Also, my son-in-law is a VERY successful attorney, and he says that Kody and Robyn absolutely did not need to be legally married for him to adopt those kids. They just needed her ex to give up his rights. This whole thing was a manipulation to make Robyn the legal wife!
Two problems with that. First, the adoption was "supposed" to be about medical insurance - you can put your unwed but cohabiting partner and their children on your insurance WITHOUT BEING MARRIED or ADOPTED. So the very excuse for the adoption was a lie. Second, what you say is true legally. However, bigamy was not. And if any official involved in the adoption were to find out Kody was actually married legally to someone else (and spiritually to 3 others), would this adoption have been approved by the Judge? He has final discretion. Would Kody be well-known/recognized at that time for the Judge to know? My story: My widowed mother's partner insured me in the '60s, 1st as live-in, then stepparent. He adopted me a few years after that. Legally, it couldn't be just him and me, my mother had to be part of the petition. When the Judge came to the part of the formal adoption ceremony when he asked if all parties were entering into this binding contract voluntarily, my mother said "Hold on a minute. I didn't get a chance get a chance to make a decision the first time". By then I was nine, and did NOT find this as funny as the adults did.
This is even more infuriating when later on Kody accuses Meri of having an affair with the catfishing. He is such a jerk. She wasn’t married to him and there was no spiritual marriage ceremony.
Not true. They BOTH considered themselves in a committed relationship and completely married. Just bc we know what we know today DOES NOT change the FACTS that Meri cheated at that time. She absolutely started an intimate relationship with someone before either established an ending to their relationship. And she did so IN SECRET!! Just bc things are bad doesn’t mean planning a life with someone new BEHIND THEIR BACK is even remotely ok. U each should ask ur significant others how they would feel if the relationship became strained and distant, that it would be ok for ur significant other to meet, fall in love, and plan to marry someone else - and only talk in secret - and not brave enough to discuss breakup, PLUS is choosing to wait to tell you when they are sure the new person is going to come take them away. Just bc K is a POS dirt bag DOES NOT MEAN MERI DIDNT CHEAT!! Nothing K did changes the definition of “cheating.”
@@Sin-D_... Ok Robyn... You again.. 😂😂... Wasn't she in a sex less relationship with Kody while he's spending all his time with his new play toy who does things the others won't do... Her words.. 😳.. And didn't know speaking on the phone was cheating.. she NEVER met the mentle case in person.. Wished Meri would have been smart enough to take her 50% during the divorce n rolled out..
@@Sin-D_.. Excuse Me... Did you watch the episode where Kody cheated with Robyn while Christine was in labor with Truely?.. N sure his visits with Robyn were full of romping around in her bed.. Just can tell how Hot she was for him from the 1st time she aired on the show.. Her first 3 words... Kody's MY Soulmate.. So... Who cheated 1st.. 🤔😳
Definitely! K & R think they’re so smart and people believed what they were saying, but yes, horrible acting. Poor Meri was so heartbroken over the divorce. The way she reacted to Kody’s question, “Things aren’t gonna change,” one could tell she’s floored that he asked it because it was HIS idea for the divorce. Despicable!
I watched from day 1. And while we may “think” the divorce was not Meri’s idea, this was NEVER confirmed or admitted to. At no time did Meri or ANYONE (the adults or the grown children who speak out) EVER say the divorce was not Meri’s idea.
I think Meri was surprised, because likely Kody told her things would change, would get *better* if she signed the papers. Meri likely thought this would be the sacrifice that would make the family appreciate her. Deluded thinking, but not improbable.
@@Catmom-gl5nt I feel for her now … geez she’s been with that … I guess man ? - since she was very young and truly loved him . Enough to let him play about … 😞
She did anything he wanted. The way kody and Robyn sat there looking shocked was so infuriating , he did not give a crap about her when she was signing those papers. Janelle knew straight away what had just happened .. worst actors ever
@@ingridgodelieve902 That’s the one that was hardest for me to watch ! She was utterly heartbroken and rotten and Kootie … didn’t care , it was like a creepy …. Horror show .
