Anonymous wrote:Kody has changed drastically. When the series started, he used to be kind and funny. Now he’s just mean and angry all the time, and yelling.
I honestly think in the last like, 5 years, he has slowly realized that like, the foundation upon which he has built his entire life is flawed. Everyone has always framed the criticisms like, 'oh why on earth do these women not leave this guy???????' But I think for the last few years Kody has wanted to leave THEM. And he knows this deep down and can't reconcile it. It is why he has been trotting out that 'it's a double standard they can leave and I can't' line left and right for the last few years. He wants to leave! And like many people, including some of his own wives, trapped in a relationship they don't want to be trapped in, he is turning into a mean angry shell of who he used to be. I think it has been hard for Kody to see not a single one of his children choose this, and perhaps, deep down, realize that he thinks they are making the right choice. I think he's just very bitter that he has become trapped with all of these people he doesn't really like.
I also think he has learned a bit from his life. I think he and Meri really did love each other once upon a time, long before the cameras were on them. And Kody understands much more than his younger self did, that her jealousy of Janelle and Christine is what killed their relationship. He knows that is what changed them. I don't think he ever LOVED Janelle and Christine, but I think he has found that love again with Robyn. And I think whether he wants to admit it out loud or not, he is afraid of losing that, and so he is choosing to distance himself from the other wives so Robyn does not stop loving him the way Meri did. Maybe even not even consciously, but I think this is a big part of the dynamic. The dissolution of Meri and Kody was FAR more painful to watch, you could see it in both of them then Christine and Kody, where the grief has been much more one sided (Christine). I think he's read the room wrong though, Meri never wanted to be a sister wife, so becoming one made her miserable. Robyn has always wanted to be a sister wife, so taking that away from her might end up with her resenting and not loving Kody.