Ex-Polygamist Reacts to "Sister Wives" Season 10
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Kody and Meri both said he refused to be intimate with her for 8-10 years before the catfish incident. She said she just wanted him to hug her or hold her hand but he would turn his back on her at night. Why did he even get in bed with her-- for show so the other wives would still think he was a real stud?
His behavior towards Meri was reprehensible imho. I honestly think he enjoyed being cruel to her. It made him feel powerful, when his actions really reveal his moral weakness. To deny her the simple affection of an embrace knowing how much she needs his love is disgusting.
I don't think anyone owes anyone else sexual intimacy, however. There are many marriages where sexual attraction fades or goes through different "seasons" especially as people age. It is possible to live as emotional companions with true affection and love. Kody seems to reject Meri MORE because she is devoted to him.
Re: the comments when Robyn was pregnant being feisty, Christine said she never knew you could “talk back” to Kody until Robyn came around.
Like he is their dad, very telling. So much was faked for the cameras early on. He was always a controlling asshole just hid it better the first seasons.
Ya it's always been surprising what Robyn can get away with saying to Kody..he'd never accept any of that if the other wives said it did any of it
For a long time it’s been believed that Robyn set Meri up with the catfish situation.
A couple (sort of random) comments: 1. As a trans guy, I really appreciate you guys talking so respectfully about Leon from earlier in the show!! It’s so weird whenever I hear people refer to me as a child as “she” or by my deadname… I know people don’t usually mean any harm by it but it’s so weird feeling like I’m two different people.. like I’m the same person i just looked different back then 😅 I can’t imagine if all these strangers were able to see me pre transition 😟 you still referring to them as they want to be referred to now made me happy and I’m not even the one you were talking about 😅 just thought I’d share that :) and 2. You guys got engaged on my birthday LOL you picked a good day 🤞 just found y’all’s channel like a week ago and have been binge watching / listening to pods while I work ever since
34:05 also don’t forget that the family knew Caleb very well for years and had only met Tony maybe one time. And that was brief. So they didn’t even know him or whether he’d be a good match for Mykelti.
On the show I thought Meri apologized 3 times. Off air prob 30 more times! I wish Meri would have emphasized WHY! Sacred Loneliness is impossible!
Meri should have left Kody after catfishing she stalled her life for 10 years and no good came from it but she cried and was heartbroken, Meri could be healed with therapy and the catfish well in the past!
Good points!
The catfish was a friend of Robyn’s friend. I think Meri was set up by Robyn who was vying for first wife status at the time.
Oh wow really?? That is pretty juicy lol. How was this discovered? I’m so curious!
Was in Kendras FB group, and she kept telling us the catfish was a man. Had him (her) do an interview with us. Such BS!
Kendra even had a reporter hidden in the group. My friend found the reporter, told Kendra Pollard-Parra and Kendra deleted her from the group. Was a super shady Sister Wives conspiracy by ROBYN'S FRIEND.
The friend of R's was the gal they met up with in San Franciscoand went dress shopping and then bought fabric and was making some or all custom dresses for some big occasion, maybe the mission statement reveal.....they also went out to a pub and tried beer. I guess it was someone that gal knew. @jewelgazer
I heard recently they weren't exactly friends..but Robyn and Kendra knew each other because were in an online group together. I'm not even sure Robyn has friends. If she does it's never been mentioned. Saw a video last night that a neighbour said recently Robyn and Kody rarely leave the house and neither one of them will even be friendly to any of the people in the community. Robyn won't even respond when someone says Hi or waves to her.
I'm jewish and I find it funny when Christians don't eat pork. Being kosher is so much more than not eating pork. It also includes no shellfish and not eating dairy and meat together.
Interesting! Thank you for sharing 🙂
Yes!
I don’t eat shellfish or pork but I definitely don’t separate meat and dairy
Separate meat from dairy? I know nothing about kosher but would love to know more. Elaborate please? :)
I never heard that about shellfish bf. Interesting.😊
Just wanted to say that i really appreciate the respectful way you two talk about Meri's child, it's little things like that, that make a big difference ✌️
If there had been a close relationship between Meri, Cody and the sister wives the catfish incident would probably never have happened. I think it was born out of many feelings but mostly rejection, loneliness and hurt. My husband and I met and never separated. When he passed we had been together for 25 years, you just know when it's the right one.
I absolutely luv that y'all got engaged so quickly and are still together! Every time I watch you both it's clear you are soulmates. And I'm a sucker for a love story! You're so lucky you have each other!