The legal marriage was for Robyn, not the children. He could have adopted them without being married to her. She is the only one who benefits from this, insurance for her and her kids, if he ever really paid for any, not. Just goes into debt and has other wives file bankruptcy and lend them money to move on. She will take everything from him when she divorces him, plus child support, it's coming as soon as TLC says enough. She doesn't and never has loved anyone but herself.
Didn't you see? She was forced to by Kody because of money! A lien was put on Robyn's house because of not paying the Medical Bill's for Dayton's ATV accident and Kody and Robyn were trying to force Robyn's ex to pay for half of it. Letters kept coming and threats were made because Kody refused to pay it, even though he was the one who took Dayton. Finally, Robyn's ex agreed, after Kody and Robyn said that they would stop the Courts and pay the Bill's if he would let Kody adopt the kids. Then Meri was bullied into the Divorce. Kody and Robyn are a piece of work.
Mix drop! Yes - Meri was devasted and neither cared . Robin couldn’t even fake cry and Kody could care less . I’ve said it rarely , here goes- poor Meri . She was too young and brainwashed . Let’s give her a new start too ! I honestly wasn’t a fan before , but rooting for her !
Kody and Robyn (Robyn in particular) seemed preoccupied with optics throughout the show. Attempts to conceal certain details for fear of backlash is offhandedly mentioned quite a lot throughout the seasons. I wholeheartedly believe K&R were the sole architects of the adopti-vorce maneuver with Meri. K&R are greedy and cruel, but want none of the blame for their actions. As I’m writing this, I just realized… The move to Las Vegas was due to Robyn’s family ties (an uncle, I’ve heard). Maintaining multiple houses was attributed to Robyn’s desire to be a “couple” and to treat Kody “like her best customer” in private (pardon me while I become violently ill). It is the arrangement that her own mother maintained. Indeed, Robyn’s mother lived in a different STATE than her father’s other wife!!! The family tradition (and trust building exercise) of watching each others kids didn’t apply because Robyn hired an outside (family member) to “care” for her kids instead of a sister wife and didn’t properly bond with their children either. Meri’s divorce was likely Kodys “idea” after it was skillfully implanted into his head by Robyn, doubtless so she could legally secure the $$ for her and her kids. After bending over diagonally to build four, gorgeous homes in Vegas, The sudden, chaotic move to Flagstaff was I’m certain Robyn’s idea. Dayton enrolled in college there, and Robyn is a needy, clingy helicopter parent who lacks boundaries. The lack of family pets (and Kody eventually coming to dislike them) is due to Robyn’s aversion to keeping animals in the home… Am I missing any other major lifestyle factors that Robyn single handedly altered, at the expense of 23 other human beings, in order to suit her sole purpose and goals? That’s quite the list of violations she’d like us all to never think about or blame her for 🙄
Robyn manipulated Meri. Meri loved Robyn's kids and Robyn played on that love. There is a clip somewhere of Robyn weeping to the wives that she was afraid that Breanna, Dayton and Aurora could choose to go live with their father when they were teens because they did not feel safe and secure in the Brown family. Robyn wanted to sever all ties between her kids and their father. Having Kody legally adopt them was her action plan. Robyn desired the legal marriage.
