Sister Wives Recap: Mirror, Mirror On the Wall

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   Pat Ledoux
   Posted December 5, 2012 at 10:15 am

   Penny, I have no idea how I missed your Minicap, but the Recap more than makes up for it.

   First, may I just say about the twin sisters married to the same guy? That’s a big ICK. I tried to imagine my husband rolling around with one of my sisters, I would probably shoot him.

   I think the Browns all qualified for mortgages beacuse TLC pays big bucks to their reality stars, jes sayin.

   As always, your recap is awesome. Makes me realize Kody is still a douchebag!

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   alice
   Posted December 5, 2012 at 10:21 am

   i wonder since king Darger gets to have his sister bitches when ever he’s got wood..if sometimes he demands to have both sisters at once..this family is just another fake family..i bet theres something hidden..all mormon polygamous families have one thing in common..its called bleeding the beast..
   kody needs to get wife #1 knocked up or he could lose her..to him it would be like someones cattle escapeing the pen..or like mitt romney loseing his chance of being king of the usa!!!

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   TurtleGirl93
   Posted December 5, 2012 at 10:28 am

   I hope I haven’t said this here already, but on another SW board, we’ve discussed the (alleged) fact that in their religion ‘relations’ (you know the kind I mean) are supposed to be solely for the purpose of procreation. If Meri is refusing to answer Robin on the surrogacy issue, she may be in essence c*ckblocking Kody & Robin. I don’t think Robin would get pregnant with a child of her own until she has a clear “no” from Meri. (Not that I think the Browns are actually all that religious).

   I haven’t seen this episode yet but it sounds like the Dargers are a better example of what this is all about. And definitely better organized!

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   sweetblondie
   Posted December 5, 2012 at 10:36 am

   Penny: I couldn’t disagree more regarding the seperate homes. These four women are completely different and living together would cause conflict, resentment and even more jealousy issues than they already have…they’re not THAT Stepford, know what I mean?

   They’re all better off living in four seperate homes, next door to each other, as planned IMO.

   And Meri still sucks for needing all those bedrooms and a wet bar!! And Janelle is still awesome for making her kids share…

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   jp
   Posted December 5, 2012 at 11:02 am

   glad this is being covered… much better to read than actually watch this show

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   Sunshine
   Posted December 5, 2012 at 11:05 am

   I can’t believe how greedy these women are and how spoiled they are….I want this..I want that…I need a wet bar (wth?)…I need a hobby room…..kids can’t share a room…..the kitchen is mine…not yours…but they will all share one man. Unbelievable.

   I also can’t believe Robin has the nerve to demand things that the other wives don’t …what a change in her since before she had a baby by Kody.

   I liked these women early on….but after this short season I find them all to be selfish and petty…especially Merry who I believe resents their children and feels she must have the same as everybody else (house size wise) to show she is just as important and she was first even though she has only one child. A tennis court? Seriously?

   Where is the love and compassion and sharing the religion is supposed to represent that they all need to share a man and be \sisters\…..what an insult to the word they all are.

   I think Janelle is on her way out….she seems to be the most caring and decent of all of them.

   I can see them not wanting to be in one house….but do they all need huge mansions, sports cars, etc. etc….I no longer see a family … I see a group of selfish women and a man who will eventually get bored with Robin and find yet another \sister wife\ who is younger and hotter.

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   SusanB
   Posted December 5, 2012 at 11:20 am

   An outdoor tennis court in Vegas, for a girl who is leaving for college?? Even if she stayed, how often could you really use that court, maybe a month in january! And a wet bar, they don’t even drink do they? Very strange. Are any of these wives even working now? They seem to have gotten the Gossick sickness, a bunch of money and people fawning all over them, makes them think they deserve all that stuff. I only watched a bit of the first season, but I couldn’t imagine any of those women wanting a tennis court. Going on Bravo has ruined their lives!

