Christine Predicted The Fall Of The Brown Family, By The Second Episode in Season 1
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- Knowing how TLC's Sister Wives marriages ended, I thought it would be a good time to take a look back to the beginning to see what went so horribly wrong. I have not seen these episodes before so I thought it might be interesting to give my impressions of the events that lead to Christine, Meri, and Janelle's departure from the Brown family. Messages from S1E2: Trust and Follow your instincts, and maintain your status as a partner in your relationships.
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Neffex- "Just Breathing"
"Oh, Honey, are you sad? You need another wife!" said no sane woman ever.
💯. The moment I saw Kody crying to Christine about Robyn, I knew that he no longer considered Christine a wife. Meri's expression showed that she knew that she had been replaced by the other women as Kody's confidante permanently. Meri was no longer special to him. Janelle knew that the fabric of their existing family was being torn apart too.
Kody chose to be oblivious to the damage that his marriage to Robyn was inflicting on the pre-Robyn wives and kids. Robyn never understood that it was her responsibility (to work on herself) to merge with the existing family. She did not allow herself or her children to merge with the existing family. Kody expected the other women and kids to' work on themselves' but never expected it of Robyn or her kids.
Bringing Robyn into the family backfired on Meri from the very beginning and maybe if she had been nicer and had better relationships with Christine and Janelle she would've been fine with it being just them and Kody but due to Meri's own desperation in getting back in good with Kody,She claims they were struggling at the times.,and maybe she figured she'd bring Robyn in so it would be Robyn and Meri vs. Christine and Janelle. I think Kody saw that and started working that angle. I would not be the least bit surprised to hear that Robyn brought it to Kody's attention and it completely changed how he viewed Meri. Imagine if Kody,Janelle,Christine and Robyn had band together and threw Meri out of the family. It would've literally made Kody look like a hero and maybe Christine and Janelle wouldn't have been so upset about Robyn joining the family.
I remember that episode!!! He was crying because he was in love. Christine should have left before Flagstaff.
A woman knows. A man may pretend that he would love the new wife no more than the others, but a woman knows. Christine knew. The secrecy and deceit involved in this "affair" says it all.
Yes. And he knew Christine and Janelle wouldn’t want a new wife that’s why it was secret until it was pretty much a done deal they lie that no new wife comes in unless they all agree 🙄
The deceit was unbelievably cruel and manipulative. Had I been Christine or Janelle I would have raised 7 levels of hell! I guarantee Robyn would never have entered the family.
Hey Becky, I just realize something; it has been said that when Christine asked, what does the nanny do?? famous quote, “of course. But Here’s the issue and the whole point was so that “Robin could sexually entice and seduce Cody and give him anything he wants at any point time what he wants he gets just like a rich boy in a candy store”and what he wants could you imagine uck so disgusting but that was the whole point so she could make him “happy” in the bedroom, and they didn’t come out for hours… because they had the nanny and of course I’m sure Christine was aware of this. She just posed that question to make people wake up a little bit and then people did start to question and what is it that the nanny does that’s so great that so special that makes it OK for Cody to spend just time with Robin, right I mean think about that where are they when the nanny is watching the kids? Where are they?? and the fact that Christine decided to leave on her own terms versus you know Mary wanting to stay until you know they thought it was up, Mary wouldn’t leave, but Cody was not happy because Christine took matters into her own hands
@@Vixen743 Robyn needed to always be ready in case her "best customer" needed service. I do not know how or why those other wives didn't leave sooner.
@@becky9103 becky, honey, I don’t know how anyone could’ve stood a woman like her young, you know hot to trot, and technically he had a one-man brothel🤔 he wanted to drink. He got it. He wanted a certain service from the one wife. He got it so that’s how they maintained a honeymoon idea and stylized disgusting as it sounds.
Which one of those wives would have agreed to her joining the family had they known she had $30,000+ in DEBT, and had no intention of working, and was going to need an outside nanny? None of them, not even Meri.
Oh,c'mon. You're saying that taking a ride on the emotional RollerKodster isn't work? It's so hard Robyn had to outsource parenting to a nanny and every night she climbs into bed she probably thinks,'Oh,Lord please don't let him have put all that crap in his hair. I don't want to get scraped to death by that mop tonight."
