1 00:00:01,701 --> 00:00:02,968 [man]Previously on Sister Wives. 2 00:00:03,003 --> 00:00:04,903 Nobody likes what we're having to do 3 00:00:04,938 --> 00:00:06,472 for this COVID experience. 4 00:00:06,506 --> 00:00:08,874 The kids are actually having a little bit of a mutiny. 5 00:00:08,908 --> 00:00:10,809 They're like, "Why can't we see each other?" 6 00:00:10,844 --> 00:00:12,077 Then what's the point of, like, 7 00:00:12,112 --> 00:00:13,912 not hanging out with everybody? 8 00:00:13,947 --> 00:00:15,414 I mean, I'm not at risk. 9 00:00:15,448 --> 00:00:18,117 [Janelle] It's really up to kind of Garrison and Gabe 10 00:00:18,151 --> 00:00:20,386 figuring out how to limit their exposure 11 00:00:20,453 --> 00:00:23,355 before I can have their dad over again. 12 00:00:23,390 --> 00:00:24,490 [Kody] I got a big family. 13 00:00:24,557 --> 00:00:26,325 If one of us gets sick, 14 00:00:26,359 --> 00:00:28,861 then it's literally quarantining the family. 15 00:00:28,895 --> 00:00:31,697 I'm sorry. I was out of turn, 16 00:00:31,731 --> 00:00:32,664 because I was angry, 17 00:00:32,699 --> 00:00:35,467 because I felt like I was giving... 18 00:00:35,502 --> 00:00:37,136 Like I was giving you what you wanted 19 00:00:37,170 --> 00:00:38,137 and you didn't want it. 20 00:00:38,171 --> 00:00:39,271 - That's... - That's where... 21 00:00:39,305 --> 00:00:41,040 - That's how I perceived it... - Okay. 22 00:00:41,074 --> 00:00:42,808 ...and I apologize. 23 00:00:42,842 --> 00:00:44,109 Thank you. 24 00:00:44,144 --> 00:00:45,144 Whatever. 25 00:00:48,281 --> 00:00:49,748 [Christine] I never felt like I was queen wife 26 00:00:49,783 --> 00:00:51,683 or queen mom, never. 27 00:00:51,718 --> 00:00:54,019 In the plural community, 28 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:57,122 there's certainly a "basement wife" mentality. 29 00:00:57,157 --> 00:00:58,957 If you have a situation where there's a wife 30 00:00:58,992 --> 00:01:00,092 that's a queen bee, 31 00:01:00,126 --> 00:01:02,161 well, the other wife goes in the basement 32 00:01:02,195 --> 00:01:03,796 and she doesn't matter as much. 33 00:01:03,830 --> 00:01:05,531 [Robyn] Then you know that 34 00:01:05,565 --> 00:01:07,199 she's actually trying to sabotage 35 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:08,600 your relationship with Kody, 36 00:01:08,635 --> 00:01:09,968 you can't trust her. 37 00:01:10,003 --> 00:01:11,770 How are you friends with someone you can't trust? 38 00:01:16,076 --> 00:01:19,078 [theme music playing] 39 00:01:37,130 --> 00:01:40,132 [upbeat music playing] 40 00:01:57,016 --> 00:01:58,383 [breathing heavily] 41 00:01:58,418 --> 00:01:59,818 [Christine] Kody's working out at home. 42 00:02:01,588 --> 00:02:04,289 Since gyms are closed. 43 00:02:04,324 --> 00:02:05,424 [Kody] A couple of weeks ago, 44 00:02:05,458 --> 00:02:06,959 Janelle told me not to come to her house 45 00:02:06,993 --> 00:02:09,862 because of some concerns she had about the COVID-19 46 00:02:09,896 --> 00:02:12,798 and the exposure that her kids were still getting. 47 00:02:12,832 --> 00:02:14,900 Garrison and Gabriel are both existing 48 00:02:14,934 --> 00:02:17,369 and working outside of the house. 49 00:02:17,403 --> 00:02:19,104 But I don't know how much 50 00:02:19,139 --> 00:02:20,706 actual social distancing they're doing. 51 00:02:20,740 --> 00:02:23,175 I don't know if their... 52 00:02:23,209 --> 00:02:25,077 own personal space 53 00:02:25,111 --> 00:02:26,411 for social distancing 54 00:02:26,446 --> 00:02:29,281 is as strict as mine is. 55 00:02:29,315 --> 00:02:31,717 It's Christine's house, and Robyn's house, 56 00:02:31,751 --> 00:02:34,019 and then Christine's house, and then Robyn's house. 57 00:02:34,053 --> 00:02:36,355 Uh, once in a while, I'll see Meri for a visit, 58 00:02:36,389 --> 00:02:38,624 um, I don't go over to her house regularly. 59 00:02:38,658 --> 00:02:40,626 She advises me she travels and stuff like that, 60 00:02:40,660 --> 00:02:43,362 so she... We can be cautious about COVID, 61 00:02:43,396 --> 00:02:45,864 but I don't stay the night at Meri's house. 62 00:02:46,866 --> 00:02:48,534 It's sort of like the world 63 00:02:48,568 --> 00:02:51,537 is sort of just gone quiet for me. 64 00:02:51,571 --> 00:02:55,307 I mean, I've been sort of enjoying the time 65 00:02:55,341 --> 00:02:57,409 because I can't do anything else. 66 00:02:57,443 --> 00:02:59,645 A lot more exposure to the kids, 67 00:02:59,679 --> 00:03:02,548 but then no exposure to Janelle's kids. 68 00:03:03,883 --> 00:03:05,317 [Christine] The other day, Truely was like, 69 00:03:05,351 --> 00:03:07,252 "Dad, you can work out at home." 70 00:03:07,287 --> 00:03:09,254 [Janelle] You know, I guess Kody really hasn't been here 71 00:03:09,289 --> 00:03:11,056 for about a week and a half. 72 00:03:11,090 --> 00:03:13,892 So, I don't know what the future is, 73 00:03:13,927 --> 00:03:15,093 I don't know when Kody... 74 00:03:15,128 --> 00:03:17,829 When I will feel safe having Kody come back. 75 00:03:17,864 --> 00:03:19,498 But we're already a week and a half in, 76 00:03:19,532 --> 00:03:21,700 I don't think it's gonna miraculously resolve itself 77 00:03:21,734 --> 00:03:22,834 in the next four or five days, 78 00:03:22,869 --> 00:03:25,437 so it's gonna be longer than two weeks. 