Meri Brown was a “clingy” spouse.
In accordance with her ex-husband, anyway.
Kody Brown says that Meri was “throughout him” to the purpose of constructing his different wives uncomfortable.
Kody opened up about Meri’s “clinginess” in Sunday’s Sister Wives episode, Love Covers All Wrongs.
The subject took place when the household celebrated Valentine’s Day.
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As Robyn defined, Kody’s exes, Christine, Janelle, and Meri, determined to not present affection in entrance of the opposite wives earlier than she got here into the household.
Admittedly, Robyn noticed it as a “mistake” as a result of it made Kody and all of his wives really feel alone.
Though it could have brought on jealousy among the many wives, Robyn reasoned that they have been already jealous of one another anyway, and it wouldn’t have made a lot of a distinction.
Kody explains why he started ‘withdrawing’ affection from Meri
Throughout a confessional within the new episode, Meri instructed producers that Kody had mentioned it was onerous to have her round as a result of he couldn’t be affectionate with Robyn like he wished to.
Kody added, “When Meri and I bought married, Meri was clingy,” throughout his confessional. “She was throughout me.”
“She was at all times throughout me,” Kody continued, imitating himself receiving affection from Meri.
Kody additionally claimed that whereas he was courting his second spouse, Janelle, his first spouse, Meri, would sit in his lap.
“Janelle’s mother pulls me apart and says, ‘Hey, you recognize, Janelle’s not comfy seeing that affection that you simply’re giving to Meri,’” Kody confessed.
Kody justified that due to this opinion, he started “withdrawing” affection from Meri and “by no means even” established it with Janelle.
Kody’s exes weigh in on displaying affection
The remainder of the Browns provided their opinions about displaying affection of their plural marriage.
Janelle communicated that there must be no guidelines. She believes husbands and wives ought to do what works for them and the sister wives.
For Meri, it trusted the place they have been within the marriage. She didn’t thoughts seeing him affectionate together with his different wives after they have been in a superb place.
But when Meri and Kody have been on dangerous phrases, it was “actually onerous” for her to witness.
Christine known as it “insulting” to look at Kody and one other spouse be affectionate when her marriage to Kody was in a “horrible” state.
Moreover, it appeared to Christine that Robyn was “at all times extra and [wanted to] have bodily affection, like, in entrance of the opposite wives.”
Christine was appropriate in her assumption, as evidenced by Robyn.
Robyn has at all times been professional PDA
Robyn mentioned that displaying affection towards one another makes {couples} really feel “protected and safe.”
“It could have made every spouse really feel safer and extra comfy if Kody would have been capable of present affection, or we’d have been capable of present affection to him,” Robyn admitted.
“It was OK to combat in entrance of one another. It was OK to sit down there and get edgy with one another,” she added, “Nevertheless it wasn’t OK to point out love, help, care, a young phrase—that wasn’t allowed.”
Sister Wives Season 19 Half B airs Sundays at 10/9c on TLC.
