Janelle Is Making ‘Single Woman Decisions’

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‘Sister Wives’ Recap: Kody Brown Claims Janelle Is Making ‘Single Woman Decisions’ While She Questions Whether Their Marriage Is Still ‘Viable’

Divorce spherical two? Kody Brown accused spouse Janelle Brown of constructing “single woman decisions” amid their marital woes.

“You and I have been acting like we weren’t a married couple for most of our marriage,” Kody, 53, advised his partner, additionally 53, in the course of the Sunday, December 4, episode of Sister Wives. “I don’t know why it’s been OK for so many years. And it’s not now. You actually live like a single woman.”

Janelle, who spiritually wed the Wyoming native in 1993, defended her way of life as being simply one of many many issues that’s completely different in plural relationships.

“I always felt like I had to make my own decisions for me. I thought that was what plural marriage was about,” she advised her husband. “Being independent.”

Kody can also be spiritually married to first spouse Meri Brown and legally married to fourth spouse Robyn Brown. He was in a non secular union with second spouse Christine Brown for greater than 25 years earlier than they introduced their cut up in November 2021.

“A long time ago, I was encouraged to be independent. That’s what you did as a plural wife,” Janelle mentioned throughout a confessional. “I’ll ask him, and my needs get ignored. I decided to be my own hero and I rescued myself and I started doing things for myself.”

She added: “Things are remembered differently by each partner in a long-term relationship. I’m trying to determine now, if we’re viable in the future.”

Kody, in the meantime, confessed: “I don’t really see it as much as she’s independent. It’s that she’s aloof.”

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The couple, who share kids Logan, 28, Madison, 27, Hunter, 25, Garrison, 24, Gabriel, 21, and Savannah, 17, continued to butt heads throughout their pre-holiday dialogue. Kody, for his half, referred to as out Janelle for her alleged impartial actions, claiming her conduct proved she wasn’t loyal to him.

“Buying an RV and moving into it … single woman decision,” Kody outlined to Janelle. “Going to see your kids without your husband for holidays … single woman decisions.”

The Utah native was pissed off by her accomplice’s feedback, later telling the cameras, “OK, I’m spitting mad now.”

She argued that whereas she was engaged on shopping for her RV — which she did to keep away from having to hire one other condo whereas her Arizona house is being constructed — Kody “didn’t show up and say, ‘Let’s help find your rental.’ He was M.I.A.”

Kody revealed throughout his personal confessional, “It feels like we’re unraveling,” referring to his relationship with Janelle.

The TLC character seemingly agreed, telling the cameras, “Maybe this doesn’t work for me anymore. I don’t know.”

Sister Wives airs on TLC Sundays at 10 p.m. ET.

Scroll all the way down to see all the bombshells from Sister Wives season 17, episode 13:

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Inside Janelle and Kody’s ‘Rocky’ Romance

While sitting down to speak about their vacation plans, Janelle and Kody had a coronary heart to coronary heart about their relationship struggles. Kody seemingly pointed to Janelle’s lack of loyalty in the course of the argument, evaluating her to Robyn, 43. “I have somebody in my life who is fundamentally loyal to me. Who sees me as the head of the family,” the patriarch advised his third spouse. “I’m saying to you, you and me get that [type of relationship] if you’re loyal to me.”

While Kody claimed throughout a confessional that he was “not telling Janelle to be more like Robyn,” however slightly prompting her to “just be loyal,” Janelle didn’t take the feedback effectively.

“Here he is, blatantly saying what I’ve suspected: ‘This person is loyal and treats me like the head of the household. And if you really want to be a wife to me, this is how you need to be,’” she advised the cameras. “I’m not going to be this person. I’m not going to become Robyn.”

Janelle, who referred to as her relationship with Kody “rocky” over the summer season, added: “All I’m hearing is, ‘Robyn is perfect. Robyn is great. Robyn treats me the way I’m supposed to be treated. You need to all of a sudden be this way. … Everybody’s gotta conform and then were good.’ That’s not what I signed up for.”