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   Oy veys Meer
   Posted December 5, 2012 at 12:12 pm

   When we were shopping for our 3rd house,we looked at a place with a hot tub and a tennis court in the back yard. Funny. Verry funny. This family must have had the same logic going for it that the Browns had. Grandpa was “spot-painting the house with a can off off-white paint (not the same off-white paint unfortunately as the interior) and the hot tub was moldy and disgusting and the tennis court? regulation size. Unfortunately-you better be damn good,or you’d be meeting your neighbors every 5 minutes.Even family would get tired of,”excuse me,can I have my ball back.” I won’t state the obvious in Cody’s case.

   Great -my secret phrase is “let go”

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   sheesh
   Posted December 5, 2012 at 12:23 pm

   I highly doubt Mariah is a tennis playing kind of girl.

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    karyn
    Posted December 5, 2012 at 12:36 pm

    I googled how much each of the Browns make and it was $75,000 for each episode for each wife/Kody. Once you calculated that up, they are making a shitload of $ and shouldn’t be so worried about getting approved for houses. Even if they only do 10 episodes, their each pulling in $750,000.00. SHEESH. My husband and I need to get our wn show. Except for the fact that we are totally boring and have no drama inour lives.

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    My2Cents
    Posted December 5, 2012 at 1:27 pm

    I’m quite sure that Meri was making a joke about the tennis court. The way she said it and the look on her face…sarcastic joke. That being said…I hate how she ‘needs’ 5 bedrooms and a great big house. \if it were up to me I would have had a dozen kids\ (paraphrasing). Ok, but you don’t so get over yourself. I should have 3 cars because I was going to have 2 kids…well i don’t have any kids and don’t ‘need’ 3 cars so I have one. WTH???

    I can understand her being conflicted over having a child. But this has been going on for awhile and she is not doing herself, Kody, or the family any favours by dragging out the decision.

    It seems to me, that for the most part, this family got along when they were in one home (albeit seperate spaces)…and before Robin came along. But I don’t believe that they could be together in one home again. It’s like they got a taste of freedom…decorating their home, having their own rules, and being seperated from one another. Which lends itself to a different dynamic that I don’t believe works so well in a plig lifestyle. They are now seperate units, obviously not working unison which is going to be the downfall. But like most marriages that are falling apart they believe they need to make it work for the children.

    They need to quit having children. How is there quality time for each child? Nevermind nuturing his relationships with the wives. It’s no wonder it is seemingly falling apart.

    Just My2Cents

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    Frizzypop
    Posted December 5, 2012 at 1:58 pm

    I disagree with your statement about Janelle being a martyr. I just think she’s being sensible. She has almost single handily supported this huge family for years and she is money conscious. I don’t see that as being a martyr. She’s planning her future with a respectable size house for herself when she finally has enough of the jumbo sized family.

    Run, Janelle, RUN!!!!

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    Frizzypop
    Posted December 5, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    And by the way…SHUT THE HELL UP MERRI!!!!!

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    AmyOops
    Posted December 5, 2012 at 3:40 pm

    Okay, I have to get this off my chest…the Darger family is FAR more dysfunctional than the Browns will EVER be. Those damn kids are effing TERRIFIED of their father. Not. Healthy. Even the wives are ruled with an iron fist. It absolutely disgusts me. Kody may not have much of a backbone, but he is KIND, gentle, and loving. I’m sorry, but that trumps organizational skills any day. Families are not meant to be ruled by one person…which the Browns realize and thankfully seem to have passed down to their likable, smart, independent children. Those Darger kids are potentially DOOMED, and I feel so sorry for them. Imagine if one were gay?!

    Christine seems super fun and likable. Robin tries but is a bit too “uppity”. Kody has a very good heart. Janelle is NOT a kind person and she makes me ill (I also feel bad for HER kids – she’s totally taking her frustration out on her family – with the bedroom thing – and YES, trying to be a martyr). Meri is absolutely an incredibly entitled, spoiled rotten brat that needs to seriously downsize her house…I don’t think she should be forced to live with another wife, though. Nor do I think kids should be forced to share rooms if there is a way out of it. Kidsdo have feelings and value quiet time and privacy, too, and it gives them their own space to learn to care for.