It’s nauseating how Meri and Kody went about bringing Robyn into the family. So much disrespect and dysfunction.
I agree.👍It was awful.
So very deceitful!
I thought the whole family had to agree on a new wife but Janelle and Christine didn't have this choice. Christine made it clear she doesn't want another wife but she was completely ignored. Janelle was worried about sobyn and her snotty brats coming to the family bc sobyn didn't have a job but she brought 4 mouths to feed without contributing.
Sobyn is a very jealous woman. She saw how all the kids loves Christine and she couldn't risk her kids loving Christine too. It's all about jealousy with snobyn.
👍Sure was. He is so discussing in every way. Yuck!
I know, how was it not cheating on the other wives? Since it was a little secret. 😬
I think Kody was always the person that we experienced in season 17. He never loved Meri, Janelle, and Christine or had enough love in his being to be a good father to his children. He is in love with Robyn and traded in his entire family for a person who mirrors his bad behaviors of selfishness and narcissism. Christine was spot on in her assumptions that Kody's relationship with Robyn would be the end of their family. He married his mistress, adopted her children, and abandoned his other three wives and children for a master manipulator.
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I think Kody is in love with the idea of polygamy, ie one man (him) and many wives dancing to his attention. Kids are inconsequential to him as he believes he should be the main focus of life.
That is super spot on! They all had such a sweet set up, when they were under one roof, raising the kids. They grow up fast & you want to do it right! Robyn was/is a selfish spoiler. I believe in common sense karma. Those two will end up back in poverty, and misery. My guess is they will blame each other, sour on each other, but it will be too late to put things back together- for Christine and Janelle that is. Future outlooks- Christine finds a great guy, gets married to a MAN who only has eyes for her! She is a romantic and deserves the best! Janelle finds her forever home, and possibly has a quiet companion she spends time with, and no drama And Meri will resume a friendship with Kody, and is basically a career woman too burnt out to deal with another serious relationship.
One thing I noticed with Kody throughout the seasons is the change in him in regards to his kids. He went from "my kids" or "our kids" to "Christine's kids" or "Janelle kids" it only Robyn's younger kids that he refers to as "my kids" now.
I noticed that too.
Words are powerful.
So many things contributed to this family’s demise, and Kody takes no responsibility.
Not even for the words he speaks, and their affects.
Imagine how hearing “Christine’s kids” or “Janelles kids” made the kids feel?
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Yessss I noticed they all do it. Even the women. I get confused when he says my younger children. Aren’t they all your children?
I had begun to notice Kody saying that too which was extremely disturbing.
I read somewhere that there's an old Nigerian custom where if a husband is mistreating one wife, all his wives suddenly become terrible at sex, cooking, and all the other services they provide him, and just keep burning dinner and all having perpetual "headaches" until he shapes up. Now that's how you do polygamy!
One of the few reasons I feel bad for Robyn is she has to sleep with Kody. Imagine looking into that old man face from a guy who looks like he combed his hair with a toilet brush. Imagine getting scraped to death with that hair every time he wants some nookie. I hope Robyn has a good skin lotion.
😂awesome!!!
WoW!!! I love that!! 😜😜
I doubt that. Nigeria is extremely sexist and men wouldn't stand for it. There would be physical abuse and sexual assault.
Great video. Kody had an affair, married the other woman, abandoned his children and wives. While his previous family watched as he had a relationship with the gold digger and raised her kids. Robyn wouldn’t have married Kody if they were gonna keep being poor.
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THIS is the reason his only fear is poverty!
I feel like Janelle and Christine's instincts we're spot on for moments throughout the series. And they either talked themselves out of it or allowed themselves to be talked into thinking their feelings were unfounded.
I think that if Kody hadn't gotten his way and been permitted to court and marry Robyn he would've thrown a tantrum or left. If Christine and Janelle met her and said,"I don't like her." he would've probably used Meri to convince them. Kody didn't care if the other wvies didn't want to have Robyn join the family. It was his way or the highway.
