Ex-Polygamist Reacts to Season 1 of "Sister Wives"
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There are many things that the Sister Wives fandom has uncovered about the family dynamic in the early days of the show that put a different spin on the situation. For example, Christine had a traumatic late-term miscarriage prior to getting pregnant with Truely. She nearly bled to death and they were unsure if she should ever have another baby. That's why she elected to have a hospital birth rather than her usual homebirth with Truely. If I were late in a high-risk pregnancy and my husband was driving 5 hours away to take a different woman out on dates, I'd be just as neurotic and clingy as Christine was. Kody had no business leaving his pregnant wife like that.
We also weren't told that Robyn had 10s of 1000s of credit card debt. We are not told that Janelle wanted to carve out space in their house for Robyn and her kids while they sought a larger home, but Robyn refused to live in the house. Because she didn't get a job like she promised her rent came out of the family budget. Poor Janelle. She was the highest earner at this point, so she was supporting 2 houses and 3 families. Meri worked part time, and Kody worked, but since he was in sales his income was not as dependable as Janelle's. Robyn should have moved her kids into Janelle's house and made do with what Janelle thought they could afford.
Thank you for stating that!
Or that R refused to move into their house, and rented a home without having a job.
Same!
Robyn says she wants polygamy but her actions are totally opposite. The wedding dress, Kody kissing her before marriage, living separately, so many secrets with Kody, not integrating her kids, etc, etc.
Agree! IMO, what Robyn ultimately wanted was favored wife status, free childcare and shared finances. When I watched the show in real time, my opinion of her went from being that she was naive and a little annoying to that she was duplicitous and manipulative.
She never brought in another wife with her prior 9-year marriage. She doesn't know how to be a pural wife.
The unfair honeymoon trip!
There's so much a casual viewer doesn't know surrounding the background of her joining the family. We don't know about Robyn's 10s of 1000s of dollars of debt from her previous marriage. We do not know that Robyn refused to move into the house that the other ladies all shared, she insisted on having her own home. She said she would get a job and pay for the rent on this house and then she didn't work outside of the home at all, so her rent came out of the Brown Family budget. Robyn was always talking about proving to the family that she would be useful and insisting she wanted to contribute, but she was only a money sink diverting resources from the other homes. That alone would make most fair people like Robyn a little less than we otherwise would be inclined. Adding all of the manipulation surrounding her engagement, the honeymoon that she got that the other ladies did not get, the fact that Kody took 10 days away from a newborn Truly and yet insists that he can't leave his "little kids" to go to his teenage daughter's surgery because of covid. It all adds up to me really disliking this now monogamous couple.
@@thisaccount765if she wanted free childcare why did she refuse to let Christine watch her kids from day 1 and get a nanny?
What was disturbing about Kody picking out Robyn's wedding dress was that they did it in secret, and kept it a secret from the other wives. Then Robyn spent hours lying to them while she dragged them dress shopping that she valued her future sister wives opinions. That I think is the most hurtful. The lie. If they had been upfront it might have been a little upsetting, but they would have been okay, but the duplicity is hard to forget, and erodes trust.
@daniellescrochet - thank YOU for stating that! I actually believe (from recent interviews by Christine & Janelle) that this was just one of several sneaky and manipulating things that Robyn aka Sobyn did in deceiving her future sister-wives. I like the commentary here and am grateful you guys decided to start watching it from season 1 (very important in understanding the dynamics today). However, I do feel that you're not really grasping the deception from Robyn. She and Kody had already picked her dress together BEFORE Robyn decided (oddly & yes, deceptively) to 'include' the other women in the process of their wedding. When asked about it, Robyn once again decided to duck any accountability and dodged and ho-hummed that it wasn't deceptive, when in reality is was absolutely deceptive and a big fat harry lie!!! This is the first of many of Robyn's deceptive and manipulative destruction that she without a doubt, brings to the Browns. You'll start seeing over the next few early seasons that there is this issue of Robyn where she starts to cry when she is put on the spot - however....there are never any damn tears. It comes across as extremely manipulative and fake - this issue only progresses as the years move forward and what you will see is that Kody jumps to Robyn's tears but rolls his eyes when the other women show any emotions that depict negative feelings towards Kodys behavior.
It's my understanding that Meri thought it would improve her relationship with Kody if she brought Kody that shiny new thing, but it never worked out. Meri tried SO HARD for him over the years and it never worked.