    Sorry this is so long. I have been watching these people from the very beginning and have some to appreciate them in all their not-Darger-perfect glory. They’re as real as reality personalities get. Oh, and I have to disagree about the faith thing…it’s mentioned in basically every episode. They simply don’t go into great detail because TV watchers don’t wanna hear about their god and prayer and blah blah blah.

    Oh, and I agree it was TOTES a joke about the tennis court.Meri may be uber selfish but she does have a sense of humor.

    [steps off soapbox]

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    Chicken Lips
    Posted December 5, 2012 at 3:48 pm

    I thought Janelle was talking about 3 bedrooms for the kids was plenty, not three bedrooms total. She understands that money doesn’t grow on trees and since she has the exact same amount of money to spend on 5 (6?) kids as Meri gets to spend on one, she’s got to watch her pennies carefully.

    It is total BS that Meri gets as much as the other wives for her house. I understand the \share and share alike\ mentality, but it should be broken up by the number of kids that need to be supported and not the number of women those kids are divided between. And WTH does she \need\ a wet bar for? Nobody \needs\ a wet bar. I can understand her wanting to have a lot of space so the whole family can gather at First Wife’s house for a meal, but I think that can be accomplished without 5 bedrooms, a wet bar, a hobby room and a pantry. Janelle has every right to be POed about Meri’s attitude – yes, it isn’t her fault she couldn’t have anymore kids, but it isn’t Janelle’s fault either and her kids shouldn’t suffer because of it.

    Christine is just such a sad sack anymore, it’s depressing to watch. And there is something about Robin that I just can’t stand – she always has to have the attention on her and if it isn’t on her, she makes sure she pull it back right quick and in a hurry. Like the graduation scene \Oh, I couldn’t find it and I wanted to come late because of my baby (suck it Meri!) and I was driving around and around and I couldn’t find it wah wah wah!\ Shut. Up.

    Oh, and for the graduation scene, I felt so bad for Janelle – she knew it was coming and she was futzing with the camera and it was going faster than she thought and she missed it. But hopefully he’ll have a college graduation to see.

    FREE JANELLE!

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    lovesthehobbitses
    Posted December 5, 2012 at 4:51 pm

    HATED: Meri’s pity party that she was throwing for herself regarding those effing houses. The whole idea of she deserves a big house and super nice things because it’s not HER fault she didn’t have more kids. She wanted to have more kids and shouldn’t be penalized for something out of her control. … Okay but you DON’T have more kids–no one cares whether you wanted them or not, the fact is you don’t. So STFU please.

    LOVED: Robin talking about the Darger wives’ work-out regiment and how all the other Brown wives still keep up with going to the gym and exercising “except for me!” she says smiling while staying super skinny.

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    SuburBint
    Posted December 5, 2012 at 5:26 pm

    I think Meri wants a huge house partly to feel “equal” with the other wives, but I think she’s also hoping that her house will become the hangout spot for the kids once they’re all living within spitting distance of each other. Wasn’t that how things were at the old house in Utah? I don’t think she quite grasps how drastically slimmer the chances of that happening are once Mariah moves out. If she is trying to cockblock Kody and Robyn by holding out on the baby question, you know that isn’t working. Although if they really do only have sex in that family for reproductive purposes, it sure helps to further explain the tension between Kody and his first 3 wives.

    I still love Janelle the best. Don’t find her martyrish at all. I think that she has a far more realistic grasp of the world than the rest of the wives and Kody care to, and she realizes that TLC won’t be paying their bills forever, meaning that once again she’ll have to step up and be the primary breadwinner. True, by then there will be fewer kids at home, but there will also be college tuitions. I’m sure she stays awake nights wondering how on earth they ever going to stay afloat long enough to see Truely and Robyn’s baby (Solomon? I don’t really care enough to remember) through college. I also think that Janelle has stopped believing in The Lifestyle years ago, but she sticks around cos of the kids.

