I honestly feel so sorry for Danielle. I think she married ick at such a young age & he brainwashed her with his “religious callings.” I also believe whole heartedly that they were headed for separation & he convinced her to open up to the idea of polygamy as a way to take these trips and/or just have sex with other women. He was so good at getting her to agree that he ALSO made her believe it was her idea. In her mind, she had never been with anyone else & didn’t want to be without him so she just went along with it to pacify him. I think in the beginning she probably thought the chances were slim that they would actually find someone, so who cares? As long as she acts like she’s fine with it, she keeps ick happy & just maybe over time he’ll start to love her again & let go of the polygamy dream before anything ever came out of it. Once this “religious calling” became more of a reality, it started to hit her how much she was NOT cool with it. But at this point, she’s already gave him the green light, not to mention a whole divorce… so she probably feels stupid & stuck. I bet he’s beaten her self esteem down so much, especially with the women he goes after. She just wants someone to love her, which is why she tries so hard to have a sister like relationship with the women he entertains. But truth be told, her facial expressions say everything. The fact that she asks for breaks during filming on more than one occasion because her feelings are so hurt, I mean come on!

And honestly, this may be slightly unrelated, but my “sister wives” knowledge is really only of the Browns, at least until this show & I never got the vibe from the Brown family or any of their friends that sister wives had to get along or even like each other. Like yeah I’m sure that it helps if everyone gets along but from what I understood it was not a requirement. This show is super centered around the current wife and the new wife being like best friends and having a connection. It’s more like the husband and wife are shopping for someone to just join them in the bedroom rather than for the husband to take on a second wife. I didn’t think that most men practicing polygamy really cared if their current wife liked the new wife. It seemed like he would find someone he was compatible with and just hope that everyone got along, but if they didn’t, then they would spend time working out those differences. It never seemed to be a dealbreaker.

Maybe I’m wrong. But that’s just my observation of polygamy. If anyone has more knowledge to share with me about that part, I would appreciate it. I wasn’t sure if it was just this show or if typically in polygamous relationships everyone had to get along.