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Post by ArielMermaid on Dec 27, 2017 8:46:56 GMT -6
(I know. I know. But someone else must watch this garbage, right?)
It's coming back and I am right here for it. It has been gone forever. I need to catch up with the FAH-mily.
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Post by xtine22 on Dec 27, 2017 9:40:58 GMT -6
So excited! I don't even remember the last time it was on.
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Post by hardlyluck on Dec 27, 2017 15:21:48 GMT -6
We lived in Vegas for about 7 years and a old co-worker of mine just bumped into all of the wives at a restaurant. She posted a picture with them on Facebook. I’ll try to blur her face and post it.
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Post by sweetc129 on Dec 27, 2017 15:26:14 GMT -6
I use to watch this. If I remember I'll be here.
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Post by bunnyfungo on Dec 27, 2017 15:47:31 GMT -6
Was the last season the one where Mariah came out? I watched through that episode out of curiosity at their response. But I never finished it I don’t think.
I also saw them in the airport coming home from the Women’s March last year. Although, I’m guessing they were there for the Trump inauguration and not the March.
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Post by ArielMermaid on Dec 27, 2017 15:51:49 GMT -6
Was the last season the one where Mariah came out? I watched through that episode out of curiosity at their response. But I never finished it I don’t think. I also saw them in the airport coming home from the Women’s March last year. Although, I’m guessing they were there for the Trump inauguration and not the March. I Cant remember if that was the last episode or not. Apparently everyone (but her mom) has been really loving and accepting of it.
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Post by foxmulder on Dec 27, 2017 16:45:58 GMT -6
I will be watching. I am so surprised Merri (sp?) hasn't left yet.
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Post by hardlyluck on Dec 27, 2017 21:02:16 GMT -6
We lived in Vegas for about 7 years and a old co-worker of mine just bumped into all of the wives at a restaurant. She posted a picture with them on Facebook. I’ll try to blur her face and post it. Attachment Deleted
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Post by mishy on Dec 27, 2017 21:52:29 GMT -6
Sister wives is another one of my guilty pleasures. I’ll be watching.
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Post by crunch on Dec 28, 2017 6:27:28 GMT -6
I think I’d be surprised if they supported trump. Mariah I think went to the woman’s march and was super into voting for Hillary.
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Post by crunch on Dec 28, 2017 6:27:39 GMT -6
Oh and I love this show.
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Post by jewels on Dec 28, 2017 7:18:39 GMT -6
I think I’d be surprised if they supported trump. Mariah I think went to the woman’s march and was super into voting for Hillary. For the most part, I do think they are fairly liberal. They all have said that they don't want to judge others, since they live a life that is outside the 'norm', who are they to judge? They seem more open minded than I would have expected. I was interested to see how they would handle the Mariah news since it was basically testing that. For the most part , I think the seemed to have handled it pretty well. I still think the husband (I'm blanking on his name) is creepy AF but I will be watching
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Post by crunch on Dec 28, 2017 7:22:35 GMT -6
I think I’d be surprised if they supported trump. Mariah I think went to the woman’s march and was super into voting for Hillary. For the most part, I do think they are fairly liberal. They all have said that they don't want to judge others, since they live a life that is outside the 'norm', who are they to judge? They seem more open minded than I would have expected. I was interested to see how they would handle the Mariah news since it was basically testing that. For the most part , I think the seemed to have handled it pretty well. I still think the husband (I'm blanking on his name) is creepy AF but I will be watching Kody :-) Yeah when Mariah came out they all talked about how Robyn is pretty liberal in her beliefs. So I wouldn’t be surprised if they were there for the march and not inauguration.
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Post by joy on Dec 28, 2017 7:52:43 GMT -6
The first episode is available on the app! I watched last night.
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Post by sweetc129 on Dec 28, 2017 18:59:46 GMT -6
Might be old news, but I just found out Meri sells LLR.