Oh. And you may not see Robyn kick the family dog. Theyve tried to scrub it from the internet.
Through the first couple of seasons and their book, you find out the Meri and Kody didn't have a good relationship before Robyn and Meri felt closer towards Kody while he courted Robyn. But once they married, Kody stop giving Merri any attention and their relationship was the first to tank. Christine also notice that Kody treated Robyn differently and wanted the same treatment. Kody wouldn't. That's where all the jealousy stems from. We find out in this current season that Kody has a history of love bombing the new wife while ignoring older wives, before Robyn entered the family. Also, Robyn knew exactly what she was doing was wrong when picking the wedding dress with Kody. If she asked Kody to lie to her sisterwives about picking her dress, she is an active part in hurting them when they found out. That's on Robyn.
During the episode where the women learn that Kody helped pick out the dress, Christine left the set. It was filmed in such a way that it looked like Christine came right back. Their book said that Christine was so angry that they couldn't film for days afterward.
I think that in their church they're not s supposed to kiss before marriage.
Robyn knew that the Browns were negotiating with TLC for a TV show. She had already gotten parts in CMT 2000 Countdown and in one episode of Just Shoot Me in 1998.
Her exhusband's family has revealed that a reality show was in the works and before she even met Kody she wanted to get in on the TV action. She went after Kody so that she could be on TV
When Christine was in the hospital delivering Truely and he left her alone and go kiss Robyn that was so cruel and disrespectful I MO😢
It was interesting to hear Janelle say last week that things never settled down after Robyn joined the family. Her point about Robyn getting childcare instead of allowing them to be cared for with the other children really put a lot of this in perspective. It seems to me as a way to keep the families separated. Robyn talks a lot about the women rocking grandchildren together on the porch all the time but if that's what she really wanted, she'd have integrated her children into the family from the very beginning.
Robyn never was fond of the other kids. She took Mykelti under her wing before they were ever married so she had an ally in the kids camp. Mykelti still to this day, is believing and making excuses for Robin and Cody from her influence when she was 12 and feels like Robin rescued her when everyone was picking on her. Mykelti has the same victimhood complex as Robyn and realizes the only way to get attention from her father is to suck up.
@@catco8644 I don't think that Robyn was trying to take Mykelti under her wing she wanted the free nanny.
@@meomy29 someone had to watch her kids while she and Kody were out on their dates! And she was free!
At one point when the ladies are all on the interview couch, Meri and Christine are saying how hard this long courtship has been on the family and Robyn jumps in and says it was necessary for her kids to get to know Kody before he became their stepfather. I don’t know. It seems like Robyn really loved being the one he picked over his family and she liked seeing him run away from his family for her over and over again towards her.
Not to mention the 11 day honeymoon ridiculous
Robyn never lived polygamy. Her father was a bigamist and his families lived far away from each other. I dont know if Meri wanted polygamy even though she supposedly grew up in it, but neither Janelle nor Kody grew up in it.
Only Christine seemed to really understand how polygamy is supposed to work and was probably pretty demanding about how Kody should have been behaving.
I can see her telling him he is supposed to divide his time and money, and him interpreting this as her demanding more than the others.
He sent Christine’s daughter Mykelti age 12 to be a nanny to Robyn’s young children and homeschool herself! Hours away from home.
That makes sense why Mykelti now is trying to be a peacemaker now
Kody came off as an arrogant narcissistic jerk from day one. I quit watching after a couple seasons and only check up on how the women are doing on You tube. Glad they are seeing the light!
In season 1 it is talked about that Christine is the granddaughter of Rulon Allred. He founded the AUB. The AUB was called the Allred group sometimes. Kody talks about her being polygamous royalty in their church and seemed to be very proud of that fact.
In later seasons he mentions he felt pressured by who she was to marry her. He says this is how he ended up married to someone he didn’t want to be married to - he claims.
I believe Christine is also related to the man that killed her grandfather Rulon. His name is Ervil LeBaron.
Amazing show! Thanks for all of your insight
I think you should get a notebook and do checks.
Also show how Christine DID attempt to have a relationship with Robyn.
Robyn was supposed to assist Christine with kids because she didn’t have a job. That didn’t last long.
Everyone tried to integrate Robyn but she was the one backing away. Getting a nanny instead of having her SW help watch them.
