S10.E02: Sister Wives Secrets

[Aethera]

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Meri finds a way to buy the Bed & Breakfast she wants without Kody or her Sister Wives' help. Then, when Janelle hears that Meri closed on the B&B from a stranger on the street, this precipitates another confrontation.

[Aethera]

Apparently, TVDB thinks this is Season 13? I don't know how we wound up 3 seasons off, but there we are. I'm going to leave this as 10 because I don't think it's worth doing a LOT of thread renaming to fix it. 

For this episode/season, I'm going to start a separate Live Chat thread, so we don't have 2 pages of live chat in the episode threads.  That thread will be unlocked for pre-game chat, and then will lock when the episode is over. If I rememberer, I'll unlock it each week so we can chat live there, and then swap over to the episode thread for full commentary. 

[Armchair Critic]

Are there really any "secrets" left? 

But I'm sure I'll still find something to snark on. ;)

Oops off to the Live Chat thread I go.... thanks for opening it.

Edited January 28, 2019 by Armchair Critic

[tinaw]

Looks like meris catfish friend could be another wife maybe

[Chris Knight]

This football business...Kody probably thinks they are the Kennedys of Vegas.

[VedaPierce]

Omg! SHUT UP, JANELLE! You falling all over yourself kissing Meri’s ass is making me want to BARF!

[Galloway Cave]

Don't forget there is a live-chat thread!

[Soaper410]

I’m so confused.

I completely agree with everything Kody says.  Meri is coming across as an idiot heading towards foreclosure.

What history does Meri have with this house?  Her grandmother was raised in this house?  Not her, not her mom, her grandmother.  Who apparently she thought were polygamous but weren’t. 

 

This is whole thing is stupid and Méri’s mother becoming so emotional is weird too.  

You are well past retirement age.  You want to move away from your family to work 80+ hours a week...mmmky

[Absolom]

She should have found out if Mariah intends to keep the house in the family or put it on the market 15 minutes after Meri's demise.

[jumper sage]

43 minutes ago, Absolom said:

She should have found out if Mariah intends to keep the house in the family or put it on the market 15 minutes after Meri's demise.

OH!  Excellent!

[deirdra]

What time zone do you have to live in to participate in "Live" Chat?   The 2-hr shows start on Atlantic time 7 hrs before they end in Alaska.

Edited January 28, 2019 by deirdra

[Chris Knight]

How old is Meri's mom ? I would guess 75+.  Running this stupid B n B ,doing all the unpacking and cooking, doing the books, etc seems like a tremendous amount of work for a woman of her age.

As noted above, this business is so stupid. It's in the middle of nowhere and Fool Meri doesn't know the true "heritage" and history. Even her mom couldn't recall, nor did she seem to care, how many children some relative had. The place does get good reviews but there are not that many reviews. 

Robyn who for years has claimed she forgets to eat, apparently is remembering to eat these days. She and Meri are the same size.

Janelle hears from 2 random women about the closing. Shes so upset she runs to Christine. Why not ask Meri ?

[Kohola3]

3 minutes ago, Chris Knight said:

Running this stupid B n B ,doing all the unpacking and cooking, doing the books, etc seems like a tremendous amount of work for a woman of her age.

Since it appears that the place has very little business (based on the dearth of reviews and the location in the middle of nowhere) I doubt it's all that much work.  I'm sure Meri was sure that her myriad fans would flock to the place. 

Hey, Meri, guess what. No one wants to stay in granny's old house.  There are some fabulous places near the ski area that are modern and comfortable and not full of dusty antiques.

[deirdra]

No one wants to stay in someone else's granny's old house.  If it were your own granny's you might want to visit once, but low water pressure, mis-matched kitchen appliances from the past 4 decades and that musty smell make you yearn for your own lower-maintenance home.  In this particular home I'd be thinking grandpaw whatzit running around the perimeter raking his hand through his hair trying to find a wife who wanted to let him in their bedroom.

Edited January 28, 2019 by deirdra

[Sasha888]

My brain hurts from the overwhelming clusterfuck that is the Brown family. EVERY. DAMN. THING. is so freaking TEDIOUS!!! From a family picnic to simply informing people you've bought the house, it ALL has to be just incredibly tedious.

And EVERY activity must involve: 

• Catfish victims
• Meri bawling
• and apparently this season, Christine telling Kody to shut up every 5 minutes.

[deirdra]

It is amazing that they can talk in circles about "dilling" with "this thing" that "like" is what it is … blah, blah, blah and none of them nor the viewers know what the H they are talking about.

Edited January 28, 2019 by deirdra

[Sasha888]

I think Meri is a complete asshole and there's NO FREAKING WAY that she just absolutely could NOT find a time WHEN THEY WERE ALL ON VACATION TOGETHER to tell them that she'd closed on the stupid house and her mother was already all moved in.

HOWEVER - Janelle? Sit the f*** down and shut your pie hole. YOU weren't asked to come help Meri move her mother to Parowan because the big guy in the blue (and later purple) shirt, Meri's brother, who was doing the heavy lifting, IS YOUR EX-HUSBAND.

In case you didn't know what colossal liars all 5 Brown adults, and TLC, are, yes, I'm serious, that is a fact. Unless Meri has 2 brothers named Adam. Yeah, TLC neglected to put "Janelle's ex-husband" on the screen when Adam was shown during the move. They think none of us has internet access, apparently. I don't recall this ever being addressed on the show. We're all supposed to pretend we don't know it.

Even if he wasn't there, should Meri's mom have to LOVE having Janelle around? You divorced her son and married her daughter's husband! 

Who believes that Janelle has ever in her entire life offered to help someone move? Anyone?

Meri's full of shit when she says she didn't think ANY of them would want to help (Christine, Dayton, Paedon, etc all helped Maddie & Caleb move on last week's episode), but there's plenty of shit to go around, because Janelle knew damn well why she wasn't invited to "help". 

BTW my opinion is that unless Meri's brother is a HUGE asshole, Janelle traded down. But I guess just about anyone seems better to me than Kody.

Edited January 28, 2019 by Sasha888

[CSunshine76]

I guess this explains why Meri hadn’t told the Family. She was waiting for the cameras.  So she can’t tell them then fake it for the cameras?  That just shows she really has no relationship with her sister wives, nor does she want one.  Leave already.

 

https://twitter.com/meribrown1/status/1089712925848174592?s=21

 

”Thanks random people who told Janelle first before I was able to get cameras there so I could tell my family the exciting news. That's all this was about. #SisterWives”

Edited January 28, 2019 by CSunshine76
ETA text in case tweet disappears

[WonderWuman73]

Meri= Exhausting! 

[deirdra]

Then, she schedules the next trip on short notice for Tuesday (a school day) rather than trying to narrow down a time when key people are available.

