Kody and Meri's discussion

All teenagers are like that. None of them see their parents as real people.

-I own a teenager

I remember being Mariah's age and thinking I was an adult, well-equipped, mentally ready for marriage. Only years later did I realize where I'd been wrong, occasionally immature and made wrong decisions -- and I thank G-D I did NOT get married at that age! My family was very far from perfect too, but I admit, I did make errors that hurt people, while on the course of actually trying to help.

Let's remember Mariah's grown up in a world (at one point they were in public school, unsure now) where she knows over half of "parents" get divorced. Mariah could well be reaching out to her Dad because she's worried she'll lose him. Of course she doesn't understand the deepest aspects of marriage between two adults -- nor dangers that can seep in-between spouses, and what precedes it.

I think I recognized a moment where both Kody and Meri seemed to regret they went a bit farther into the specifics of the discussion too; then suddenly, there's no putting that 'genie back into the bottle'. At least Kody thought enough to bring up that a councelor might be the safest way to go about it. If Meri told him to 'leave her alone' (she didn't really seem to argue against that point too strongly at first), then I don't blame Kody for wishing for a little "back-up." And Meri admits she fell for some sort of type of catfishing situation -- even though she looks regretful -- and still very undecided -- she should at least recognize Kody's request isn't unreasonable.

I think some of the ways Mariah is acting is because she is a drama queen and part of it of it is for the show. However, we don't know the extent of what Mariah knew. She says she knew and told her mother it was a catfish situation. Plus while this was happening, can you imagine what Mariah went through at school? For once I don't think Mariah is being a self-centered brat. Mariah has grown - way more than any of the kids. Of course, she had farther to go, but I don't think she's wrong in this situation.

I disagree with many of the opinions here. I think Mariah is fed up with her mother's BS. How quickly would you forgive your mom for falling for a scam (despite your warnings), becoming a national laughingstock and practically ending your parents' marriage? One heartfelt conversation won't fix that. I've watched the whole show and realized quickly that Meri is very emotional and can't seem to handle her emotions so she either 1) blames someone else for why she is upset or 2) takes an authoritarian position to mask the emotions. Last night's episode shows how immature Meri is being. She said something to the effect of "I wish people would get over this already and move on". So just because she has forgiven herself she expects everyone else to be on her timeline? Clearly Mariah and Cody aren't there yet. And I don't blame either of them. Meri made her bed, and now she has to lay in it. She said she wants to feel loved again, but she kicked Cody out of her house. Who knows what else was said? It would take a lot of time for a monogamous couple to come back from this. But Cody has options (which Meri helped him obtain). He has other wives who aren't mad at him, other homes he can sleep in that are filled with his happy kids. Their relationship, which was already getting 1/4 his time probably got less time so things could cool off. And he has to pay attention still to his other wives and kids, so yeah, Meri is feeling really alone. Which is silly because they say that one of the perks of bring a sister wife is that you are never alone, that there are always family and kids around for you to interact with. Do any other kids live in Meri's 5 bedroom home? Does she have Mondays with Meri at her house so she has something to look forward to? No. She chose plural marriage. She chose not to pursue fertility treatments. She chose a giant house with a wet bar. She chose to pull away from her family. She chose to have an emotional affair. She doesn't seem to like the effects of her choices, and she doesn't understand why her family isn't quick to forgive her just because she wants them to. Tough cheese.

Mariah said many episodes back that she didnt like being her mom's sole focus, and was worried about what would happen to her mom when Marish left for college. Mariah sounds pretty intuitive to me. She saw the writing on the wall, all 5 empty bedroom walls.