That's right that's right that's right!!! Christine did voice her concerns very loudly and nobody listen to her! Cody was head-over-heels in love and I think Robin may have taken some liberties with her purity again to sway him!
Robyn’s “purity” was definitely a now you see it, now you don’t game 😂
Kody didn’t care what anyone else thought, he wanted Robyn PERIOD. He didn’t care how it affected anyone else, he wanted Robyn PERIOD. It’s really sad how inconsiderate he was to the wives he already had for 15+ years and the 12/13 kids he already had.
My father was the most compassionate, loving, responsible man. I never once in my life heard him say “I was sobbing “.
I don't think Kody cared that his relationships imploded. Not one iota. I agree with you & others that Robin made zero effort to intigrate with the family. She held herself and her children separate from the beginning.
Meri’s need for love and attention caused her to bring in the woman who is essentially the final straw that completely broke the family. She truly played herself.
Just the fact that Meri was the one to introduce them…she has poor decision making skills and makes a lot of poor choices.
Janelle worked out, she was the financial powerhouse. Christine had the love for the children and home, so she fit. Robyn brings nothing beneficial to the marriage, other than satisfying Kody’s lust.
Just my opinion.
I'm sure that the three women were just glad that Robyn was brought in because one too many rides on the emotional RollerKodster could make anyone throw up.
I love the new intro. Kody manipulated Christine right from the start......Janelle called her a damsel in distress from the beginning. They saw, they knew, it just took them years to leave
Kody was like a golden retriever in these early episodes. Very pleasant, excited, and amiable. I can't figure out if this is the real Kody or just his happy mask because of the show and having a new relationship.
I don't think Robyn really liked the idea of her kids being parented by the other moms. She did isolate her kids over time from the rest of the family.
Love the new intro, James!
I definitely think it was Kody’s happy face.
Believe your intuition. You get those feelings for a reason. I was like Christine and learned that lesson the hard way. Excusing those feelings or ignoring those feelings will lead to the inevitable end of the relationship. I don't think the Browns relationships were salvageable due to the facts that Kody does not have the maturity or emotional intelligence to work through relationship issues and their "religion" doesn't support working through problems.
Yes! Absolutely right. Kody and Robyn both have a very low emotional IQ
You nailed it
If Christine and Janelle had been given an opportunity to pray about and consider Robin as Kody and Meri did, and they objected, does anyone think Kody would have let Robin go? I don’t. He would have worn them down like he did with the move to Flagstaff.
When he divorced Mari to marry Robin that was the end.
K may have been thinking with his pencil when he met R.
Most definitely! His pencil’s brain leads the whole body, and he completely negates the other 3 wives. They’re outta his mind completely
You have really found your lane!!!! You give really insightful takes and I really enjoy getting your thoughts on this show and others. I decided to rewatch sister wives and I had very similar thoughts even within the first episode. Christine was dead on, and she remained right at turn after turn as things continued to unfold. It’s really interesting to me how she seems to perceive herself as not having had a voice back at the start of the show and not growing into that until later. I disagree, I think she had a very clear voice and she used it. What changed is her recognition of the fact her voice wasn’t being listened to, when she saw how Kody listened to Robyn’s voice. I think until Robyn came into the picture, Christine didn’t know anything different and so she didn’t know that Kody’s mind could be changed and he could be persuaded-as long as it came from Robyn.
And that he could be disagreed with.
Pure jealousy
Hi, can you please tell me where I can RE-watch the old seasons/episodes?? I watched in real time waaaay back, and would like to watch again- if you (or someone) can tell me where I can watch, it would be much appreciated.
@@kimberlinibambini1988 hey there! So I have Xfinity on demand and watch it via that. I’ve tried searching for all the seasons online for free but I wasn’t successful in finding it unfortunately. I know several of the seasons are available on utorrent but I don’t think all of them are there. Best of luck!
@@ScienceNsoul3 thank you! I appreciate your help!🙂
WOW! That was the jealousy Kody has brought up about Christine. Just hearing Christine's words was a foreshadowing of what was to come. Thanks for reviewing the early years. I remember I didn't feel good about Robyn.....
It is DARK when you go back and rewatch everything. Holy cow.