Kody and Robyn weren't shocked is right. In fact, Robyn wanted another family Wedding ! When Kody said it would just be the two of them, after Robyn inserted herself (as she will continue to do, forever it seems), they sure were giddy at The Court House ! They even Celebrated their most recent Anniversary (the Legal Marriage, not the Spiritual Marriage, which is supposed to be the one that counts), and Robyn is sporting two brand new expensive Rings. A few witnesses say they saw them in Gatlinburg Smokey Mountains and the place they went to was closed down while Robyn, Kody, and the younger kids were there, with Camera Crew in tow...and that the way Robyn and Kody were acting, it could have been when they had a Wedding Vow Renewal. It was their Legal Wedding Anniversary. The longer this Show was on the air, the more convinced I was that Meri has been the most abused of all of them, by most of them.... By the adults. She stood in the way of Robyn and Kody's plans, and then was shunned after the Divorce. We now know for certain, that Kody and the other three Wive's had plenty to say about Meri to each other...especially Kody to each wife. They all told us this last 'Tell All'...'Look Back'... And 'Talk Back', what Kody had been saying about Meri. Janelle mentioned Christine and Meri being discussed once. But, it was mostly about Meri. This from adults who said they stayed out of each other's marriages. It's sickening how she was treated. I think besides the way she was raised in that Religion, and the way her mother kept telling her she had to stay...she stayed because those kids (all of them) were her family. And she stayed because she couldn't bear losing them. We all saw how hurt she was when she found out about Robyn and Kody's second Christmas, when she found out that Ysabel was there. She and Ysabel have always been close. She finally saw, along with hearing what Kody said about not caring if she divorced him and married another...just what she was holding onto. And because in their Religion, the women are punished if they leave, she had to have Kody make a Public Declaration 'to her', in order to not be punished or shunned. Remember...she still has sister's and brother's from another mother, but also from her bio father...as well as nieces, nephews, and other's whom she spends a lot of time with. Unless people have been watching her live's on Instagram for year's, the Show doesn't bring that up. TLC makes her look like she is a glutton for punishment, when it is just the opposite. Christine had the support of her grown kids...her mother who had left, and had been shunned by everyone, including Christine for years...and her brothers who never supported Polygamy. Meri had no support, but Jen. And Jen couldn't sway her, not while Bonnie was still living. Meri began bailing after her Mom passed, then bulldozing when Kody said what he did, which was why she said hardly anything during the "family meetings", until Christine said she was distancing herself from Meri, as well as Robyn. It hurt Meri that Christine didn't get why she had to stick with what Kody decided. Christine knew why ! She all but says it in the 'Talk Back'. I had what I thought were issues with Meri, until I learned and heard from relatives and friends of the family, what TLC doesn't show, and then by re watching from the beginning to see a linear view, knowing what comes next, and what happened to the family, and how it was presented. I have very little respect for Janelle, and Christine is definately not the Royalty she has been portrayed as. And I know you have heard why I think the way I do. Being a Pastor, after working as a HealthCare Professional, I have learned more about this Sect, and how they treat women (I had my own experiences as a Female Pastor), and I am so glad Meri is out of there, and that she still has a good relationship with all but three, perhaps just two of the kids. The two who tried to disparage her, recanted because of guilt, I believe. Even though they both had said that Meri was never physically abusive, Meri haters took it to a whole different level. And now they don't want to hear what Gwen said about Meri being the only adult who knew how to parent, and Mykelti said that she took it harshly because the other parents hardly ever told her she was doing anything wrong, and Paedon said he was too drunk, which we saw. (And look at Mykelti now) Anyway....rant over. Sorry, but this mess was out and out abuse, but no one tried to stop it.. And they aren't getting any blame either. It seems that they sat back and observed quite a bit, hmmm?
They were all abused by Kody & Robyn. And from the beginning Meri was abusive to Janelle & then Christine won her over, but Meri began to be abusive to her as well & some of the children...polygomy stinks to high heaven. Meri, Janelle, & Christine sadly chose it❤❤❤
I feel like they ALL sat back and watched him abuse each other and probably tried to stay on his good side so that they weren't his target . I do feel terrible for Meri....and Christine and even Janelle...they were all manipulated by kody and Robin and he played them all against each other.... prime example is when K told R that C said she did not want the family when what she ACTUALLY said was she did not want to live in one house and for very good reasons.... For a long time the OG3 blamed each other for a lot of things that they should have blamed K or R for....
@@GrannyDi276 Maybe if Janelle had not chased Kod and dumped Meri brother, Meri would have had more respect towards her? I think it was Janelle who was abusive sneaking around with Kod and chasing him!
@@GrannyDi276 ... No one knows if Janelle was "abused" by Meri. What Janelle complains about is not abuse. Janelle thinks being asked to sing for Aspyn and Mariah is abuse! And personally, Meri had set up her home for three years before Janelle snagged her husband after leaving and divorcing her brother. I don't blame Meri for wanting her kitchen to be clean...have you seen Janelle's? And in Therapy, Meri said that no matter how she asked Janelle, she would stomp off. After seeing Meri and Janelle at the Home Craft Store, I'd say Meri had a lot of patience with her. Personally, After the 4th time of gazing at that Wreath, I'd be telling her to just buy the damn thing.