Edited January 28, 2019 by deirdra

[LotusFlower]

8 minutes ago, CSunshine76 said:

I guess this explains why Meri hadn’t told the Family. She was waiting for the cameras.  So she can’t tell them then fake it for the cameras?  That just shows she really has no relationship with her sister wives, nor does she want one.  Leave already.

 

https://twitter.com/meribrown1/status/1089712925848174592?s=21

 

”Thanks random people who told Janelle first before I was able to get cameras there so I could tell my family the exciting news. That's all this was about. #SisterWives”

Sure, Jan.  

She’s had months to think up that excuse.

[Sasha888]

12 minutes ago, CSunshine76 said:

I guess this explains why Meri hadn’t told the Family. She was waiting for the cameras.  So she can’t tell them then fake it for the cameras?  That just shows she really has no relationship with her sister wives, nor does she want one.  Leave already.

 

https://twitter.com/meribrown1/status/1089712925848174592?s=21

 

”Thanks random people who told Janelle first before I was able to get cameras there so I could tell my family the exciting news. That's all this was about. #SisterWives”

Thanks for posting this...it is NEVER Meri's fault. Never.

Way to make friends with the Parowan locals Meri, first thing you do is blast the friendliest ones in town on Twitter. 

What a miserable freaking cow.

ETA: Oh, and your assessment that she has no relationship with her sister wives? SPOT ON!

Edited January 28, 2019 by Sasha888

[Kyanight]

15 minutes ago, CSunshine76 said:

I guess this explains why Meri hadn’t told the Family. She was waiting for the cameras.  So she can’t tell them then fake it for the cameras?  That just shows she really has no relationship with her sister wives, nor does she want one.  Leave already.

 

https://twitter.com/meribrown1/status/1089712925848174592?s=21

 

”Thanks random people who told Janelle first before I was able to get cameras there so I could tell my family the exciting news. That's all this was about. #SisterWives”

Oh my Gawd - how unfair!!   Like everyone in the world (whether they watch the show or not!) is supposed to just KNOW that Meri didn't tell her family yet because she was waiting for the "cameras"to be there. 

"Boys and Girls - please put your ESP hats on now please.... we might run into Meri Brown".  <~~~  Said in my best prudish Librarian voice

[guerra1942]

cant we just change the title of this show to "MERI and her sister wives"? 

[kicotan]

1 hour ago, Sasha888 said:

and apparently this season, Christine telling Kody to shut up every 5 minutes.

Christine:  “Shut it, Kody. It’s not your turn to make noises”

Really?

I’m the only wife in my marriage and somehow I don’t think it would go over very well if I spoke to my husband like that.  Sounds like something I might say to my dog, but doesn’t their dogma state he is the head of the household and is to be respected as such?  I thought I read somewhere that they (the AUB religion, not the Brown’s) espouse a “collective bargaining” approach when it comes to any sort of dissent in the ranks aimed at the head of the family.

Mariah:  “She’s not a victim.”

Amen, sister.  Not for nothing, but I believe that’s the root of her filling attacked, being confused, filling everything she does is wrong, not understanding why everyone else does their own thing and yet she doesn’t get the same consideration.

Me:  You STILL won’t admit you did anything wrong, Meri.  You’ve gone overboard trying to force the fambly into meeting with catfish victims, talking endlessly about how devastating it is to be victimized in such a horribly embarrassing way and trying desperately to get their sympathy.  It’s all for naught because you won’t admit your part.  The way you responded to your vast loneliness amidst a fambly of 18 people all living next door to each other in one happy Religious Fambly.  That internal abyss that drove you to engage in an internet fantasy life that consumed enough of your time and effort you masked your obsession to everyone except the only person living in your 5 bedroom mansion with you.  Your own daughter, noticed it, called you out on it, warned you about it and advised you against it.  You didn’t listen to her and got sucked in further and you can’t figure out why she is so mad at you.  You knowingly cheated, emotionally, if not in other ways, on your husband and your wives instead of finding another way to deal with your loneliness, like communicating and involving yourself in your beloved fambly and oh I don’t know, finding a COMPETENT therapist to work on your issues.  You suck, Meri.  And not in a good way, obviously.

Forgiveness starts with admitting your wrongdoing, not blaming someone else for it.

Edited January 28, 2019 by kicotan
Forgot something...

[aimlessbird]

16 minutes ago, guerra1942 said:

cant we just change the title of this show to "MERI and her sister wives"? 

I think the new title should be "Rehashing Last Week's Episode and Repeating All of Last Season"  Isn't their ANYTHING else that the cameras can cover?  This season has been useless so far.

[Kyanight]

I miss Tony.

[Sasha888]

21 minutes ago, kicotan said:

Forgiveness starts with admitting your wrongdoing, not blaming someone else for it.

Meri is infuriating to me because of this. I'm extra pissed off at Meri because that piece of garbage Audrey pointed this out, and I had to AGREE with her! The last thing I want to do is agree with fake Emotional Support Animal Lady!

It's also not her fault that over a period of several days, she couldn't manage to tell them she'd closed on her house...it's "Thanks RANDOM PEOPLE's" fault.

Why doesn't Meri just tweet what she really means...thanks LITTLE people...you worthless, non-famous people who blabbed to Janelle. If you're going to be condescending, just go all the way Meri. We all know how you really want to talk to inconsequential people who aren't fabulous and famous like you. <major eye roll>

And what a pompous bitch, how many times did she say "On my OWN" tonight? If that was the drinking game code word we'd all be passed out on the floor right now. You got the bank to change their terms, you didn't actually come up with any more money. Yet she loved, LOVED repeating over and over in her TH's "I don't need you guys, I don't need your money." 

Well then pack your shit and get out of the cult-de-sack, bitch. You're so freaking awesome and so much better than everyone else, why don't you just take yourself off to Parowan and stop being the big elephant in the room, instead of parading catfish victims in front of the family. I'm not saying they'd have no problems with each other without Meri, but MOST of the misunderstanding, hurt feelings, blah blah blah are all centered around Meri, because she's such a crybaby or she's being a bitch or whatever. There would just be a lot less stress without her.

[Lady of nod]

The big question for me is why is everyone groveling to Meri. She's been checked out of this family for years. So why do they even care? She's selfish, bitchy and doesn't seem to care about anyone but herself. I don't get it. Just cut her loose

[Sasha888]

33 minutes ago, kicotan said:

Christine:  “Shut it, Kody. It’s not your turn to make noises”

Really?

I’m the only wife in my marriage and somehow I don’t think it would go over very well if I spoke to my husband like that.

I can't think of any adult who would want to be talked to like this. She was extremely rude.

Christine should watch it, she thinks she's top dog right now, obviously, but she should remember that not long ago she was stacking rocks on a beach with a therapist for an "anniversary vacation".

