Sister Wives

[lifesavacation]

So do any of you watch any SW vlogs or listen to any podcasts? I had no idea how much was out there. I would occasionally peek in on Reddit, but that's it. But someone mentioned a podcast and I checked it out. If you're easily offended, don't look. But if you can get through some language and crude commentary, it's extremely funny. It's called "Love Should be Multiplied". Anyone here listen?

I gave up watching the show, but had several hours of medical tests today and listened to this podcast. It was so funny and snarky and exactly what I needed today.

 

[barkley]

Meri is a huge seller of LulaRoe. I think she does fine financially.

perhaps before the controversy over the company and the 2 documentaries were aired on them but the earnings for the company have taken a huge hit (dropping from 70K 'consultants' to less than 17K in less than a year). i suspect other states have or will follow suit with my own-here they can't operate their traditional pyramid scheme, have settled to pay up millions in damages and pretty much non existent. i've never seen any of their products in person but dang, the reviews are scathing on the quality (or lack thereof).

p.s.-i'm surprised but i guess not surprised (since it comes down to money) that meri can forget her anger against the lds church and align with a business where the owner's active lds identity is reported to be central to it's operation.

 

[barkley]

gwendolyn is engaged! just announced, proposed to by her girlfriend of 9 months beatriz.

 

[mom2rtk]

I'm watching the new episode on YouTube. That scene with Gabe. Damn.

 

[WorldWacky]

So do any of you watch any SW vlogs or listen to any podcasts? I had no idea how much was out there. I would occasionally peek in on Reddit, but that's it. But someone mentioned a podcast and I checked it out. If you're easily offended, don't look. But if you can get through some language and crude commentary, it's extremely funny. It's called "Love Should be Multiplied". Anyone here listen?

Mom2rtk, thank you. Thank you for introducing me to the “Love Should Be Multiplied” podcast. How have I lived without it for so long?!

 

[mom2rtk]

Mom2rtk, thank you. Thank you for introducing me to the “Love Should Be Multiplied” podcast. How have I lived without it for so long?!

I know, right? I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. I avoid monthly subscriptions like the plague, but I'm mighty tempted to give their Patreon a try. They're doing all the back episodes.

I gave up watching the show, but had several hours of medical tests today and listened to this podcast. It was so funny and snarky and exactly what I needed today.

What a great distraction when you needed it most! Hope all went well on the tests.

 

[stitch'sgirl]

I'm watching the new episode on YouTube. That scene with Gabe. Damn.

No kidding - he is really hurting. And yet Kody thinks Gabe owes him and Robyn an apology.

Couple other thoughts
Robyn without her magic marker eyebrows - so much more flattering. Even as sick as she was!

And secondly, their Halloween costumes. Come on, really? What a slap in the face to your other wives. There are so many costumes to pick from!!

 

[Claudia1]

I'm watching the new episode on YouTube. That scene with Gabe. Damn.

I know! Wow!

I'm so tired of hearing about loyalty. Lots of talking but no action.

 

[WorldWacky]

Absolutely heartbreaking. Poor Gabe. All he wants is his dad’s love. Kody is a TERRIBLE parent! Just disgusting. I wonder how he’ll try to twist this after he sees Gabe’s confessional.
And I just love how the whole family was “crying our eyes out” because they hadn’t seen Aurora, who was in the house and could just yell upstairs to say , “Hi!”, for ten WHOLE days. Kody ignored his other children for MONTHS and MONTHS!

 

[ronandannette]

I know! Wow!

I'm so tired of hearing about loyalty. Lots of talking but no action.

I wonder if that word is imbued with some esoteric meaning in either their religion or the polygamous culture? It just vibes to me as a weird word to use so adamantly in relation to marriage. DH and I would use words like love, commitment, devotion, faithfulness, respect and trust to characterize the values of our relationship. I doubt the word "loyalty" or "be loyal" would even come to mind.

