Sister Wives

[Ex 2x2]

I kinda like the name Truly/Truely. The crazy spellings though drive me crazy. I agree with whoever said Sol and True are the only 2 younger kids they really know. I know some of their names, but when I see the little ones on there, I have no idea who is who. For the olders, Hunter and Logan are very recognizable. The girls run together for me, although I do recognize Meri's daughter and the one daughter who is very outspoken about not wanting to be in a polygamist marriage.

I really hope on the new season they spend a lot of time on house tours, pointing out different features, etc. As much time as was spent on wetbar-gate and frenchdoor-gate, I want to see those things, for goodness sake! I'd also be curious to see in each house how the bedrooms shake out...who is sharing with whom, etc. And I'd LOVE to see what Meri is doing with her one child and 15 bedrooms!

I assumed the 4 houses were the only ones on the cul-de-sac, but I occasionally lurk on the sisterwives blog site, and people on there were saying they can't imagine how the other cul-de-sac neighbors feel about them moving in. Does anyone know the layout?

[BlondeAgent007]

Christine said the stone exterior would help eat up her budget, not that it actually did... Either way, Jenelle and Christine both apparently gave Meri $1,000. I think Jenelle must have made the smartest decisions with her money -- she probably went for a 4 bdrm with lots of upgrades throughout the home. A patio or deck can be added later easily--internal upgrades are much more costly and some you have to rip up the whole house to accomplish. Not having 5-6 bedrooms is going to make the house easier to sell eventually too. A wealthy family with one child will want hardwood floors, fireplace, ceramic tile, etc. (I had one friend whose family had the vacuum system run entirely through tubes in the walls of the house. you just plugged a hose attached to a vacuum head into the wall portal and bingo. It was really lightweight and I thought it was damn cool.)

[michelle_notduggar]

I think the run-down of which wife spent how much is really telling of the order Kody favors his wives. The name Truely is one of Christine's better choices (Mykelti?) so I don't mind the name, it's just the fact that her name is Truely Brown. With most other last names, it wouldn't be so weird.

[Coconut Flan]

I think the cul-de-sac is kind of an oval with about four houses on each side of the entrance way.

[lovefromgirl]

I'd probably take Kody over my own dad, tbh. He's more stable. Plus, hey, four moms! Would not have sucked when I was little!

[BlondeAgent007]

I think the run-down of which wife spent how much is really telling of the order Kody favors his wives. The name Truely is one of Christine's better choices (Mykelti?) so I don't mind the name, it's just the fact that her name is Truely Brown. With most other last names, it wouldn't be so weird.

I think it's also telling that Kody was trying to convince Jenelle to get a patio while encouraging Christine to give up some of her budget. I think originally she was trying to go cheap, but have lots of bedrooms. When she found out her remainder would go to Meri, and not a communal pot/back to her, she frantically tried to spend it. Even after adding things she forgot, her budget was still the least.

I think Meri is his true love, Jenelle his family manager/moneymaker, and Christine was the broodmare/home manager. Now that Robyn is here, and more fertile, Christine has been completely replaced, imho.

[SilverBeach]

Janelle was a broodmare also. Meri wasn't troubled by Janelle coming into the family because she felt Kody the Klown didn't love Janelle like he loved her. Janelle still has value because of her work ethic, common sense, and money management skills. Christine would probably be voted off the island is this was survivor, she has no real value anymore as far as the Klown is concerned. I am Team Janelle all the way.

[ChunkyBarbie]

I think the cul-de-sac is kind of an oval with about four houses on each side of the entrance way.

There are actually five homes in their cul-de-sac. Can you imagine being the poor sucker that moves into the fifth house? :shock:

[ChunkyBarbie]

Janelle was a broodmare also. Meri wasn't troubled by Janelle coming into the family because she felt Kody the Klown didn't love Janelle like he loved her. Janelle still has value because of her work ethic, common sense, and money management skills. Christine would probably be voted off the island is this was survivor, she has no real value anymore as far as the Klown is concerned. I am Team Janelle all the way.

Meri may not have been troubled by Janelle, but she clearly troubled Janelle. There appears to be a lot of animosity between the two to this day. Back when they lived inWyoming, Janelle even moved out for a while, two years I think, until the family moved to Utah into "plyg" house where each wife had her own living quarters and KITCHEN.

[SilverBeach]

Meri may not have been troubled by Janelle, but she clearly troubled Janelle. There appears to be a lot of animosity between the two to this day. Back when they lived inWyoming, Janelle even moved out for a while, two years I think, until the family moved to Utah into "plyg" house where each wife had her own living quarters and KITCHEN.

Meri ABUSED Janelle. And Klown did nothing to defend her or correct Meri. I have no respect for that spineless piece of a husband. I read their book and have been watching the show since the beginning, and yes there is no love lost between Meri and Janelle. I said upthread that they are more like coworkers than sister wives. I wish Janelle had stayed away when she moved out.

[Alecto]

There are actually five homes in their cul-de-sac. Can you imagine being the poor sucker that moves into the fifth house? :shock:

Makes me wonder if they have another wife in mind.

[JenniferJuniper]

Makes me wonder if they have another wife in mind.