[zoomama]

someone said that robyn had gained weight ....in the TH part in the beginning (as far as i have gotten so far) she looks very pregnant (like 5-6 months) again. anyone else think so?

[Sasha888]

5 minutes ago, zoomama said:

someone said that robyn had gained weight ....in the TH part in the beginning (as far as i have gotten so far) she looks very pregnant (like 5-6 months) again. anyone else think so?

I don't think Robyn could keep her big mouth shut about something like that. Plus they'd want to "sell" their big news to some rag of a magazine if they had news like that.

[bichonblitz]

Sooooo.... Janelle said she was on vacation in California and some randoms walk up to her out of nowhere and they just happen to be from little ole' Parawon and just happen to know that Meri closed on the house. I call Bullshittttttt on that whole fake story. 

Robyn- what exactly is her dill? She was hurt that Meri did tell her about the closing? What is she whining about? I can't stand her sad, solemn demeanor this season. Oh, we just love you Meri, we want you to be a part of the family Meri, we want to help you Meri. Shut up, Robyn! Meri also told Kody about the closing and asked him to tell the others and he forgot to tell them? You can see the comtempt on his face every time he is in the same room as Meri. He doesn't even get up off his ass to hug her goodbye while the other's do. He just walks out of the room. He hates her! 

Janelle- How many times can she say "This is really cool" with that fake smile plastered on her face? Stop trying, Janelle. Meri doesn't like you and never will. 

I liked Mariah this episode. The only one to tell it like it is with the catfishing and Meri not owning up to any part of the mess. 

I want to see what kind of profits the Inn is going to make. Meri said she is going to hire someone to cook and clean so her mother won't have to. Where is the money going to come from for that salary? She is going to have to rent those 4 rooms out every night of the year to pay a salary, to pay for  maintenance and landscapers,   buy groceries for breakfast, keep the towels and linens up to par and replace as necessary,  pay the mortgage and utilities on that house and her own, and pay herself a salary with what ever is left over. I give her 2 years.  

Edited January 28, 2019 by bichonblitz

[Caseysgirl]

Why would any one ( meaning Mariah) want to talkwith her  mother or  her mother’s friend about how she found someone that she hoped to cheat on her Father with?  What’s her reaction SUPPOSE to be other than embarrassment, shame and anger. The fact that she’s doing this in front of a television audience makes it infinitely worse.

[windtrix]

Ooooh! Should they move their picnic spot??? These people are boring AF.

[windtrix]

And just like with the whole Dirty John situation, these women allow themselves to be “victimized” by not facing reality, reading the signs, and believing in fairy tales. She is delusional if she thought a rich, tall, handsome, pilot (or whatever) would be interested in such a loser. I mean, she has a show on TV so it is not like she could misrepresent herself in a more positive light. She is a pretty awful person inside and out. She and all her warts (and there are plenty) have been on display for several years now. 

[taragel]

I think this episode showed the clearest depiction ever of why Meri will never be happy. In one shot everyone's telling her "WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU FOUND THE MONEY" and she's all mopey downbeat "pensive" about it, and in the very next confessional she's complaining that they can't be happy for her like her own family is. Later in the hour, Robyn says "I'm trying to pull you in" and in the next confessional scene she says "I don't need to be pulled in. I'm here" when previously all she complained about was never getting included in things. I mean, JESUS TAKE THE FREAKING WHEEL. 

Edited January 28, 2019 by taragel

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6 hours ago, Sasha888 said:

I think Meri is a complete asshole and there's NO FREAKING WAY that she just absolutely could NOT find a time WHEN THEY WERE ALL ON VACATION TOGETHER to tell them that she'd closed on the stupid house and her mother was already all moved in.

HOWEVER - Janelle? Sit the f*** down and shut your pie hole. YOU weren't asked to come help Meri move her mother to Parowan because the big guy in the blue (and later purple) shirt, Meri's brother, who was doing the heavy lifting, IS YOUR EX-HUSBAND.

In case you didn't know what colossal liars all 5 Brown adults, and TLC, are, yes, I'm serious, that is a fact. Unless Meri has 2 brothers named Adam. Yeah, TLC neglected to put "Janelle's ex-husband" on the screen when Adam was shown during the move. They think none of us has internet access, apparently. I don't recall this ever being addressed on the show. We're all supposed to pretend we don't know it.

Even if he wasn't there, should Meri's mom have to LOVE having Janelle around? You divorced her son and married her daughter's husband! 

Who believes that Janelle has ever in her entire life offered to help someone move? Anyone?

Meri's full of shit when she says she didn't think ANY of them would want to help (Christine, Dayton, Paedon, etc all helped Maddie & Caleb move on last week's episode), but there's plenty of shit to go around, because Janelle knew damn well why she wasn't invited to "help". 

BTW my opinion is that unless Meri's brother is a HUGE asshole, Janelle traded down. But I guess just about anyone seems better to me than Kody.

Applause, and more applause for your post!

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Is Janelle still doing Strive? It doesn’t look like it. Her faux enthusiasm was grating, and while I get she wants a better relationship with Meri it is a little too late for that. 

Mariah has grown as a person, unlike her selfish mother. I wouldn’t be visiting the loneliest wet bar either. Meri sucks all the joy outta the room.  I agree entirely that Meri wasn’t an innocent victim in the catch fish scheme. She was looking for a way out.

It irks me that  Meri’s has never fessed up to the salacious involvement she had with “Sam.” Idiot thought she’d be living the good  life with a wealthy handsome vegan, and say see ya later to kody and co. 

Why am I having team Kody moments this season? Has hell frozen over? I’m must be living in the upside down.  He has made some good points. And what is with Christine shutting him down at every turn? There is a lot anger seething Towards him from the  other wives, especially Christine and Robin. Has he got another woman on the line? Anyone got the deets on this?

[ginger90]

Most of the family appears on the show, and this is Meri’s thought process:

[blueiris]

Mariah has turned into a lovely young woman. I never used to care for her when she lived with Meri, but maybe that was the problem.  Imagine being the only child of that self-pitying, whiny, victim-playing, poor me Meri! Mariah is the only one speaking the obvious truth and I applaud her for refusing to participate with the group lovefest over the catfishing. I agree with all of you that is is completely nauseating how the other wives are falling all over themselves to kiss her ass. Meri is playing this to the hilt. How did she gain the upper hand with her dumass antics? She was sooooo going to leave for life over the rainbow with Sam. Why aren't they calling her put over this? Stretching it out as it appears to be the only storyline? That and now Kody wanting to move back to Utah to try and get arrested over his principles seem to be about it.

Didn't Meri and the friend say they are still contacted by Sam? The friend said "not as much" or something. WTF? I guess all of you are right that Sam must have pics. Otherwise why wouldn't you block all access? 