    I kept replacing Darger with Duggar in my head. It fits. And I do think their family is more functional than the Browns’, if solely for the reason that they are fully embracing the demands of living that alternative of a lifestyle. The Browns are too busy trying to have their cake and eat it too, whereas the Dargers are fully committed to making polygamy work, modernity be damned! If you’re really that convinced that your soul’s eternal future depends on something than committing wholeheartedly to it is an integrity move, even if it makes you wear hideous Little House on the Prairie dresses and marry your twin’s spouse (shudder.)

    Sharing a kitchen is the best possible way I can think of to force a harmonious relationship between sister wives. Organizing a kitchen is such a highly personal and individual thing, once you can compromise on that, it’s probably a lot easier to resolve other conflicts. It’s also highly intuitive, every person just has a feel for where the “right” place is to put things in their own kitchen. I’ve been reaching for silverware in the same wrong drawer in my best friend’s kitchen for the past 12 years (she’s had the same house the entire time, too”) because where she keeps her silverware is so counter-intuitive to me.

    In the Dargers’ house, all wives are equal, and as icky as I find they way they do things, I think their system really is working for them. In the Brown’s houses, some wives are more equal than others, and I have a feeling that things are about to come totally apart for them if they don’t adopt some more Darger-like ways of doing things. That family needs a leader and pretending that Kody is capable of leading anyone (other than leading Robyn to his bed. Zing!) isn’t working for them. I nominate Janelle.

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    annie
    Posted December 5, 2012 at 5:43 pm

    @AmyOops……I totally agree with everything you mentioned about the Dargers vs Browns. Funny, it took me watching the ep with the Darger family to realize HOW MUCH I like the Browns, with all their quirks, personalities, and opinions.

    The Dargers straight up freaked me out, probably has something to do with the “LITERAL Sister Wives”, (twins) or the old family photos where Mr. Darger looked like Jack Nicholson in “The Shining”.
    Seriously though, their family seemed very controlled, rigid, robotic, and just…strange. The look on Kody’s face while interacting with them was priceless, it’s like you could hear his inner-monologue saying “WTF?”. I think the Brown Wives like the structure of the Darger home of course, but I like how they recognize their individual identities are more important.

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    Kimmi Paul
    Posted December 5, 2012 at 7:17 pm

    Ok I have to defend Meri on one point….the fertility issue. As someone who also has one child and not by choice, it is a hard thing to accept. You battle within yourself and go through a lot of inner turmoil as you watch your friends and relatives spit kids out like pez dispensers. My daughter is about as old as Mariah and I can tell you Meri was finally at peace with the fact that she has only one child. It will still hurt on occasion but you learn to deal with the cards you are dealt. Meri’s issue didn’t start until Robyn offered to be a surrogate and then everyone jumped on the \Meri should have a baby\ bandwagon. I have to tell you that probably stirred up a whole bunch of shit inside her and Kody pushing doesn’t help. Frankly her non answer is her answer. If he had one iota of insight at all he would back up and leave her alone.

    The house thing however….sorry sister, you’re on your own.

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    Robin
    Posted December 5, 2012 at 8:28 pm

    @PennyD,

    “I shared a bedroom with my younger sister for 12 years.”

    Exactly. You would think that after sharing her vagina with others via Kody, Christine would understand the simple concept of sharing a room.

    Back to the cap.

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    Robin
    Posted December 5, 2012 at 9:39 pm

    Whew! That was good. Thanks PennyD.

    I stopped watching SW last season because I could no longer believe a word out of their mouths any longer. They went on talk shows and you could see the animosity. All the while they acted like one big happy family.

    Then, I started seeing ads for the new season and it looked like the facade was crumbling a bit and we would be able to finally see what we already knew concerning these personalities. So I had to watch! Saw your recap and had to read. Your recap was better than the show, btw.

    “Where a spatula is located isn’t part of my identity.” Or a body part of Kody’s identity, and that is why he so so hell bent on a kitchen for every spatula/wife?

    ps, Her name is spelled Robyn.