Sir! You are the BEST commentary on this series I have come across YET! Better than Without a Crystal Ball for SURE! You haven't said one thing that wasn't SPOT on!!
Robyn is a used car and Kody is a used car salesman. Robyn treats him like her best customer
Spot on! It's sad that from the second episode she called it and was completely ignored. Meri was really the one that set this up and it's one thing if Kody met Robyn and went to the wives and talked about courting her. He snuck with Meri behind Janelle and Christine's back to see Robyn and it became this secret he just shared with Meri. I really wonder if in that Meri was trying to find a buddy. Christine and Janelle raised their kids together and Meri was kind of off on her own but in Robyn I sort of wonder if she thought she could find a woman she could mold and pal around with because she had sort of alienated from that unit.
I think Meri brought Robyn in just to piss off Christine and Janelle. Meri was a complete bitch from the beginning. She was jealous of everything about Christine and Janelle.
I suspect you are right. Meri thought she was finally getting a buddy and an ally in the wives and bonus points with Kody. It really did backfire on her though.
@@crucialtaunt5717,it literally blew up in her face from the very beginning. In that interview Paedon did he talked about how Robyn had been in an abusive relationship and she sort of had a radar for that stuff and I suspect she sussed it out with Meri and that's why Kody vetoed the idea of Robyn being a surrogate for Meri. I mean in the episode where Christine had Truely, Kody literally asked the doctor about IVF and mentioned his and Meri's fertility struggles. Over the next few months that seemed to shift. When Robyn had Solomon she asked Meri if she wanted her to be Meri's surrogate and Kody,after months of talking about IVF and having another child the whole situation dropped like a hot rock and some will point to Meri's indecisiveness I point to the fact that Kody said no. I'm really wondering if perhaps Robyn offered it to score points and Kody said no because he didn't want to give Meri another potenital victim.
@@dawnclark4635 I don't think Kody saying no had anything to do with Meri being abusive to the other kids. After all that happened between those two over the last few years it would be so easy for Kody to just through Meri under the bus and said "Our relationship was bad because she abused my kids'. Just like he said he wasn't interested in being intimate with Christine because of her behavior towards the other wives once Christine indicated she was leaving. To me he seems too interested in his image to not through the allegations in Meri's face if he places an merit in them. I think he used IVF as a way to control Meri, if you behave you might get a baby. But once Meri started thinking about going back to school or finding some sense of purpose outside the family, he punished her by saying no to Robyn's surrogacy offer. Their intimacy was already strained and continued to deteriorate after that point. Then he asked her for a divorce, basically confirming his lack of interest of rekindling their relationship, so Meri had an emotional affair which publicly embarrassed Kody so he cut virtually all contact with Meri at that point. But he obviously didn't want her to leave, public image and all, so he kept her just close to back up him and Robyn which she probably did in hopes of "finding favor" with him, and ofcourse to offer financial aid to the family.
@@chantellecumberbatch6507, that's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying it Kody said no because Meri was abusive to the kids. That and he was just about done with her.
Always calling it what it is! You don’t just repeat what’s the hot tea but you break it down and it’s much appreciated! Thanks for the great content
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I think it's fair to compare Sobyn to a used car. A lemon in fact.
Kody had no business marrying a fourth wife, no matter who it may have been. Christine was NOT trying to have it, ever. She wanted to be the 3rd and final wife- she needed to be the cherished, most important, loved wife. Poor woman was not being true to herself, she needed a one woman man, and I am NOT blaming her for it. It's natural.
You are so right. Unfortunately for Christine, her religious indoctrination blinded her to that fact. She never even considered monogamy. She knows it now.
I agree
Kody was NEVER responsible enough to make these decisions. He was making decisions for his wife’s and he was not ever mature enough to do it.
You’ve hit it on the nail. Robyn NEVER shared anything with anyone. Even where she was growing up she lived in a separate home from the other families her father had. The other kids were really ONE BIG FAMILY and that was because they GREW UP TOGETHER AS ONE it’s funny how both Christine and janelle saw this coming and you can see the regret in Meris face and actions for this mess and she just went in over head on Robyn. This was a guarantee failure
Funny, she IS ACTUALLY the "used car" lmaooooo.....the other women haven't been with anyone else EVER!