As they were trying to bring her in, she was pulling away.
It was only in the last few years that Robyn really began to emerge as a villain. Probably around the move to Flagstaff, her giant house with Kody there, and then COVID, her mask started to slip more and more. There were certainly signs before that, but Kody got most of the blame, if not all. I think part of why people are so angry with Robyn at this point, is because as her mask has slipped it has become more apparent how much she is actually behind the destruction of this family, and how much of an act she was putting on. Her motives, lies, and how she has used her influence on Kody to benefit her and her children is deplorable. She is extremely selfish and fake. Her attitude and treatment of Kody’s children with the other wives is absolutely despicable.
agreed she like any human show some of her flaws in the beginning, but stuff didn't start hitting the fan till she started making decisions for the familly.
I never liked Robyn from the start
Well said! My post was a bit convoluted - This post is exactly what i am trying to relay in my reply to @danielleescrochet. 👏👏👏👏👏!!
@@elizabethferguson2263 I hate to be a mean person but I felt like intuition was showing who she was.
There were definitely clues along the way.
Covid helped her seal that! Gave her a “good reason” to isolate Kody totally
When watching take note of Robins child care. She doesn’t invoke any of the other wives. She hires out.
I have watched sister wives from the beginning. I have extended family that engages in “nontraditional family” so it was interesting to watch. I liked robyn the first couple of seasons. I think kody destroyed the family with favoritism/narcissism and adding robyn who bullies with a victim archetype was the perfect storm that was the final straw that broke the back of this polygamous family. I love your unique perspective. Keep going with it. ♥️
Once Robyn came along Kody stopped having date nights with all his wives, he stopped taking his wives away for romantic weekends once a year. Robyn got preference, Robyn would get upset over something and Kody would fix everything for her. Meri ended up legally divorcing Kody so Robyn could legally marry and go to court so Kody could adopt Robyn’s kids. I don’t feel as though Meri got the appreciation she deserved for that.
With dress it wasn't just that Kody picked out the dress it was the fact that Robyn specifically made it seem the wives and her were doing the dress shopping as bonding experience when she already picked out the dress with Kody. That was moment she was supposed to share with her sister wives but she uses that moment to bond with Kody instead and then when called out said " I just didn't think you guys needed to know" then why invite them to pick out your dress with you?
I feel like Melissa’s explanation was better than what Kody and Robin said on the show tbh
And with her saying that was THE first big RED FLAG
Look how everytime Robyn gets caloed out by the other woman she fake cries no tears and turns it around to be all about her being hurt
The local community has said that everyone knew the browns were getting a show about their search for the next wife when Robyn came into the picture
When I worked in an office, I watched office dynamics change every time a new person was hired. And this was in an office of about 30 people, so you wouldn't think there would be much of a ripple, especially because there were specialized units. But every new personality changes a system. It was fascinating to watch. I wonder if polygamists realize this is a sociological reality in every system. But add the intense feelings specific to a marriage, and of course the waters will be roiling for a while. I wonder if the little girls have this comprehension when they envision their future plural marriages. Expecting big adjustments would make things easier for everyone.
It will be so much fun to watch your reactions to the early seasons, because I haven't seen them. I'm not much of a reality show watcher. Plus, I was icked that this would glorify polygamy. Your reviews are bound to add somewhat to my understandings of everyone -- and it saves me the slow pain. lol
The wedding dress story was interesting. It's Robyn lying and manipulating the sisters, and it's right off the bat. She didn't want Kody to tell the others because it blew her cover. It revealed both her lack of integrity and how inconsequential they were to her. My opinion, anyway. Thanks for the review!
The thing about season 1 is that Meri and Kody kept this courting of Robyn secret.
I’ve read that Robyn was visiting her cousin and was deliberately there because she heard the Browns were getting a tv show. She was looking for a gravy train to support herself and her kids and the fame of tv.
It felt like a slap in the face to the other wives when it came out that Kody helped picked out the dress 😊
Yup. When it was supposed to be a sisterly bonding thing between them. Super shady.
From my recollection, in the book, production made the contract so as to have the wedding be part of the show. So they needed content with Robyn before the wedding and during. But at later points, Kody says that having a long engagement with Robyn was much better than the short ones he had with Meri and Christine because they knew each other better. He and Janelle had known each other for years when they decided to court.
