Sister Wives, anyone???

[204charity]

I love Sister Wives. One of my favorite reality shows by-far! I am concerned for Hunter though. I think he needs to see a therapist - he is sure suffering from very serious depression IMHO. With 4 mothers and a father, you'd think one of them would make that suggestion by now. I think Robyn is "fresh meat" and Kody has tagged her as his "favorite" but I don't think that would be uncommon in a plural marriage. Everyone has a honeymoon period after getting married, right? Why would anyone expect any different in their situation?

I wish them all the best.

 

[Feralpeg]

This is probably a stupid question, but I've never heard of a polygamist marriage between one woman and multiple husbands, other than in the musical Paint Your Wagon. Does it exist? Just curious?

 

[happygirl]

This is probably a stupid question, but I've never heard of a polygamist marriage between one woman and multiple husbands, other than in the musical Paint Your Wagon. Does it exist? Just curious?

I would seriously doubt it, Men are supposed to be the head of the household, I think it would be hard for one man to step up in a situation like that

 

[Hutchy]

A few years ago I was reading a board for polygamist families (my friend sent me the link and it was fascinating) and there were more than a few families that had 1 wife and multiple husbands. I remember 1 family that was a wife married to twin brothers, they shared everything and couldn't imagine having more than 1 wife. I'm pretty sure none of them were very religious though and it was just personal choice.

I like watching the show, it's such a train wreck sometimes. Cody is SO immature, when he was talking about the pregnancy he was just giddy like a child. I feels so bad for Janelle and Hunter, they really need to get him some help.

 

[sookie]

I never cry.
I cried like a little baby when I saw Mariah (Kody and Mari's child) crying in the bathroom. When Robin walked in and said "are you feeling your momma's pain?" and Mariah started nodding and bawling - I just lost it.
Mariah - that poor girl. I feel bad for her. She seems like a really sensitive young lady. At least Robin understood where she was... and honestly I think that Robin did say the right thing. I think she needed to hear that from Robin and get that validated. I hope it helped her. What a tough place to be for those kids.

 

[leebee]

I watch Sister Wives on occasion, mostly because I find them so mind-boggling! This weekend, I was watching reruns as part of the build-up to the new season. The family was visiting Kody's parents, on their ranch. One thing struck me... the part where they said that awhile after Kody married Janelle, Janelle's mom married Kody's dad. WHAT?? Did I hear that correctly?
(and I'm sorry if this was discussed previously... this thread is 53 pages long and I have only read about 15 of them.)

Also... in one recent episode, Kody and Janelle went camping while the rest of the family stayed home... or maybe it was when he and Christine and their kids went to Las Vegas and the others stayed home. ANyhow... those at home were going bowling. Meri asked who wanted to go in her car, and it was "me, Me! ME!!" from the kids. When she asked who wanted to go in Robyn's car, there was dead silence. Very sad. I think the only one in this family who is happy with Robyn is Kody; the rest are trying to make the best of a bad situation.

I missed this week! Gotta go find it somewhere!!

 

[Sparx]

I watch Sister Wives on occasion, mostly because I find them so mind-boggling! This weekend, I was watching reruns as part of the build-up to the new season. The family was visiting Kody's parents, on their ranch. One thing struck me... the part where they said that awhile after Kody married Janelle, Janelle's mom married Kody's dad. WHAT?? Did I hear that correctly?
(and I'm sorry if this was discussed previously... this thread is 53 pages long and I have only read about 15 of them.)

Also... in one recent episode, Kody and Janelle went camping while the rest of the family stayed home... or maybe it was when he and Christine and their kids went to Las Vegas and the others stayed home. ANyhow... those at home were going bowling. Meri asked who wanted to go in her car, and it was "me, Me! ME!!" from the kids. When she asked who wanted to go in Robyn's car, there was dead silence. Very sad. I think the only one in this family who is happy with Robyn is Kody; the rest are trying to make the best of a bad situation.

I missed this week! Gotta go find it somewhere!!

I agree completely. I think the only ones that are happy in a polygamous setting are the adults. The kids seem so creeped out.

 

[bethbuchall]

I never cry.
I cried like a little baby when I saw Mariah (Kody and Mari's child) crying in the bathroom. When Robin walked in and said "are you feeling your momma's pain?" and Mariah started nodding and bawling - I just lost it.
Mariah - that poor girl. I feel bad for her. She seems like a really sensitive young lady. At least Robin understood where she was... and honestly I think that Robin did say the right thing. I think she needed to hear that from Robin and get that validated. I hope it helped her. What a tough place to be for those kids.

I think that it would have been more respectful to have told Mariah before the big family announcement, so that she and her mother could have had some time to discuss it without the entire family around.

 

[bjgrazi]

I keep seeing it written "what do these people do to support themselves"? They have a reality show, they get paid. That's what they do right now. They're not on TV for free.

Meri was the one that introduced Kody to cry baby. It was her idea.

 

[LuvsDragonflies]

Kody is a complete, immature, idiotic, tool that needs 4 wives to babysit him. He should just get a nice porn collection and sit in the closet for 6 hours a day.

 

[WowLookAtThat]

This is probably a stupid question, but I've never heard of a polygamist marriage between one woman and multiple husbands, other than in the musical Paint Your Wagon. Does it exist? Just curious?

It actually does exist! It isn't as well known or large as polygamy but in some countries this is done.

 

[spacemountainmom]

I finally watched the new episode and yeah, I agree that Hunter needs to get some counseling or something. It's really sad that the only thing that makes him happy is the baby.