They made Meri do it. The catfish prob already happened with Robyn having her hands in that with her “friend” telling her info about it all. They are SICK and both deserve each other. Nasty
You should have showed the parts at the divorce signing where Kody and Robyn looked at each other and smiled with glee. (Ok, SMALL smiles - but they still smirked at each other while Meri cried.)
Ugh poor Meri! 😞 I felt so sad for her when she had to sit there and tell them she was getting a divorce so they could marry and adopt Robyn’s kids. Anyone can see that this was already discussed and they were not surprised at all AND no one believes it was Meri’s idea. You’re right! Kody couldn’t even contain his glee! Him stating “nothing is going to change between us” to Meri 😳 what an ass! I’m sure Meri was thinking “oh fan-f~ing-tastic! You already treat me so well 😳” He is so obtuse and egotistical 😡 at least Meri showed Robyn what real crying looks like. Tears and all 😭 watching Meri cry then and cry as she was signing the divorce papers just broke my heart 💔 seeing Kody and Robyn there (I mean I know Kody had to be there) just made me want to choose violence 😳😆 Meri has made A LOT of sacrifices. Christine and Janelle have as well. Robyn wouldn’t know what a sacrifice was if it came up and bit her in the ass. She’s an energy sucker and a taker 🐍 Trying to find the bright side, at least it made Meri finally leaving Kody for good easier. The legal divorce was already done. However, I would’ve liked to see her get half of all his shit 🤷♀️ I wish nothing but the best for her Christine and Janelle and nothing but the worst for Kody two hairs and Robyn crybrows 🤨 have a great week Jenny! Hugs! 💖
@@aliciarasley3356 I’m thinking not by the way Janelle reacted to the news of the divorce and Kody marrying Robyn. That’s when Kody went on and on to Janelle that “so long as Meri doesn’t act any differently, and Robyn doesn’t act differently” and Janelle said “and so long as YOU don’t act differently” which we all know how that turned out 😳 Janelle later explained her hesitation when she heard bc even tho she and Meri didn’t always get along, she knew she could trust Meri. If anything were to happen to Kody Meri would be fair to everyone. She wasn’t so sure about that with Robyn. So I don’t think Janelle or Christine knew about kody and Robyn’s plan to get Meri to divorce kody so Robyn could legally marry him. It’s all just sickening to me. Especially since those 3 kids HAD a good relationship with their biological father. Robyn only looks out for Robyn. What goes around comes around. She and Kody will get theirs in the end. I hope we get to see it!
Kody definitely wasn't surprised she did that. He talked to her off camera and manipulated her into it. His acting and pencil boxes acting was atrocious
I believe that Kody somehow threatened Meri to get the divorce. Meri now needs to tell the viewers the real story. Meri, you owe Kody and Robin nothing, and you need to completely get them out of your life.
The point is it wasn't her idea.Neither is having Robin join the family.Meri was played with throughout.Two sharks swimming through this family.Predating on all at will.
Meri thought doing this would put her in a better standing with Kody. Kody just got rid of Meri's legal claim on her monetary assets she had built up during their marriage. Meri played right into their hands.
I also remember Janelle saying that she was not happy about the divorce bc everything would change.. she trusted Meri’s conviction towards the welfare of the family as a whole, but knew Robyn was a gold digger
Yes. Janelle was not too happy, abs with good reason. It is well known that the legal wife holds a lot of power, especially if/ when the husband dies. (Statistically, he won't outlive them all) The legal wife has to be trusted to do right by the other wives and kids when he passes. They didn't all get along all the time, but they did trust Meri to do right by the family in the event of Kody's death. Robyn was most likely to take anything that was left and peace out.
And she got a horrendously large bill for truly kidney failure and mykelti saw a corporator when she fell of the horse so no there was no insurance I live in England so our n NHS is a blessing.
I remember just before that Kody kept saying how selfish Meri was. I couldn’t see it. Then when she offered I thought‘she’s not selfish’. Now of course we see it was part of the manipulation. She was conned. I hope janelle and Meri sue for fraud.