    TC, Robin

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    Chicken Lips
    Posted December 6, 2012 at 5:09 am

    @Annie – YES! I was trying to figure out who that guy looked like – it was Jack Nicholson in The Shining. Although I do think he made the right choice in shaving his head since he looks much better now. Still crazy as all get out, but better looking.

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    TurtleGirl93
    Posted December 6, 2012 at 9:55 am

    It’s been a rough morning and after re-reading this, I’m angry at Meri.
    Guess what, Meri? It’s not MY fault my mother was born bipolar (and endured some pretty horrific treatment attempts as a teen in the ’50s/’60s, back when it was still called manic depression) and I wasn’t. The rest of our family should treat me with the same kid gloves that they treat her, right? The amount of money that is spent on her medication to cover what insurance doesn’t? I should get that same amount in cold hard cash, no?
    That’s *not* how I see it, nor is that remotely realistic, but I think that is exactly how Meri would see it if she were in the same situation. All I have to say is:
    Put on your big girl panties and deal with it.
    Life isn’t fair.
    No one is entitled to anything.
    Don’t live beyond your means. (Applicable to all of the Brown parents)
    The end.

    *Stepping off my soapbox and falling flat on my face*

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    Jazzy
    Posted December 6, 2012 at 10:34 am

    Preach it Turtlegirl!! That’s exactly right. Everyone gets that she *wanted* a lot of kids, but it didn’t happen so she does not need 5 bedrooms! I know she probably wants some of the other kids to sleep over and etc, but she doesn’t need so many extra bedrooms for that! And when they first moved to Vegas and had next to no money, she had no business demanding a huge house. She and Mariah could have lived with Robyn and kids. They all could have helped each other which is what it’s supposed to be about, isn’t it?

    And what’s the damn big deal about a kitchen??? If another woman moved into my house and took over the kitchen, I’d love it! Cook away, and call me when dinner is ready. I’ll even do the dishes after and put them wherever. The Dargers are more rigid, but I have more respect for them b/c they are truly living what they believe and are even willing to *gasp* sacrifice for their lifestyle. The Brown ladies are all spoiled. I think that’s partly due to their personalities and partly due to DB not having a spine.

    I got bored of this show last season but I like it so far this season. Much more interesting to see them fight and disagree, and I like it when they show the teens. Next week’s epi looks good – the Brown teens will find out that not all polygamists are loving and fun!

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    Lynsy
    Posted December 6, 2012 at 11:02 am

    Agree that the Dargars were icky! The kids were scared of the Dad in a way that no kids should have to be and he seemed like a first rate d-bag. I have seen plenty of non-plig husbands like him in my old suburban neighborhood who ran their families like their personal army, with terror and an iron fist. Being on time and super organized is not next to godliness. These men also make me grateful for my super sweet, distracted, always late, nutty professor husband.

    I actually liked Cody when he was talking about the kitchen abuse. He seemed scared and he was almost whispering. It must really have been something!

    Meri, who is one of the most clinically depressed women I have ever seen, should get what ever house she wants. She is bringing in an equal amount of money. I really hope she is getting professional help. She looks terrible, has gained a huge amt. of weight, keeps self-mutilating her hair and purposefully dresses in hideous clothes. Only a few yrs ago she looked 100% better. I think she has a huge amt of anger about ever going into a plural marriage in the first place and being forced to spend her life with Janelle and Christine. I can easily see her leaving the family when the daughter goes and trying to start a new life for herself. I could not imagine spending my life with those two. Robin is ok but she will soon get worn down as well.

    Building in a development and side by side house, the house are probably required to be of similar sizes anyhow and they have little option to vary from the basic plans. Janelle is a total B and a martyr. She has been able to get out of the house and work for yrs, something she admits she has loved, and never worried about child care. Christine is so full of her self and self centered, watch how many of her statements are \I\ or turn a subject back to her.