79 00:03:25,471 --> 00:03:27,573 I don't think like this workout, 80 00:03:27,607 --> 00:03:28,807 it's just the best I got. 81 00:03:28,875 --> 00:03:31,577 I'd rather lift just heavy weights, 82 00:03:31,611 --> 00:03:34,513 hold them in. I'm supposed to do cardio 83 00:03:34,547 --> 00:03:36,782 and this feels cardio as anything. 84 00:03:36,816 --> 00:03:38,917 I guess it's more like aerobics. 85 00:03:38,952 --> 00:03:41,887 [Robyn] Kody knows his age, he's in his 50s, 86 00:03:41,921 --> 00:03:43,722 he's about 11 years older than me. 87 00:03:43,756 --> 00:03:45,691 I'm always very comfortable with that, 88 00:03:45,725 --> 00:03:47,726 I've always... My dad is a... 89 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:49,194 Is older than my mom. 90 00:03:50,363 --> 00:03:52,364 But he teases me about being a baby 91 00:03:52,398 --> 00:03:54,466 when he was [laughs] 92 00:03:54,500 --> 00:03:56,468 older and stuff like that. 93 00:03:56,502 --> 00:03:59,438 [breathing, panting] 94 00:03:59,472 --> 00:04:02,241 [Robyn] But, you know, we can't be old yet 95 00:04:02,275 --> 00:04:04,910 and I kind of feel that way about everybody, 96 00:04:04,944 --> 00:04:06,411 because I feel like everybody's kind of like, 97 00:04:06,446 --> 00:04:07,779 "Oh, we're retiring. 98 00:04:07,814 --> 00:04:09,348 Our kids are growing up, 99 00:04:09,382 --> 00:04:11,250 and they're gonna go move off, 100 00:04:11,284 --> 00:04:12,451 and I'm gonna be alone." 101 00:04:12,485 --> 00:04:14,386 And I'm like, "Not me." 102 00:04:14,420 --> 00:04:16,355 "I got years, babe," you know. 103 00:04:16,389 --> 00:04:17,756 [panting] 104 00:04:17,790 --> 00:04:18,857 I'm gonna go back to my music. 105 00:04:18,891 --> 00:04:20,058 [Robyn] All right. Sounds good. 106 00:04:20,093 --> 00:04:23,428 [panting] 107 00:04:23,463 --> 00:04:26,598 [upbeat music playing] 108 00:04:30,169 --> 00:04:31,536 Breanna is turning 16 today. 109 00:04:31,571 --> 00:04:33,071 She's sweet 16. 110 00:04:33,106 --> 00:04:36,408 Happy birthday. 111 00:04:36,442 --> 00:04:38,577 [laughter] 112 00:04:38,611 --> 00:04:39,945 If you can be sweet 16, it means 113 00:04:39,979 --> 00:04:41,013 you've never been kissed 114 00:04:41,047 --> 00:04:42,914 and Breanna's never been kissed. 115 00:04:42,949 --> 00:04:44,483 She hasn't been kissed because her dad 116 00:04:44,517 --> 00:04:46,852 - looks like this. - [laughs] 117 00:04:46,886 --> 00:04:50,122 [upbeat music playing] 118 00:04:50,156 --> 00:04:52,257 [Kody] We're kind of in a COVID lockdown. 119 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:54,192 We got four other birthdays coming. 120 00:04:54,227 --> 00:04:56,028 It's kind of just an odd thing 121 00:04:56,062 --> 00:04:57,763 the way we're doing birthdays right now. 122 00:04:59,065 --> 00:05:00,565 [Robyn] Today is Breanna's birthday, 123 00:05:00,633 --> 00:05:02,100 but in two days is Garrison's birthday, 124 00:05:02,135 --> 00:05:03,635 then in three days, it's Aurora's birthday, 125 00:05:03,670 --> 00:05:05,671 and then in five days, it's Truely's birthday, 126 00:05:05,705 --> 00:05:08,273 and then in ten days, it's Christine's birthday. 127 00:05:09,475 --> 00:05:11,443 [Christine] Breanna is turning 16. 128 00:05:11,477 --> 00:05:14,212 It's kind of sucky to have such a... 129 00:05:14,247 --> 00:05:15,814 separate, like, a COVID... 130 00:05:15,848 --> 00:05:17,516 There's, like, milestone birthdays 131 00:05:17,550 --> 00:05:18,984 and this is a milestone birthday, 132 00:05:19,018 --> 00:05:21,153 you know, turning 16 is a milestone, 133 00:05:21,187 --> 00:05:23,855 and having to do it during COVID, that sucks. 134 00:05:23,890 --> 00:05:25,057 - I will get this. - No, I will. 135 00:05:25,091 --> 00:05:26,558 [woman] That's only for, uh, entertainment. 136 00:05:26,592 --> 00:05:27,793 [Kody speaking indistinctly] 137 00:05:27,827 --> 00:05:30,395 [Meri] These are kind of... birthdays 138 00:05:30,430 --> 00:05:32,464 that you really wanna celebrate 139 00:05:32,498 --> 00:05:35,667 with as many people as you can and we can't. 140 00:05:35,702 --> 00:05:37,703 And it's not fun. 141 00:05:37,737 --> 00:05:40,872 It's weird not to get together, 142 00:05:40,907 --> 00:05:43,041 like, practically every other day 143 00:05:43,076 --> 00:05:44,609 for these couple of weeks 144 00:05:44,644 --> 00:05:46,211 where we have all these birthdays. 145 00:05:46,245 --> 00:05:47,646 I don't like it. 146 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,148 [Kody] All right. Should we eat? 147 00:05:50,183 --> 00:05:53,485 [Breanna] I'm... Right now, I'm a little, like, worried, 148 00:05:53,519 --> 00:05:55,620 and it's weird, and different. 149 00:05:55,655 --> 00:05:57,189 I'm not used to it, 150 00:05:57,223 --> 00:06:00,225 because we're all used to being with each other. 151 00:06:00,259 --> 00:06:03,929 But I'm mostly just sad not to see my family. 152 00:06:03,963 --> 00:06:06,331 [woman] Do not get on the table. 153 00:06:06,366 --> 00:06:09,067 [indistinct chatter] 154 00:06:09,102 --> 00:06:10,102 [woman] I love this man. 155 00:06:10,136 --> 00:06:11,336 [Kody] Normally, the big family 156 00:06:11,371 --> 00:06:12,838 birthday celebrations 157 00:06:12,872 --> 00:06:17,109 are a little obnoxiously noisy. 158 00:06:17,143 --> 00:06:18,310 [man] We did not. Look at this. 159 00:06:18,344 --> 00:06:20,011 Isn't it so weird? It's so quiet without 160 00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:21,713 the whole family in here, you guys, don't you think? 