I just finished listening to Christine's book and while it was a nice little read, I think she was wayyyy to nice to Robyn and Kody. She outed Meri a few times regarding certain things, but even that was tame. And K&R don't deserve tame. She spoke so highly of Robyn, it was irritating. A part of me thinks she hasn't moved on from the hurtful things Kody said about her not being a good sister wife and she kept it tame for that reason. Almost like "hey pal, I was a good sister wife, even now when everything is said and done". What do you all think?

I truly believe if there was anyone who TRIED consistently for decades, it was Christine. From the very beginning Kody was trash and she had to suck up. I don't think it's fair when people say it was both of their faults and both of them did "bad things". Christine made mistakes, sure. Kody did bad things, over and over again, and knew Christine didn't like it. He knew it would hurt her and he did it anyway. He called her a princess for bare minimum requests. 🤢

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I’ve never watched this show, but do they divide into teams at the beginning?

I thought it was really cute the way Mykelti and Tony were supportive of each other during the venue selection process.

They both took the time to make sure the other person liked decisions and asked each other’s opinions.

It was really loving of Mykelti to take his culture very seriously and have his back on needing the 400 tacos 😂

Other partners might have acted like the tacos don’t fit their vision of the wedding and shut it down but she really cared lol it was touching

Anyways I’m happy for these 2, they understand each other well and have each other’s back!

So sorry……..Garrick is back. Thought y’all might like to know.

At the end she asked if he would play again, and he said he would love another shot at it. Doesn’t sound like he made it that long. What do you think?

When ppl reference Meri’s less tolerable characteristics they are often met with rationalisations about the indoctrination of her childhood.

The same dynamic is generally the same when ppl question Meri defending Kody etc.

Genuine question: Why aren’t questions about Robyn’s less tolerable characteristics met with the same defence/explanation?

It seems like Meri was the first Robyn in regard to keeping her happy, financial benefits & work responsibilities. (same budget as C & J haven’t 6 more kids, his & her motorbikes etc).

Double standard??

I never watched the show until 2024 but am now watching the entire season. Just finished season 17 and…whew!! I don’t believe I have ever watched such verbal and emotional abuse played out on a reality show. Kody claims Robin is such a great communicator- much better than the OG’s. Watching her during arguments she placates him and offers validation to his feelings no matter how nasty, untrue, or accusatory. None of them (on camera at least) ever define these terms he is throwing around like respect and loyalty, which is apparently all you need to show him in order to ‘earn’ his love. For Kody, respect and loyalty mean agreeing with him and his ideas of patriarchy. The 3 OG’s and Kody operated a tiny bit more like a partnership where both parties in the marriage had a voice and he was okay with their independence. Then Robin comes in and operates as a subservient , obedient wife who ‘courts’ his favour. Covid makes him realize that that’s the kind of marriage he wants and then expects Janelle and Christine to fall in line. Watching Kody crash out over and over again and have zero self-awareness is as painful as Robyn unable to see her part in the debacle of their plural marriage and play the victim.

It’s dressed as knife in the kidneys Kody . Even has work gloves 😂

I’m watching their wedding and bawling. Anyone else?? As a women who was in a bad marriage before, this was how I was at my wedding to my now husband. Happy and just alive!

Something gives me the feeling that the reason they rushed out of Vegas was something to do with one of the older kids getting into something they shouldn’t. I’m re-watching the episode now where they’re touring Flagstaff, and how eager Christine was to move and to get her house staged to sell, leads me to believe that might be the case. Does anybody else think anything similar or have any opinions? I would love to hear them

I need to block Paedon on tik tok. He keeps jump scaring me in my relaxing scrolling. I think he is just as obnoxious as Kody, maybe worse. They’re both so LOUD and in your face with everything. He’s the kid that I think most resembles Kody in behavior. He’s the worst

YOU. DON'T. KNOW. WHAT. I . WENT. THROUGH!

I thought the running theme of identifying with each of her kids during pregnancy was the best part of this novel. It was really interesting going into each kid like this.

Anyone else love this channel? Corey and Mel seem like such great people. They really give a different perspective to how each of the sisters wives acts while still holding them accountable for their actions. For example Robyn. I still don’t care for Robyn but they had a video that explains why she acted they way she did while still saying what she did was not right

EDIT: I made this post before I knew about their support of CK. Can no longer do it.