TLC gave us a Sh*t show, not the truth.
The masses were mislead.
You two Rock On❤
I just want to say I met my spouse in May and we were married in October and this year it will be 16 years of bliss.
If she hadn’t been treated so badly it wouldn’t have happened and it was never a physical relationship so just how did she cheat on Kody
Really thought you were going to say “months” after “six or seven” 😂
I didn’t grow up LDS but I am born, raised and still live about 20 minutes from Palmyra NY, so I’ve always been interested in the LDS faith/culture, and I watch so many ex-mo channels and I have to tell you guys, I just love the compassion and kindness that you have in every video! No matter the topic, you both approach it with such empathy and love, even if you disagree with something it’s clear how you really listen and consider things, you treat every topic with such respect! You both are a joy to watch!
Thank you so much! This means the work to us 😊
I agree! So many other podcasts really have an axe to grind and appear angry and bitter. I appreciate how positive and upbeat you guys are!
Glad you fixed your microphone.
With regards to engagements, when you know, you just know. Not everyone can get away with such short engagements but it does happen! My husband basically moved in with me in the span of about 2 weeks, asked me to marry him after only 2.5 months, we got pregnant after 5 months and married 9 months after our first date. We’ve now been married almost 18 years and we still like and love each other! Sometimes it just works!!
I'm not from a polygamous or Mormon background but, all 3 of my siblings are older than my husband's parents. I have nieces and nephews older than me. What happened is my mom had my brother at 15, my sister at 16, my other sister at 19 and me at 38 😂 she thought she was starting menopause early 😂 nope it was me
My husband and I dated for several years (through college) before getting engaged/married, but I had a feeling deep down that we'd be together forever from the first day I met him :) When you know you know!
My husband and I got married 5 months and 3 days after we met😂 5 week engagement. We’ll be married 4 years at the end of this month.
Meri NEVER accepts any responsibility for her part of the catfishing
There is a book about incorporating some aspects of arranged marriages into love marriages. Your marriage has some aspects of an arranged marriage. You choose who you marry, but the bride and groom already understand aspects of married life, such as dating, marriage timing, children, finances, creating a home, religious beliefs, commitment in bad times, etc. These are things that participants in love marriages rarely discuss and end up causing serious problems. Marriage timing is an important consideration. When a couple dates for a long time before marriage, the bride and groom should consider whether one or both aren't committed to marriage. Is it really important to them? Or are they getting married because it is expected of them after 5 years of dating?
Who was the apostle Peter, who said he received a revelation, that all of the former unclean things as far as the dietary restrictions, or no longer to be used. And I think Peter said that the reason those things were changed is because Jewish Christians, who still held adherence to the original law, were holding themselves out as more righteous than gentile Christians, who didn’t abide by such things, and it was causing people to have a class system, and be less than and not understand that the blood of Jesus Christ was supposed to be sufficient as an atonement for them that they aren’t supposed to have to work to earn their salvation anymore
My husband and I were together from the moment we first met as well and got engaged 6 months later. We were married 3 months after that. So we only knew each other 9 months by the time we wed. But we just had our 10 year from first date in December and our tenth wedding anniversary is this October 2024!🎉 “When you know, you know.”
I wonder if Aspyn noticed Kody being at Robyn's more. Did she move in there to spend more time with Kody? 🤔
Interesting thought!!
Love your podcasts and giving us a close look how things are the way they are.
Thank you! 😊
I couldn’t figure out why Meri even asked to take Solomon. It was way too far, and things were already touchy, I would have preferred to not rock the boat on stuff quite so soon
Because Meri is also Solomon's mother according to their religion. Not agreeing with the concept, just reporting it.
@@rebeccaanderson5191 I also think Meri wanted to take Solomon as a buffer between her and her child. I think Meri intimated that on the episode.
I like your new wall, the color is perfect!
Love your videos!