161 00:06:21,748 --> 00:06:23,048 - [Breanna] Oh, yeah. - [David] Oh, yeah. 162 00:06:23,082 --> 00:06:24,716 It's so weird to be here 163 00:06:24,751 --> 00:06:27,085 doing a birthday party without everybody. 164 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:28,854 [Kody] It's actually kind of peaceful. 165 00:06:28,888 --> 00:06:30,222 - I guess it kind of is. - Very peaceful. 166 00:06:30,256 --> 00:06:32,858 [Breanna] It's just odd. I'm not used to it. 167 00:06:32,892 --> 00:06:34,393 It's not that peaceful, it's not... 168 00:06:34,427 --> 00:06:36,328 [Kody] Oh, it's so quiet right now. 169 00:06:36,362 --> 00:06:37,796 This is the quietest birthday 170 00:06:37,830 --> 00:06:40,232 I've been involved with for the family 171 00:06:40,266 --> 00:06:43,435 maybe in years, in years. 172 00:06:43,469 --> 00:06:45,036 [Robyn] So I'm the only one that's sitting here, 173 00:06:45,071 --> 00:06:46,671 feeling like we should have the whole family here? 174 00:06:46,706 --> 00:06:47,973 - [David] No. - [Breanna] No. 175 00:06:48,007 --> 00:06:50,375 Then why are you saying that? 176 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:52,043 - Oh, yes. - Because... 177 00:06:52,078 --> 00:06:54,546 - Because we don't know. - Wait. Wait. It's chaotic. 178 00:06:54,580 --> 00:06:56,848 It is quiet, really. 179 00:06:56,883 --> 00:06:59,251 I don't know. I feel like it's disloyal 180 00:06:59,285 --> 00:07:01,086 or something to sit there and go, 181 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,022 "Oh, this is nice, quiet birthday or whatever." 182 00:07:04,056 --> 00:07:05,657 You know, this is weird. 183 00:07:05,691 --> 00:07:07,058 Because it does, it feels weird. 184 00:07:07,093 --> 00:07:08,360 - Mmm-hmm. Because... - So I think we are 185 00:07:08,394 --> 00:07:11,997 carrying out an extreme to protect us as a family 186 00:07:12,031 --> 00:07:14,466 because there's a tendency for colds and flu... 187 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:15,901 - You know why? - ...to go through our family. 188 00:07:15,935 --> 00:07:17,335 Because you'll be seeing most of your family 189 00:07:17,370 --> 00:07:19,638 if there was a case, all of a sudden. 190 00:07:19,672 --> 00:07:21,706 I mean, right now, you don't see Janelle 191 00:07:21,741 --> 00:07:22,808 and her kids. And... 192 00:07:22,842 --> 00:07:24,609 But if somebody got sick in the family... 193 00:07:24,644 --> 00:07:26,178 If someone else got sick in the family 194 00:07:26,212 --> 00:07:27,646 like Christine or me, 195 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,548 you would stop seeing one of us. 196 00:07:33,786 --> 00:07:35,320 This is the first time it's ever even come up, 197 00:07:35,354 --> 00:07:37,222 uh, even in my mind. 198 00:07:37,256 --> 00:07:40,125 If Robyn was to get sick, I would... I... 199 00:07:40,159 --> 00:07:41,359 My first reaction would be, 200 00:07:41,394 --> 00:07:42,727 "I need to be there to nurse her 201 00:07:42,762 --> 00:07:45,330 and help basically take care of Solomon and Ariella. 202 00:07:45,364 --> 00:07:47,799 Yes, if you're sick and you need to be taken care of, 203 00:07:47,834 --> 00:07:49,534 I'm gonna have to come and do it." 204 00:07:49,569 --> 00:07:51,970 So that would go for any wife, period. 205 00:07:52,004 --> 00:07:54,506 I mean, who's gonna take care of you if you're sick? 206 00:07:54,540 --> 00:07:55,841 - If you really got sick... - I don't know. 207 00:07:55,875 --> 00:07:57,209 ...who would take care of you? I would have 208 00:07:57,243 --> 00:07:58,477 to be here to help you. 209 00:07:58,511 --> 00:07:59,911 You know, I think if I were to get sick, 210 00:07:59,946 --> 00:08:01,546 I would tell Kody to stay away. 211 00:08:01,581 --> 00:08:02,814 My kids are old enough, 212 00:08:02,849 --> 00:08:05,083 they can take care of themselves. 213 00:08:05,117 --> 00:08:08,353 God forbid something really horrible happens to me 214 00:08:08,387 --> 00:08:11,556 and I end up in the ICU or something, like, I need... 215 00:08:11,591 --> 00:08:14,593 I need one of their parents whole and well. 216 00:08:14,627 --> 00:08:16,728 [mellow music playing] 217 00:08:16,762 --> 00:08:18,063 [Christine] If we got sick in our house, 218 00:08:18,097 --> 00:08:20,165 Kody wouldn't come over, there's no way. 219 00:08:20,233 --> 00:08:22,033 We would quarantine ourselves 220 00:08:22,068 --> 00:08:24,069 and just hunker down ourselves, 221 00:08:24,103 --> 00:08:28,406 and do our best to, um, doctor each other 222 00:08:28,441 --> 00:08:30,775 while we're all sick. [laughs] 223 00:08:30,810 --> 00:08:33,144 Be terrible. Yeah. 224 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:35,213 No, we would just quarantine even more so, but definitely 225 00:08:35,248 --> 00:08:38,049 Kody wouldn't come over if we got sick. 226 00:08:38,084 --> 00:08:41,186 [dramatic music playing] 227 00:08:41,220 --> 00:08:42,954 [Meri] If I was to get sick? 228 00:08:45,958 --> 00:08:47,526 If I was to get sick, nothing would happen. 229 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:49,427 I would just be at home alone sick. 230 00:08:49,462 --> 00:08:52,130 Nobody comes over here anyway, 231 00:08:52,164 --> 00:08:54,165 um, we don't see each other. 