Totally agree!!! And I just have to say, Robyn’s habit of constantly flipping and “perfecting” her hair is so bothersome!! It just conveys such a vibe of, “I know the cameras are on, always concerned with how good I look…Look how beautiful my hair is curled…” 🙄🙄🙄 It just conveys such a narcissistic, egotistical vibe. Ugh!!
Robyn and Kody looks like they coordinated their outfits together. Really enjoying the WAIT FOR IT PROMPTS. Christine manages to say the truth without doing it, and we can read between the lines.
I feel like Merri gets way to much heat for the way she helped take care of the children, as a single mother it appears Christine was the kind supportive mother but Merri was in charge of discipline cause lord knows Kody couldn’t be bothered. She in my heart really tried her best to please everyone and sadly it really just earned her a big fat kick in the butt. Thank you so much for sharing and best wishes always.
I still remember on the porch smiling when kody was being cruel to Christine meri was smiling then later she pretended to cry with Robyn ,she gave Robyn lots of backups against the other wives , she picks sides,but she picked the wrong side ,I still feel sorry for her but she would do it again in a heartbeat, kody was her focus ,I wouldn’t like to have as a friend, you could never trust her
I am seeing this a second time because it was under something else...and I noticed something. Did you see that Meri looks at yhe camera, or cameraman like she needs help, while crying when Kody is telling then asking her that things were going to stay the same. Meri was truly suffering through that conversation.😢
Meri was used, manipulated and abused for so many years. My heart does break for her. She took way longer than I would have to wake up but I have to remember she was born into a religion that brainwashes girls from birth to do whatever the man wants so you can go to heaven. I hope the 2nd half of her life is so free & happy & healthy.
I remember from playing card games, a card laid is a card played (in other words, you can’t snatch back a card you’ve played, once it hits the table, it’s done, no go-back). K & R , you have shown the world who and what you are, you can’t change the story now and try to play another card, the entire deck has been played and the game is over. Now you will need to get real jobs and be middle class. Remember, dear Robyn, when you try to get ahead by climbing on the backs of others, it comes back to bite you. Card laid and played, enjoy your Joker, who, btw, now shares custody of your children so how you ever gonna leave him, he is now the official dad and has rights. Didn’t think that through did ya, hon?
Idk why I just been out of the SW loop I took a little break from it. But I'm back and glad to see you💟I used to watch juicy scoop when she had someone on I liked😹never thought any SW would be on that show. Anyway hope you're having a great day you're the best!
I think Meri was such an obedient doormat to Kody that she could never tell him no about anything. I think if he mentioned anything to her, she knew full well, she had to obey him or lose him. What a shame she didn't realize sooner that "losing" him was the very best thing that could happen to her in her whole life. I know for me, the minute my husband would say, "I need another wife or girlfriend or partner." I'd be done right there. In all fairness, she was taught this was right. It's most unfortunate. During the whole divorce, Meri was the only one reacting emotionally. Kody was and is totally manipulative. Robyn is cut of the same cloth as Kody.
She was so confused when he started, asking her to reassure him nothing was going to change. He just overplayed his hand and his disingenuous line of questions threw her offguard. She wasn’t prepared to go to that length to lie.
Did you notice that Meri looked at the camera then, with a look of (help me out here), while Kody kept saying the marriage wouldn't chance, right. Meri was telling the truth when she said to Kody... I don't know what I'm supposed to say. Meri was tho only one crying... Her face was flushed and wet from her tears, and she had bags under her puffy eyes... And Robyn was trying not to smile and jump up for Joy. They were probably the most emotional episodes I have seen.
Hi Jenny, so agree with you about the divorce it was all Kody and Robyn! They plotted it from the beginning. I really think this was an agreement Robyn made with Kody before she joined the family. Robyn only agreed to join the family if she became the legal wife. Those two bamboozled the rest of the family. The OG3 were taken advantage of and Kody knew with their religious convictions they won’t buck it. He also thought he was smarter than all the rest and took advantage of their kindness and when they decided to leave his butt he couldn’t fathom it. He and Robyn are master manipulators but not smart enough to get away with it forever. I really wish they would do a forensic audit on him.