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    TurtleGirl93
    Posted December 6, 2012 at 12:01 pm

    Thanks, Jazzy! I hate feeling that I am being harsh, but suck it up already, Meri. The rest of us deal with our disappointments and move on.

    If the Browns’ motto is “Love should be multiplied, not divided.” , then their other motto should be “Love should be multiplied but money should be divided equally per person.”
    As I see it, every member of the family is ‘working’ on the show. Therefore, each person is entitled to 4.5% of the TLC income(How many are in the family? I divided by 22–17 kids and 5 adults?). Unfortunately Coogan’s law does not apply in this case so the parents are not required to place 15% of the children’s earnings in trust. Because the children are minors, their share should go to their mother. Therefore a 2 person household (ahem, Meri) would be entitled 9% of the total income while a 8 person household would have 36%. It stands to reason that Christine’s bills (think of the groceries alone) are much higher than Meri’s. Kody should contribute something like 0.5% to each household because he rotates between each one so that would cover his ‘rent’ and he still would have 2 1/2% for personal use. That’s my $0.02 anyway. (Also, don’t trust my math–I may be slightly off)

    Oy. I don’t like having to watch a commercial in order to get my capcha code.

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    AmyOops
    Posted December 6, 2012 at 3:46 pm

    @TurtleGirl93: If you register with the site you can aavoid the whole capcha shit. You’ll just have to sign in daily…no commercials lol (just ads).

    @Annie: Right ON! To me, there is no comparison…the Browns are a much happier, albeit disorganized, family. Hell, just look at the rigid, terrified Darger kids and compare them to the happy-go-lucky Brown kids.

    @Lynette: Totally agree about the Kody thing…he’s a dufus but good intentioned. Oh, and that’s some really excellent insight into Meri. I think you’ve hit on some serious truths

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    whatwhat
    Posted December 6, 2012 at 4:39 pm

    I was so confused about the kitchen thing and why they were harping on and on about kitchens, until I read somewhere that ‘sharing a kitchen’ is really euphemism for sharing a HOUSE and having the entire family live under one roof with no separation at all. Even the house they had in Utah didn’t really count as ‘sharing a kitchen’ because they all had their own separate living quarters. So basically, the Dargers live in one home, with one kitchen and a whole mess of bedrooms, and the Browns lived in one home, but it had three different kitchens and sections with different bedrooms – sort of like a glorified apartment building. Once I read that, suddenly the conversation they were having made a hell of a lot more sense (well, in terms of understanding it, but not in terms of the conversation itself because holy hell does polygamy not make any sense to me at all)

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    TurtleGirl93
    Posted December 6, 2012 at 6:41 pm

    @AmyOops, thank you. I swear a light bulb just went off over my head. I wondered how some people had “real” avatars by their names. Duh.

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    Lisa
    Posted December 7, 2012 at 5:32 am

    after noticing that Cody only shows affection for Meri and Robyn, I have a whole new appreciation for Christine and Janelle. Notice how when they are all going somewhere together, he will be holding Meri or Robyn’s hand, or he will have his hand on the back of one of them or some other display of affection. NEVER will it be Christine and certainly not Janelle. I so wish Janelle would stand up and announce to everyone that she is leaving and suing him for child support. Oh I can just see the look on his face!!

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    AmyOops
    Posted December 7, 2012 at 5:34 pm

    TurtleGirl: Lol. Oh, and I like your little turtle avatar. However on my tablet its cute little head is cut in half…is that just me? And do you see my avatar, a kick ass pink-y eye?

    @Lisa: Although I can’t stand Janelle that actually would be priceless! Who do you think might leave for-realsies? I can’t decide between Janelle and Christine.

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    nelliebelle1197
    Posted December 8, 2012 at 11:46 am

    Does it bother anyone else how they use the word “homes” instead of houses? They are not buying HOMES, as that word implies current occupancy; they are building HOUSES. It drives me nuts for some reason and makes me irrational. Thoughts? Medication suggestions?