You will notice over the seasons- the more Robyn takes on head wife role from Meri that the family falls apart. While Meri and the other wives had their issues, she always kept the family first and the wives happy enough to stay in it. Robyn never put the family first, so eventually it just fell apart. Flagstaff was all Robyn and the final straw. Plus, it was just ignorant to move them all to such an expensive area where they are isolated from everything they knew and grew up with. It just never made sense!
Robyn’s oldest son was starting college in Flagstaff. That was why she insisted on moving.
With the advantage of hindsight, it's clear that Kody and Robyn were fleecing the OG3 out of their profits from their homes that sold in Las Vegas. He and Robyn benefitted from the family account too. It appears the OG3 only kept the money from their personal accounts which they earned separately from TLC. We all know K and R only had TLC money because they didn't have outside jobs. I doubt Kody made very much selling accessories at gun shows. I think Kody was playing the long game...the financial abuse is a huge part of polygamy according to some ex polygamist members who have spoken out.
I truly believe if the OG3 had demanded separate paychecks into their personal accounts from TLC when they started to see Kody's clear favoritism they would have left sooner. Imagine all of the money that was spent out of that family acct and the OG3 had very little to no knowledge on exactly what.
The OG3 and OG13 were used and abused by K and R. I'm glad they finally got away from him.
They wrote a book, "Becoming Sister Wives". They discuss the tensions between the first three wives and issues that existed between the wives prior to Robyn joining the family.
Great video!! When you referred to Robyn giving him “fresh babies” I cackled! It sounds like he’s going to eat them lololol
Robyn knew about the show prior. It’s in their book. She was told about it. She had heard the rumors and placed herself in their path to meet them.
In the book, they had plans to film first and then Robyn came into the picture
I enjoyed listening to your viewpoints. My understanding is that the community was aware that Kody was shopping the show. They were also filming for a longer period of time than what the introduction makes one believe. Notice Meri’s hair length in the Robyn birthday episode. There are also pictures of the four of them with Meri having long hair that looked like publicity shots
Sister Wives super fan and recent discoverer of your channel, here. Great channel, guys. I’m happy you’re doing a rewatch of this show with a fresh POV!
I agree with the wive’s consensus on the last episode that Kody has CHANGED over the last few years. I think his recent attempt at a more focused “patriarchy” goes against not only his wive’s image of Kody, but ultimately against his own grain! For the first few seasons, he actually seems approachable, sensitive, accommodating and communicative. Early on in the show, there are several references to people from Kody’s past thinking he was gay and his wives refer to him as “metrosexual”. I think one of the underlying issues for Kody internally and growing up in a high demand religion is this struggle with masculinity. In more recent episodes, in his quest for increased sense of control, Kody admits to turning to something dubbed the “manosphere” for advice. I think it was a bit of a misstep for him. I think his more recent rantings about “obedience” and “patriarchy” are alienating the women and children who clearly loved him the way he was before. It’s one aspect that I find rather sad. To be clear, I don’t think his internal struggle with feeling masculine enough and his recent focus on patriarchal ideology is ultimately what destroyed his marriages, but I do think it may have prevented one or two reconciliations. Anyway- just some thoughts about a theme to look out for.
Also ( I can’t help throwing her under the bus a little) as the show progresses, watch for how often Robyn talks over the others, pretending to be an expert spokesman for plural marriage in front of her sister wives who have been at it for a decade or more 🤣
I believe Kody’s brothers have a podcast in that genre.
Great comment and I completely agree with you!
When you watch the show you will likely notice that Robyn is the ONLY wife who goes on national TV and speaks badly about children that is not hers, she is the one who segregated herself away from the rest of the family, she's the one who has a nanny instead of having Christine watch her kids, she is the one who dont work. Robyn is nothing but a drain on the family resources, and she really doesn't add anything to the family
Not even a storyline. She's been 17 seasons of nothing. She had a good hustle, she got paid for no work.
I'm so glad that you guys have decided to go back to the beginning. As someone who has watched all of the Sister Wives episodes, and all of your videos. I didn't want to watch your reactions to season 18 as there is no way you can react without watching the older episodes.
