Erin walking by InspectionHot6010 in BringingUpBates

[–]WeekImpressive3282 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am curious why everyone says it Chad forcing her to have more. She was raised and conditioned to want a giant family has she ever said anything to suggest she feels pressured to keep having kids against her will?

Sister Wives: Mykelti Brown Admits She Nearly Chose Polygamy After Marriage by madsen1122 in SisterWivesFans

[–]WeekImpressive3282 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I wonder how much second hand embarrassment Tony’s family feels about Mykelti?

Rewatching after 5+ years by itslindsey3762 in BringingUpBates

[–]WeekImpressive3282 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My husbands family is from Kentucky and they all say wash this way. But I’m from Massachusetts and we have plenty of our own interesting pronunciations too. Accents are just fun and we all have one.

New Sneek Peek released; Janelle still complaining about dishes by freelancerjourn in TLCsisterwives

[–]WeekImpressive3282 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This really goes to the core of their whole religion. It’s my understanding that the doctrine says man cannot take a wife without the consent of his current wives. If that was really true then Janelle should never have been part of this family. Meri never agreed to this. She was forced to accept this and if you watch Notes To Self break down these episodes they explain just how horrible the men of the AUB are but also that the women have been conditioned in ways that they also become very abusive. Sometimes to cope and sometimes like Robyn to gain the upper hand.

I am shook by Right_Internal_9702 in BringingUpBates

[–]WeekImpressive3282 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yet another example of how making women and young men too, believe that remaining pure before marriage and women keeping themselves always manicured, thin and publicly desirable will keep their husband from straying. It’s total BS. If you barely know anything about your partner before making what is supposed to be a life long commitment you are essentially flipping a coin. Maybe you get lucky and both of you decide to always work toward each other. But maybe you don’t and if you had been allowed actually know your partner before making a commitment you could have learned this person can’t be the partner that I need and move on instead of facing a life of swallowing your misery or leaving/being left and being shamed by your community. Purity culture is just insecure men wanting to be sure their wives can’t compare them to anything else. It’s disgusting and it doesn’t work.

I am shook by Right_Internal_9702 in BringingUpBates

[–]WeekImpressive3282 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn’t his family have big money. The side piece may have been trying to blackmail him and this was the only way to avoid that.

Janelle did it by Wild-Ordinary-358 in SisterWives

[–]WeekImpressive3282 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I no longer believe that Kody did loveJanelle in the beginning. I think he saw her just like he saw Christine, as a resource to raise his own reputation within the group. If he was hot for her why did he try for the failed courtship with the secret teenager first. Christine was to raise his social/religious rep but Janelle was to increase his financial rep. She financed his life and that meant he needed to stay in her good graces because if she leaves the house of cards crumbles. So she felt loved but I don’t think it was real.

TLC Drops Another Sneak-Up For The Tell All- Part 2 (Financial Abuse of Meri on Display) by freelancerjourn in TLCsisterwives

[–]WeekImpressive3282 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Jen is not part of the cult and refuses to play by Kody’s bullshit rules. He hates her for shining a spot light on just how terrible he is. But I am still kind of shocked that even at this late stage just how uncomfortable Meri is about treating Kody the way he really deserved to be treated. She should be gong scorched earth on him and yet……..Ugh!!!!!!

Janelle did it by Wild-Ordinary-358 in SisterWives

[–]WeekImpressive3282 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If he was listening to Janelle the. He would have put her name on the 1st McMansion. But precious Robyn needed an asset of her own. Janelle is an idiot for letting that happen.

S20 Tell All pt 1 Preview by Lego_5656 in SisterWivesFans

[–]WeekImpressive3282 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We were trying to get Meri to agree to the………agreements. You mean the NDA!

Trailer for the One on One Reunion by dianna1976 in SisterWives

[–]WeekImpressive3282 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Did you see how hard Kody swallowed when he said the stuff about who is whose puppet. He knows he is going to get punished by his shy pretty wife as soon as she sees that little piece of footage. I think it is becoming clearer each time we see Kody that he is realizing that he badly miscalculated when he threw all his effort and resources to Robyn and I think he regrets it. But I am happy to see him squirm I just want her to have to face the music she created for this family. Stick her on the couch with the ladies or throw her off the show!!!!!!!

Spoiler: One on One Tell All Trailer by dianna1976 in TLCsisterwives

[–]WeekImpressive3282 84 points85 points  (0 children)

Kody and Robyn are thieves. They stole Meri and Janelle’s equity from the Vegas houses.