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Post by bunnyfungo on Dec 28, 2017 19:05:40 GMT -6
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Post by crunch on Dec 28, 2017 19:07:47 GMT -6
I understand. I probably would have thought the same but i follow Mariah on twitter and she’s pretty progressive.
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Post by crunch on Dec 28, 2017 19:10:59 GMT -6
I know I could be wrong because this is reality tv but one reason I watch this show and somewhat like the family is because they allow their child to live their own lives. They don’t pressure them to stay in their church and the kids go to college and can marry outside of their religion and all that.
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Post by onlymee on Dec 28, 2017 19:46:48 GMT -6
Might be old news, but I just found out Meri sells LLR. So does janelles daughter Maddie. I love sister wives and will be here for all discussions!
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Post by benandjerrys on Dec 28, 2017 21:10:20 GMT -6
I haven't watched in a while and didnt know Mariah came out. I can see the other moms and siblings being supportive but was Kody ok with it? Sounds like Meri wasn't?
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Post by foxmulder on Dec 28, 2017 22:23:16 GMT -6
I haven't watched in a while and didnt know Mariah came out. I can see the other moms and siblings being supportive but was Kody ok with it? Sounds like Meri wasn't? I don't know that she wasn't ok with it, but she didn't handle it well. She seemed surprised and I think she had a lot of assumptions about what Mariah's life would look like and then had to reframe those ideas. That was what I thought. I can't ever gauge Kody but he doesn't seem unsupportive as much as just weird like usual?
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Post by crunch on Dec 28, 2017 22:57:25 GMT -6
I haven't watched in a while and didnt know Mariah came out. I can see the other moms and siblings being supportive but was Kody ok with it? Sounds like Meri wasn't? I don't know that she wasn't ok with it, but she didn't handle it well. She seemed surprised and I think she had a lot of assumptions about what Mariah's life would look like and then had to reframe those ideas. That was what I thought. I can't ever gauge Kody but he doesn't seem unsupportive as much as just weird like usual? Yeah i think meei was surprised and we saw her take a while to process it. The other moms were supportive right away. Kody I think was supportive right away.
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Post by Tlex on Dec 29, 2017 1:11:05 GMT -6
My good friend can't watch this show anymore because she doesn't have cable etc and she would love to live vicariously through any live blogging people care to do. She also absolutely cannot with Kody so it's probably for the best she can't watch for herself.
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Post by joy on Dec 29, 2017 4:42:07 GMT -6
I haven't watched in a while and didnt know Mariah came out. I can see the other moms and siblings being supportive but was Kody ok with it? Sounds like Meri wasn't? I don't know that she wasn't ok with it, but she didn't handle it well. She seemed surprised and I think she had a lot of assumptions about what Mariah's life would look like and then had to reframe those ideas. That was what I thought. I can't ever gauge Kody but he doesn't seem unsupportive as much as just weird like usual? Yes. I think Meri is very lost. She’s in a world that values children but could only have one of her own. Her relationship with her husband is very strained. She’s has a big house but no reason for anyone to join her there. I’m sure she solaced herself with thinking about her daughter’s future wedding and babies as a way to bring her back to the family in relevancy. She couldn’t be a mom, but grandma is totally doable! You can hear this plan when she talks to Mariah and awkwardly asks questions. Mariah even tells her that she can still get married and have kids. But, Meri is seeing that her vision of grandma is now looking different and Mariah is not how she’s going to come back into the fold. I think Meri is - through choices of her own and through others - a victim of the life she’s in. Move her story outside of polygamy and I think she’d be having a whole better go at life. But inside it, she’s painfully isolated. I think it’s partially her own fault (it’s unclear if she tries anymore), but the entire family dynamic plays a role. I want Meri to find happiness. It seems so obvious that it isn’t in Vegas in those four houses. I almost want her to move to Utah to run the B&B. Get away. Find some life. Stay off camera. Meet new people. Love your daughter. Forget all the rest.
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Post by crunch on Dec 29, 2017 6:39:50 GMT -6
I agree joy. I’d like to see the family try to understand her better.
