Sister WivesstarMeri Brownmay have divorced her polygamist ex-husband, but she’s still trapped in a seemingly never-ending relationship limbo. The 53-year-old mother of one isn’t blameless after being in marriage purgatory with 55-year-oldKody Brownfor many years. Meri was Kody’s first wife, and the pair married in 1990, but he would eventually go on to have four wives in total. Meri was the first of Kody’s wives, and the last to walk out on him in 2022.
Before the Brown family started to fall apart,Kody had four wives and 18 children, and there was never enough of him to go around. Things got worse after Kody married his fourth wife, Robyn Brown, in 2010. The polygamist patriarch was accused of favoring his new, younger wife, and neglecting the rest of his family to be with her and her children. Though Meri was the one who introduced Kody to Robyn,she’s the one who suffered the most neglect.Sister Wivesseason 19 found Meri separated from Kody, but still trapped in marriage purgatory.
Meri Should Have Left Sooner
She Was His Least Favorite
While many speculated that Robyn was Kody’s favorite wife, there was little doubt that Meri was Kody’s least favorite wife. TheSister Wivesseason 19star got less of her husband’s time and affection than anyone else in the family, but she continued to stick around. In 2014, wanting to adopt Robyn’s children from her first marriage,Kody legally divorced Meri so he could marry Robyn. Although she was devastated, Meri stuck around even after Kody told her that he wasn’t attracted to her, which was a mistake.
Kody’s Brutal Honesty About Meri
He Couldn’t Live With Her
During the second episode ofSister Wivesseason 19, Kody gets brutally honest about his early life with Meri. In an on-camera interview,Kody said Meri changed after they got married and became a difficult personto be around. He used the word “angry” to describe Meri andsaid he knew early on he couldn’t live with her. He implied this was the main reason they opened their marriage to additional wives. He didn’t like Meri, but he didn’t want to divorce her, so he married other women to be happy.
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Kody said when he married his second wife, Janelle Brown, it diluted thedysfunction in Kody and Meri’s marriage, which was further tainted with the addition of his third wife, Christine Brown. By the time he married his fourth wife, Robyn Brown,his relationship with Meri was dead. In Kody’s defense, he had been honest with Meri for years about his lack of feelings for her, and she continued to stick around. It’s up to her to break the cycle.
Kody & Meri’s Church Drama
She Refuses To Let Go
During an earlySister Wivesseason 19 episode, Kody talked about howhe wished Meri could just go away, but Meri refuses to go silently.Meri went to their churchto officially end their spiritual union. Either Meri still believes in the principal and may look to be in another polygamous marriage, orshe’s angry at Kody and wants to punish him for wronging her. Either way, it’s another example of Meri being largely responsible for still being trapped in relationship purgatory with a man who doesn’t love her.
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Sister Wives
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Sister Wives is a TV series created for TLC that follows Kody Brown and his four wives as they raise their eighteen children and tackle the challenges associated with their massive family dynamic and the stigma that comes with their way of life.