[Sasha888]

This week's recap - only reason for the spoiler tag is to keep it from taking up the entire page. :-)

Spoiler

We start with the "previouslies" - the family doesn't have the money to loan to Meri. Meri tells them not to expect her at any family functions because she has to go bust her ever-growing butt to earn the money. Ysabel is shown in a ridiculous PVC pipe contraption that the ScoliSmart people have duped Christine & Kody into buying. Some of last week's "catfish dinner" (not eating catfish, but talking about it AGAIN)...and Meri saying that talking about this again is "just so....ugh" (well, then maybe stop bringing it up, Meri!).

Ok, on to the show! The whole family is going to a picnic in the park, with Kristie the catfish victim in tow. Christine and some of her kids notice Mariah getting out of one of the cars and head over. Gwendolyn declares them to be her favorite lesbian couple and Christine thinks that's really nice. On the couch, Meri says Audrey and Mariah (non-affectionately known as Sludge & Pudge over on Mariah's thread) are doing well and are very happy. Kody explains he has FLDS friends who have gay kids too, and they are as fine with their kids being gay as he is with Pudge being gay. (Kody just did something right as a dad...write it down people, doesn't happen a lot!)

In the park, Kody doesn't approve of where people are starting to set things down because there's peacock poo all over. They select a spot and Kody warns the kids that handling the feathers is where salmonella comes from so wash up before eating. Now we flashback to the catfish dinner, and the meeting where they tell Meri they can't loan her money for the B&B. Kody hopes this picnic will help Meri get over her "struggle". Back at the park, Kristie is introduced to all the kids. In a TH, Meri tells us she made a deal with Sludge & Pudge that if she went to the bar with them, they'd come meet Kristie (at that time it was supposed to be Cheryl & her daughter coming to see Meri, but what the heck...there's plenty of JO victims to choose from, apparently, so since Cheryl bailed we'll just plug in a different one). Meri tells us Pudge doesn't really like to talk about the catfish subject, but she hopes hearing Kristie's story will "soften" Pudge a bit and move them forward in their relationship. (I think we all knew that was the REAL reason for all of this...it's not "closure" for Mariah, it's to get Meri off the hook for what she did.) 

Now Kody thinks he sees a better spot to park his traveling circus, where there is less bird poo. Christine says "How did I know? I knew we would be changing. I knew it." On the couch now, she says they were all nice and settled with their little blankets and everything's good and Kody's like "Gotta move! Gotta move!" Janelle says Kody is always looking for that perfect spot. Back at the park, Christine puts on her sarcastic pants and tells Kody "Okay, thank you! That sounds AWESOME! Please, because I would LOVE to uproot everything, because that sounds so par. Thank you!" (I can't tell who is being the bigger child right now, Kody or Christine.) She continues "I'm sure the grass is greener and there's less duck stuff over there. Can we move 3 more times, please?"

Meri actually shows a bit of humor here, by interjecting "Hold on Christine, I'm going to go look at THAT spot over there". Christine threatens to tackle her if she does. Meri takes off and Christine goes after her, catches her, and tackles her. Kristie says "What the heck is going on with this family???" Christine & Meri have fun explaining it on the couch...Meri was tripping a little anyway, Christine just helped her along. Kody asks "What are you guys doing?" and Meri answers "We just needed some LOVE, and you weren't showing it!" (WOW...gotta get that dig in on Kody every chance you get, don't you Meri).

Back at the park, Kody sees yet another better spot, and Christine's fed up again. She tells him "Kody, this is so dumb, we do this all the time, can we NOT please???"

Kody, on the couch now, says they're always wanting to harass him about moving the blankets, and now "moving moving moving" (meaning the move from Vegas, now) and how he wants his family to be in the better place, and it's not about picnic blankets. (How very clever of you to work that in there, Kody!)

Kristie talks about how great the kids are, how it's a great atmosphere to be in, and how helpful and well behaved the kids are. She and Janelle discuss how many kids Janelle has, who's grown and out of the house, etc. Kristie talks a little about how Meri wants Pudge to hang out with her more, but Kristie thinks independent kids is the goal, even though it sucks when they leave. Meri says she bugs Pudge to come home but she's 21 now and just likely isn't going to be coming home all that much anymore, and it's kind of a bummer.

On the couch, Janelle says "It's nice because I always have you guys" (the other adults) "You guys are always there, so when the kids are all gone, I still have you guys. I mean granted, we're probably not going to cook for each other, I don't know, we may evolve into that." Robyn says "Maybe! Maybe we'll just consolidate into one house together." Meri tells Robyn "You're gonna love that, you know that's your dream come true." (How the hell are these women's pants not spontaneously combusting as they spew this crap? Such a happy bunch of ladies who all adore each other and want to hang out! My Aunt Fanny!) Robyn tells Kody that it's going to be a bit of a "girl party" when the kids are gone, and the director suggests they could always have TWO houses, one for the Sister Wives, and one for....(implying one for Kody of course, which is an idea Kody loves..right now, the way these clucking chickens are going on, I can't really blame him).

Back at the park, Gwendlyn sits on Meri, hugs her, and pets her head (which personally I find hilarious) and Meri says she loves it and thinks it's so cute. On the couch Meri explains that Gwen's a physical-touch kind of a person, and so is Meri, so she loves that. Christine says she also loves it because she can tell them "Go hug Meri" or they'll maul her, she thinks her kids all think they are about 5 yrs old. Meri tells us Pudge is NOT a physcial-touch person, and thinks it will be funny to show this to Kristie. She goes up to Pudge at the park and hugs her. Pudge stands there, arms at her sides, and says "What are you doing?" 

Now it's time to play frisbee...SOME sort of frisbee, anyway. Kody says it's soccer with a frisbee, Christine says it's not SOCCER, you're not going to KICK the frisbee (I'm about ready to kick myself in the head for watching this drivel....) now everyone goes on about is it rugby, football, and back on the couch, everyone pretty much admits they have no idea how the hell to play this game or what they are doing (riveting stuff, people, it'd be a shame if you missed it!) Whatever it is, the kids all seem to enjoy it.

Janelle says that she's so glad that their "norm" is the fun like they are having at the picnic, not the hard conversations like hearing about Kristie's catfish experience (yeah, you guys are usually a barrel of monkeys, that's your "norm"...whatever, Janelle).

Kody says that what got Kristie out of this bad place was her family, and Meri having a big family makes it a much safer place for Meri to be able to be rescued from an experience like this (ummm...not sure if you've been keeping up with the story here, Kody, but Meri wanted to get the hell away from ALL of you, she wasn't hoping to be rescued by her family! She was hoping to leave you all in the dust! Sam "I've got a banana in my pocket AND I'm happy to see you" Cooper was supposed to be "rescuer"!)