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Post by joy on Dec 29, 2017 6:57:31 GMT -6
I agree joy. I’d like to see the family try to understand her better. I think they try. I think they want to believe that they treat and value Meri no differently, but Meri’s circumstances are so different than theirs. I also will never pretend to understand the inter-wife dynamic, but Meri’s loneliness coupled on top of her and Jenelle’s past... it’s Meri across a chasm from Jenelle, Christine and Robyn. I think Meri’s drifting started way back. Way back when she had Mariah and no more kids and it’s been a slow separation as Mariah grew. I don’t know where her and Kody went wrong, but man. They cleaaaarly don’t like each other.
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Post by crunch on Dec 29, 2017 7:06:44 GMT -6
I agree joy. I’d like to see the family try to understand her better. I think they try. I think they want to believe that they treat and value Meri no differently, but Meri’s circumstances are so different than theirs. I also will never pretend to understand the inter-wife dynamic, but Meri’s loneliness coupled on top of her and Jenelle’s past... it’s Meri across a chasm from Jenelle, Christine and Robyn. I think Meri’s drifting started way back. Way back when she had Mariah and no more kids and it’s been a slow separation as Mariah grew. I don’t know where her and Kody went wrong, but man. They cleaaaarly don’t like each other. For sure. The family seems to think meri should just be okay because there are kids in the other families. I don’t blame meri for being lonely. I feel for her and I hope she is working it all out in counseling. For a while Mariah wasn’t even speaking to her and I’m sure that killed her.
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Post by ArielMermaid on Dec 29, 2017 9:20:31 GMT -6
It was also shocking because Mariah was the ONLY child who ever said she wanted to live polygamy. She "wanted Sister wives" or so she said, for years. Now suddenly her entire life plan has changed drastically.
Side note, does anyone else think that Robin always looks like she's being held captive? Meri looks miserable all the time and Robin looks like she is part of a hostage situation.
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Dec 29, 2017 10:16:26 GMT -6
I think Meri was mich much happier at their old house (in Utah?) where they all lived together. The show also caused her to lose her job which was probably a big source of fulfillment and socializing for her.
She’s super isolated in Las Vegas and it probably is really really hard to make friends. I think she was relying on Mariah as her best friend through all of that and then finding out this HUGE secret threw her for a loop. IIRC she doesn’t care so much that Mariah is gay, but that she didn’t know her daughter well enough to have any idea. I think she’d leave Kody is she could support herself/had any outside support. ...she also may believe that divorce will have serious repercussions in terms of her good standing with God/their church.
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Post by hardlyluck on Dec 29, 2017 11:27:10 GMT -6
I don't know that she wasn't ok with it, but she didn't handle it well. She seemed surprised and I think she had a lot of assumptions about what Mariah's life would look like and then had to reframe those ideas. That was what I thought. I can't ever gauge Kody but he doesn't seem unsupportive as much as just weird like usual? Yes. I think Meri is very lost. She’s in a world that values children but could only have one of her own. Her relationship with her husband is very strained. She’s has a big house but no reason for anyone to join her there. I’m sure she solaced herself with thinking about her daughter’s future wedding and babies as a way to bring her back to the family in relevancy. She couldn’t be a mom, but grandma is totally doable! You can hear this plan when she talks to Mariah and awkwardly asks questions. Mariah even tells her that she can still get married and have kids. But, Meri is seeing that her vision of grandma is now looking different and Mariah is not how she’s going to come back into the fold. I think Meri is - through choices of her own and through others - a victim of the life she’s in. Move her story outside of polygamy and I think she’d be having a whole better go at life. But inside it, she’s painfully isolated. I think it’s partially her own fault (it’s unclear if she tries anymore), but the entire family dynamic plays a role. I want Meri to find happiness. It seems so obvious that it isn’t in Vegas in those four houses. I almost want her to move to Utah to run the B&B. Get away. Find some life. Stay off camera. Meet new people. Love your daughter. Forget all the rest. I think you climbed directly into my brain for every single word of this joy
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