Then again, I think they all need counseling. The whole situation icks me out, but I still watch it. Everybody loves a train wreck!

 

[Sparx]

This is probably a stupid question, but I've never heard of a polygamist marriage between one woman and multiple husbands, other than in the musical Paint Your Wagon. Does it exist? Just curious?

Yes these do happen. I'm channeling some cultural classes here, but from my memory:

They're not often the norm today, but there are several societies that are not only matriarchal but matrilineal too. Matriarchal/matrilineal societies typically place little value on paternity and higher values on brother-sister relationships Many times they are in smaller communities where groups need to work together to survive. The most studied current Matriarchal society is in SE asia right now. They value mother-child and sibling-sibling relationships. They have no word for "father" and all men in the group are viewed as equally responsible for all children.

Polygamy is not the correct word for woman-man-man (etc) relationships. Polygamy is only correct for Man-woman-woman(etc). The word you could use here is Polyandry. The most common form of polyandry is when a woman is married to two brothers. I just did a quick search and there are current cases of polyandry in many countries from tibet to india. Polyandry is also very visible in New World Monkeys, where males do compete for females, but females are the deciding factor in if mating will occur or not.

There is also a form of marriage that involves multiple partners of multiple sexes all married to one another. For instance, three wives and four husbands. This is sometimes called Polymory but that isn't necessarily a perfect term for what's happening. In these marriages everyone typically lives together and everyone is married to each other, but it really doesn't turn into a group-sex kind of thing. Its more like these two people will be together and these other two will be together. The groups will overlap, but rarely will there be more than two participating at any one time. And several members of the group may never have a sexual relationship with other members of the group.

So yes, there are more relationship varieties in heaven and earth than dreamed up in the mind of a polygamist male.

 

[happygirl]

They are going to be on Anderson Cooper tommorow I think

 

[ellen82]

Yay! I found a sister wives forum I feel guilty watching it somehow but its like a train wreck, I cant look away!! They showed the previous season on TLC before the Sunday premier so I am all caught up again.

I dont dislike Robin as much as others...I think she is just naive as to how the others feel. Think about it: Kody courted her and while she knew there were other wives she didnt have to live it. He came to her in her old house, when she moved she had her own house and Kody visited just HER and now that they live in Las Vegas she lives on her own and is getting a lot of attention because of the baby has never had to live in a shared house and witness the shared attention. It must have always felt like a long distance relationship in a way with other women who feel like sisters not actual wives.

Its a lot easier to adapt to a situation knowing when you are coming IN rather than adapting to a situation that changes once you are in it. I would love to see how she reacts if they get another wife and she is no longer the shinny new "toy" for Kody, not that she is a "toy" but that she is new and young to him so is getting special treatment and more attention.

Of course Christine no longer feels special! She never had to adapt to a new wife, was always the newER wife and I think the youngest?

Its Meri who I feel the worst for...I bet she feels that since she cannot give Kody and more children that she will soon be totally forgotten. I would not be surprised if it was her that moved on eventually. I sort of see a glimmer of that in her. I bet she felt well if I cant give Kody a baby then I can give him a new wife...

 

[momrek06]

I think that it would have been more respectful to have told Mariah before the big family announcement, so that she and her mother could have had some time to discuss it without the entire family around.

OR as I posted before, Meri should have jumped up and congratulated Robyn right there in front of everyone and everyone would have seen this and then would have followed right along … kids follow our lead SO OFTEN and esp a time that could be a sad time.
I am so betting that when Kody made the annoucement, Mariah IMMEDIATELY looked at her mom … this is when Meri, who no one at this point knew Meri knew anything, should have jumped up, and hugged Robyn exactly like Christine did.
But Meri did not. She just sat there because she knew already and had already hugged Robyn.
And Meri should have had an idea Mariah would have acted like this … why Meri did not choose to applaud the new mommy upon the annoucement OR tell Mariah privately ….

 

[lilmissdisney216]

I just saw the Sister Wives on the Wendy Williams show yesterday and I have yet to understand this show? Anyone who's a watcher care to explain it to a newbie?

 

[momrek06]

I just saw the Sister Wives on the Wendy Williams show yesterday and I have yet to understand this show? Anyone who's a watcher care to explain it to a newbie?

Newbie or oldie, we are all still trying to figure it out as well.

I understand the Sister Wives will be on 'Anderson' today.

 

[joyjoy]

I apologize if this has been addressed already, but I didn't see anything.

Someone posted a 'family tree' with all these kooks on it with whose kid is whose, and it was very helpful. I notice that Robin's first husband and her babies' daddy's (current kids) last name is Jessop. Although spelled slightly different from the Jessup freaks in Texas and New Mexico that are currently in trouble with the law for having all those teenager "wives", isn't that an odd coincidence? Do you think he could be related? I don't remember Robin's back story - has she had any experience with this lifestyle before? So bizarre.

 

[CdnCarrie]

I apologize if this has been addressed already, but I didn't see anything.

Someone posted a 'family tree' with all these kooks on it with whose kid is whose, and it was very helpful. I notice that Robin's first husband and her babies' daddy's (current kids) last name is Jessop. Although spelled slightly different from the Jessup freaks in Texas and New Mexico that are currently in trouble with the law for having all those teenager "wives", isn't that an odd coincidence? Do you think he could be related? I don't remember Robin's back story - has she had any experience with this lifestyle before? So bizarre.

She is from a polygamist background.