Regarding the pork, under the New Covenant there was no longer the need to do certain things that were specifically meant to set the Israelites apart and cleanse them in that manner. A lot of things they did were either to preserve them as a people (due to lack of ways to clear out bacteria and such). But another big thing to understand about the Old Testament is that so much of it is really A Narrative of man's attempt to gain their own righteousness through rituals and God continues to show them that there is no way that they can be completely cleansed through specific rituals, and at major points all throughout history there are things that point them to the need for a Savior. Think of the story of Abraham and Isaac going up to the mountain. He specifically promised Abraham that he would have many descendants through Isaac, but yet he asked him to to go up to the mountain to sacrifice Isaac. Abraham knew what God had promised. This is not God co-signing killing your child, but rather God was creating a metaphor for his people of what he planned to do for them. These 'Christ-types" and metaphors are throughout the narratives of the OT and it's astounding how it all ties together through multiple different people - not one or a few men coming up with a cool story that ties together. He was faithful from the beginning to prophesy to them that he would provide the sacrifice for them. But in the meantime they would do things (such as separate grain types and not eat pork) to constantly remind them that they were set apart from the Pagan people. And even with all those reminders they continued to prostitute themselves out to other gods and forget about what God had done. But once Jesus came, he was the ultimate High Priest. there was not the same need to be set apart in the same way and also laws that were made for the sake of cleanliness were able to be shifted due to their purpose being to preserve the people of God and civilization advances.
I really encourage you guys to read thoroughly through the New Testament in a Modern translation if you havent yet! There is a great Podcast plan called the Bible Recap. Gives you a plan to either read through the entire Bible or just the New Testament and gives some short insight each day.
Mark 7:14-23 "Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.”
After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. “Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)
He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come-sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”
Great video!!
Keep growing the beard, it looks amazing!
Thank you!
Engaged after 6 weeks! Wow what a story! Definitely proof that love at first sight can exist. :) You guys are too cute!
Question about coffee… didn’t the LDS church okay coffee after McCain or was that just caffeine?
Probably with other kids, Mari was able to take the other children anywhere. Robin the only who has said no. My guess 🤷♀️
I was thinking that maybe it’s because Meri can be flaky and indecisive. I don’t think I would trust her with my young children let alone a 1 year old.
@jewelgazer She appeared very unstable to me, for a majority of the seasons and episodes. I wouldn't have let anyone take a kiddo Sol's age, so it just seemed like a doubly bizarre idea from Meri.
My parents had their first date on June 2 and were married August 17 of the same year. I’m the first born and was born a little over a year later. They’ve been married 42 years. When you know, you know. 😅
Oh my gosh! My anniversary is April 6th (28 years)!
geez luhlousie, yall. 😅 well, happy upcoming 1st date anniversary!
Y’all are so stinkin’ cute! 😊 Hubby and I were best friends for over a year before admitting we loved each other (married 25 yrs now!) When I told my mom I was in love with him she said, “Well, FINALLY!!” 😂 I asked her why she never told me and she said, “you wouldn’t have believed me”… which was right! 😁 *I was (am?) quite contrary! ❤
When I first watched these seasons I was where you guys are about the catfishing, but now that we know he had abandoned years prior, I think she was completely justified.
Will you be covering “escaping Utopia” released last week on TVNZ1? It’s about Gloriavale. I can’t find a way to watch in Canada :(
I would consider myself a non-denominational Christian. Re:pork. I’ve known other Christians who don’t eat pork and consider it a personal conviction. Basically they believe it to be no longer “law” but more of a best practice because pork was considered “unclean” in the Old Testament. 🤷♀️
About that Meri and Sol road trip. Meri was going to use Sol as a buffer between her and Mariah aka Leon. Imo
She admitted that to us but not “officially “ to Robyn!
@@suefrisk8505 Meri also uses the (kids ,favored) as little children spies . Just like Kody does. I think all the adults did and do this too..they like yo spu on each other's households .
I believe that one of Robyn's friends was involved with the catfish thing.
I know some people who observe certain OT stuff will say they feel specifically called to follow whatevwr specific thing, by God. So they don’t believe it is mandatory for all to follow, but they have felt specifically called to follow, if that makes sense.
Mark 7:15-19 gives us permission to eat anything
Robyn seems to change the narrative to a convenient one for her at the time and episode 😮
Raised Scottish Presbyterian in my early years. We were taught from both the old and new testaments. The new testament was a continuation of the old testament lessons. I live main stream secular. Love bacon.
My children were close enough to their grandparents that I trusted and allowed them to take them over 1,000 miles for a week. My siblings trusted me to take their kids 1,500 miles. So, it makes me wonder if 1)Meri and Solomon weren't close or 2) Robyn didn't trust Meri 🤔
It seems like Kody wanted plural monogamy like Robyn’s stepfather did with the wives all in different houses and states and then he would travel around to see the different wives and children 😢 Paul Sullivan essentially had mistresses all over the place 🤷🏼♀️ wasn’t true Polygamy, Robyn didn’t truly grow up in Polygamy like Meri and Christine did her mom was a mistress to Paul not even a celestial wife by any definition of Polygamy and Plural marriage out there or in the experience of those who truly lived the life style 🤷🏼♀️
In Mark Chapter 7 is where Jesus talks about what is clean and unclean.
