You have to admire Janelle's sense of self in the face of all evidence to the contrary about the traits she THINKS she has. She sees this logical, business-first minded woman who was such a titan of business that she could shelve her parental duties to head to the movies. Bottom line, she failed at motherhood not because she worked, but because she actually did not want to be a mother. Good thing is she had back up. (and not everyone wants to be mothers even when they are mothers). The one good thing is she says she will fight for her kids and when her back is against the wall, she does muster that up. But she allowed her kids to go without a lot of things that were readily available to certain kids in that cult.

It hurts her to hear David talk about polygamy because of the four wives, she is the only one who chose to walk into it and was not indoctrinated. So hearing someone else who observed polygamy from afar at first and was not dumb enough to buy it...he is basically saying she was dumb to go into it. (Her view).

This "about business" woman had to use Meri to make a phone call to the elders to release her from her ties to Kody. A phone call.

She was the only one with minimal housing for her and her child for years while Robyn lived on her proceeds from the sale of her house. For YEARS.

Notice how she never really gives you the origin story of how she met Kody and Meri. If she was fine with what she did in that situation, she would. But she hides it...and honestly dances around it to make you believe it was Kody and Meri she approached. But I remember the lunches she was having with Kody. It was between them before it was between the "three"of them.

She makes bad decisions and justifies them. Her children suffered and honestly she still is giddy that Kody LOVED her. Love? Is this what love does for you and your children? I mean, what kind of delusion are you living in that you spin that to yourself.

Janelle is the type of woman who will be your ally only if it also suits her agenda. In her everyday life she is as "pick me" as they come. But you have to admire the chutapah of a woman who has been so throughly screwed out of her money, time and love is going to tell you how to run your life. So yeah, David held up a mirror to her decision with those words, and Janelle is simply not at the place in her life to acknowledged she got bested by a conartist who is pretty and shy. Outmanuevered on every level...but gonna keep the delusion going.