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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 11:42 am 
It seems like Kody has either become more bitter and self-centered over time, or in the early seasons he was just more careful about how he was on camera. Hard to tell. In the beginning, he seemed so much more thoughtful toward all of his wives. Now? Not so much.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 11:43 am
And they just have the same issues season to season recently.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 1:08 pm
Yeah. Their housing issues on the purchased land in Flagstaff are boring. Not sure but don't think they have architectural plans, never mind started construction yet.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 9:44 pm
He has plans but made them without consulting others.
Every season they get together for a meal, discuss how they never see each other, that Christine is jealous, Janelle feels alone, Meri wants more, Kody does not and Robyn just relies on Heavenly Father.
And Kody is stressed.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 10:00 pm
Yup. Excellent summation.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Friday, February 26, 2021 - 1:27 pm
I seriously think they should build the big house together. They would each have their own separate apartment and wouldn't have to see each other, but the kids would be together and they would only be paying one mortgage, rather than four. Christine needs to get over herself. She's the one who signed up for plural marriage. If she didn't want to see her husband's other wives, she should have stuck with monogamy. And she could still live in Utah.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, February 26, 2021 - 6:34 pm
That house would be hard to sell, hard to inherit. I guess it could be a resort with shared central area.
But building a giant home with 4-5 kitchens, 8 or more bathrooms, is a lot. Lots of plumbing. I would hope they would opt for solar and or wind power.
Frankly, I think they should have slapped four or five manufactured homes on the land asap, as now they have spent a ton on rent and as of filming of the recent show, took on a second mortgage for Robyn. Already had one for Christine.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Saturday, February 27, 2021 - 1:35 pm
That's a great idea about the manufactured homes, Sea. They have come a long ways since the trailer park days. Some of them are really nice. I wouldn't have one in areas with tornado danger, but Flagstaff would be good. That would have saved them a lot of money, and the kids would still be together.
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Saturday, February 27, 2021 - 6:09 pm
I think the could build a four plex or two duplexes. Someone with elderly parents would buy the homes after The Browns are done.
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Friday, April 16, 2021 - 6:47 pm
Peeked in on an episode today and have to say that I am not too surprised by how things appear. Covid and quarantine brought out many truths. When push comes to shove, Cody only cares about Cody.
The blatantly favorite wife has a large beautiful house and yet still walks around looking miserable and seems to have passed on the self-pity gene to her young ones.
Christine seems to still not understand that she is not the favorite. Or she just doesn't understand what a husband needs - according to the martyr Robin.
Janelle is truly treated the worst. Her sons are not idiots and they see it. That will come back to haunt Cody.
Bravo to Mariah for not sticking around to see her father. Cody better get ready for more that type of treatment.
This show has become a PSA warning for women about the truth of plural marriage.
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Firebird05
Member
08-24-2001
| Saturday, April 17, 2021 - 10:38 am
Things seem to start going downhill with the addition of Robin.
I think Mary introduced the idea of having a fourth wife. She gave Cody Robin because she couldn’t give him a baby.
I think she believed that she would be getting a best friend for herself. The other wives were closer to each other because they kept having babies.
What Mary did know is that Cody would make Robin his obvious favorite, treating her better than the others and eventually divorcing her to marry Robin.
I think both Mary and Christine will leave him.
Janell will always stay no matter how Cody treats her.
Robin wants another baby and will be glad she came out the “winner”.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, April 17, 2021 - 12:45 pm
Meri not Mary...
I guess I have missed some new shows.
Meri's mother recently passed away, suddenly and unexpectedly. Keri is having a hard time with this.
Christine has a grandbaby from the daughter who married Tony. She posted a picture of herself holding the baby in one arm while stirring a lot on the stove. All I could think was is this really wise. But she seems super happy.
All the above from Instagram.
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Firebird05
Member
08-24-2001
| Saturday, April 17, 2021 - 1:31 pm
Yah I knew that her name was Meri but sometimes my fingers down type what my brain says. So sorry.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, April 17, 2021 - 7:40 pm
Well it happens to a lot of typers, so you are not alone! Our brains and fingers have their own set of spellcheck and autocorrect. At least mine does.
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Firebird05
Member
08-24-2001
| Monday, April 19, 2021 - 12:43 pm
 yep
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, April 19, 2021 - 10:56 pm
Kody in the most recent show - total (cant use the word I want). I hope all his children shun him.