We're back from commercial now, and it's time for Kristie to magically fix everything between Meri and her daughter (snort). Meri explains there was some tension between her and Pudge when the catfishing thing happened (yeah...and there was a "slight disagreement" between the North and the South during the Civil War, Meri!) and we get a flashback of Pudge not wanting to talk to Meri "back then". Meri says that Pudge still doesn't like to hear about it, or talk about it, which tells her she isn't dealing with it (or maybe she just thinks you're full of shit, Meri!). Sludge and Pudge come into the living room with their fat legs bulging through their ripped jeans. Kristie asks how Pudge is dealing with it, etc, and Pudge says she was pretty angry for a year & a half, but now she's moved past it and has decided it just isn't something she needs to burden herself with. In a TH, Pudge says she doesn't want to have this conversation, it doesn't help her, she feels her relationship with her mother is improving but talking about this makes things more emotional for her and she doesn't want to "do this all the time!" (Hear that, Meri? You ARE NOT helping her! You are only trying to absolve yourself of ANY blame! You're actually HURTING your daughter by continuing with this ridiculousness!) Pudge says it does not make her forgive Meri more, it just brings up old feelings that don't need to be brought up. She's very clear that she loves her mom, but the way to have a healthy & good relationship is not by bringing in new people to keep discussing this.

At this point, Kristie says "It was different for me, because I was just recently separated from my husband" (WHOOPS Kristie! That's not why Meri brought you here! You weren't supposed to point out that you were single! Getting a divorce! Not in a relationship!) In a TH, Meri says there was a time she was rilly scared of the catfisher, but now she's "taking her power back" and not "letting her win". 

Now Pudge & Slude do a TH, and Pudge says what a lot of us have been thinking....that her mother wants her to see her as completely the VICTIM, and Pudge does NOT see is that way. She believes Meri still played a part in all of this. Pudge thinks that recognizing where SHE has been wrong in her relationships has helped her GROW in those relationships, and if her mom were to do that instead of constantly saying "I'm the VICTIM, this was done TO me!" she thinks it would help their mother/daughter relationship. Sludge says it's hard to forgive someone who doesn't admit to their faults. Been reading this forum, Sludge & Pudge? (BTW, just sprinkle everything said by Sludge & Pudge with the word "like" VERY liberally, I just can't make myself type it that many times. Like, you know, like, what I mean? I know someone who has teen and early 20-ish kids, and they have an "Unnecessary LIKES Jar" - every time a kid uses "like" in, ya know, like, a stupid, like, way? They have to put spare change in the jar. Had Meri done this years ago, she could've purchased the Parowan house OUTRIGHT without ANY kind of loan!)

Kristie now says "Anyway, this is so BORING! Why are we still talking about this!" Um YEAH!!! WTF ARE you guys actually doing still talking about this? It's certainly not for the viewers, we've been sick of Meri's catfish bullshit for several years now! If YOU think it's boring, imagine how we feel!

Meri hopes Pudge has "heard enough to realize that this was done by an evil-doer, and hopefully the anger can be directed AWAY from ME." (blow it out your ass, Meri. You are so f***ing clueless!!! And self-righteous! Kiss any hope you had of ever completely getting past this with your daughter good-bye, because you STILL can't take ANY responsibility for it yourself. It doesn't even matter to you that it is costing you the closeness you'd like with your only child, it's more important for you to be RIGHT, and BLAMELESS! F*** OFF, MERI!)

Now Ysabel is ready to go to Homecoming. Ysabel explains her scoliosis. She and her friend Hayden pose for some pics in the backyard. Ysabel tells us that scoliosis doesn't make it harder to dance or wear heels, not that she's noticed, anyway. Kody, of course, has to take center stage by going on and on about how her dress isn't modest enough for him. He does say that Ysabel looks beautiful, but it's a far cry from their values, he explains to Kristie. Meri & Christine think Kody's just in Dad Mode. Christine thinks that in Ancient Rome, Dads probably said "You aren't leaving the house in that sheet thing that you're wearing!" (I think they probably knew it was called a toga, Christine, you ditz, but whatever...point taken, Dads are never cool with whatever teenage daughters are wearing.) Now all 5 adults have to go on and on about modesty, and of course Robyn has lots to say about it because she grew up in polygamy and wants us to know that she knows ALL about it!

We're back from yet another commercial, and Meri has invited Kody and her sister wives over. Everyone sits in the same place they always do (is there assigned seating at these family meetings??? Inquiring minds want to know!) Just to warn you, from here on out, we are going to hear about how MERI DID IT. ON HER OWN. Get used to those two phrases. She's going to beat everyone over the head with it for the rest of the show. She says "There's a little bit of an independent attitude that I have about this. I mean, I did it! I did it!" (I'd call it a BITCHY attitude, but whatever, Meri, we all know how much you love alternative facts.) Meri starts the meeting by saying "So, um, I don't NEED YOUR MONEY." (That's not combative at all, right?) She says the lender approved her for a smaller down payment. (So, what exactly is Meri crowing about for the rest of the show? I did it, I did it! ON MY OWN, I did it ON MY OWN! You didn't do shit, you didn't actually come up with any more money, you just got the lender to accept less! That's not doing anything!) In any case, Meri's DONE IT, and everyone SHITS themselves with joy. She tells them she doesn't need anything now, and "I did it, I did it, all on my own guys, all on my own."

Now Robyn wonders why Meri seems to pensive, why is she not all smiles? Meri, in her ugly rolled-up LuLa leggings, bounces her leg and dead pans "No, I'm rill excited about the house. But I'm really glad that I'm doing this ON MY OWN." Janelle says "Meri, you keep saying you did this 'on my own, on my own', but we always want to be supportive of each other's businesses."

TH time with Meri - "I DID do this ON MY OWN. I bought this house ON MY OWN. I did it with MY OWN INCOME." (which you apparently keep all to yourself...) "I came up with the down payment ON MY OWN. That's FACT." Janelle worries that she keeps saying on my own, and worries she'll "run away" there. (why would you NOT want this pompous freaking cow to run to Parowan, let her go!!!) Kody says it's been a real concern, of late, that this is an escape, but he's glad it's just about Meri being "empowered". (I'd call it being a huge bitch and a show off, the way she sits there with her smirk repeating ON MY OWN, I DID IT, like a toddler who's just had their first big success with their pull-ups!) Just for good measure, Meri tells them all again "I did, I did it on my own, and to me it's like I am woman, hear me roar, I can do whatever I want." (When has Meri NOT done whatever the hell she wanted? No matter who got hurt, no matter what the cost? Ugh. This be-otch!!!!) Janelle says how very cool it is almost as many times as Meri says "I did it, ON MY OWN." 