232 00:09:02,208 --> 00:09:04,042 Oh, I disagree with him. 233 00:09:05,978 --> 00:09:08,880 [laughs] 234 00:09:08,915 --> 00:09:11,149 [Robyn] I know logically 235 00:09:11,183 --> 00:09:12,984 what we should do, 236 00:09:13,019 --> 00:09:14,319 Kody should stay away. 237 00:09:14,353 --> 00:09:16,755 But I can't tell Kody that. 238 00:09:16,789 --> 00:09:20,258 "It's like, "What if someone's super, super ill 239 00:09:20,293 --> 00:09:23,094 and that's their last week of life?" 240 00:09:23,129 --> 00:09:24,796 Uh, I'm gonna sit there and tell Kody 241 00:09:24,830 --> 00:09:27,132 to stay away from them? No. 242 00:09:27,166 --> 00:09:29,167 There's nothing else could be done. 243 00:09:29,201 --> 00:09:30,802 - Yeah. - But I'm hoping it goes away 244 00:09:30,836 --> 00:09:32,404 - in a couple of weeks. - Yeah. Okay. 245 00:09:32,438 --> 00:09:33,972 We can't talk about this anymore. Breanna's... 246 00:09:34,006 --> 00:09:35,240 We got to do the birthday party 247 00:09:35,274 --> 00:09:36,474 and I don't want this to put damper 248 00:09:36,509 --> 00:09:37,909 - into Breanna's birthday. - I'm gonna grab 249 00:09:37,944 --> 00:09:39,911 - the birthday cake. - Okay. All right. 250 00:09:39,946 --> 00:09:42,948 [upbeat music playing] 251 00:09:45,818 --> 00:09:46,818 No. 252 00:09:52,325 --> 00:09:53,758 [Meri] Okay, guys. 253 00:09:53,793 --> 00:09:56,728 We were talking that we needed to call grandma. 254 00:09:56,762 --> 00:09:58,296 - She just texted me. - Yeah. 255 00:09:58,331 --> 00:10:01,132 Mariah and Audrey had been here for about a week 256 00:10:01,167 --> 00:10:04,502 and we had a conversation yesterday. 257 00:10:04,537 --> 00:10:07,539 Now, we are going to video call my mom, 258 00:10:07,573 --> 00:10:09,908 because we wanna talk to her about it as well. 259 00:10:09,942 --> 00:10:11,610 Oh, there we go. 260 00:10:11,644 --> 00:10:13,745 - Hi. - [Mariah] Hi, Grandma. 261 00:10:13,779 --> 00:10:17,148 [Bonnie] [laughs] I just don't like 262 00:10:17,183 --> 00:10:19,484 seeing myself on my phone. 263 00:10:19,518 --> 00:10:23,488 A few years ago, I bought my old family home. 264 00:10:23,522 --> 00:10:26,791 My great-great- grandparents built it in 1870 265 00:10:26,826 --> 00:10:28,360 and my grandmother grew up here. 266 00:10:28,394 --> 00:10:32,197 I actually talked to my mom into moving in. 267 00:10:32,231 --> 00:10:33,732 So, here we are and now, 268 00:10:33,766 --> 00:10:35,533 we're running it as a bed and breakfast. 269 00:10:35,568 --> 00:10:37,469 - Okay. Mom... - [Bonnie] Yeah. 270 00:10:37,503 --> 00:10:38,670 [Meri] ...uh, Mariah and Audrey, and I 271 00:10:38,704 --> 00:10:41,039 were talking, um, last night 272 00:10:41,073 --> 00:10:43,341 about the bed and breakfast, 273 00:10:43,376 --> 00:10:45,977 how we probably should not have people coming there. 274 00:10:46,012 --> 00:10:47,278 [Bonnie] Yeah. 275 00:10:47,313 --> 00:10:50,181 We actually have four rooms which means, 276 00:10:50,216 --> 00:10:52,684 like, for families could potentially come 277 00:10:52,718 --> 00:10:54,219 through each night. 278 00:10:54,253 --> 00:10:56,755 And we don't know what they've been exposed to 279 00:10:56,789 --> 00:10:58,957 and my mom's in her 70s, and I just don't want 280 00:10:58,991 --> 00:11:00,825 to expose her to do that. 281 00:11:00,860 --> 00:11:03,328 [Mariah] You're over 65 or over 60, 282 00:11:03,362 --> 00:11:05,630 - or whatever the age is. - I'm 75, Mariah. 283 00:11:05,665 --> 00:11:07,032 [Mariah] That's what I'm saying, Grandma. 284 00:11:07,066 --> 00:11:08,633 And you've lived a long and beautiful life, 285 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:10,535 and I'd love for you to continue to live 286 00:11:10,569 --> 00:11:12,103 that long and beautiful life. 287 00:11:12,138 --> 00:11:14,039 I don't want you around people. 288 00:11:14,073 --> 00:11:16,608 Obviously, any business is gonna wanna stay open 289 00:11:16,642 --> 00:11:18,610 right now, but not all businesses 290 00:11:18,644 --> 00:11:20,045 are gonna be able to. 291 00:11:20,079 --> 00:11:22,047 If we keep it open, 292 00:11:22,081 --> 00:11:24,849 it's not heavily trafficked. I... 293 00:11:24,884 --> 00:11:26,217 It's a safer space for people to be. 294 00:11:26,252 --> 00:11:28,019 It's safer space for them to be... 295 00:11:28,054 --> 00:11:29,154 [Mariah] For sure. And I get that. 296 00:11:29,188 --> 00:11:30,689 ...rather than, like, a big, public motel. 297 00:11:30,723 --> 00:11:32,223 Some people have to travel. 298 00:11:32,258 --> 00:11:33,725 [Bonnie] I agree with you. 299 00:11:33,759 --> 00:11:36,561 [Meri] One of the tenants of our belief system 300 00:11:36,595 --> 00:11:39,964 is that we get blessings 301 00:11:39,999 --> 00:11:43,802 which is kind the word of God in our lives. 302 00:11:43,836 --> 00:11:47,138 Mom has had these blessings that her life... 303 00:11:47,173 --> 00:11:49,340 That have told her and, you know, 304 00:11:49,375 --> 00:11:52,610 kind of inspired her to be that person 305 00:11:52,678 --> 00:11:55,447 who people can use as a shelter. 306 00:11:57,817 --> 00:12:02,087 That's been my mom's motto her whole life. 307 00:12:06,959 --> 00:12:08,493 Sorry. 308 00:12:08,527 --> 00:12:11,329 Um, just to take people in 309 00:12:11,363 --> 00:12:13,665 and take care of people. 