Let's just say that you're going to be going on a wild ride as you make your way through the seasons. I mean there's clearly a lot of typical 'reality' that's construed for the camera and ratings. But, IMO after being a long time fan of the show, if I had to sum my opinion up in one sentence. My sentence would be directed to Robyn. My sentence would be 'be careful what you wish for' 😂
I think Mary just LOVED Cody so much, she felt like she was "doing right" by him, sacrificing her own heart to receive more affection or attention from him, by encouraging a new woman. She *likely* noticed he was enticed by Robyn.
She only practiced polygamy (according to her own words) so that she could marry Cody, knowing he planned to be a polygamist. She was that in love, and had been raised around the culture enough to accept it.
Since you started over, pay attention to how JEALOUS Robyn, it's very subtle, But its there.
The fact that Robyn did not stop Kody from dispersing his time unfairly between 4 households, she would not ever have to do another thing and that is ehat breaks up marriages, the other wives do not have a husband. she allowed him to stay and took time that was supposed to be for the OG3, Robyn begged him, manipulated by saying the kids can't go 2 days without seeing him, that is enough for the OG3 to walk. 30:10
I don’t think Robyn really got the full effect of growing up in polygamy because her Dad had two separate families and they lived in separate states. I mean it sounds like her mom was the favorite so she seen that too and how to act with your husband. Her dad may have had two families but didn’t interact with both families at the same time.
But Robyn’s Mother ,didn’t even mix with other sister wives & families. They lived separate in another State. From what I understand the Father only visited every 6-8 weeks . So she didn’t grow up being part of a plural family.
So interesting!
I mean Robyn's mom was more a secret side piece than a plural wife ......
In their book, Christine talked about how she basically did the public relations for the AUB, which is how the Browns even got the opportunity. Some producer approached the group and Christine was their point of contact, as the public face of the AUB. So she’s very comfortable with public speaking and being in the spotlight.
I did really like her for the first few seasons, but looking back now I realized Robyn made a few bad choices in the beginning season. 1. I don’t think she spent enough time asking what what appropriate and what wasn’t. She started off being dishonest about the wedding dress. She wanted equal time before she was married, and then in my opinion this was the worst. The fact the when she would talk about whatever was happening, she’d act like she knew as much if not more about how polygamy works and what and what not to do. I found that extremely irritating and can imagine the other wives felt the same way.
In the First season, they are trying HARD to make polygamy appear to be not such a bad thing HOWEVER you can clearly see the cracks.
You can also see that while Robyn says she wants to be part of the family, she also does things that contradict her words and actions.
I believe Kody had Meri ‘take responsibility’ for Robyn’s introduction to make it seem less lustful and more acceptable on many levels.
Do Mormons ever hear "no" to a revelation? Promise I'm not being a smarty pants. I've just gotten the impression that they often get an idea then pray about it. To me, it sounds more like they're trying to confirm what they think rather than asking God what He wants.
All the wives said there was jealousy as each new wife was added. Difference is they were off camera, all under one roof and all raising kids together. Kody married Janelle 3 years after Meri and Christine like 1 year later. Kody said Christine was a nice distraction from the mess of Meri and Janelles relationship.
Yea Robyn pretends to be such a team player in the beginning. It doesn’t take long to see her show signs of manipulation
I’m so glad y’all are doing this! I find your reactions really interesting.
Thank you so much! Glad you are enjoying it!
Robyn wasn't divorced quite yet. That's why the engagement was so long.
Yes Robyn absolutely knew there was a stir of a reality show when she started pursuing the family. She had previously done some modeling before that. I believe it was her goal to be known.
She also had 1-2 guest spots on tv shows. She fancied herself an aspiring actress😂
It was! She states that in the book too.
Keep watching guys, so many of your opinions will turn on their heads!!
I'm almost jealous that you're getting to watch from the very beginning, back in the good ol' innocent days of sister wives ❤
He was spending 1 night out of four at her house. I can’t believe they weren’t being intimate. She says in one episode that the reason for the long engagement was because her children needed it.
I don’t believe for a second they weren’t intimate before marriage.
Yes, Cody betrayed Robin’s confidence and the other wives trust by going dress shopping and keeping it a secret. But I see some thing far more disturbing. Why isn’t anyone addressing the fact that Cody said he had a “bomb to drop”? Who in their right mind would say something like that? That proves that he was being intentionally hurtful and cruel. The first sign of Cody’s massive ego!
Wow! That's a good point.
He was cruel to all four of them! The three that weren’t in on the secret and the fourth that was trying to keep the secret. It has been said by the other wives on different episodes and it does show it as you watch that Kody seems to like the drama and pitting each wife against the other.
