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Meri so vague

posted 8 years ago by Jandersonu2
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Meri could be a politician. She talks a lot without saying much definitively. She is very vague. Most of tonight's episode was about her and her catfishing drama, but we really didn't learn much new. She says things like "Kody and I were having trouble for years" but never talks about what the trouble is; communication, values, time management, life planning, financial management? The closest we got tonight is that they "have different personalities" and that plural marriage let them hide from these differences for years rather than face them. I understand that she may not want to give details to the world about her relationships, but that is what a reality show is. I'm tired of her saying nothing in her interviews. The way she speaks is frustrating. She is so evasive when the focus is on her. But she can give a strong opinion about anything else. She still isn't owning her s***.

[–] cinles 8 years ago

I don't believe they had problems for 12 years. That's why she can't articulate them - because they don't exist. I'm not saying they don't have them, just that the extensive 'problems' are a storyline to explain 'Sam'. I think the show has become highly produced and if some of this stuff didn't really happen, like Sam and the weddings, I don't know what I'd believe anymore.

[–] Jandersonu2 8 years ago

I think I posted a reply to you on another thread, about how insincere this show is. So many contrived plot lines and moments.

[–] cinles 8 years ago

They've been on for so long they forget what they've shown. Kody and Meri didn't have problems when the show started. She was the cute strong matriarch of the family and she didn't want any more kids. In 5 years she turned into a blubbering blubber butt victim who whines all the time. NOW they have problems.

On another note, I know it is a phenomenon that happens now to many people, but I don't understand how people fall for catfishers. I just don't get it.

[–] terriecoleman 8 years ago

I know it is a phenomenon that happens now to many people, but I don't understand how people fall for catfishers. I just don't get it.

How can you not understand that someone could feel lonely and vulnerable and another person hiding behind a computer screen takes advantage of that? The intrigue is why another person hiding behind a computer screen would do that to someone. A lot of times
it's for money but other reasons are up for debate.

[–] cinles 8 years ago

I understand the dynamics and why it happens - I think most of the time it is to get something from someone. I understand it to a point, but when it gets to where Meri characterized it or people who give thousands of dollars to someone online, then I scratch my head.

[–] ciara99 8 years ago

ITA with you cin. I can't understand how people can be so gullible and naive. Maybe a teenager but not a grown woman. It's pretty pathetic.

[–] cinles 8 years ago

It seems to happen to a lot of older women. Dr. Phil has them on his show all the time. Their husbands die and leave them money and they get online and end up giving it all away to some guy in Nigeria. Some of the women on his show don't even believe they've been scammed after Dr. Phil proves it.

[–] ciara99 8 years ago

Oh I know. I work for an ISP and occasionally I hear those stories because they think their ISP can help them somehow. I will never understand it though.

[–] kem7696 8 years ago

They showed last night on the third hour of the show that they were having problems when the show started. When they went to dinner for their anniversary you could see it in their conversations.

[–] cinles 8 years ago

I believe that conversation was about Meri being jealous, wasn't it? Being jealous is just part of their lives - it doesn't mean there's something wrong with their marriage. It does in a monogamous relationship but not polygamy.

[–] kem7696 8 years ago

True, it was but it still proves they had problems to begin with. Jealously can lead to tons of problems or maybe not lead to any, but even Meri has said they had problems before. I dont know why people think their problems only started after the show, we werent around before the show, so how do we know what their problems were like.

[–] cinles 8 years ago

That's true, we weren't around - but I've gotten to a point where I don't believe a lot of what they say. However, I do know how Meri looked and acted at the beginning of the show and how she looks and acts now. That's one reason I think their problems started or perhaps they escalated when the show started.

[–] kem7696 8 years ago

I think they had problems before the show and the show just made them address it. I think before the show they were able to ignore it, but once the show started it was in their face and couldnt hid from it.

[–] canadianpuppy 8 years ago

Regardless of when their problems started, I have a feeling they're going to continue for a long time to come- Kody looks completely disinterested in continuing therapy and fixing things with Meri. I've seen people going for root canals with more enthusiasm, lol! He's so done with her.

[–] Gothish 8 years ago

Yes, Kody did not seem in a good place at that therapy session. I give him credit for owning his part in all this, but it's obvious he is still hurt and confused. Meri seems like she is in a better place and I'm happy for her. She was so low and it looks like she is past the worst of it. Now it's just a question of whether she and Kody will ever have a true husband/wife relationship again.

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[–] geezwhatnext 8 years ago

My vote would be no. Pessimistic? Based on each of their behaviors, to me it's very unlikely. I think once the show is no more, Meri is out of there.

[–] cinles 8 years ago

The only way Meri will leave Kody is if there is another 'Sam' and I mean a real guy. She's directionless - what would she do? She needs a man.

[–] geezwhatnext 8 years ago

Well, you may be right, but there's always online dating services that screen their clients. Twitter obviously didn't work!

Honestly, I don't think Meri would have too much trouble finding a real man somewhere. The real question would be if he would be any better than goofy Kody.

[–] cinles 8 years ago

She wouldn't leave Kody unless there was already a man in the picture, in fact, I think that's the only reason she would leave him.

[–] geezwhatnext 8 years ago

OK, time will tell. I'm sure after the show ends, People magazine and the like will still be watching them.

[–] cinles 8 years ago

The show isn't going to end anytime soon - the ratings are really high and we always forget they might have perverted their religion, but they are in a marriage forever. Before she would leave him, they would most certainly have to deal with that.