Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have a theory that Kody intentionally made things bad for Christine, Janelle, and Meri so that they would leave HIM - because, in his mind, he couldn’t initiate divorce and keep his position in their church. So, he put the burden on them to leave, while he made it clear that he favored Robyn and wanted to have a romantic relationship with only her.
I think Meri is sticking around to be the thorn in his side and remind him of his responsibilities. She won’t give him what he really wants, which is freedom to live a traditional marriage with Robyn. I think Meri is the only one who is really committed to plural marriage as a religious vow.
I see Janelle that way, but not Meri. Meri has been unhappy and wanted out for a long time. She was planning to leave with "Sam" but when that situation got exposed for what it was, she crawled back basically begging for forgiveness because she didn't have the confidence to leave on her own.
I agree about Kody though. After Robyn joined the family, he checked out on the other wives one by one starting with Meri. I threw up in my mouth a little in the last episode when Kody talked how hard it was to have to tone down his sexual/romantic tension with Robyn in front of Meri.
Kody strikes me as the kind of person who always has to be mad at someone. At some point, I think he'll probably turn on Robyn too because eventually she'll do something to disobey or displease him.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have a theory that Kody intentionally made things bad for Christine, Janelle, and Meri so that they would leave HIM - because, in his mind, he couldn’t initiate divorce and keep his position in their church. So, he put the burden on them to leave, while he made it clear that he favored Robyn and wanted to have a romantic relationship with only her.
I think Meri is sticking around to be the thorn in his side and remind him of his responsibilities. She won’t give him what he really wants, which is freedom to live a traditional marriage with Robyn. I think Meri is the only one who is really committed to plural marriage as a religious vow.
I see Janelle that way, but not Meri. Meri has been unhappy and wanted out for a long time. She was planning to leave with "Sam" but when that situation got exposed for what it was, she crawled back basically begging for forgiveness because she didn't have the confidence to leave on her own.
I agree about Kody though. After Robyn joined the family, he checked out on the other wives one by one starting with Meri. I threw up in my mouth a little in the last episode when Kody talked how hard it was to have to tone down his sexual/romantic tension with Robyn in front of Meri.
Kody strikes me as the kind of person who always has to be mad at someone. At some point, I think he'll probably turn on Robyn too because eventually she'll do something to disobey or displease him.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Leon was VERY controlled when they were younger. Imagine feeling you're a man, but the only example of a man in your life is Kody. That has to be a major mind f*ck. They need space to figure it all out, and probably process a lot of childhood trauma. They also might not want to be filmed or mentioned in the show. We don't know if Meri see's them or not. Hopefully she does.
Robyn and Kody deserve each other. Kody is just a major a$$. Seriously what special kind of jerk doesn't contact their kids on Christmas. He needs to be an adult and get over himself. He's like a toddler or tween having a tantrum
Meri also needs to find a backbone and get the F out of there. I know she finally does, but she needs some serious self love and find some confidence. She's always identified as "Kody's First Wife". She has to find herself.. Like "Janelle hurt my feels so I'm not going to talk to her or anyone who associates with her". Good grief.
I don't expect Leon to be filmed for the show, even though they are forthcoming about themselves on their own social media. However. I do expect their mother, meri, to go see them off camera for the holidays. Why would Meri spend the holidays with Robin and Cody instead?
Plenty of people with kids grown and out of the house don't travel for every holiday. Meri lives in Flagstaff and so going to Robyn and Kody's is just going somewhere locally.
Meri seems to have a pretty good relationship with Leon on instagram and I think it is very clear that Leon, like Logan and Aspyn before him, has decided to not be a part of the show.
I think there are also clearly filming requirements. Like I don't think Meri is going to sit on Robyn's patio in the cold weather for an awkward heart to heart in front of the cameras because she just genuinely wanted to talk to Robyn. It is a filming schedule. Meri and Robyn don't have cameras in their homes, so they film for 'the other side' occasionally. It is totally possible that Meri had some contractual obligation to film the holidays and so got together with Leon separately.
At least Christine and Janelle appear to have continued working with TLC to get some money going forward. I don't even know if Meri is savvy enough to arrange that or has put herself in a good position to do so.
Meri's the only one who might not even need TLC. She is high up at LLR and has a bed and breakfast that she owns in total
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Leon was VERY controlled when they were younger. Imagine feeling you're a man, but the only example of a man in your life is Kody. That has to be a major mind f*ck. They need space to figure it all out, and probably process a lot of childhood trauma. They also might not want to be filmed or mentioned in the show. We don't know if Meri see's them or not. Hopefully she does.
Robyn and Kody deserve each other. Kody is just a major a$$. Seriously what special kind of jerk doesn't contact their kids on Christmas. He needs to be an adult and get over himself. He's like a toddler or tween having a tantrum
Meri also needs to find a backbone and get the F out of there. I know she finally does, but she needs some serious self love and find some confidence. She's always identified as "Kody's First Wife". She has to find herself.. Like "Janelle hurt my feels so I'm not going to talk to her or anyone who associates with her". Good grief.
I don't expect Leon to be filmed for the show, even though they are forthcoming about themselves on their own social media. However. I do expect their mother, meri, to go see them off camera for the holidays. Why would Meri spend the holidays with Robin and Cody instead?
