Melina to the family?!?  Because I don't get it.

[VedaPierce]

On February 26, 2018 at 8:15 AM, Granny58 said:

 

THANK YOU.   Everything else about your post is awesome too, but this especially.

So true. :)

[MargDelahunty]

I don't think Drew is practising any more (apprarently you can't if you're a plyg in Utah)...he writes shit fiction.

And possibly juggles at Renaissance fairs.

[VedaPierce]

What I've learned from Bravo's Summer House: if you have a problem, and point out a bigger problem, yours suddenly goes away.

I believe that's exactly what Drew's strategy was in dealing with April. I think she used to probably drive him crazy. She probably was super focused on him and did to him what she's now doing to the other 2, so his solution was to bring in more wives to get her off his ass. April's negative qualities were always there, but Drew managed to give her 2 new targets other than himself. That's why he's not too keen to get involved to break up the fights. The women fighting with each other means that no one is fighting with him.