Absolutely heartbreaking. Poor Gabe. All he wants is his dad’s love. Kody is a TERRIBLE parent! Just disgusting. I wonder how he’ll try to twist this after he sees Gabe’s confessional.
And I just love how the whole family was “crying our eyes out” because they hadn’t seen Aurora, who was in the house and could just yell upstairs to say , “Hi!”, for ten WHOLE days. Kody ignored his other children for MONTHS and MONTHS!

I found it bizarre that he didn't address it in this episode, or that Janelle didn't. I don't think it's the kind of thing they would have had to watch the episode on-air to find out. And yeah, the irony of the Aurora situation was infuriating.

 

[mom2rtk]

Absolutely heartbreaking. Poor Gabe. All he wants is his dad’s love. Kody is a TERRIBLE parent! Just disgusting. I wonder how he’ll try to twist this after he sees Gabe’s confessional.
And I just love how the whole family was “crying our eyes out” because they hadn’t seen Aurora, who was in the house and could just yell upstairs to say , “Hi!”, for ten WHOLE days. Kody ignored his other children for MONTHS and MONTHS!

I expect Kody to be angry that Gabe was so self centered when he and Robyn were dying. Might even complain that Gabe hadn't called to check on them.

I wonder if that word is imbued with some esoteric meaning in either their religion or the polygamous culture? It just vibes to me as a weird word to use so adamantly in relation to marriage. DH and I would use words like love, commitment, devotion, faithfulness, respect and trust to characterize the values of our relationship. I doubt the word "loyalty" or "be loyal" would even come to mind.

I found it bizarre that he didn't address it in this episode, or that Janelle didn't. I don't think it's the kind of thing they would have had to watch the episode on-air to find out. And yeah, the irony of the Aurora situation was infuriating.

When I hear Kody say "loyalty" I hear "obedience" and it all makes so much more sense.

I'm more convinced than ever that the producers hate Kody. They way they paired that footage of him crying over missing Aurora for 10 days (in his own home) with the footage of Gabe was so effective at highlighting what a terrible person Kody is.

I'm not even iffy on whether Janelle has left now. This is her "Kody missing Ysabel's surgery" moment.

 

[stitch'sgirl]

Absolutely heartbreaking. Poor Gabe. All he wants is his dad’s love. Kody is a TERRIBLE parent! Just disgusting. I wonder how he’ll try to twist this after he sees Gabe’s confessional.
And I just love how the whole family was “crying our eyes out” because they hadn’t seen Aurora, who was in the house and could just yell upstairs to say , “Hi!”, for ten WHOLE days. Kody ignored his other children for MONTHS and MONTHS!

I just realized that in Kody's confessional he mentioned that when he was sick he "didn't even realize what day it was". Aha, he put his excuse out there for not acknowledging Gabe's birthday.

I also just read an article that perhaps they are grooming Robyn's older daughters to be Kody's next wives. That is way out there, but who knows? When I started watching the show I thought having 3 wives was way out there too but somehow I have forgotten that in the name of entertainment...

 

[Dakota731]

I guess the covid situation is so different when families like the Browns isolated from the world for two years. It seemed odd to watch since our family of medical professionals never had the option of staying home, and by this time of the episode most of us have already had covid twice. Kody’s family seemed so much more fearful and paranoid than the rest of us who’ve been out in the world for the entire pandemic.

 

[wenrob]

I'm watching the new episode on YouTube. That scene with Gabe. Damn.

Man, just broke my heart. Then Kody says, “Janelle is poisoning my kids against me.” No Dude, you did that all on your own.

When I was about 11 or 12 I had some angst going on about my stepmother. It was serious enough that I remember my dad with tears in his eyes saying, “Please don’t make me choose between my wife and my kid.” Now maybe he shouldn’t have said that but I have zero doubt in my mind that if push came to shove he would have chosen me. 100% certain. That Gabe has discovered his father wouldn’t has to be devastating.

I agree that when Kody says “loyalty” he means obedience.

 

[lynxstch]

When Robyn was in the hospital with covid. No one else was allowed in there. Who was taping her? I find it hard to believe that as sick as she was, she could have been the one holding the camera???