I really do suspect that's the plan. They really need the show to continue and Kody probably thinks he can last as long as the Duggars provided he keeps bringing in new wives to birth babies, add dramatic tension, and fill up the houses when the teens move on. And of course, more wives will enhance his afterlife status.

:roll:

[Coconut Flan]

I was thinking of the actual end of the street. There are four on each end and then one in the middle across from the entrace kind of set between the two cul de sacs. There are nine houses altogether in the little development.

Edited to remove picture.

[VintageJen1984]

I would love to know what the teenagers (both Janelle's and the others,but mostly Janelle's) think about the time when Janelle moved out. There are things that Madison and Logan have in common that Mariah and Aspyn and Mykelti have differently in common.

I think it's interesting that Christine's girls (who seem to have similar footing as Janelle's) are far less averse to being sister wives in the future than Madison. Logan seems kind of waffly about polygamy at best. Like "I might, maybe one day. A long time from now." But he's The Firstborn, and Firstborns generally are more likely to do things that please their parents. That seems like a good way to say "it will please mom and dad if I say I will, but I really don't want to". Obviously Mariah and Aspyn and Mykelti (well, I know Janelle had kids during the time she moved out, but maybe the other girls were too little to remember?) know a sister wife might encounter things that will literally drive her and her kids to go back home to her mother, but the whole experience is probably not as big for them as it was for Madison and Logan (and maybe Hunter, if he was alive or old enough to remember).

This is the sort of stuff I want to see the teens talk about when they do their couch interviews. I know it'll never happen, but I wish!

[lilith]

Much as Mariah may want to be a sister wife, I'm not sure that many fundamentalist Mormons would be willing to allow such a liberal, publicly educated, pants wearing woman who has been all over the television, to marry into their family.

The Browns are not the norm. They are almost unbelievably liberal for the AUB, much more liberal than the Centennial Parkers, the other relatively moderate polygamous group, and far more liberal than most independent fundamentalists.

Even the Dargers, who adopt a similar style of dress etc, are far more observant and their home is far more patriarchal. It's pretty obvious that Kody isn't a committed spiritual leader, he just likes the perks of being a polygamous patriarch. If there is any spiritual leader in that home it's Christine.

And none of that adds up to their daughters being desirable on the fundamentalist Mormon marriage market.

[Evilbad]

I've been reading a lot of books about the flds, and there is one that goes into great detail over the whole pecking order of the wives and how they treat each other. It is interesting the way you see it play out with the Browns.

[buhnuh]

I've been reading a lot of books about the flds, and there is one that goes into great detail over the whole pecking order of the wives and how they treat each other. It is interesting the way you see it play out with the Browns.

Oh that sounds interesting, would you mind sharing the title of the book?

[greek_chorus]

The federal lawsuit filed by the Browns' to determine if polygamy is a crime is being heard this week. I get the feeling that the definition of polygamy is going to end up being similar to the definition of porn, "I can't define it, but I know it when I see it."

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865570971/Judge-in-Sister-Wives-case-asks-for-definition-of-polygamy.html?pg=1

[laura oz]

What I found interesting about it is that none of the Browns were in court, but one of the Darger wives was.

[gustava]

What I found interesting about it is that none of the Browns were in court, but one of the Darger wives was.

Now that IS interesting. Any speculation as to why?

[laura oz]

Just a wild guess, but the Dargers actually live in Utah and have been public longer and Joe has headed the Principal Rights Coalition since 07. However, Kody is a true attention whore so wild horses shouldn't have been able to drag his butt away from there.

Maybe the green goo he's hawking is rotting his brain? :think:

eta Just read the Darger's book and I like them. Working on the Brown's book now....wading through bullshit is slow going.

[SouthCarolinaGirl79]

I didn't buy the Brown's book, but I felt like I read it after reading the synopsis on the sister wives blog. I love that website. I feel the worst for Janelle.

[GiggleOfGirls]

The Sister Wives Blog is a wonderful thing. The recaps are excellent!

[GiggleOfGirls]

It still fries my brain that a man can sleep with a dozen women, if he so chooses, impregnate them all, and be perfectly within the law. However, if he wants to commit to all of them and to taking care of all his children in more of a way than just providing child support and his presence, it's all of a sudden illegal.

I'm not a fan of polygamy, it's not something I think I'd ever be interested in trying, but I don't understand why it's illegal. There are law against abuse and against marrying children/teens so those seem to be extremely weak arguments (from the article about the court case) against polygamy.

My main concern with polygamy is that children in homes with unrelated adults are at a higher risk for abuse, but again (and from what I understand), that's covered in the abuse laws and could be prosecuted whether polygamy was legal or not.

[laura oz]

I know someone may bite my head off for this, but I really feel that it should be viewed as a lifestyle choice/freedom of religion issue. I would never dream of telling a homosexual/lesbian couple they should be in jail for wanting to be together. As long as everyone is an adult, no children are endangered, and no fraud is committed, my God, who are they hurting? I know Warren Jeffs tried to use the freedom of religion argument at first when his ass got busted, but if everyone is a consenting adult why shouldn't they be allowed to adhere to this tenant of their faith?