Now Janelle wants a group hug. What I want, I'll be honest, is to know who Janelle's doctor is, because whatever she's on, it seems like some good shit and I'd like to get some for myself. The loving quartet of women (barf) gather for a group hug while Kody hovers in the entryway, anxious to get the hell out of Meri's house as fast as he can.

Everyone leaves and Meri tells the camera "It was great to tell them I didn't need their money, and that I could do it on my own!" She says they seemed happy but she's not sure WHY they're happy. (Meri really knows how to snatch a put-down out of the jaws of a compliment, doesn't she? Did everyone not just pee their damn pants over how happy they are for you, you ungrateful sow?)

We're now back from commercial # 543, and Meri is in Utah. She's going to sign papers and moving her mother into the Parowan house. Meri introduces her cousin Ryan, who is her "mortgage guy", she says, and has been doing "all this craziness for me." Ryan tells us it's "one of the toughest loans he's ever done." (I'll bet, financing an overpriced B&B with fugly legging money???) Meri is all tears and hugs with THIS part of her family. 

Meri's brother Adam, who is Janelle's ex-husband but we're all supposed to pretend that never happened and we don't know about it, is choked up and thanks Meri for getting this house back in the family.

Meri tells us how this house is less about a "possession" than it is about the history. Even though she admits later in the show that she screwed up which great-grandparents built it, and they weren't polygamists! What, Meri? So all the crap last season about those extra entrance doors because the husband couldn't move from wife to wife from INSIDE the house was all just GARBAGE? Yeah Meri, we caught that. We remember all the "boo hoo, I have to have this house because of such-and-such" CRAP you tried to feed us last season, and now you didn't even know what part of the family you were talking about? Yeah, sure, it's not just a possession to you. It's not just like a certain other house, in Vegas, that you HAD to have WITH a WET BAR because THAT was the one material thing on Earth that would make you happy.

Meri shows us how it's all broken down into 30 years of monthly payments, and how she'll be older than her mom is now by the time she pays it off. Now, the thing that Meri's tiny brain couldn't grasp last week (that she needs to actually make this a viable business) finally crosses Meri's mind. She now realizes she needs guests to pay for the home!

Meri and her mom talk about how it's exciting but a bit scary for her mom, Bonnie, because she's never run a B&B before, but Meri tells us she's going to hire people to help her mom run the business. Meri doesn't want her to mess with the cooking and cleaning on a daily basis. (Last week you needed money from your family to come up with a down payment, Meri...where's the money for all this staff going to come from? Will they be paid in LuLaRoe rejects?)

YAY, now we're finally in Parowan, the site of Mormon Tara! Meri's brother/Janelle's ex wants to get their mom moved in, but first Vickie, the previous owner of Mormon Tara, needs to show us all just how much she LOVES this house and couldn't possibly have sold it to anyone but Meri because Meri's a big sucker and paid 3 times what it's worth Meri loves the house as much as she does. Yawn.

Now is where Meri admits that she had the story wrong, and the great-grandparents who built the house weren't polygamists. Just a quick little mention that most of the shit she talked about last season - the separate entrances, the room for each wife thing, the polygamist ghost who haunts the stained chair - was all just crap. As usual, Meri wants to skip quickly past her mistakes.

Once more, for good measure, Meri tells us she did it ALL ON HER OWN. Also, she tells us that she, her mom, her siblings, her cousins, are all SUPER super excited about this house, while Kody and her sister wives are all just like "Ok Meri, have fun with that." She says they don't feel it, they don't have that history with it, they're not invested in it. (Hmmm...last week you expected them to want to be "invested" to the tune of 40 grand, did you not, Miserable Meri?)

Now that we are back from commercial # 975, the music is a bit ominous and tense. Janelle arrives at Christine's house. She tells Christine that two strangers came up to her while they were all on vacation in California and told her Meri closed on Mormon Tara! Janelle feels that it's quite awkward, because she doesn't know something that the average person on the street in Parowan DOES know, even though Meri is her sister wife. Janelle also says Maddie said Meri asked her to help move some furniture, and Christine, obviously surprised, says "She's CLOSED?" Janelle says she doesn't know, but she must have closed on the house and moved her mother in.

Janelle says in a TH it seems like this would be a pretty big deal, seems like something Meri would share with them, as it is a big milestone. Christine thinks it's weird that Meri wouldn't have asked them to help them move her mom (I can see her not asking Janelle, since Meri's brother/Janelle's ex-husband was there, but yeah, maybe Meri would've/should've asked Christine or some other family members). Christine is full of questions and Janelle just doesn't know the answers. Christine looks pretty left out and pissed off, to me. She says let's invite everyone over to talk about this.

Rather than just come out and say "someone spilled the beans Meri, why didn't you tell us", Janelle launches into some bizarre speech about how being in their family is like living in a small town, and there's really no secrets, gossip is going to fly and people will find things out...Good. Lord. Meri says that yes, she did close on the house.

Kody, in one of his classic Kadoofus moves, says "I knew this, I just didn't think to tell you guys." What??? Then he goes off about how sometimes he tells things he shouldn't and sometimes he forgets to tell them things.

Christine says she has JUST learned this from Janelle, and now she's finding out that Kody knew...she asks Robyn, did you know? Robyn says she did know, after the fact. During this vacation, Meri told Robyn that she'd closed and moved her mother in. Now, she tells everyone that when Meri told her, she hid that she was kind of hurt to hear about it after the fact, because she felt so emotionally invested in the whole thing. Meri says that she has an answer for all them, if they want to hear it. They say that they do want to hear it.

We go to a Meri TH - it bothers her that they're so upset by this. To Meri, it was just a quick thing where she had to get going and move her mom and get home to Vegas within 72 hours. 

Back at Christine's, she says she would have loved to have told them all at the time, but she didn't want to until she could get them all together. (Were you not all together on the trip? Was it impossible to send a group text, since you were pressed for time? I can understand that she was a bit pressed for time regarding moving her mother...but she couldn't tell them hey, I've got to go to Lehi and pack up my mom, we're closing! And none of them noticed Meri was gone, presumably overnight because she went first to Lehi to pack up her Mom and then to Parowan to unpack her mom? GAHHHHH!!!!)

Meri says she did call Kody to see if he could meet her in Parowan and help unpack her mom, but he had to "work". Kody says in a TH that "It almost seems like the only person Meri wanted helping her was me. And if I couldn't help her, she wasn't going to tell anyone else about it, and was just going to go get it done herself."

Now, back at Christine, Meri starts with the tears. There have been SO many times that Meri has invited them and asked them to do something with her, or for her, or share with her...Robyn makes a slight move of her head and Meri jumps at her, saying "DON'T! Just....this is how I FILL!"

Meri says "Not one of you guys have come to me and talked to me about and been involved unless I instigate the conversation. Not one of you. EVER. It's always me instigating it."