Hey, Jenny! I truly believe KODY manipulated this entire situation. Since, ROBIN enjoys secrets so much she for sure went along with the divorce from MERI. I’m not a lawyer but I think he could have adopted Robin’s kids without a marriage. BUT why would their father (husband number 1) relinquish his parental rights? 🤔 ANYWHO… I have so many questions about ROBIN’s “true” backstory. Thanks for the wonderful commentary AGAIN! ❤
Someone said they told him he would have to pay for all of Daton's hospital bills from the accident unless, he gave up his rights! If true, he was kind of black mailed.
AND THEN she was hounded and vilified for finding 'friendship' online ... if only ... she had felt more empowered earlier to make her own life separate from Kody and Robyn.
The custody of the kids was the pretext because these two always were going to dump the three wives and life happily ever after in monogamy. How I know this was a gameplan and not a necessity is because there was no discussion of a legal custody or guardianship agreements. It was all about getting Meri outta the picture because they always wanted it to be just the two of them.
Did ya catch it? As the "Kody's bad acting" clip starts he slips his ring off. He puts it back on but he slipped it off as Meri started talking. He knew what was coming and him and Sobyn are wearing matching outfits. Uh huh!
I agree with you I think it was Cody's idea he taught Mary into it at this point in their marriage they were not getting along and Mary said she would do things that Cody asked her to to prove that she was going to be a good wife and this was one of those things that's why she was crying at the lawyer's office because in her heart she did not want to do it
From the word "go" when she was telling the producers what she was going to do, as she was in the kitchen, I never thought it was Meri's idea. The shows previous to that showed Meri looking sad and nervous at times. When she told Kody and Robyn that sealed it because those two were unable to act surprised. I believe he bullied her into it and that Robyn begged her to. It's no wonder she got involved with someone online! I was so mad at Mariah for the way she treated her mother when the news broke. And when Kody blames her for the catfish I want to strangle him! I only wish that Meri had found a good man and married him.
I think the bonus for Kody is that he gets to divorce the person he’s already having problems with without any repercussion a divorce would normally bring: like splitting assets and debts and children. I don’t know if she’s ever figured that out.
Hi Jen , 100% in agreement, this was not Meri’s idea . Meri was repudiated , just like kings used to get rid of queens when when they got tired of them. It was pretty disgusting and the right thing to do would have been for Robyn to say , thank you so much Meri , but that’s too big a sacrifice to do . My own parents divorced when I was 3 and I did not have to be adopted by anyone , I had the same parents from the time I was born until they died and both my parents remarried . So now Robyn has the man ( or am excuse for a man as we say in Ireland ) she has a mansion and all the ugly Jewellery and ugly clothes that money can buy and she is still not happy ???? What I can’t understand is the possibility that Meri believes Robyn was her friend . Robyn was friends with the catfish friend and Meri believes Robyn is her friend . I just wish that once someone would tell her to her face . The last thing you want is to sit on a porch with these women that you, with your husband , tried to get rid off , and you succeeded
Why would Meri have ever considered this or consulted an attorney? She certainly wasn’t thinking about it for years. She said herself. She had always thought adoption wasn’t an option for a polygamist family. If she thought that, why would she have ever pursued this? She thought it wasn’t an option.
This was the Saddest episode of ALL, and Absolutely Kody told Meri in Private.. I don't want to be married to you, I wanna marry Robyn and this will be a great storyline for the show, BUT... It has to look like your idea, so you can be the hero.. but underneath his breath says.. So I don't look like the Jerk you know I am... I've always felt Meri was the most abused in this family, from the start of the marriage with Janelle and Kody hiding their flirting behind Meri's back n Kody making her accept Janelle.. then Christine rolls in and they start having kids like rabbits while she's dealing with infertility and now Thanks to McKeltie, we know she lost several babies... I'm surprised Meri kept her sanity through it all.. 😢
Janelle said many times that she looooved working....no sacrifice there. It worked great fo her to have Christine and the older kids on tje home front taking care of the kids and home work.
Robyn wanted a big celebration. To have all of the family witness the divorce. She's a snake, she and Kody deserve each other!! Another thing, go back and watch the episode when Kody talks about Christine grossing him out when she ate those nauchos, Robyn had a big smile on her face when Kody said it. Check it out. Love your channel!