310 00:12:13,699 --> 00:12:15,900 It's just who she is. 311 00:12:15,935 --> 00:12:18,236 Well, we actually were talking about 312 00:12:18,270 --> 00:12:19,938 - this yesterday, Mom. - [Mariah] Yeah. 313 00:12:19,972 --> 00:12:22,240 [Meri] Uh, if you were to come down here... 314 00:12:22,274 --> 00:12:23,908 [Mariah] And we just trade places with you. 315 00:12:23,943 --> 00:12:25,376 - We're going there. - And the girls go up there. 316 00:12:25,444 --> 00:12:26,845 [Bonnie] That would be amazing. 317 00:12:26,879 --> 00:12:30,014 [director speaking] 318 00:12:30,049 --> 00:12:31,416 [Mariah] No, I've never run a bed and breakfast, 319 00:12:31,450 --> 00:12:32,617 - but, you know, we'll try. - But we're gonna keep 320 00:12:32,651 --> 00:12:34,419 - grandma safe. - Yeah, that's what matters. 321 00:12:34,453 --> 00:12:35,987 - So we're gonna learn. - Okay. Well then, 322 00:12:36,021 --> 00:12:38,990 we're gonna pack up our stuff and come down. 323 00:12:39,024 --> 00:12:41,326 - Yeah. - We'll see you soon. 324 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:42,393 - At a distance. - [Bonnie] All right. 325 00:12:42,428 --> 00:12:44,662 [Mariah] At a distance. I love you. 326 00:12:44,697 --> 00:12:46,264 - And it's gonna be hard. - [Meri] Love you, Mom. 327 00:12:46,298 --> 00:12:48,833 I'm still hugging my kids. So... 328 00:12:48,868 --> 00:12:50,769 - [Meri] She will hug you. - I know she will. 329 00:12:50,803 --> 00:12:51,836 [Bonnie] How could I not? 330 00:12:51,871 --> 00:12:53,505 [laughs] Oh. 331 00:12:53,539 --> 00:12:56,708 Mariah and Audrey had been here for a week. 332 00:12:56,742 --> 00:12:58,643 That is it. 333 00:12:58,677 --> 00:13:01,479 My plan for their lives 334 00:13:01,514 --> 00:13:04,015 was that they were going to spend a couple of months here 335 00:13:04,049 --> 00:13:05,817 before they moved up to Salt Lake. 336 00:13:05,851 --> 00:13:08,353 Okay. Bye, Mom. We'll talk soon. 337 00:13:08,387 --> 00:13:10,555 - [Bonnie] Bye. Bye. - Love you. Bye. 338 00:13:10,589 --> 00:13:12,223 Okay. How do you feel? 339 00:13:13,859 --> 00:13:16,361 - Are you okay? - I'm scared. 340 00:13:16,395 --> 00:13:17,428 - [Meri] Are you... - I'm just... This whole thing 341 00:13:17,463 --> 00:13:19,631 is scary. I'm just like trying to, like, 342 00:13:19,665 --> 00:13:21,299 not let the fear overtake me. 343 00:13:23,435 --> 00:13:24,602 [Christine] We can't do a birthday party 344 00:13:24,637 --> 00:13:25,737 for Garrison because of COVID. 345 00:13:25,771 --> 00:13:27,071 We can't go inside their home. 346 00:13:27,106 --> 00:13:29,174 And all the birthday party is gonna be like this. 347 00:13:29,208 --> 00:13:30,141 What do you think, Truely? 348 00:13:30,176 --> 00:13:31,976 Truely is very logical. 349 00:13:37,216 --> 00:13:39,450 My hell, we survived a lawsuit, 350 00:13:39,485 --> 00:13:40,819 and having to flee Utah, 351 00:13:40,853 --> 00:13:43,154 and we all maintained our integrity as a family. 352 00:13:43,189 --> 00:13:45,123 But a virus is gonna bring us to us our knees? 353 00:13:45,157 --> 00:13:46,691 It's the dumbest thing ever. 354 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:50,662 [upbeat music playing] 355 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:56,334 [Meri] The girls are gonna be leaving today 356 00:13:56,368 --> 00:13:57,969 and heading up to Parowan. 357 00:13:58,003 --> 00:13:59,737 I mean, really, it's just all about Mariah 358 00:13:59,772 --> 00:14:01,606 wanting to protect her grandma. 359 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:02,874 That's what it is. 360 00:14:02,908 --> 00:14:05,143 How are you guys feeling? 361 00:14:05,177 --> 00:14:07,145 It's been a week since you guys have been here, 362 00:14:07,179 --> 00:14:08,746 - you guys. - [Mariah] Well, it's... 363 00:14:08,781 --> 00:14:11,049 [Meri] That's it. A week. 364 00:14:11,083 --> 00:14:14,285 It is not fun to see them go. 365 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:18,256 Again, I was just getting used to them being here. 366 00:14:18,290 --> 00:14:19,657 [sighs] 367 00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:22,126 - I love you. - [Meri] I love you. 368 00:14:22,161 --> 00:14:24,929 And I will miss you and I'm so sad 369 00:14:24,964 --> 00:14:27,198 that you guys have to leave. 370 00:14:27,233 --> 00:14:28,967 I wanted you here longer. 371 00:14:29,001 --> 00:14:30,235 [Mariah] Well, why don't you get behind the car, 372 00:14:30,269 --> 00:14:32,237 can you, bunny? 373 00:14:32,304 --> 00:14:33,938 [Meri] Hey, dude. 374 00:14:33,973 --> 00:14:35,306 Come here. Come here. 375 00:14:35,341 --> 00:14:37,709 I really just wanted them to be here longer 376 00:14:37,743 --> 00:14:41,446 and so it's really just a big bummer 377 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:42,847 that they are leaving. 378 00:14:42,882 --> 00:14:44,148 Drive safe. 379 00:14:44,183 --> 00:14:46,017 I'll let grandma know you're on your way. 380 00:14:46,051 --> 00:14:47,485 [Mariah] Okay. Bye. 381 00:14:49,989 --> 00:14:51,689 Where is mom going? 382 00:14:53,792 --> 00:14:56,794 [upbeat music playing] 383 00:15:03,869 --> 00:15:07,639 [Christine] So because of Covid-19, 384 00:15:07,673 --> 00:15:10,141 we are not able to have birthday parties. 385 00:15:10,175 --> 00:15:12,377 Mmm-hmmm. We're not able to have birthday parties 386 00:15:12,411 --> 00:15:14,279 altogether. It's so sad, right? 