Two months
Funny enough April 6th is my birthday
Acts 15 is the meeting where the disciples changed the dietary laws followed by the Jews. The Gentile believers were accustomed to eating pork and other forbidden foods along with not adhering to circumcision. The church was new and needed to adapt to new Christians. The only laws they kept were not eating foods offered to idols and purity laws. It's a great passage to study.
Dietary laws still apply to this day for any Jewish person, for those grafted in through belief in Jeshua, we can choose to adhere to as much of the Torah commands for the jewish people but we are not commanded to adhere to them as they are, Jesus didn't do away with the old testament but He fulfilled it and brought a true understanding of the love of His father to it to give us all an opportunity to be a part of the kingdom to come. many parts of the old testament commands can not be operated on due to the lack of having a temple to perform them. choosing to be in unity with something that has been occurring for centuries is just a wonderment to me and I love all that it contains.
Thank you for sharing your insight. 🙂
My husband asked me to marry him after two weeks. I made him ask again after one month.
I’m not interested in the antics of a dysfunctional family. (Cody, et al) Not all of us like soap operas. You are capable of putting out much better quality.
Definitely ag
Definitely agree
You two are a nice couple. Very handsome with the beard.
Your timeline was the same as mine but I was 26
Glad we're not alone 😉
Remember they just got turned down for getting money for the sister wives closet . The catfisher was rich and imo he came to offer money to fund the sw closet . Meri said thry never got to getting the nda signed . Why would u need a nda ifvits just a lover . Again everyone realizes robyn knows much more thrn she is admitting too . While sitting at the restaurant robyn didnt stip esting her food while wveryone else is concern for meri . She knows whats going on .
Later you will see that right within a few days the catfisher gets meri to give her thought about love then becomes that person fir meri . Gets messages sent and then uses them for blackmail . Kendra has a video out that shows how the catfisher does the blackmailing . Using your personal thoughts against u
Many many years ago we had a foreign exchange student who was Turkish but raised in Germany and in her religion of Islam she was not allowed to eat pork either and that made me make a change in our menu during that time period we usually had pork chops cooked in the crockpot on Friday’s and ham on Easter so I had to switch up the menu and eliminate pork when she was living with us that school year 😮
I don’t let my daughter even stay the night with aunts or grandparents without me. She is 4. I’m kind of with Robyn for once
At the 11 minute mark, you said you couldn't understand why Janelle was okay with Logan having a different morality. I think she was substituting the word "morality" for "religion" as I think she raised all of her kids to be fundamentally good people with a good "morality" but if he was breaking away from Mormon fundamentalism, she was okay with that. She knew that he was still a good person who had good values. He just didn't believe that you need to be in a plural marriage to get into heaven.
That's a great point! Thanks for this insight.
10 months ❤married 33 years now sometimes you just know when you have found your person ❤❤
When i was young, my husband and i eloped after 7 1/2 weeks! We lasted 18 yrs.
Jesus came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it Matthew 5:17 Also in Acts 10:11,15 Peter had a vision of all the unclean animals being lowered from heaven in a sheet and God told Peter to kill and eat them. Peter declined 3 times but God said do not refuse what God has made clean.
In the New Testament Jesus says I didn’t come to abolish the law but to fulfill it. And he almost made things more difficult. For example he says it’s been said do not commit adultery but I say if you look at a woman with lust you have committed adultery in your heart. But in the book of Acts an angel came to Peter and said kill and eat (the animals that were forbidden in the Old Testament ) so at that point we were free to eat those animals. Circumcision was also no longer required as well. Gal 5 is all about being free from circumcision and the law but also that our freedom comes from living according to the spirit. And if we are living according to the spirit we shouldn’t be desiring to fulfill sinful desires. Christianity is not about rules but about freedom in Christ. An example of this are groups (like the Duggars IBLP ) who bring back a lot of rules to follow but this is actually not the message of the gospel. Their daughters book speaks to that (becoming free indeed )
If they really wanted to heal they need to step away from the show. And live separate lives. If polygamy was God's plan for them it would look like it. It looks more like an eighty long car train wreck. The cars full of jet fuel.