Plenty of people with kids grown and out of the house don't travel for every holiday. Meri lives in Flagstaff and so going to Robyn and Kody's is just going somewhere locally.
Meri seems to have a pretty good relationship with Leon on instagram and I think it is very clear that Leon, like Logan and Aspyn before him, has decided to not be a part of the show.
I think there are also clearly filming requirements. Like I don't think Meri is going to sit on Robyn's patio in the cold weather for an awkward heart to heart in front of the cameras because she just genuinely wanted to talk to Robyn. It is a filming schedule. Meri and Robyn don't have cameras in their homes, so they film for 'the other side' occasionally. It is totally possible that Meri had some contractual obligation to film the holidays and so got together with Leon separately.
At least Christine and Janelle appear to have continued working with TLC to get some money going forward. I don't even know if Meri is savvy enough to arrange that or has put herself in a good position to do so.
Anonymous wrote:I have a theory that Kody intentionally made things bad for Christine, Janelle, and Meri so that they would leave HIM - because, in his mind, he couldn’t initiate divorce and keep his position in their church. So, he put the burden on them to leave, while he made it clear that he favored Robyn and wanted to have a romantic relationship with only her.
I think Meri is sticking around to be the thorn in his side and remind him of his responsibilities. She won’t give him what he really wants, which is freedom to live a traditional marriage with Robyn. I think Meri is the only one who is really committed to plural marriage as a religious vow.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Leon was VERY controlled when they were younger. Imagine feeling you're a man, but the only example of a man in your life is Kody. That has to be a major mind f*ck. They need space to figure it all out, and probably process a lot of childhood trauma. They also might not want to be filmed or mentioned in the show. We don't know if Meri see's them or not. Hopefully she does.
Robyn and Kody deserve each other. Kody is just a major a$$. Seriously what special kind of jerk doesn't contact their kids on Christmas. He needs to be an adult and get over himself. He's like a toddler or tween having a tantrum
Meri also needs to find a backbone and get the F out of there. I know she finally does, but she needs some serious self love and find some confidence. She's always identified as "Kody's First Wife". She has to find herself.. Like "Janelle hurt my feels so I'm not going to talk to her or anyone who associates with her". Good grief.
I don't expect Leon to be filmed for the show, even though they are forthcoming about themselves on their own social media. However. I do expect their mother, meri, to go see them off camera for the holidays. Why would Meri spend the holidays with Robin and Cody instead?
Plenty of people with kids grown and out of the house don't travel for every holiday. Meri lives in Flagstaff and so going to Robyn and Kody's is just going somewhere locally.
Meri seems to have a pretty good relationship with Leon on instagram and I think it is very clear that Leon, like Logan and Aspyn before him, has decided to not be a part of the show.
I think there are also clearly filming requirements. Like I don't think Meri is going to sit on Robyn's patio in the cold weather for an awkward heart to heart in front of the cameras because she just genuinely wanted to talk to Robyn. It is a filming schedule. Meri and Robyn don't have cameras in their homes, so they film for 'the other side' occasionally. It is totally possible that Meri had some contractual obligation to film the holidays and so got together with Leon separately.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Leon was VERY controlled when they were younger. Imagine feeling you're a man, but the only example of a man in your life is Kody. That has to be a major mind f*ck. They need space to figure it all out, and probably process a lot of childhood trauma. They also might not want to be filmed or mentioned in the show. We don't know if Meri see's them or not. Hopefully she does.
Robyn and Kody deserve each other. Kody is just a major a$$. Seriously what special kind of jerk doesn't contact their kids on Christmas. He needs to be an adult and get over himself. He's like a toddler or tween having a tantrum
Meri also needs to find a backbone and get the F out of there. I know she finally does, but she needs some serious self love and find some confidence. She's always identified as "Kody's First Wife". She has to find herself.. Like "Janelle hurt my feels so I'm not going to talk to her or anyone who associates with her". Good grief.
I don't expect Leon to be filmed for the show, even though they are forthcoming about themselves on their own social media. However. I do expect their mother, meri, to go see them off camera for the holidays. Why would Meri spend the holidays with Robin and Cody instead?
Anonymous wrote:Leon was VERY controlled when they were younger. Imagine feeling you're a man, but the only example of a man in your life is Kody. That has to be a major mind f*ck. They need space to figure it all out, and probably process a lot of childhood trauma. They also might not want to be filmed or mentioned in the show. We don't know if Meri see's them or not. Hopefully she does.
Robyn and Kody deserve each other. Kody is just a major a$$. Seriously what special kind of jerk doesn't contact their kids on Christmas. He needs to be an adult and get over himself. He's like a toddler or tween having a tantrum
Meri also needs to find a backbone and get the F out of there. I know she finally does, but she needs some serious self love and find some confidence. She's always identified as "Kody's First Wife". She has to find herself.. Like "Janelle hurt my feels so I'm not going to talk to her or anyone who associates with her". Good grief.
Anonymous wrote:I was so angry watching last night's episode where he doesn't call any of his "other" children on Christmas. He wants to play hard ball with the adults so be it, but to intentionally ice out your younger ones because you are mad at their mom. He is truly a POS. To top it off he keeps claiming to be such a wonderful father.
Also, does Meri never go see Leon? Why would she spend Christmas away from them to be on the show?