My heart broke for Meri and then when they went and got married and left her out it was like pouring salt in the wound....😢😢😢 Kodys reacted like Meri told him she was getting a haircut or something!! They are absolutely despicable!!
Have to know that divorce was not Meri's idea and that she was pressured or forced into doing it. Her demeanor throughout was not one of somebody doing a favor for somebody she loves, and she was in agony. You got it right with calling it "bad acting". They also didn't have any respect for the change in dynamic for the other two wives, legally and financially. It was just another maneuver to give Robyn the spousal community property and where they trusted Meri to see they were fairly taken care of in an estate situation, they had no reason to trust Robyn.
He didn't. All Robyn needed to do was make a Will, and say who she wanted her children to be raised by. She had full custody...it would be her decision to make. If the kids wanted to change their name, or be adopted by Kody, they could petition the Court at age 14, depending on the Laws of whatever State they were living in. Robyn started to plant that seed from the beginning, by saying that they could choose where they wanted to live once they got older, if they didn't like it here.. whenever, the kids would bicker, or whenever She thought her kids were being "bullied". And honestly, what kids don't have their squabbles ? And yes...some are worse than other's and need adult referee's at times. I'm beginning to see this as another goal of hers, perhaps even with Kody. Planned during one of their many talks. Robin was not shocked, nor did she even try to cry. Neither was Kody. Meri was a mess in the Lawyer's Office, and Robyn should have kept her mouth shut, when the Lawyer looked at Meri and said, "It's a hard life at times, isn't it?" And now, they are trying to convince us all that Robyn is shy.... Good Lord...she has barreled in with her opinion on everything from the beginning ! Jumping in during the Couch Confessionals like she had been in the family for years and was an expert on Polygamy and had been living it all of her life. I just can't with her or Kody.
He told her nothing was going to change sitting there knowing he had cut her off already/Robin acting like this wasn't what she wanted OMG /Kody adopted the kids and still didn't take out insurance on the kids
I don’t know I know that in polygamy the passing Around of the legal wife status happens a lot and I do know that they often will marry a wife that needs her kids to be adopted because they married into the family and I guess it makes them look more solid if their If they’re married, especially because he’s gonna legally take custody of the kids by adopting
I never believed for a second that the divorce was Meri's idea. It was heartbreaking to watch her through that whole fiasco. I do think that Meri did think that it would help her to gain "favor" with Kody. But she didn't want it. Robyn set out to erase the OG3 and I'm sure it was hard for her to hold in her glee in that moment ( poor thing) , This was erasing Meri and the portrait of Christine, Kody and the kids, that she had her and her kids put into. That was #1 creepy and #2 it was erasing Christine. I do think it's odd that she didn't go after Jenelle like she did the other ladies I think she knew that wasn't a bear she could poke at and get away with it. Or maybe she didn't feel threatened by Jenelle and she absolutely saw Christine as a threat to her spot as favorite wife.
Also, Robyn went to the divorce signing, but they decided Meri shouldn’t go to the wedding. They said they didn’t want to give it any importance, yet they acted like giddy teenagers who’d just eloped. The whole thing was crappy.
Robyn and Kody took advantage of Meri and her love of children as well as her desire to have more children. Meri probably assumed she would have an opportunity to have a relationship with the children Robyn had, as well as the ones she would go on to have, similar to the relationship she had witnessed between Christine and Janelle, although she’ll later learn that Robyn had NO intention of allowing Meri to truly become an actual mother to her children. I think that Robyn flaunted the possibility of Meri potentially mothering her children in order to get her way where Meri was concerned. Also, if I’m being honest, I don’t think Robyn wanted Christine anywhere near her children because she feared that her children would end up flocking to Christine the Janelle’s did when it boiled down to choosing their father or their other mom Christine. I think Meri liked the idea of living polygamy, however I feel that the only ones who actually ever lived polygamy was Christine and Janelle, and it shows even now.
Neither Kody or Robyn can even give her a hug, go to her, they look awful!!! just wish Meri would have forced the issue of then Kody divorces Robyn and remarries Meri, crazy yes, but that's how Meri would know Kody is doing it for the right reason!, If Kody was not willing to do that, then she should have not divorced him!