Kody has never been able to keep these things to himself. He tells on himself because he wants so bad to get the credit for the sneaky thing he did he thinks is cool but needs to tell so people know also a woman (robyn) who is not yet a wife comes in and first thing asks husband hey please lie to your wives. Not trustworthy
So glad you are covering this- its a whole new perspective on the show!!!!
The AUB had guidelines that there should be NO kissing before marriage. Kody left Christine in labor to go kiss his girlfriend. It may be for the cameras but it hurt Christine badly. Robyn left her first husband with massive debt. She has a spending problem and put her first husband into big financial problems. His family came through and gave some money to pay down the debt but Robyn took the money and didn't pay the debt. She had the Browns pay it for her. Will you continue to season two, or go straight to the current season?
We plan to cover season 2 and other previous seasons as well as current episodes being released.
I really love you guys......thank you for covering this ,can't wait to hear what y'all think next
Othera have already said this but I think its so important to notice where what Robin says and what she does dont allign. There are so many examples of her doing "little" things that undermine her supposed desire to have this model polygamist family
Yup!! Every season please!! Would love to hear your review of each season!
Robyn grew up with a polygamous father but his 2 wives, including her mother, lived states apart from each other so she didn’t see him much and definitely not the other family, so her saying she grew up in that lifestyle is only partially accurate. I also ate the Robyn pill when I first started watching lol
Robyn’s stepdad is/was a polygamist (I cannot remember if he is still alive). I wonder if his other family or her bio dad lived in Vegas. That was part of the reason they moved to Vegas. Her “dad” lived in Vegas.
@@jennifertemple175 I thought it was her “step”dad but wasn’t sure if I remembered it correctly. But YES he and his other family lived in Vegas while she I believe grew up in Utah. Apparently her bio dad was cut out of her life, much like Robyn did with her kids’ dad. Robyn even had her stepfather’s last name, Sullivan.
Did his Vega wife know about Robyn’s Mom? Because I’ve heard her Mom was not a real wife but just someone he cheated with.
@@mszuzubookitty4646I have also heard that she was a “mistress” wife and often wondered
My mom and her second husband got a two week honeymoon. Because I found a Girl Scout camp that started the day after their wedding. I told them it was my present to them.
Awww that's so sweet!
I’m so glad you’re watching from season one! There’s a lot to think about in between and I was honestly arguing out loud to you in your other video 😅. I love your channel and I’m happy you’re discussing this and decides to watch from season one.
I think Meri was and still is jealous of the Janelle/Christine relationship. I think she was looking for a friend in Robyn and Kody to be happy with her for bringing him Robyn. It backfired in her face.
Also, I’m LOVING your commentary. Your personal backgrounds give your critique such an interesting flavor and y’all have great chemistry together.
Thank you so much!
Meri may have went looking for Robin. But it is clear perfectly clear outstanding clear that Janel and Christine did not. They put on a face and held back what they actually wanted to say. You can tell clear as day when they hold back
Body language is a language
I haven’t really watched Sister Wives but I did just finish Jill Duggar’s book and it talks a lot about how production was manipulated!! I’m sure this show was also heavily produced for drama!!
I love what you are doing with your channel here. I was also raised mainstream Mormon. What a lovely and beautiful couple you are. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much!
This was a great video, and y’all’s take was so thoughtful and informative!
Sam’s thought about Meri at the dance was interesting, and it would seem so likely that any wife would waffle about the issue of bringing on a new wife.
I also wonder if Kody and Meri had previously had the strongest romantic love relationship before Robyn came in, and the courtship with Robyn was more earth-shaking for Meri because she saw Kody find his soulmate.
I would love to hear interviews with first wives if you want to have any on your show.
Thank you for your hard work!
Love seeing y’all’s perspective! Keep them coming! Y’all are in for a wild ride 😆
Christine has said in the past that her wedding was not a joyful experience. First she and Kody spent a good deal of that time apart so they didn't really plan together . Nor did they spend time in each other's prescence getting to know one another. Also, she didn't feel confident in her dress and it sounds as if he was a bit standoffs with her. Many years later, he let it slip he wasn't really attracted to her having to do with the way she ate. Obviously some attraction because they have 6 kids ?