That’s not true. Kody was Janelle’s second husband. She was previously married to Meri’s brother.
@@MyBeautifulHealth oh yea?!! 🤣 🤣
I agree. Sharing her children was a new thing for her and she didn't do it well. Christine, janell, and meri all tried to include them but there was always a distance
That was a really thoughtful dissection of their situation and why Robyn’s introduction was especially difficult for all. Thanks
Janelle didn't know about robyn eithe at first. and she had a conversation with kooty about how the family needed to be careful. kooty didn't care he wants what he wants when he wants it. just like a little kid.
They blame EVERYTHING on receiving a testimony!!
I think a lot of religions do that. Like,"I'm a totally crappy person so I'm going to bring this woman into our family with her three children while I continue to manipulate and mistreat everyone else around because I recieved a testimony." Hell,the entire Mormon faith is based upon a man who prayed about what faith to join and had a vision of God and Jesus telling him that he shouldn't join any because they were all wrong and the Book of Mormon was translated from gold plates by Joseph Smith and another man using seer stones. The only hitch was the guy helping Smith lost 116 pages and he had to retell the story but it was slightly different from what Joseph Smith said the first time. In other words, this man supposedly recieved a vision, translated it,lost a copy of it but couldn't do it again. This legitmately what the Mormons believe! The pluralism came in a bit later,and left too,but imagine Kody saying to Christine,"Honey,I've had a vision and I think Robyn should join our family with her mountain of debt,three kids,and no way to pay the debt off." Even writing it out it's really stupid. Kody had a vision of himself getting into Robyn's pants and he didn't care if it hurt his wives or his other kids. Just as long as his pencil got sharpened.
Robyn is like a used car, I’ll say it. She racked up a bunch of debt in her last marriage,then made it the other wives problem after she married Kody. Let’s not forget she had no job when she entered the family. Once the money and show is gone, so is Robyn. And she will find a new man (family) and repeat the cycle.
She did the same thing to her ex-husband
Than she tried to lie and say it was her ex husbands debt 😂😂 but it was her shopping debt lololol REDFLAG 🚩 Robyn’s a liar
Hey James I’m so glad you are watching from the beginning and reviewing the whole thing!! Thank you for all you do!!
I love the fact that the ppl are going back to watch everything from the beginning and seeing it all so clearly
I believe that Kody intentionally manipulated Christine with that sobbing so she'd agree to the marriage. (Unlike Robyn, I suspect that Kody has the ability to intentionally cry.)
In reference to the suggestion that the wives be used to give feedback about Robyn, I cannot believe that Kody would have been open to receiving that feedback. He wanted what he wanted, and nobody was going to interfere with that. Kody would have claimed that any negative feedback that Christine gave would have been because she was jealous.
One reason they may have discounted Christine's feelings was because she was 9 months pregnant with Truely. Pregnancy hormones, you know. Disrespectful regardless.
That first scene of Christine saying he'll run off with sobyn and her kids. I think this is bc she grew up in polygamy, she knows what's going to happen. Snobyn came to this family after seeking them out and stalking kody and meri bc she heard they were getting a show. Christine saw through sobyns lies and fake tears. Sobyn had a plan, and she still does and so far it's going her way. I do wonder how she'll continue to live in that big house with no job and no income. The only income she brings is from the show. The show is called sister wives. If there's no sw then they have no show. It's horrible how she uses all the resources for herself and her kids. She doesn't even watch her own kids and she doesn't work so what does she do all day?
Snobyn has done nothing but take. If she's given or contributed anything to this family please tell me bc I don't see what she's done. Also when kody cries bc he's "love sick" I just rolled my eyes so far to the back of my head they may be stuck. Snobyn is the most sneaky manipulative unfortunate looking homewrecking snake 🐍
Really loving your recaps of the early episodes! You're finding so many good details about what was going on and they make good talking points.
I also noticed in your screenshot Janelle's face. Janelle DID look like she understood and was concerned, but maybe she hoped Christine was wrong. J definitely got it though when Kody adopted Robin's kids.