387 00:15:14,313 --> 00:15:16,014 We can't do a birthday party for Garrison 388 00:15:16,048 --> 00:15:18,683 because of Covid. Uh, we can't go inside their home, 389 00:15:18,717 --> 00:15:20,318 but we can hang out outside. 390 00:15:20,352 --> 00:15:22,587 And all the birthday parties is gonna be like this, 391 00:15:22,621 --> 00:15:24,055 what do you think, Truely? 392 00:15:26,825 --> 00:15:28,993 [Christine] About being apart for the birthdays, 393 00:15:29,028 --> 00:15:30,461 how was it? 394 00:15:37,970 --> 00:15:40,071 Truely is very logical. 395 00:15:40,105 --> 00:15:42,974 We, kind of all have four separate for moms, sweethearts, so... 396 00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:45,910 [Christine] It's true. It's true. 397 00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:47,612 You're right. Truely has heard 398 00:15:47,646 --> 00:15:49,847 that family were just supposed to stick together 399 00:15:49,882 --> 00:15:51,516 and all of her friends 400 00:15:51,550 --> 00:15:53,518 talk about how they're just staying 401 00:15:53,552 --> 00:15:54,886 at home with their family. 402 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:57,121 Truely's family just happens to reside 403 00:15:57,156 --> 00:15:59,857 in four separate houses here in Flagstaff. 404 00:15:59,892 --> 00:16:02,060 So for her, she's, like, "Well, if we're family, 405 00:16:02,094 --> 00:16:05,530 then why aren't we hanging out as family then?" 406 00:16:05,564 --> 00:16:08,499 It sucks. It sucks that we are separate on birthdays. 407 00:16:08,534 --> 00:16:10,001 It's really, really hard, 408 00:16:10,035 --> 00:16:12,770 but if we can keep everybody 409 00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:14,138 in the family from getting sick, 410 00:16:14,173 --> 00:16:15,773 wouldn't that be better? And, certainly, 411 00:16:15,808 --> 00:16:17,442 we don't want anybody in the family to die 412 00:16:17,476 --> 00:16:19,911 and that's worst-case scenario, of course. 413 00:16:19,945 --> 00:16:22,046 But we want everyone to be healthy, so it's... 414 00:16:22,081 --> 00:16:24,716 There's a thing like it's for the greater good 415 00:16:24,750 --> 00:16:26,084 and this is, kind of, a thing where 416 00:16:26,118 --> 00:16:27,151 it's just for the greater good. 417 00:16:27,186 --> 00:16:28,953 - Yeah. - Let's say half of the time, 418 00:16:28,988 --> 00:16:30,254 I think it's ridiculous 419 00:16:30,289 --> 00:16:31,889 that we're not hanging out together. 420 00:16:31,924 --> 00:16:33,691 So, how can I sit here and have a logical 421 00:16:33,726 --> 00:16:35,927 conversation with Truely when I think 422 00:16:35,961 --> 00:16:37,395 she's halfway right? 423 00:16:37,429 --> 00:16:39,564 Or some days I think she's %100 right. 424 00:16:39,598 --> 00:16:42,233 So, I'm extremely hypocritical 425 00:16:42,267 --> 00:16:45,636 if I'm just gonna try and argue one way or the other, 426 00:16:45,671 --> 00:16:47,238 because I've to explain all over. 427 00:16:47,272 --> 00:16:49,474 [upbeat music playing] 428 00:16:49,508 --> 00:16:51,743 [Janelle] So, today is Garrison's 22nd birthday. 429 00:16:51,777 --> 00:16:54,278 This week has been harder for me. 430 00:16:54,313 --> 00:16:56,447 I'm not emotionally put together this week. 431 00:16:56,482 --> 00:16:59,851 Hey, Savanah, so how many days have we been home? 432 00:16:59,885 --> 00:17:01,486 - Huh? - [Janelle] How many days 433 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:03,788 have we been home? 434 00:17:03,856 --> 00:17:04,956 - [laughs] - I don't know. 435 00:17:04,990 --> 00:17:06,391 Time is irrelevant. 436 00:17:07,726 --> 00:17:09,861 - [director speaking] - No. 437 00:17:09,895 --> 00:17:13,331 Kody won't... Kody won't be here today. 438 00:17:13,365 --> 00:17:16,768 So, like, it's a very weird birthday. 439 00:17:16,802 --> 00:17:18,770 The days all sort of blurred together. 440 00:17:18,804 --> 00:17:20,705 I don't know what day of the week it is. 441 00:17:20,739 --> 00:17:23,007 Half of the time, I don't even know what the time is. 442 00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:24,542 [Janelle] Like, in the twenty-two years 443 00:17:24,576 --> 00:17:25,877 that Garrison has been on this earth, 444 00:17:25,911 --> 00:17:28,112 I between there's not even two birthdays 445 00:17:28,147 --> 00:17:29,947 that we haven't all been together. 446 00:17:29,982 --> 00:17:32,650 I think it's kind of setting me off this week. 447 00:17:32,684 --> 00:17:35,053 This is when it's really hitting home 448 00:17:35,087 --> 00:17:36,721 that I'm being separate... 449 00:17:36,755 --> 00:17:38,423 That I'm really being separate from the family. 450 00:17:38,457 --> 00:17:41,459 [dog barking] 451 00:17:45,597 --> 00:17:47,265 But Covid can't get through the glass, 452 00:17:47,299 --> 00:17:49,300 so they can do as much as they want behind the glass. 453 00:17:49,334 --> 00:17:51,035 All right. All right. All right. 454 00:17:51,070 --> 00:17:52,370 Let's put the dogs away for a second. 455 00:17:52,404 --> 00:17:53,504 All right, dogs. Go over there. 456 00:17:53,539 --> 00:17:55,640 [Janelle] No, like, put them away, away. 457 00:17:56,442 --> 00:17:57,842 [man speaking indistinctly] 458 00:17:57,876 --> 00:17:59,277 [Christine] Wait, I'm gonna be out there. 459 00:17:59,311 --> 00:18:01,913 This is perfect. They're so insane. 460 00:18:01,947 --> 00:18:03,481 Yay. Yay, yay, yay. It's all glass. 