Robyn and Janelle both say they feel kind of hurt that they were going to try to figure out a way to get the money if they could have more time, and now they wren't even told it was a done deal.

Meri (of course) goes to her old stand by...."I'm the victim!" She tells us "I feel like I"m being ATTACKED here!" (I just have to pause here for a moment and say, this whiny, crying baby needs to ACTUALLY get her ass attacked sometime, because people quietly, not raising their voices, saying "we're kinda hurt" is not being attacked. We need a shark (or a toaster) to attack her so she'll know what an attack ACTUALLY is).

Now, in a TH, Meri says "This is something that I did, BY myself, ON my own, and I'm excited about it and I'm proud of it, and I wanted to tell them. And I DIDN'T get to tell them, and instead somebody else did, and now I'm in trouble!" (cue the pout) "It's STUPID!"

Yes, Meri, is IS stupid...it's stupid that you think you can make anyone believe that your only intention was to wait until everyone was together to tell them, and we're supposed to believe you couldn't make that happen WHILE YOU WERE ALL ON VACATION TOGETHER! It's stupid that no one can express any feeling, such as that they are a little hurt, without you crying and blowing up and shouting NOW I'M IN TROUBLE! Grow. The fuck. Up. 

Kody says in a TH that the gulf between the opinions is so vast that the discussion just doesn't seem worthy of being addressed, while a mournful violin plays in the background. (If I may translate here...I believe this is Kody-speak for "Meri's never going to admit that there were multiple opportunities to tell the rest of you while we were on vacation because she can never admit she has been wrong in her entire life, ever, so why are we even bothering to talk about this.")

Everyone is talking very quietly and trying to accept Meri's bullshit story of "but I had to get you all TOGETHER and I just COULDN'T!!!" Christine says even though it would have been nice if they'd all been told and could've celebrated at the time, they can still all do something to celebrate this together. Meri says "Ugh. OK. WHATEVER". (I think Kody may have been right...he's the only one she wanted to know...because he's the only one she was hoping to "celebrate" with. She's obviously not excited to celebrate this with everyone!)

Now we go to a Meri TH - where she says "We could have very easily have come into this meeting, right now, and allowed me to say 'Hey guys, guess what happened last week? I got the house!' This is exciting to me, you know? Let me HAVE that!" (Ummmm, nobody TOOK it away from you, you selfish, spoiled, insufferable BRAT! If that's what you really wanted, then why DIDN'T you walk into this meeting and say 'hey guys, before we do anything else, I have some exciting news?' THEY didn't TAKE THAT AWAY from you! YOU NEVER took ANY of the opportunities you had TO TELL THEM! No, of course not, it's all waa waa poor me, LET ME HAVE THAT!)

And now, back at Christine's, just like last week, we get the "I have a whole lot of thoughts about this, but I don't know what to say to not get myself in trouble! And I didn't do anything wrong here!!!!" bawl bawl, sniffle sniffle.

They tell her no one's saying she did anything wrong, they'd just like to express how they feel, that they are hurt to be left out, and now Meri's going to start throwing her hands around and she has on her REALLY ugly cry face and says "I just feel like I'm always doin' somethin' wrong! No matter WHAT I DO, I'm doing something wrong!" and this ridiculousness goes on for quite awhile, Meri wiping away her tears, flailing, and crying out "No matter what I do, I'm always doing something wrong!"

Then we get into this whole stupid conversation of "being pulled in". Robyn starts by saying "We keep trying to pull you in", and Meri loses her freaking marbles, both in Christine's living room and in the TH's, getting all loud and defensive about "You don't need to pull me in! I'm here! I don't want to be pulled in! I just want to BE!"

Now this sentence, I just love....if I ever need to get myself out of trouble, when I've completely been a horse's ass, I'm using this sentence of Meri's - "I'm just doing what I'm doing and that's okay and I need to be allowed to just do what I'm gonna do! I don't know! I don't know!" WTF is that? Is all this wailing and flailing of arms and gnashing of teeth really worth it to Meri? Is it really THAT hard to just say "Oh, sorry. I should've let you know."???? How somebody doesn't just punch her right in the throat is beyond me.

Robyn tries to ask Meri, could she not see that they were all very excited for her when she said she'd gotten her financing? You know, back when they all group hugged and shit themselves at Meri's house? Meri gets defensive about this as well.

Now, for some bizarre reason, Kody starts humming. Probably because he's lost his mind, which I nearly have, having to watch this. Christine snaps "Kody! Shut it! It's not your turn to make noises!" Meri says to him "This really isn't even about you, maybe just the four wives should talk." Kody says "This isn't really about me, huh?" Meri says "No, it's not!" Kody says "So it's not always about me, Meri, it's about you."

Apparently Christine doesn't like this, because she says "Oh my gosh, Kody sometimes it is about you, so just stop it!" Kody snaps back "All those fights you guys have were about me?" Christine says "You know what, YEAH!" Kody retorts "This isn't your gig Christine, it's Meri's." Christine says to him "I'm sorry, stop talking!" He says "I WASN'T talking!" Christine says "You just started talking now!"

Then we go to the TH with Kody that made me laugh out loud, folks...where Kody says "I haven't been talking this whole time. Just listenin' to this bullshit!" ha ha ha ha ha! I don't like him but by God, he's kind of got a point there, for the most part he's been just sitting there listening to this shit go around and around....

Then he says "I'm just done. I'm done, okay? So...these ladies are just dancing around the truth. I'm just done."

Now were back at Christine's living room and Meri tells him that he just keeps "sighing" and "glaring". I'm pretty sure at this point, Kody can't even BREATHE correctly. He's gonna be in trouble with SOMEBODY in that room for how he's breathing. I'm no Kody fan....I can't freaking stand him....but when these four women have a problem between themselves? This guy can't do anything right. He'd be smart to put a bomb shelter somewhere on their new properties when they move, because he's going to need one. Christine is afraid, for some reason, IMO, to blow up at Meri and tell her how much it bugs her that Meri didn't tell her...but for some strange reason, she instead talks softly, like she's speaking to a 2 yr old to Meri, and then blows up at Kody for some stupid little thing. I'd love to know what the count is, just so far this season, two episodes, on how many times Christine has told Kody to "shut up" or "stop talking".

Kody then says in a TH that they need to drop this, work on their relationships, and that this kind of nonsense is right where Meri and he were 3 years ago, they were mean to each other, and it's all "you did this" and "you did that" and he thinks sometimes you just have to say "Ok I was wrong", even if you think you were right, and "just let it freaking go!"

Janelle says in a TH that there's kind of two conversations going on here...that they've been working on all of their relationships as a family, but especially with Meri, and that's what this is really about, it's not really about the house. (I would tend to agree....my question though it, why bother working on your relationship with such a freaking bitch? I know from personal experience, you can work all you want, if the other person is NEVER going to work on it and is NEVER going to be wrong, you can work your whole life on that and you won't get ANYWHERE.)