They lived on hope - hope that they weren't wrong, hope that it would get better, hope that eventually Kody would come back to the way it was before. I've lived a similar life of hope. It never works that I know of and I spent 30 years hoping all the same things. Sad that they did too.
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James is spot on here. Christine should’ve have listened to her inner voice. The same with Janelle. Think about Janelle. She could be $130k+ richer right now had Robyn never came into the brown family. (Janelle paid off Robyn’s debt from her first marriage so she could get her home in Vegas as well as helped provide the $200K downpayment for Robyn’s McMansion)
Robyn fleeced the whole family. In one way or another Robyn took and took without any intention of ever paying them back. She’s a grifter.
“You can walk around in all the Victorias Secret you want”… 😂
Dude, in all seriousness, you got this. I appreciate your view and how you don’t write off the idea of others having their own thing that works for them…
My favorite line was the “us” in “-ous”. Thank you for your video!
James the last point you made regarding being fully involved in all decisions in a relationship that will affect your life is so well made. I wish I'd listened to myself in my last relationship. Great job.
Thank you. With regard to your last: We live and learn, then we look forward to better.
If Robyn didn’t trust the moms or Kody with your kids…they don’t have to pay off your debt & you shouldn’t marry Kody.
Love the new intro. I think Meri was doing a great deal of manipulating behind the scenes.
Meri was the one who brought Robin into the family, I bet if she could go back and do it over it would be a different outcome.
Really interesting about the Mum-Kids dynamic. You're totally on the button.
James, YOU ARE THE MAN!! If anyone is suited for polygamy, (and who of us really is?), it would be you! Love your take on it all!!
Perfect metaphor. Robyn is a junked car to which cody convinced the wives to dump their money into, ans he dumped all his attention into until it cause enough conflict that the wives split.... and all he is left with is his money dump of a lemon
I tend to compare her to a haunted house that you plunked money down,moved into only to find out over time that someone was murdered there and some little Victorian kid ghost is going to f up your day by stealing your keys and throwing books across the hall in the middle of the night.
I think she had a plan to be famous and be on a reality show. She knew exactly what she was doing and your right so did Christine. Mary probably was catfished looking for companionship and comfort too after being set out to pasture while kody lived his happily ever after with Robyn. All while somehow keeping them around for the money for so long.
It was discovered Kruddy and Robbie did the catfishing to Meri.Kruddy wanted Meri to find a new man.Not now.I believe Meri is stacking her coins to head out
Exactly right. Neither Christine or Janelle had a say so concerning robyn coming into the family. It's 100% a lack of respect. I think meri wanted to hurt Christine & Janelle, it sure did backfire
I think Mary broughtRobin in to divide Kodyfrom the other two wives. She was jealous that she was the only one without a relationship
Kody wanted to get away from the first 3 wives. He didn’t want everyone toe get along. He wanted a 1:1
I have enjoyed your take on reality from the first time I watched one of your videos. I'm a very happy, and thankful sub.
@Nicole Bent , thank you. I've been a sub for months. I've actually watched all of his videos. He's wonderful. Thank you for the suggestion, and welcome.
I think Meri's angry face was because Chrisrine had the nerve to voice those thoughts. That was always between her and Kody, and it was her right to assist in bringing another wife in. She was the hook, and to her Christine clearly doesn't know her place.
I love how well spoken this guy is. Very insightful
I absolutely LOVE the way you break all of this "family's" situation. You're spot on with everything you say. Someone who had never watched the show could get a pretty good understanding of what is going on with the Browns just from your commentary!
I like your new graphics
I love your insight. You are so right on about believing/listening to your instincts, it is a gift and it is important to learn to trust your instincts. It takes time, hard lessons will be learned, but there are people in your life that will try to discredit your intuition, but that's because they have their own interests in mind, not yours.
Glad you are doing this review so the rest of us don’t have to go back and watch every episode again.