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    AmyOops
    Posted December 8, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    @nellie: Perhaps something in the SSRI category…they can be very helpful for OCD-like thoughts lolol.

    That’s not one of my “rip-my-hair-out” annoyances, but I feel ya. There’s this radio commercial for a hospital or some such that has a lady talking about her “care” at the place, and I have to admit when I hear her voice it’s like someone is jamming a razor sharp knife deep into my brain and twisting while singing “It’s a Small World”. I literally scream and lunge for the buttons to change the channel, tee hee.

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    kthxbai
    Posted December 9, 2012 at 5:42 pm

    @PennyDreadful Yay! I was so glad to see it was you were doing this show. I’d been wondering if it was going to show up in the recaps at all!

    @My2Cents Yeah It looked like to me they were totally joking about the tennis court, they even went Gotcha! at Kody and were all laughing. It’d be another like $45K. And they were trying to decide on options that were $8K.

    Anyway not to sound like I’m defending them. Because they’re such a train wreck. But being chaotic’s so not their problem.

    There’s always people that are super organized. It starts when you’re a little kid. Looking at another kid that’s got their stuff all neat. And doesn’t come back in from recess with any mud on them. And it just goes on from there. You’ll be a grown ass woman looking at how your friend’s stuff is all labeled. Thinking I wish my stuff was so easy to find or whatever. Same with neat people vs slobs.

    But when it’s regular people they’re looking at you and saying they wish they could be wacky and spontaneous. Without their OCD eating them up. So it all works out.

    With the Sister Wive’s it’s the same as it always was. Mixing old ways marriage with modern ways doesn’t work.

    No kind of marriage is going to work right with a husband that’s stuck being 14. Much less that’s confused by strange new feelings he doesn’t understand. Everybody’s looked at those pics of Kody as a teen cheerleader. I’ve still got my theory that he didn’t learn to love himself back then.

    And also my theory that every 1 of the Sister Wives got married to him with romantic ideas. That go with modern ways love marriage.

    That’s how come they’ve got all the drama and are getting emotional about the houses.

    It makes sense that nobody’d want Meri to be in a little bitty house next to 3 big 1s. But if they got along Meri’s would be their family HQ. Since she’s the 1st wife. So her house is where they’d have all their events and family dinners and stuff. If she did have a mess of kids her house would be way bigger.

    Since she doesn’t instead of bedrooms they’d make a huge kitchen and a giant dining room and family game room or something. Plus run their jewelry and other family businesses out of there.

    She’d never feel like she had an empty nest when Mariah leaves. Because all those other birds would still be flying around the family HQ. And she’d want it like that. They’d all be just as much her birds as their biomom’s.

    But the way they all are that wouldn’t work any more than her and Janelle sharing a kitchen back in the day did.

    I think the story lines about credit repair and Meri’s eggs are “producer driven.”

    @PennyDreadful LOL I wondered about that too at 1st. But I’m pretty sure they do use birth control. Since when they got asked they said it was too personal. Which it is. But if they had some big belief about it like those Quiverfull people they’d have been talking about it from day 1. Like the Duggars do.

    So the question would be how long would Robin want to wait between her pregnancies. If they didn’t have all those emotional issues I mean. The way it is, it’d just make things worse. So I doubt Meri would do that to herself. Or even to Robin.

    My guess is that she really did want more babies for a long time. Because that’s her ways. Thinking that’s what she’s for etc. But now Mariah’s got 1 foot out the door. So what with her clock getting cranked up to start winding down, and doing the show etc she’s started to smell herself some new options. And think about doing her. For the 1st time ever.

    Which is how come she wants her house like she does. She’s literally wanting some space. The opposite of worrying about an empty nest.

    It might be that the Darger sister wives get along better because they’re from the same family. So they might have the same ideas about raising kids and stuff. And the twins grew up sharing everything including a kitchen.

    But Joe seems kind of creepy to me. Not in the 14 yr boy forever way like Kody. But the uncomfortable way. Because it seems like they’re all a little bit too much into him being the head bitch in charge.