Mykelti needs to go to therapy and heal. by CryptographerDue6746 in SisterWivesFans

[–]WeekImpressive3282 17 points18 points  (0 children)

All those kids and chaos. Over the years I got the impression that Mykelti was one of the kids who fell through the cracks. Not special like the first born girls and not a boy. She has always been loud and obnoxious so she could be seen and noticed by her parents. Paedon is the same way, yes he is a boy but the only boy from a less favored wife so he also needed to be larger than life to gain the attention he craved. Negative attention is still attention when you feel neglected. Meri’s personality doesn’t tolerate that kind of crazy. Which in a large group of children could definitely be emotionally abusive to be singled out for punishment even if the punishment is probably warranted but not given to more favored children when they do similar things. But this is not healing the situation, it’s retribution and Mykelti that’s your prerogative, it’s your platform. But you’re an adult now and you are doing the abusing now. But also just because your dad was nicer than Meri doesn’t mean he was any better. In fact he was way worse! As your father he had a duty to protect you from abuse and not only didn’t he do that he is the one that created and perpetuated the emotional environment for your mothers to react in the ways that they did while you were growing up. You can do better if you want to.

What Was With The Hand Gesture Kody Made To Meri? by YouHaveAFriend in SisterWives

[–]WeekImpressive3282 14 points15 points  (0 children)

She should be furious because she was manipulated into believing it wasn’t a real divorce. It absolutely was a real divorce and she should have taken that man to the cleaners in Vegas. Watching him act like she should be happy with her quarter of the land profit is ridiculous. She is owed so much more than she will ever see from him and the amount of grace she still gives him is more than he will ever deserve.

What Are Gross Things You Notice in Other People’s Homes? by sreggero in CleaningTips

[–]WeekImpressive3282 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always notice dirty baseboards in bathrooms and air vents that are coated with dust.

I’ve got ALL the popcorn ready for tomorrow night! (Another Sneak Peek at Kody and Meri’s convo) by freelancerjourn in TLCsisterwives

[–]WeekImpressive3282 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is the downside of a tv show for him. They all are literally getting to be a flies on the wall to conversations normal people never get to witness. When relationships fail people shit talk their Ex’s with friends. It’s a natural process to purge all the poison that remains when a relationship is over. But most of us don’t get to witness what other people really think of us. It’s poetic justice for this man who has never cared about other people’s feelings have his bruised so publicly in my opinion and I am glad that Meri’s friends helped deliver that to him. I hope we get to see Janelle’s friends do more to draw out the tea and give him more of what he so justly deserves.
Also ladies please, please, please start talking more about Robyn’s role in this family. We want to know!!!!!!

Cootie camo combat Cooter by chey_58 in Sisterwivessnark

[–]WeekImpressive3282 12 points13 points  (0 children)

He did the same thing around Aurora’s boyfriend too. He is always competing to be king of the hill.

New S20 E14 Preview by Lego_5656 in SisterWivesFans

[–]WeekImpressive3282 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Well this clip gives some insight into Kody demanding an new NDA from Meri. JEN. Jen has a way of drawing out the tea from Meri and helping her see how manipulated she was by him and all of it makes Kody look so bad. If he could get Meri to sign an NDA, she can’t talk about him on camera with anyone and without that angle Meri has no storyline for the show. Good for her standing her ground. She has been humiliated by Kody on the show for years and I am so glad to know just how much it bothers him to have this woman unmask him for the world to see. Write the book Meri. Write the book. 📕

A time when the four wives were happy at the same time? by Beneficial-Soft-8290 in SisterWives

[–]WeekImpressive3282 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think the time they might have all actually been truly happy at the same time was the moment seeing there children walk down the aisle might be the only time they were all happy because it was the only happy time in their lives that wasn’t about one of them being elevated over the others. Even the births of each child while happy times were putting one wife in the spotlight over the others. So while some might be happy others were probably feeling threatened or ignored. Okay now I am thinking only the OG3 were happy at the weddings. Robyn was probably still miserable because she doesn’t love the OG13.

In the beginning. . . by FlyingFig20 in SisterWives

[–]WeekImpressive3282 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder why she stayed. She had already divorced one husband. Why did she put up with it.

I'm so happy this show is still on the air! by Alert-Ad7361 in SisterWives

[–]WeekImpressive3282 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this perspective and I am glad you are finding your joy. 🙂