She famous, “It frustrates me beyond belief that he perceives this one wife, this one relationship as she’s so perfect. … ‘She was so nice to us and she was treated so wrong, so everybody better apologize for being mean to her.’ This is the subtext I’ve been hearing all damn day.”

Janelle additionally claimed that Robyn just isn’t the sufferer as Kody would have the remainder of the household consider. “I perceive that we were a plural family that was trying to figure it out and she always kind of kept herself a little separate,” she defined.

Kody concluded by telling Janelle: “Maybe this is not a good fit. Maybe this doesn’t work.” She replied, saying, “It feels like the rules have changed for me a little bit. You always acted like I was a good wife. We were great.”

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Christine and Kody Being Cordial for Truely

“Of course things are still awkward between Kody and I. But we’ve got Truly,” Christine defined, referring to the estranged pair’s youngest daughter. “Just in front of Truely, for sure, we’re going to be respectful of each other.”

Kody, in the meantime, famous that he was “a little nervous” about Truely coming for her first go to one month after she and Christine moved to Utah.

“I think the hardest thing about divorce is the kids,” the Cooking With Just Christine star mentioned throughout a confessional. “I would love it if Truely had a great relationship with Kody. Right now, she’s a little awkward around him. I would love it if she was closer to him.”

Robyn, for her half, revealed how good it was to have Truely again in Arizona for a little bit bit. “There’s other tension in the family beside just the divorce. It’s making the whole thing even harder,” she mentioned. “Being able to have Truely come over, that feels like some normalcy.”

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Janelle’s Boys Have Strained Relationships With Kody

“We have a lot of details to work out. There’s a lot of stuff that’s gone under the bridge here that I’m not just going to ignore when we get together as a family,” Kody advised Janelle when talking about whether or not they’d do the vacations as a household. “I’m not going to just sit and have everyone over and act like everything is peachy and fine without working those things out. I’m not going to have them come to my house for Thanksgiving if they’ve got animosity toward me.”

The father of 18 revealed that he thought their son Garrison “should try and reach out” and “sort of make amends” after they argued over COVID-19 guidelines and the way devoted Kody was to their household unit. “Kody and my boys are very estranged,” Janelle mentioned in a confessional. “He doesn’t even want to see their point of view.”

Kody, in the meantime, claimed he was “not asking for an apology” however “simply” wished to clear the air. He alleged that each Garrison and Gabe had taken jabs at Robyn amid their father-son rift.

“I received some texts and some phone calls from Gabe and Garrison basically blaming me for what was going on with the family,” Robyn advised the cameras, earlier than noting, “To hear that Kody is telling Janelle that the boys need to apologize to me — I didn’t know he was doing that. I just want to clear the air with the boys. I love those boys.”

Things solely acquired worse between Kody and Gabe after his battle with COVID. When Kody and Robyn examined constructive, the patriarch referred to as his son to ask about how he acquired by the sickness — however the dialog rapidly unraveled.

“In January, I got COVID. I didn’t even have a fever I just lost my [sense of] smell. October rolls around, specifically October 11, my birthday, and [my] dad calls me,” Gabe mentioned throughout a confessional. “We have a small discussion about how bad my COVID was. I didn’t remind him that it was my birthday because I wanted to see if he remembered. And he didn’t. To him it was just a phone call.”

The younger man broke down into tears earlier than revealing: “It was a lot worse than just a phone call for me. A couple hours after that, he tried to call me back, tell me happy birthday and make up for it — and that’s the last time I ever talked to my dad.”

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Robyn Goes to Hospital Amid COVID-19 Fight

While Kody and Robyn had their very strict COVID-19 guidelines in place, they each contracted the virus in fall 2021. The ups and downs with the sickness have been featured in Sunday’s episode. “I’m out of my mind. I’m suffering in this weird place,” Kody mentioned after he examined constructive.