Cody is such a loser. He lost Christine, and now he's making Janelle question if she wants to stay. He makes it so obvious that Robyn is his favorite. I felt so bad for poor Gabe last night. Cody treats some of his kids like real crap

 

[sk!mom]

I wonder if that word is imbued with some esoteric meaning in either their religion or the polygamous culture? It just vibes to me as a weird word to use so adamantly in relation to marriage. DH and I would use words like love, commitment, devotion, faithfulness, respect and trust to characterize the values of our relationship. I doubt the word "loyalty" or "be loyal" would even come to mind.

I found it bizarre that he didn't address it in this episode, or that Janelle didn't. I don't think it's the kind of thing they would have had to watch the episode on-air to find out. And yeah, the irony of the Aurora situation was infuriating.

Oh wow! I hadn't thought of it that way but yes, his use of loyalty always seems "off." It reminds me of something like The Godfather and the expectation of blind loyalty in the face of wrongdoing. And now that you made me think about it, that feels pretty accurate for Kody. He expects loyalty no matter what he does or says. No one is supposed to call him out nor hold him accountable.

 

[mom2rtk]

When Robyn was in the hospital with covid. No one else was allowed in there. Who was taping her? I find it hard to believe that as sick as she was, she could have been the one holding the camera???

Cody is such a loser. He lost Christine, and now he's making Janelle question if she wants to stay. He makes it so obvious that Robyn is his favorite. I felt so bad for poor Gabe last night. Cody treats some of his kids like real crap

Well, she was sort of in the hospital. She went to the ER but wasn't admitted. Their first clue that she wasn't sick enough for admission was probably her ability to film for a TV show while waiting to be seen.

 

[mom2rtk]

Man, just broke my heart. Then Kody says, “Janelle is poisoning my kids against me.” No Dude, you did that all on your own.

When I was about 11 or 12 I had some angst going on about my stepmother. It was serious enough that I remember my dad with tears in his eyes saying, “Please don’t make me choose between my wife and my kid.” Now maybe he shouldn’t have said that but I have zero doubt in my mind that if push came to shove he would have chosen me. 100% certain. That Gabe has discovered his father wouldn’t has to be devastating.

I agree that when Kody says “loyalty” he means obedience.

Kody would 100 percent never choose his kids. And he expected his wives not to choose their kids either. But dude, she's going to choose the kids. She's also going to choose the dogs.

 

[HannaBelle]

This weeks episode was rough, the scene with Gabe broken my heart. Every time I think Cody cannot get worse, he sinks even lower.

I really hope Janelle leaves. I really hope Meri leaves but I don't think she will. =(

 

[barkley]

I also just read an article that perhaps they are grooming Robyn's older daughters to be Kody's next wives. That is way out there, but who knows?

any sicko thing is possible. locally just last week we had 8 girls who had been rescued from a polygamist cult recovered after they had run away a couple of months ago from the group homes they were placed in arizona. they had all been 'married' to their leader who in some cases was their bio dad.


robyn/kody/covid-

it killed me when he was contemplating wasting hosptial resources just so he could be with robyn. selfish, selfish, selfish-he even admitted he would have been 'playing sick' (wonder if they will pay for these medical bills since they've not been so good about it in the past?).

i thought the same thing about robyn and filming-if she's so sick how/why is she filming and if she's had all the tests run and there's any concerns about her breathing they would have had an oxygen mask on her at minimum.

so having survived it now awakens kody and robyn to how foolish they were to have missed out on familial togetherness? that perhaps they erred in keeping distance? too little, too late (and where was the weeping concern for janelle when she had covid or their-oh, sorry-HER sons?).



my question for this episode-which is it? did he never love or even like christine or is he heartbroken and that is negativly impacting his marriage/relationship with janelle? i don't seeing it going both ways.



every episode kody keeps digging himself in deeper and deeper insulting his kids. the estrangement has got to run deep enough with some that there's little hope for reconciliation. i have to wonder if robyn's kids, if they ever escape from her household and what i suspect is very limited tv/internet so they've not likely viewed the episodes, will realize what a hateful, awful man kody is to both the women in his life and his children. he has loyalty only to himself and would drop them in a heartbeat if the crossed him/it suited his mood.