461 00:18:03,515 --> 00:18:05,049 I wish I could hug you guys. 462 00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:08,152 [all] Air hug. Air hug. Air hug. 463 00:18:08,187 --> 00:18:10,354 [Kody] I'm social distancing away 464 00:18:10,389 --> 00:18:12,023 from Janelle's house. 465 00:18:12,057 --> 00:18:13,558 I'm trying to be optimistic. 466 00:18:13,592 --> 00:18:15,660 Uh, I'll be honest with you, I'm trying to keep 467 00:18:15,694 --> 00:18:18,729 the kids from, sort of, creating a mutiny 468 00:18:18,764 --> 00:18:20,631 and just go on, like, "I'm not doing this anymore." 469 00:18:20,666 --> 00:18:23,568 I don't even want to imagine or ever say, 470 00:18:23,602 --> 00:18:26,170 "Well, this could be for months," 471 00:18:26,205 --> 00:18:28,272 in the event that it might be. 472 00:18:28,307 --> 00:18:30,675 I'd rather just say, "Well, let's just... 473 00:18:30,709 --> 00:18:32,743 Let's wait a week and see what it's like." 474 00:18:32,778 --> 00:18:34,312 - [Garrison] Like what? - [Truely] Oh, that was from me. 475 00:18:34,346 --> 00:18:35,313 [Meri] The girls have been working, 476 00:18:35,347 --> 00:18:36,414 Isabelle's working, Gwen has been working. 477 00:18:36,448 --> 00:18:38,182 Oh, my gosh. Like, this... Guys, I've missed you. 478 00:18:38,217 --> 00:18:39,617 - Let me see this. - [woman] I wanna hug you 479 00:18:39,651 --> 00:18:41,252 so badly. 480 00:18:41,286 --> 00:18:43,855 I purchased everything several days ago 481 00:18:43,889 --> 00:18:46,390 and wiped everything down, but I wipe... 482 00:18:46,425 --> 00:18:48,860 uh, I, uh, I wiped everything down again 483 00:18:48,894 --> 00:18:50,428 and then we'll back off. Like, we'll put down 484 00:18:50,462 --> 00:18:51,996 the presents and we'll back away. 485 00:18:52,030 --> 00:18:53,965 COVID is really stupid. 486 00:18:53,999 --> 00:18:55,533 All right. We have to go. Happy birthday. 487 00:18:55,567 --> 00:18:56,667 [Garrison] All right. Bye, guys. 488 00:18:56,702 --> 00:18:58,903 Bye. I love you. 489 00:18:58,937 --> 00:19:00,605 [all] Air hugs, air hugs, air hugs. 490 00:19:00,639 --> 00:19:02,140 [Garrison] Big squeezy. 491 00:19:02,174 --> 00:19:03,608 [Meri] I don't like 492 00:19:03,642 --> 00:19:05,943 what COVID is doing to our family. 493 00:19:07,045 --> 00:19:08,246 It... I don't know. It's just... 494 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,114 It's really troublesome to me. 495 00:19:10,149 --> 00:19:11,249 I don't like it. 496 00:19:11,283 --> 00:19:13,484 It's, like, putting this division... 497 00:19:13,519 --> 00:19:16,387 Even more of a division 498 00:19:16,421 --> 00:19:17,388 within our family 499 00:19:17,422 --> 00:19:21,392 and now it's like, isolation. 500 00:19:21,426 --> 00:19:23,494 [Janelle] Here is probably the tiniest birthday party 501 00:19:23,529 --> 00:19:24,929 ever for Garrison. 502 00:19:24,963 --> 00:19:26,330 You should see the cake I made. 503 00:19:26,365 --> 00:19:27,732 Garrison, this is probably the smallest thing I'm... 504 00:19:27,766 --> 00:19:29,167 Mom, can you take it off? 505 00:19:29,201 --> 00:19:30,101 [Janelle] ...have ever done. 506 00:19:30,135 --> 00:19:31,469 For many months, I've had concerns 507 00:19:31,503 --> 00:19:33,971 about the cohesiveness of our family. 508 00:19:36,542 --> 00:19:38,476 I'm really worried that we're not even 509 00:19:38,510 --> 00:19:40,478 interested in pro-marriage anymore. 510 00:19:40,512 --> 00:19:42,580 This is so weird. This is how most families 511 00:19:42,614 --> 00:19:44,148 - look though, for... - [Gabriel] Uh, yeah. 512 00:19:44,183 --> 00:19:45,216 [Garrison] It's what we're dealing, 513 00:19:45,250 --> 00:19:46,817 I'm not gonna lie. 514 00:19:46,852 --> 00:19:49,720 [Janelle] But at least we're celebrating, huh? 515 00:19:49,755 --> 00:19:51,622 It is easier. 516 00:19:51,657 --> 00:19:54,559 It's lonely and I really miss everybody 517 00:19:54,593 --> 00:19:57,662 when they're not around, but it's easier. 518 00:19:57,696 --> 00:19:58,963 It's like faith is conspiring. 519 00:19:58,997 --> 00:20:01,632 I mean, like, my hell, we survived a lawsuit, 520 00:20:01,667 --> 00:20:03,301 and having to flee Utah, 521 00:20:03,335 --> 00:20:05,369 and we all maintained our integrity as a family. 522 00:20:05,404 --> 00:20:07,371 But a virus is gonna bring us to our knees, 523 00:20:07,406 --> 00:20:09,106 it's the dumbest thing ever. 524 00:20:10,842 --> 00:20:16,013 Um, Mariah and Audrey left. 525 00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:19,217 Well, they got here about ten days ago 526 00:20:19,251 --> 00:20:21,385 and then they left four days ago. 527 00:20:21,420 --> 00:20:24,655 I don't think I've even said anything to Kody yet 528 00:20:24,690 --> 00:20:27,625 about the girls came and left. 529 00:20:27,659 --> 00:20:29,694 And how do you feel, Connor? 530 00:20:29,728 --> 00:20:30,928 Connor is my nephew. 531 00:20:32,831 --> 00:20:34,999 What is... What is weird? 532 00:20:38,237 --> 00:20:39,737 [laughter] 533 00:20:39,771 --> 00:20:42,073 I think he's trying to just figure us out. 534 00:20:42,107 --> 00:20:44,442 Yeah. [laughs] He's a little confused. 