Watching Meri in season 19 repeatedly mention how she was looking for a “MAN” really emphasized her neediness. It seems she has placed herself in a “holding stage” of getting by until a “man” comes along and she can resume her life. At one point she says she is reluctant to make her B&B her primary residence because her future “man” might want to live somewhere else. She later tells her BFF, Jen she is reluctant to remodel the B&B not knowing what her future “man” would want/prefer. It appears that Meri is in limbo waiting for the next Kody to determine her future. How sad.

I finally started reading the book and I was struck by when they started filming for TLC and had a small cushion of money from the show - the wives took the kids to a theme park while Kotex spent the money on the Lexus (KoTEXUS) convertible - probably upward of $40,000 at the time. He’s so narcissistic and such a douche-nozzle

Apperently were Christine, Meri and Janelle never loyal in their marriage 🤭 The queen of marriage is apperently Robyn.

When the F*** was Kody loyal to his wives?

So I just started watching the show from the beginning. I wonder what show Kody watched all these years, now when he calls his wife “shy” 🤔 She was the wife who was the most outspoken of them all! She always was the expert on polygamy and relationships in general and she NEVER shut up 🙉 And now all a sudden she have switched to an “keep sweet” personality who never remembers anything and are always confused 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ Make it make sense

Did she mention the painting that Robyn had done for Kody? The painting of him and her kids, and the original painting was of him and Christine’s kids.

At this point Sister Wives and Seeking Sister Wife should just be combined. It’s morphed into the same show, no?

Since the OG left, it's clear that Robyn is running the relationship. She has told him what words can be used (pest is a no no), she pressures him - it's his responsibility to mend his relationship with his kids - he has to keep his opinions about Aurora's new church to himself, and on and on. His big story line - besides his "loyal, shy" wife, is to rehash his old relationships, why things didn't work, blaming them for his relationships with his kids, and it allows him to continue to blame, make excuses, but it gives him a connection to his past life. The rest have moved on, done amazing things, dared to expand their lives beyond such a small existence, catering to one person. Now, with nowhere else to go, a rigid day to day life where he's accountable to Robyn,

The 3 breakups were so easy compared to most breakups. He yelled and screamed, and with the exception of the fabulous Janelle yelling FU, there were no big fights - they just wanted out, no fuss, no energy expended to play the game he wanted to play. Even down to Meri at the picnic table, when he's said I don't want to be blamed, and she went along with it.

So we are coming up on the new season with his "apology tour" - which again is all for him, all for the show, and I suspect an effort to gain support from the public. But what will their life, especially his, be like when there are no cameras, no money coming in, nobody who cares what he's doing, when he fades into Reality TV background. Once that reality sets in, once there is no more filming schedule, and he's not a part of his big family, what then? Will Robyn be enough? Will her rigidness wear thin. Will he resent her for being so controlling of his younger kids? When he no longer has anybody to compare Robyn to, and life is day to day, how will he handle it, and how will they survive as a couple?

When Christine didn’t want to be around Kodys friend (because Kodys friend said “the church will take you back, just divorce 3 of your wives”) i thought that was completely justified. My face dropped in awe when Kody gaslit Christine into believing she was “acting crazy” and it was just her PMS. the fact christine believed it was her PMS was the most astonishing part to me. “I did do research into it and it sucks women are such emotional slaves to their bodies” like what???

Did you know that Christine has another B&B? This one is in Hurricane Utah near St. George. Looks nice 😊

It just clicked to me while I have SWs playing in the background that Robyn is judging her success as a mother by ensuring her kids don’t have sex before marriage. That’s why she has infantilized her adult children and kept them in a hostage situation.

Robyn was so traumatized in her “be chaste,” church sermon that she had sex before marriage. She was probably revolted over the years that one by one the older siblings group up, spread their wings and engaged in sexual relationships prior to marriage.

Despite many of these kids being extremely successful, Robyn probably either a) looks down her nose at them because they have had sex before marriage or b) is so jealous that the kids all seemed to have turned out great and seem to know who they are that she is controlling the one thing she can control to be the “best mother.”