Who here still watches Sister Wives?

[Anonymous]

Meri just need to move on. Why didn't she just get an apartment? Why just a huge house? Is it because she's childless, first wife and they feel bad for her?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meri just need to move on. Why didn't she just get an apartment? Why just a huge house? Is it because she's childless, first wife and they feel bad for her?

I don't know the answer, but I definitely don't think they feel bad for her. They all, and especially Kootie, seem to dislike her.

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else watching the new season?? Second episode aired tonight. These people drive me nuts! I don’t get why they even moved to Flagstaff in the first place. Now they all bitch about living far apart again. They had the perfect set up in Vegas. Tired of Meri’s whining, and why on earth does she need her own ginormous house? They go on and on that they have no money. Ugh I will have to hate watch this until the end to see where happens..

They moved because the State of Nevada was on to their shady business practices. Also, getting monies from the State for support for multiple children single mothers, scammy practices for state funds.

I thought the welfare issue is only a problem if they were all legally married?

Only the first wife is the legal wife. All the other wives in polygamous unions file for benefits as a single mother with dependent children. In Mormon talk it is called "bleeding the beast" and it means to take whatever you can from the federal and state government. Polygamy costs the U.S. a lot in IRS fraud and tax dollars. Note how few of the mothers (IRL - not the show - those moms live off the per diems for the show) in polygamous relationships have real jobs. How do they support themselves and their children?

[Anonymous]

Wouldn’t allowing polygamous marriages and then having them file all as married joint filing solve that abuse? If the government stopped vilifying the practice, couldn’t they collect more tax revenue and eliminate the fraud? It is similar to states who legalized marijuana and collect taxes from the sale (and a significant amount too) versus places that have decriminalized it but sale is still illegal and so no tax revenue is generated.

[Anonymous]

These people make me want to bang my head against a wall. How is it possible to make such poor financial decisions? If you have four mortgages and you want to build 4 houses or one mega house and you are feeling STRAPPED for CASH and are threatening to move your family back to where you came from, wouldn't you try to make reasonable renting decisions instead of renting a MASSIVE place for one person? Looking at you, Meri. Why?!

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else watching the new season?? Second episode aired tonight. These people drive me nuts! I don’t get why they even moved to Flagstaff in the first place. Now they all bitch about living far apart again. They had the perfect set up in Vegas. Tired of Meri’s whining, and why on earth does she need her own ginormous house? They go on and on that they have no money. Ugh I will have to hate watch this until the end to see where happens..

They moved because the State of Nevada was on to their shady business practices. Also, getting monies from the State for support for multiple children single mothers, scammy practices for state funds.

I thought the welfare issue is only a problem if they were all legally married?

They seem to have an issue reporting income in general.

Bankruptcy is on the horizon.

Show was going to be cancelled needed new story line. Revenue stream.

Why in the world anyone would want to share him?

Why Flagstaff, I wonder? I also wondered if the move was mainly to provide a new story line. Meri living in the largest house could also be part of the story line. They had a workable setup in Vegas but supposedly were tired of Vegas. It seems like Cody just gets restless and wants to move every few years.

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else watching the new season?? Second episode aired tonight. These people drive me nuts! I don’t get why they even moved to Flagstaff in the first place. Now they all bitch about living far apart again. They had the perfect set up in Vegas. Tired of Meri’s whining, and why on earth does she need her own ginormous house? They go on and on that they have no money. Ugh I will have to hate watch this until the end to see where happens..

They moved because the State of Nevada was on to their shady business practices. Also, getting monies from the State for support for multiple children single mothers, scammy practices for state funds.

I thought the welfare issue is only a problem if they were all legally married?

They seem to have an issue reporting income in general.

Bankruptcy is on the horizon.

Show was going to be cancelled needed new story line. Revenue stream.

Why in the world anyone would want to share him?

Why Flagstaff, I wonder? I also wondered if the move was mainly to provide a new story line. Meri living in the largest house could also be part of the story line. They had a workable setup in Vegas but supposedly were tired of Vegas. It seems like Cody just gets restless and wants to move every few years.

I think it was many things. Kody’s itchy feet, Las Vegas heat, story line, sin city, the mass shooting there- a few of their children were supposed to be at that concert. The show as deteriorated and they generally only have one nugget with each show- I wish they would talk to the kids again.

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else watching the new season?? Second episode aired tonight. These people drive me nuts! I don’t get why they even moved to Flagstaff in the first place. Now they all bitch about living far apart again. They had the perfect set up in Vegas. Tired of Meri’s whining, and why on earth does she need her own ginormous house? They go on and on that they have no money. Ugh I will have to hate watch this until the end to see where happens..

They moved because the State of Nevada was on to their shady business practices. Also, getting monies from the State for support for multiple children single mothers, scammy practices for state funds.

I thought the welfare issue is only a problem if they were all legally married?

They seem to have an issue reporting income in general.

Bankruptcy is on the horizon.

Show was going to be cancelled needed new story line. Revenue stream.

Why in the world anyone would want to share him?

Why Flagstaff, I wonder? I also wondered if the move was mainly to provide a new story line. Meri living in the largest house could also be part of the story line. They had a workable setup in Vegas but supposedly were tired of Vegas. It seems like Cody just gets restless and wants to move every few years.

I think it was many things. Kody’s itchy feet, Las Vegas heat, story line, sin city, the mass shooting there- a few of their children were supposed to be at that concert. The show as deteriorated and they generally only have one nugget with each show- I wish they would talk to the kids again.

Yeah, w the older kids having moved out, they've lost those story lines, too. They should talk to the kids about how they've adjusted.

[Anonymous]

Meri's large rental house has to be for the story line, right? Zero kids at home, but she has the largest rental house?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meri's large rental house has to be for the story line, right? Zero kids at home, but she has the largest rental house?

What's the point of being the first wife if you don't get the biggest house?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meri's large rental house has to be for the story line, right? Zero kids at home, but she has the largest rental house?

She needs to move on from that entire family.
Find a new partner and find happiness.

[Anonymous]

The show needs to end. They all seem so completely miserable with one another, with being married to him, and with this ridiculous move and all of the financial troubles. I feel like every episode this season has been exactly the same talking about how he wants one house and nobody else does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The show needs to end. They all seem so completely miserable with one another, with being married to him, and with this ridiculous move and all of the financial troubles. I feel like every episode this season has been exactly the same talking about how he wants one house and nobody else does.

Right! Need to come up with another angle. I am intrigued with the interesting architecture of Meri's rental house - the waterfall, the elevator, the outdated-ness. That's honestly been the most interesting part of this season for me.

Do you have a favorite SW? They all have some good points, for me. I admire how Christine appears to be so carefree and fun and go-with-the-flow (except for when it comes to living in one house!) Meri does some "over it" in many respects, but something is keeping her there. Not sure if she stays for religious reasons for because she likes the family community. She does seem to be close to some of the kids.

[Anonymous]

They are all nuts, but the show is my secret pleasure. My personal wish is that one of the kids writes a tell-all book. If you need a laugh, check out Surviving Sister Wives podcast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are all nuts, but the show is my secret pleasure. My personal wish is that one of the kids writes a tell-all book. If you need a laugh, check out Surviving Sister Wives podcast.

Do and will!!