Robyn, for her half, needed to go to the hospital for monitoring. “I didn’t want to say goodbye to my kids. I didn’t want to say goodbye because I didn’t want it to be the last time I saw them,” she confessed earlier than spending hours with the medical doctors. “Slowly I began getting higher. I thank God that we’re OK.”

Once Robyn returned dwelling, Kody began to worsen and it triggered him to enter a darkish place. “He’s in a really bad way mentally, emotionally. He was anxious. He was emotional. I was really worried about it,” Janelle mentioned of his analysis.

After three weeks, Kody was on the mend. “It kicked my ass, but I lived,” he advised the cameras, including, “When I had COVID, I’m looking at family pictures. I’m realizing how much I didn’t live. I started sobbing. Was it worth it? I’ve got a division with my family.”

While celebrating Halloween post-COVID battle, Kody mirrored on the hardships that got here in 2021. “One of the big things that I am aware of is that we will never be in these big family places where we have a whole bunch of us again,” he defined. “Maybe something will happen. It just seems like the family is going in different directions. It’s actually very sad.”

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Christine Drama Is Still Plaguing Janelle and Kody

“Can you explain to me … why it’s easier to have a relationship with Christine than it is to have a relationship with Robyn?” Kody requested Janelle throughout their sit-down.

Janelle replied: “A lot of it is history. [We have] the kids in common. She was there when the kids were little. I really haven’t had that much opportunity to interact with Robyn on a daily basis like that.”

Kody then tried in charge Christine for getting “out of the s—t storm she created” inside their household, to which Janelle fired again, “We all had a part in that.”

The actuality star, nonetheless, argued that he “didn’t want to quit” when it got here to his relationship with Christine. “I didn’t want a divorce on my record here,” Kody mentioned throughout a confessional. “I’m going through a divorce, but my wife doesn’t even care. But she does care about my ex-wife. It’s heartbreaking.”

Later on, Janelle defined that she and Kody “were great” as his romance with Christine fell aside. “Janelle was always really secure about her relationship with Kody,” Christine confirmed. “Our relationships were vastly different from the get-go.”

Kody, for his half, advised the cameras he was nervous that his relationship with Janelle was headed towards the identical unsalvageable place that he and Christine ended on. “I’m evaluating my life. Are we going to be any better than me and Christine if we don’t improve something here?” he added.

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Is There a Future for Janelle and Kody?

“For me emotionally, it’s sinking. The ship is sinking,” Kody advised his partner, to which she proposed they fight a “reset” to protect their romance. He contemplated the suggestion, saying, “When you talk about resetting and stuff, it’s like, ‘Yeah, we’re resetting,’ and I can’t define my own family.” Janelle, for her half, responded, “Don’t you feel like we can redefine us too?”

After asking what she wanted to do to repair their dynamic, Kody advised Janelle they may very well be “a married couple and a life partner” to at least one one other. “It’s so funny, I thought that’s what I was doing this whole time. I thought we had a functional relationship,” Janelle quipped.

The duo spoke about how Kody thinks Janelle makes choices that “impact” his life with out really consulting him. “I know that I don’t really want to give up my independence, but I need to consider you more,” Janelle confessed, earlier than asking, “Do you want the plural family still?”

Kody admitted he questions that “all the time,” to which Janelle insisted that she nonetheless feels “connected” to her partner. “I want to stay,” she added.

The mom of six later advised the cameras: “I don’t know if you can change the way our relationship was for 30 years all of a sudden. I mean, maybe that’s a sign that it just doesn’t work anymore. … Maybe we figure it out. Maybe we don’t.”

Kody, for his half, had his personal revelation after making it by his COVID battle. “I really spent a lot of time evaluating my family and my situation and how I’ve messed this up,” he mentioned. “I was basically begging her to have a deeper relationship with her. Because I feel so rejected by [Janelle].”