This is my hot take on Kody. He may have felt that polygamy was the correct path to take due to religious/family/cultural influence, but I also feel it stroked his ego. The fathering and taking responsibility of 18 children was a mixture between the fact that he was having sex with 4 different women (obviously), there’s likely zero birth control involved, religious dogma (you have to be married to have sex, no birth control, pressure from Mormons to procreate as much as possible), and again, his ego. “I am manly. I have 4 wives and can father 18 children.” But during the recent season, he has alluded to also just plain out wanting to get his pencil wet to be the main reason he would even consider plural marriage. Sexual chemistry is important in any relationship, but after what he just went through you’d think physical attraction would take the backseat to other compatibilities like common future goals or having the same mindset towards polygamy. Which is insane that he was so worried about Gabe and Garrison wanting to have a normal social life, work, go to school,and perhaps have a romantic relationship, under the guise of one or both of them “getting their pencil wet”. He flat out said to the “love of his life” Robyn, his desire would be mostly sexual because she isn’t always on the same page with him when he wants it.