Christine is polygamy royalty her family is the Allreads. Ruling Allred was famous and they were AUB members. So, to marry , and to have kids with her must have been a huge feather in Kody's cap.
You two are so wise and have so much insight! It was very shocking when I first started watching it. I felt like they were a functioning family then...at least a functioning dysfunctional family. They wanted it to work and this was their beliefs. I also wonder how much of this was production - big wedding ,drama and long honeymoon equals more views and higher ratings which ultimately brings $$$$$$$$$$. I really appreciate your going back and watching from the beginning. You two are very busy with young children so I know it's not easy to carve out the time to do it! I love all of your content!
Thank you so much!
Review all the seasons, and I'll totally be here for it. I just started watching seasons one and two.
I love hearing your guys' reaction so much ❤
As an OG fan who was interested mainly for the religious aspects, I do wish the show dealt with it more directly. This show was also made just a few years after the raid. So for the general public, a lot of it in the beginning is mostly. We aren't the FLDS vibes.
IMHO Robyn is the ultimate mean girl we all knew in high school who says all the right things but gossips and does shady things behind the scenes and then plays dumb. That's what I think sets everyone off. During this first season for example, Christine was watching 12 kids during the day, working at night while pregnant, and her oldest daughter was putting her kids to bed. Meanwhile Robyn never works, has a nanny, and one of Christine's daughters is sent to be a nanny for Robyn as a young teen while her and Kody are still dating. And then Robyn pontificates how the other wives just need to stay in the honeymoon phase. Robyn also spends a lot of money but contributes nothing financially or shared household or childcare duties. She is the ultimate stirring up problems or creating issues and then playing the victim if it's brought up. But you'll see or find out a lot of that later. But just so you kind of know why people dislike her even in these early episodes.
Thank you for this insight. 🙂
They went on an 11 day honeymoon only few months after Christine gave birth to truely. And knowing that christine sufdered from postpartum depression. It was very inconsiderate
We agree! It seemed like a veerrryyy long honeymoon for someone with 3 wives, a bunch of kids, and a newborn at home!
Especially because in later seasons during covid that he can be away from his "tender age children" for an extended period of time when Christine's daughter was going to have spine surgery
YES! kody can’t leave his “tender aged children now. But at the time of the wedding logan the oldest had only turned 16 the day before gabe and Gwen were 9 Ysabel was 7 savannah 6 and truly only 1 month. Even Robyn’s own kids were 10,8 and 6. When ysabel got her surgery Sol was already 9 and ari was 4 The rules are whatever robyn needs them to be at the time
This is great, I get to see the beginning through your eyes. It's been a long time since seeing the first season. 🤗
In retrospect you realize alot about Robyn.
They were doing mostly well before Robyn.
I do believe the wives were mostly happy, the kids, and Kody.
I do believe each wife’s children (& I think it’s in one of the episodes) feel their own mother as the favorite because Kody was able to easily make them feel that way. Quality time.
Coupling should make one a better person. Kody slowly becomes a different person.
You’ll see. It’s in little clues. Like the wedding dress.
There is a lot to understand in the dynamics of the family that you need to watch it from the beginning
You both puts some new ideas in my mind about the show. Thank you and I love your content ❤
Thank you so much! ❤️
I think what might also be a difference is that the show is from the wives point of view and you guys are from the child’s point of view. Have fun! 😊
Great video. I’m so glad you’re reacting to this. Your perspective is so interesting. Thank you.
Robin came to the family w 30k debt, Kody engaged in long premarital getaways withr Robin, Robin required a big expensive wedding that the other wives never had, required a 2 week honeymoon when Christine was due, and would fein helplessness to take Kody's time from other wives. This was all very different from how things were for the other wives. After marriage, Robin did not associate with the other wives and kept her kids separated, but tried to blame it on them. She did so many things to covertly undermine.
I suggest buying the book becoming sisterwives. It talks about thier lives before the show and goes in detail about Robyn and Kody's courtship. It is a pretty easy read.
By the way, you will find out in much later. That mary and cody were the ones who decided to bring robin into the family. That basically means for a very, very long time. They hit it from Christine and Janelle. Christine and Janelle were not part of the decision! They were basically told that they had to just accept Robin. And they were basically told that they had to accept their husband at least once a month. Leaving for an entire weekend to drive 5 hours away to date his girlfriend. He did this for 6 months or more. And was taking time away from his very pregnant wife, who already had five children at home That was not fair to christine. Nor was it fair to Chanel who had 6 children. And Janelle had to. Do everything on her own. Because her husband was interested in another woman that he was driving to another state to see on her time in her rotation.