They ask Meri to keep them involved...she tells them she'd like to move a few things to the Parowan house, and everyone promises to check their schedules and see if they can help her with that. They break up the meeting and head back to their own homes while Kody lays there in a chair, seeming exhausted and stunned by everything that just happened and not understanding women AT ALL.

After another commercial, everyone is getting ready to go over to Meri's to load of a bunch of crap some lovely things to bring to Mormon Tara. Truely and Solomon are along for the ride because they don't have school today. They discuss what needs to go, and put smaller things in cars, and decide they need the trailer.

Kody can't get some kind of lock off the trailer's hitch, and Truely makes several cute suggestions that a small child of course, would make, and Kody is actually very patient and funny with her. Kody says he's going to have to go get a grinder (not the sandwich, the power tool) and break into his own trailer because it's rusted and the key's not working. Kody starts to grind his way through a metal bar to unlock the hitch. Christine says "It's not like in the movies, you can't shoot it with a gun?" Priceless! HA! Kody laughs but Christine insists she's seen it in movies, for years! 

Kody grinds his way through, gets the lock off, then he kisses his grinder and says "I love you". Meri says "Damn, I wish I was a grinder!" (Slipped in another little reference to that again, didn't you Mer? Does she really want everyone to know that things aren't going worth a shit between them? I don't quite get why she wants to keep reminding everyone of this!)

They get the rest of the furniture out of Meri's house, and after all that, don't even need the trailer. And they're only and hour and a half behind schedule.

Meri tells us she now has a name for the B&B, Lizzie's Heritage in, after her great-grandmother (now that she's figured out which side of her family lived there....eye roll...)

Janelle blathers on about how she loves things coming full circle, Meri's family home coming back around to her, etc. 

Meri unwraps a picture of "Sarah". Christine says "So Sarah was..???" and Meri's mom says "The home was built for her. She raised...I don't remember how many children." These people are really into their family history, though!

Kody wraps it up by saying he's very proud of Meri, and just by sheer will, she found something very important to her, and she did it, and she didn't need him to do it for her, and if the family had solved that problem for her by loaning her the money, she'd have never had that same success.

They have a big group toast outside the Inn, like they weren't all just at each other's throats the other day, where Janelle is again all excited and we get to see Robyn sob for the first time this season.

Next week's previews - Ysabel's curve looks worse to Christine, and she's going to have more x-rays. Aspyn and Mitch have an announcement. And, Mitch states "I would never force her to become a polygamist. I don't know that I would necessarily go out and seek other women." (What? So if women come seeking you, you might, though? What the hell is he saying, or not saying here?) There's a grand opening for Meri's Mormon Tara, and Kody is rambling about being tired of Nevada, how he wants to move back to Utah, and how his wives don't want to do it.

Edited January 28, 2019 by Sasha888

[Soaper410]

Meri is clearly a very selfish person who becomes fixated on things she wants and makes herself into the victim.

 

see: wetbar, can’t have a baby, fake baf, this house.

[VedaPierce]

11 hours ago, Chris Knight said:

How old is Meri's mom ? I would guess 75+.  Running this stupid B n B ,doing all the unpacking and cooking, doing the books, etc seems like a tremendous amount of work for a woman of her age.

As noted above, this business is so stupid. It's in the middle of nowhere and Fool Meri doesn't know the true "heritage" and history. Even her mom couldn't recall, nor did she seem to care, how many children some relative had. The place does get good reviews but there are not that many reviews. 

Robyn who for years has claimed she forgets to eat, apparently is remembering to eat these days. She and Meri are the same size.

Janelle hears from 2 random women about the closing. Shes so upset she runs to Christine. Why not ask Meri ?

Yes to all! (Plus I loved the Kennedy comment! He really does fancy himself a Kennedy with that football/frisbee schtick!)

That house is just an old house. It's missing the grandeur of a true "Painted Lady", in my opinion, to be a really special B&B experience. I guess anyone can buy any old house and call it whatever they like, but is it really an Inn? It's an old, mid-size house, that is not really decorated professionally, and looks to me like any other house, on any other street, in any other part of the country. 

Also Robyn now does "remember to eat" (bless her heart)...Her transformation into a Brown is pretty amazing. I wonder if she would still be so quick to jump on that scale in front of everybody like she did TWO times before-once holding Sol to "see how much the BABY weighed"...yeah, sure Robyn. Side-eye. 

And Janelle was such a piece of work! What a tattletale! Couldn't wait to go running to the rest of them with that petty shit, pretending to be butt-hurt. Ugh, can't stand Janelle. Don't know who is worse, Janelle or Meri.  Like Kody said, it's a race to the bottom. 

Edited January 28, 2019 by VedaPierce

[chuckity]

Public Service Announcement for XFinity Peeps:  The next episode, Kody Wants Out, that's supposedly set to air on 2/10/19, is already OnDemand.  

[bichonblitz]

1 hour ago, Sasha888 said:

Then he says "I'm just done. I'm done, okay? So...these ladies are just dancing around the truth. I'm just don

Guess what, Kody? We are ALL done!

[Janc]

Hmmm.  So last night Kody tweeted:

...to which Meri replied (and has since deleted) something about "so what is the truth Kody, please tell us". 

Kody's reply to her (showing Meri deleted her tweet)... 

[steff13]

Oh my goodness am I sick of the catfish storyline.  Look, Meri, you got catfished because you were looking to cheat on your husband.  No matter how bleh Kody is, you're not a victim.  The best course of action is to let this go. 

What's going on with Meri and this new "friend?"  She's really shoving her down everyone's throats.  

[Kyanight]

8 hours ago, bichonblitz said:

I want to see what kind of profits the Inn is going to make. Meri said she is going to hire someone to cook and clean so her mother won't have to. Where is the money going to come from for that salary? She is going to have to rent those 4 rooms out every night of the year to pay a salary, to pay for  maintenance and landscapers,   buy groceries for breakfast, keep the towels and linens up to par and replace as necessary,  pay the mortgage and utilities on that house and her own, and pay herself a salary with what ever is left over. I give her 2 years.

When Lularoe folds Meri will be having fambly meetings and asking for money.

[AZChristian]

I'm no fan of Meri, but I have stayed at the B&B.

• Bonnie was a lovely hostess, and the local woman who comes in to cook breakfast used to have her own catering business.
• The breakfast we had there was custom made, and the best we've ever had at a B&B.
• It was immaculate.
• The place is only one mile off of the interstate that runs between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City, so it's not all that isolated.
• All of the reviews I've seen have been 5-star.  And none of them were from me.  There aren't a LOT, but some of us don't post reviews on Yelp, Trip Advisor, etc.
• It was very reasonably priced for what we got.