Great perspective! Yes, you should always respectfully ask your spouse what their opinion is. Heck! My hubby and I do this if we are going to spend over 500 bucks!!!! A NEW spouse?????? Pleeeeeeeez
We did this too. All large expenses were discussed, until they weren't. One day he came home and declared he was spending his bonus on a weight machine. Mind you we had purchased 3 or 4 of these in the past and he never used them. I knew deep down he was being coached by someone. I just figured it was a male friend who had gotten divorced. At least that's what I tried to tell myself for a little while. Then came the decision to be in charge of bills and the account. In 30 years he was never interested in paying bills, EVER. That's when it hit me. So if you see the warning signs and don't take heed.... yeah, he hid it all and claimed he had to pay bills with it, when I know that wasn't true. But it was gone from the account. He even drained the savings account that was suppose to be mine.
Every time I listen to one of your videos I'm amazed at the insights you have! I never thought about Robyn not knowing how to share her kids and the challenge that brought to the family. That's a huge issue.
Oh! You went back to the beginning of the show!!! This would be the perfect time for me to jump on board the SW train since Ive never watched it!! I had considered it but then I saw how many seasons there are and I thought there's no way I'd ever get caught up! I just might jump in and do this along with you!
Aw yeah!!! I'd love to hear your perspective.
Such a great video!!!
Your insight is incredible
Christine was absolutely right… Kody replaced his entire life for Robyn
Great Take On Reality! As Always🎯
James reminds me of how my father gives great advice like this
Yep once Robyn entered they all had that instinct they just demonstrated it differently. Janelle is more measured, but she was pissed about the wedding dress thing too. And when Robyn lectured the teens about going to a youth group of a different faith- janelle was on fire! Last example - the whole divorce and legal marriage to Robyn- janelle knew it was over for sure.
I think meri knew and regretted the whole deal about 21/2 minutes after she realized Robyn never wanted to be her friend and wasn’t going to sleep with meri (or maybe they did 😳)?? Rather, she just wanted her to go away and take her husband.
I wonder if her in-laws reached out to any of the wives, because she was a huge problem in the first marriage and looking to be on a reality show. She destroyed her first hubby.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the fact that you are doing a rewatch
Astute observations here. You are absolutely spot on!
But you know who knew she was right--Kody. Because he knew how he felt. He knew he was investing more time into Robyn.
I've watched a lot of videos about this and I believe, by far, you have the best commentary on the situation.
I always enjoy watching your videos. I really appreciate the insights and the advice that you offer at the end of your videos. One thing I will say though is to give advice that people should trust their instincts is something that is very hard to do in deeply religious circles, especially for women who are trained to not trust their instincts. They are trained to listen to and follow their husbands above everything else. That is the world they come from. So it's challenging when the inner voice starts to speak, and it's blaringly loud, yet women are indoctrinated to believe that to listen to the inner voice, is to not trust their god. That causes a lot of stress for deeply religious women. They downplay their religion so much on this show, but that is THE reason why they practice this relationship structure in the first place. Their religion expects it. They can say they were doing this of their free will, but after many years or a whole lifetime of indoctrination teaching you its against god to not practice polygamy...doesnt really leave much room for truthful free will. They come from a world where trusting the inner voice is highly frowned upon unfortunately
so true and great observation
The manipulater kooty, got played by the MASTER MANIPULATER sobyn
Great insight
I love your videos. You hit the nail on the head everytime
Kody did not have enough time nor money for a fourth wife PERIOD
Something else that I have not seen anyone comment on is this. Like you showed Meri as being so sad looking and seems to be having jealousy issues with Cody spending time with Robyn. I saw several times where she wasn’t happy with Kody over Robyn. One could say, well Meri is the one that introduced them and suggested pursuing her to be a 4th wife. But I think there is something behind why Meri did that. I think that she might have done it out of spite. After hearing all the stories about how hard Meri was to live with. Maybe Janelle and Christine were being chummy and getting close (trauma bonding) and Meri felt left out. A third wheel. So she a. wanted a sister wife bestie that SHE chose. Or b. She saw that Kody and Christine were so good together and she was jealous of Christine and wanted to do something to hurt her. What better way than a trophy wife? After all, Meri was sharing him with 2 other women. What difference does a third one make to her? (Meri)
OR maybe Kody wanted Robyn and manipulated Meri into suggesting it. Guilting her with their religion.
Orrrr it may have been suggested by TLC at the onset of courting the Browns for a possible reality show. Great storyline!