I think Robyn put the bug in Kodys ear and he hinted around to Meri using Robyns kids to tug at Meris heart. They knew what they were doing. Robyn had to extra hard squeeze her face to force some moisture into her eyes. Kody is the Cheshire Cat with that big smile. Poor Meri.
IF there had been a change in the "wife status" (and there was) I think, there's a new "ceremony" for Robyn" there should be a new "spiritual ceremony" with Meri. There wasn't. I don't think this was Meri's idea. I believe the culprit (as with SO many things) is Robyn.
It is so sad to witness the abuses K has bestowed to these women and their children. He has never put his family first because for a narcissist there is only self love; he even said he doesn’t😂 value love, he says he values loyalty (loyalty as defined by whom else but him)… even this is false though. Meri was selfless and loyal and he treated her very poorly. K is a very, very bad man. His “soul mate” just keeps (how did he put it) pencil happy.
The only way that it was her idea is if she thought that giving up her legal right as a wife would get him to come back to her. He probably promised her that if she did this for him that he would give her all the attention and time and things that she wanted. And then she got catfished because she was so resentful and angry. Because the promises that were made for her to do her part weren't kept. I full harderly believe whether it was her idea or not, the promise was that he was going to be good to her.
This happened after Cody took Dayton out to ride ATV'so in the country and Dayton was let to go unsupervised and he ran into a fence and damaged his face and eye. David had his visit with the kids saw Dayton blew and demanded to know what happened. Kory and Robyn don't believe in health insurance and Dayton had to have surgery. Cody and Robyn wanted Cody to adopt the kids to put them on the show. David was strongly against it. Cody and Robyn at this time along with TLC'so lawyers put severe pressure on David that since he was Dayto'ns father he had to pay athe least 1/2 of the expensive surgery as well at this time Robyn and theLawyers went to court and for the 1st time claimed she suffered DV in her marriage to him. Also theyou broke the spoken agreement that oncertain the kids lived with Cody that David no longer had to pay child support. Robyn and the lawyers went to court and slapped him with back years of child support. Of course he was still paying back the debts Robyn ran up during marriage and couldn't afford this. She/they managed to get the court a Cort order to pay that was registration with the State. David needed to drive a truck for his job and since he couldn't drive he got fired putting him in a real tough spot with no job and lots of bills. Cody and Robyn (and maybe TLC's lawyers) came to David and said they would drop all this if he signed off on giving his rights to the children to Cody which he had no choice but agree. It was at this point when Cody could adopt the kids, after Mary and he got divorced. David much later remarried and had kids so actually Robyn's oldest 3 actually have half-siblings they never see. It was a all round dirty trick by both TLC, Robyn, Cody and David refused to talk about any of this but after people started to investigate it, they heard about it from his family. I don't know who came up with this but TLC thought Cody adopting the kids made a good story about it. In the 1st seasons after Cody did Robyn commissioned a creepy painting done from photos where Cody was painted in in place ofor David. Very sick and it actually came as part of the story line but thinking back maybe one of the other wives gave it to Robyn after it was done to make a less creepy story line but it was actually Robyn who commissioned it.
Poor Mery at that time, they we're manipulate her with the "kids," and that was also a big FAT lie. They used Mery for Robyn's egoism, and so their bio father also ( he was also scammed by Robyn). And Robyn's part in the catfish scandal, ohhhh, I hope the karma will hit them hard.
I've always thought she was manipulated into it. I believe they played on her sister's death, and that family circling around her kids to get Meri to agree. In the earlier episode with Meri's colonoscopy she talks about how sister wives give her peace that if some happened to her like her sister Leon would have been taken care of and loved.
They didn’t even care about Meri in the whole process and they were so bad actors and that stupid fake crying from Robyn.Robyn wasn’t surprised when Meri wanted to so call divorce .
"Carry on like our lives have never changed"----sure Kody. Then later " I don't love Mari, she can leave and marry another and I won't care" You're disgusting Kody, you and Robyn deserve each other! I think the only one here that is going to heaven is Mari.
