Why are you defending the father of a young man who committed suicide? This young man was obviously hurt by his father’s actions and struggling. He had to step up and be the “father” of his family after his father withdrew because his mother wouldn’t kick him and his brother out of her home. The police report described Kody as his estranged father. So we do know. You think mid 2022 to March 2024 is enough time for a person to not “struggle” because their dad cut them off for a new family? pp: what’s your relationship like with both your parents? |
Yes, Kody is the victim in this situation. How long did it take for you to get over being rejected and cut off from your father? How long did it take for you to stop “seething” when your dad insisted your mom kick you out during the pandemic? Were you “seething” or hurt? “In a later episode that season, Kody revealed that he “hadn’t been in touch” with Gabe and Garrison “for quite a while.” Kody wasn’t in his sons life. Whatever Garrison was struggling with, he didn’t have his father to ask advice from or receive support from. Garrison paid the price for whatever he was struggling with with his life and you are defending his absent father and characterizing Kody as the victim in this situation. Kody still has his life, his other children, his wife, his job, his job, his tv show. He wasn’t speaking with Garrison, so he didn’t lose that relationship, even. |
I am defending him because he just lost a child. He is a victim in that regard. You are acting like no one has a right to grieve a child with whom they have a difficult relationship - often those suicides hurt MORE because people have to play the "what if" game. I am not defending Kody's behavior on the show. He has been an a sshole to several of his children including Garrison. He was a shit husband to the first three wives and he took out his anger towards them on their kids. But are we going to go through every sin Garrison's parents committed? What about the time Kody IGNORED SAVANNAH FOR MONTHS and while he was ignoring her Janelle went on a flirty little birthday dinner date where she was cooing about how much she missed having him in her bed and calling him babe? Are we going to beat Janelle up for not sticking up for her kids more during the estrangement? He has to live with this guilt of his crappy behavior in Garrison's final years for the rest of his life. I bet he'd change it if he could. He seemed decent enough before fame got to his head, I suspect this will teach him life is too short and he'll try to mend his relationships with the other kids. My mother was horribly abusive and my father (when he was even home, which was rare) did f all to protect my siblings and me. So, I'm sorry that goes against the narrative you want to paint of me showing compassion to Kody must mean I have a perfect family. |
And for the record, if there are "sides" here, which it seems like you want there to be, I'm on Garrison's. He was hurting. His dad treated him like crap. I'm just saying we don't know if his dad treating him like crap WAS the reason he decided to take his own life. My mom treated me like crap and I can think of 50 things that would put me over the edge before that. Anyway I'm not going to argue with you anymore because you're acting like I'm defending a shitty husband and father just because I want to show him some basic kindness in an internet comment, so suffice to say my heart goes out to K&J and all the kids. And Meri and Christine and Robyn because he was their son too. Awful all around. 25 is too young. |
Upset people, yes, hence the warning. Cause people to act like horrible unfeeling monsters no. Although you are correct I should have expected that. |
Wait a minute. We aren’t allowed to say that Kody may have had had something to do with this, yet here you are pinning it on the ex girlfriend?! Unbelievable. Hello, Robyn. |
How is saying "it sounds like" pinning it on the ex? She said "sounds more like" not "definitively was." Grow up. You would fit in over on the sister wives subreddits where any criticism of anyone but Robyn is met with "Hello, Robyn." |
That would assume he feels any responsibility whatsoever. He’s a narcissist. He’s probably blaming everyone else. I have zero compassion for him. |
Lol you keep bringing up the SW subreddits. You must spend a lot of time lurking over there. |
No one ever said “definitely was” Kody’s fault. I’m the PP who said it had to have been a “contributing factor.” You went nuts saying “we don’t know.” And how dare we speculate…and yet you just speculated about the bad breakup. Please acknowledge this. |
I am not the poster who said the breakup part. |
This was my post in which another poster went nuts too. I didn’t blame Kody 100% at all. |
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Some of you get involved too much in reality TV and it shows. Woof. Imagine saying someone deserves to lose a child "because they're a narcissist" (which btw, unless you're a therapist who has treated him you aren't qualified to diagnose).
He is a douche though. |
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I feel so bad for all of them. Especially Janelle and her kids, specifically poor Gabe--what a horrible, horrible thing to discover. And Christine--she seemed to have a special bond with Janelle's kids and they really loved her. Of course Kody too--I do think he's a terrible parent and I don't think he will ever forgive himself. But to lose a child is awful and I would never wish that pain on anyone. As much as I'm not her biggest fan, I do feel awful for Robyn. She's going to have to nurse Kody through this and that's an unimaginable task.
I just keep thinking about all of the trauma that they went through with the break-up of the family but that's nothing compared to this. This will forever change all of them. I just hope that the family can come together to find peace. And that Kody can pull his head out of his ass long enough to be the one to make that happen. It shouldn't have to be on Janelle to get them through this. |
It may have played a part, it may not have. I'm sure it didn't help. The drinking problem sounds like a potentially bigger part. Sad stuff all around. |