It’s okay Sam!! I felt the same way about her, at first…Love y’all!!
My opinion started to change about Robyn during their wedding planning. I was highly generous to Robyn the first season. It was a bunch of little things that added up to me disliking her by the end of season 2. Most of the reason I finally disliked Robyn was her constant whining and literal cry face all of the time. It didn't emotionally resonate with me, but I am slightly autistic so I thought perhaps I was being unfair to her. It was Kody that caused me to check out of watching the show. I began to believe he was emotionally abusive and I didn't want to enable a man to emotionally abuse his wife, so I checked out. Kody's comment about Christine eating nachos and being disgusted by her had only one purpose, to show contempt for her and to make viewers disgusted with her. I pegged Kody as an abuser and I quit watching until Christine announced she was leaving him.
Possible spoilers for later seasons ahead:
There were many seasons I missed, like Meri's catfish situation. But I did watch the episodes surrounding their decision to relocate to Flagstaff. It only confirmed the level of abusive that I think Kody is, I think he has intentionally got all his wives to sell their Las Vegas houses to engage in financial abuse by bilking them out of their house equity. I think Kody Brown is a contemptible person. I think he and Robyn are a match made in h3II. I don't blame Robyn for the way he is, but I will say that the two of them feed each other's narcissism and manipulative natures.
She knew bc the Brown were actively looking for someone for the show. There was another young lady before Robyn but that didn’t work. They needed a willing participant and here comes Robyn.
ya'll are sorta right with Meri introducing Robyn to Kody. Sam she did do it as a get back, but it was a get back at Janelle and Christine because they were starting to bond more so she brought up the idea of Kody getting another wife so she could have ally, but Alison is right in the fact she didn't realize how that was going to affect her time with Kody. This came out a few years ago.
I’ve been quietly watching since the channel first started (happened across it super early on when I was looking for some videos from those that had left the FLDS) and have loved watching it grow and evolve! Would love to see commentary on each of the Sister Wives seasons!
I've wondered what you two think about Robin demanding equal time, Kody spending nights at her house, kissing her when Christine was in labor, all before they were married?
Kody and Robyn absolutely knew the show was coming
I agree she's following her beliefs about overcoming jealousy and I also think with Meri she had a deep drive to please Kody and she knew Kody wanted more children but Christine was just about to birth her and the other wives' final child. And I agree she might have changed her mind with the reality of Kody's intensity around Robyn.
My theory about why meri brought Robyn into family: to get back at christine. I think Christine was favorite wife prior to robyn, and meri was jealous. Reason I think this: meri's story about kody showering gifts on christine and also christine saying (1st season) that she didn't feel special anymore.
No I think he wanted more children and both Christine and Janelle were giving him problems. They wanted fairness, financial responsibility, attention for themselves and their children. Kody wanted a traditional doormat,….perhaps to marry her daughters in the future.😟😖
Well, if you treat your husband as your ‘best customer’ and you live off the resources of the other wives, to their detriment. Then I would say you want a caustic, toxic lifestyle. The 3 first wives worked inside and outside their home. They scraped by and starved together in less than opulent surroundings. Miss Robyn demanded time, and money and financial support from day one.
25:20 the show was already in the works before they started dating. That’s what some anonymous sources have claimed
Everyone has a Cody in their lives😂😂😂 that was the best comment and so true!!
To me he fell in love with Robin and really just didn't want to be with the others.
They definitely seemed to really gush over each other!
Robyn claimed to "need that much time for her kids". She was also pregnant with her first husband before marriage so are we really gonna believe she and Kory dated that long and didn't sleep together when they broke "purity standards " by kissing multiple times on TV,and her throwing a fit about being in the rotation and getting him every 4th night... 😅😅
Now I’m gonna go back and rewatch season 1. 😂 Love the recap!
If they were lying from the begin, about small things. How many lies will we never know about. 🤔
With the kiss....he was NOT to kiss before marriage....it causes issues later .... so that scene outside with the quick kiss was supposed to be secret
Yes, please review all seasons! I am loving your reviews! Thank you!
Just want to say I enjoy your content a lot. Hope you both are having an awesome day!
Thanks so much!