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 8:41 am
Can’t wait to watch. I’m out of town.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 8:51 am
I could have strangled Kody when Christine was telling him that their daughter was in pain and needed to have the surgery, and he responded, "Can you wait six months?" Ay yi yi. They weren't even doing elective surgery during that time, so her doctor must have considered it serious enough to move ahead with surgery. And then he suggested that his 18 year old daughter could fly across the country and go into surgery by herself. What a bonehead! He wasn't listening to Christine at all.
But then she's not a good listener either. When she and Kody had the talk about her wanting to move back to Utah, somehow she thought he agreed with her. (Huh? Did anybody else hear that? Me neither.) Then she was "disappointed" that he didn't support her when they met with the other wives. I usually like Christine, but I thought she was on another planet with the moving back to Utah thing.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 8:59 am
Kody seems to have become a very miserable, unhappy person, and is taking it out on all of his family. I'm confused - does he like any of his wives???
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 9:26 am
I don’t blame him, the whole situation must be exhausting for everyone.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 9:39 am
I don't blame him, but I do hold him accountable. He chose this. You can be nasty and whiny about it, or you can figure it out and try to fix it.
But I think the wives never really developed that much of a "sister" relationship, or they've let it die over the years and all become so independent. I'm not sure the "fix" is that all four stay "married" to him. Frankly, I'm not sure why Meri stays, he treats her so awfully!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 12:23 pm
Meri really believes in the whole package. She has defended sticking it out on Instagram.
Currently she is hurting a lot after the sudden unexpected loss of her mother.
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Kody is definitely emitting negative vibes right and left! He seems miserable and that pre-dated the pandemic.
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In terms of the pandemic, I come down on the side of Kody and Robyn (cannot stand either one, but they at least seemed to get the idea that this was not the time to ignore science and put others at risk.
Christine is almost unbearable to watch.
Yes, Kody sounded cold about the proposed surgery, though I never once heard that a doctor had offered to do that surgery at that point in the pandemic in New Jersey!!
But Christine was consistently choosing to see defying logic as standing up for her rights. And she has passed that along to her kids in terms of attitude
Janelle seemed so passive with her boys.. Whatever they want.. Come and go, hang out with girlfriends...
As Robyn pointed out, she and two of her kids have had or have upper respiratory issues, which put them at risk. She didn't name names when she said others in the family are higher risk. I imagine that she meant Janelle.
I was super surprised that they seemed to Not be using zoom more for the whole family.
And having that land was working for socially distanced gathering of adults but gosh, it had to be so formal!
Meet weekly and just catch up on day to day stuff.
This is simply not a happy group.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 3:32 pm
Is the season over already?
Kody is so immature. Hard to believe he's the head of a family with 4 wives 18 children, and 3 grandchildren. He's shown over the years he is capable of common sense and kindness, but he's clearly going through some midlife crisis... at everyone else's expense right now.
He was so abrupt, unnecessarily harsh, and irresponsible about his poor daughter who is in agony with her scoliosis. IMO. I was furious.
Also I don't understand why they don't get together for family events like Birthdays and Graduations, at Coyote Pass, which is a HUGE property (and social distance of course) as a complete family. I'd exclude the older ones who aren't in the bubble though, Garrison, Hunter, etc.
Kody was initially right about one thing, for sure. Build one huge family structure, (but with a smaller one nearby for Christine's brood).
And a guest house nearby too. (Hunter and Garrison could stay there.)
If they had built it already, they wouldn't be in this mess right now. Kody abdicated emotionally the moment his grand plan was shot down and hasn't been able to regroup the families (family!) or his negative attitude. As a result, they should never have moved from Vegas. Most of the wives were against it.
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Ranger2
Member
08-08-2008
| Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 5:11 pm
I am furious watching the conversation about Ysabel and her surgery for scoliosis. (I was mad that they didn’t let her have this surgery when she was first diagnosed and her curve was pretty significant then) My daughter has scoliosis, and had surgery almost 20 years ago...her curve was at 56 and she was only 14. This was a major surgery, and no way is this something anyone should go through alone! What is wrong with Kody? Does anyone know if Ysabel had this surgery? I don’t follow Christine on Instagram, so I’m curious. She would’ve had this done last year in September. I really hope she’s had this surgery by now. My daughter is so thankful she had that surgery. I have a few friends that have scoliosis and never had surgery...it wasn’t really that bad when they were younger, but now they are in pain every day.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 10:10 pm
(((Ranger and daughter))) so glad it worked out well for your daughter.
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