Or maybe more than one of the things you listed!? You’re right. I think Robyn also had some nasty creepy motives for offering to have Meri’s baby for her. She offered it to Meri without even consulting Cody, but I think she KNEW Cody would say no.
Meri was deceived into thinking Robyn was FOR her, but when Cody said NO, it drove the knife deeper into their marriage.
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Those are all plausible scenarios. I felt so bad for Meri when the divorce was finalized. She looked like she died inside, and I was really upset that Robyn was there for that. That should have been a private moment between Meri and Kody.
Great points. From what's been said Kody favored Meri before Robyn joined the family but at a certain point they were struggling and Meri suggested bringing Robyn in. She had lousy relationships with Christine and Janelle and she didn't have the best relationships with their kids either. Notice that all the allegations that are currently being discussed have a recurring theme? Excluding Maddie every one of the kids talking are all Christine and Kody's. It's also been mentioned by Meri that she was more threatened by Kody and Christine's relationship because she said that she thought Kody was being more romantic with Christine and it bugged her. At a certain point I believe that Meri wanted to bring Robyn in because she had totally picked the bones of the releationships she could've had with Janelle,Christine and their kids. I firmly believe that Robyn brought the supposed abuse to Kody's attention and between that and the catfishing Kody was just done with Meri. For years he,Janelle and Christine,as well as the kids,I believe,lived in fear of her. She wants to get her own way and solely based upon the fact she alienated Christine and Janelle she wanted to bring Robyn and her kids in to sort replace Christine and her kids with them.
@@debbiekerekes4209 I think Robyn made that offering knowing two things. One Kody wasn't going to go for it and two,it would help her score points with Kody and Meri. Frankly considering that Paedon claims that Robyn was the one who caught onto what Meri was doing to the kids and told him. It's not the say that Robyn is a decent,kind person and did this to help the kids. I think she did it because she just used it to drive a deeper wedge between Kody and Meri.
That's why my sympathy for Meri is non existent. She facilitated that nonsense just to be malicious.
What was Christine supposed to do at that point? She had 5 children to provide for, no paying job and she was pregnant to boot. She was in a really vulnerable position, trapped. How could she have effectively won against Robin's manipulations?
We are missing the big picture. He is only married to one of them at a time and stepping out while doing it.
Idk if you know this already, but Kody actually sent Christine's 14 year old daughter Mykelti to live for several months at Robyn's house while he was dating Robyn to be her live in nanny. Basically exploited Christine's daughter for free labor bc Robyn has never been able to manage her own children by herself. Especially after everything that has happened since, it's clear Kody has always had no hesitation in abandoning and/or sacrificing his wives and children for the benefit and convenience of Robyn. Don't even get me started on the financial abuse he's inflicted on the other wives and their children to make sure Robyn always had the best of everything while she does nothing but take. It's despicable.
I like your new intro, James.
Meri and Kody flat out said they didn't see a need to bring Christine and Janelle into the Robbem idea at first. Hmmm, why would that be? Because they knew there was problems so they had to bring her in the back way and she knew that and allowed it. This thing was going to fail with this underhandedness. Kody and Robbem deserve the mess they are in, they better see Janelle and Meri right financially.
Perhaps because they knew that Christine and Janelle would've said absolutely not faster then Kody could comb his hair with a toilet brush?
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and knowledge
So glad I found you! Checking out all your videos while snowed in!
Meri and Cody found Robyn, kept it a secret from the other wives, for a bit. Then later told Christine and Janelle.
Glad I found your channel!
Spot on James. If you look up without a crystal ball one of Preston's assocciates spoke to Katie and as usual there are two sides to the story. Title is Robyn Brown roasted hy ex hubby's family.
These women fixed their wagon to a weak barn sour horse. Without a very good and fair man…polygamy could never work.
💯% James! 😁👋🏼☺️
I watch all the other talk about this and 90 days and your better then the rest keep it up your Gona be above 300k in no time! Better then WOACB for sure!!!
Good point about a mom with kids entering an established family. The original three were able to grow, mature, and build parenting from day one.
You. Are. BRILLIANT!!