535 00:20:46,578 --> 00:20:48,779 [upbeat music playing] 536 00:20:48,814 --> 00:20:51,315 [chickens clucking] 537 00:20:51,350 --> 00:20:56,354 Well, in the continuing saga of Browns 538 00:20:56,388 --> 00:20:58,022 and their moves, 539 00:20:58,056 --> 00:21:03,361 and couple that with the Coronavirus, 540 00:21:03,395 --> 00:21:05,529 things are crazy, y'all. 541 00:21:05,564 --> 00:21:10,101 Mariah and Audrey left. 542 00:21:10,135 --> 00:21:13,304 Well, they got here about 10 days ago 543 00:21:13,338 --> 00:21:15,706 and then, they left four days ago. 544 00:21:15,741 --> 00:21:18,175 Um, three days ago... 545 00:21:18,210 --> 00:21:19,910 I don't even know what day it is anymore. 546 00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:23,414 I don't think I've even said anything to Kody yet 547 00:21:23,448 --> 00:21:26,284 about the girls came and left. 548 00:21:26,318 --> 00:21:27,785 You know, I mean he knew 549 00:21:27,819 --> 00:21:28,653 that they were gonna be quarantining 550 00:21:28,687 --> 00:21:29,920 for a couple of weeks anyway, 551 00:21:29,955 --> 00:21:31,989 so he wasn't gonna see them. 552 00:21:32,024 --> 00:21:34,425 Oh, my gosh, this fly or this gnat 553 00:21:34,459 --> 00:21:36,260 is driving me nuts. 554 00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:40,564 I am now going up there to pick up mom 555 00:21:40,599 --> 00:21:44,602 and take a bunch of stuff. 556 00:21:44,636 --> 00:21:46,437 I have a full car yet again. 557 00:21:46,471 --> 00:21:48,906 At this point we're just taking it day by day. 558 00:21:48,940 --> 00:21:52,176 I really have no idea how long it will be. 559 00:21:52,210 --> 00:21:54,612 You know, I'm sure it'll be at least a few weeks. 560 00:21:54,646 --> 00:21:56,113 I haven't seen or talked to anybody 561 00:21:56,148 --> 00:21:57,815 for about like a week and a half. 562 00:21:57,849 --> 00:21:59,550 I mean besides Mariah and Audrey. 563 00:22:02,020 --> 00:22:04,388 Our family just doesn't communicate. 564 00:22:04,423 --> 00:22:06,223 It really just comes down to that, 565 00:22:06,258 --> 00:22:09,226 like, we don't talk to everybody every day. 566 00:22:11,463 --> 00:22:12,596 [Christine] It seems like the only times 567 00:22:12,631 --> 00:22:14,632 that we really talk to each other 568 00:22:14,666 --> 00:22:16,000 is when we have to. 569 00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:20,037 [Janelle] We're like a little over a month 570 00:22:20,072 --> 00:22:22,406 past the, "Please stay home" thing. 571 00:22:22,441 --> 00:22:24,942 Honestly, I sit and watch TV, 572 00:22:24,976 --> 00:22:27,845 like, I don't even wanna pick up my phone 573 00:22:27,879 --> 00:22:29,613 and talk to anybody. 574 00:22:29,648 --> 00:22:31,215 I don't text anybody. 575 00:22:31,249 --> 00:22:33,617 Like, I'm not good. 576 00:22:33,652 --> 00:22:35,453 Yes. 577 00:22:35,487 --> 00:22:37,455 You're gonna come on a road trip with me 578 00:22:37,489 --> 00:22:40,224 but it's, like, you don't get to sit on my lap. 579 00:22:40,258 --> 00:22:42,193 He always thinks he gets to sit on my lap 580 00:22:42,227 --> 00:22:43,361 when we drive 581 00:22:43,395 --> 00:22:46,063 and no sirree... no sirree, 582 00:22:46,098 --> 00:22:47,665 you got to sit in your little seat 583 00:22:47,699 --> 00:22:49,300 over there next to me. 584 00:22:49,334 --> 00:22:51,836 [upbeat music playing] 585 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:56,741 [Meri] Hey, dude. 586 00:22:56,775 --> 00:22:58,542 - What's up? - [Meri] Sup. 587 00:22:58,577 --> 00:22:59,844 - What's up? - [Meri] Sup. 588 00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:01,412 - What's up? - [Meri] I love your socks. 589 00:23:01,446 --> 00:23:02,646 All right, so we're out here. 590 00:23:02,681 --> 00:23:04,081 - [woman] Yeah, I guess. - [Mariah] Yup. 591 00:23:04,116 --> 00:23:05,149 [Meri] Okay. Are you up 592 00:23:05,183 --> 00:23:06,317 to run in a bed-and-breakfast, 593 00:23:06,351 --> 00:23:07,718 - Mariah? - I don't know. 594 00:23:07,753 --> 00:23:09,987 [Meri] How do you feel about coming to live with me, Mom? 595 00:23:10,021 --> 00:23:12,189 - I'm excited. - [Meri] Yay. 596 00:23:12,224 --> 00:23:14,258 And how do you feel, Connor? 597 00:23:16,361 --> 00:23:22,199 [Meri] Weird? What is... What is weird? 598 00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:23,467 - [Audrey] Oh. - [laughter] 599 00:23:23,502 --> 00:23:25,336 [Meri] Well. 600 00:23:25,370 --> 00:23:27,471 Connor's really cute. He's really sweet. 601 00:23:27,506 --> 00:23:29,807 Like, I think he's trying to just figure us up. 602 00:23:29,841 --> 00:23:32,543 Yeah. He's a little confused but we love him. 603 00:23:32,577 --> 00:23:34,678 He's so freaking cute. I love that kid. 604 00:23:34,713 --> 00:23:36,714 [Meri] So what's so weird about it? 605 00:23:42,287 --> 00:23:43,621 - I don't know. - [Meri] Come on. 606 00:23:43,655 --> 00:23:44,889 Talk to me. 607 00:23:46,158 --> 00:23:47,324 [Mariah] I think this is the first time 608 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:48,893 that he knew that we were together. 609 00:23:48,927 --> 00:23:50,861 Him and I had some good conversations about it. 610 00:23:50,896 --> 00:23:52,163 He didn't quite get it 611 00:23:52,197 --> 00:23:53,631 but, you know, we talked about it 612 00:23:53,665 --> 00:23:55,199 and he was... he was really, really sweet 613 00:23:55,233 --> 00:23:56,400 - about it. - Yeah. 614 00:23:56,435 --> 00:23:58,369 [Meri] But you like Audrey and Mariah, right? 615 00:23:58,403 --> 00:23:59,336 Yeah. 616 00:23:59,371 --> 00:24:00,471 [Meri] Is Audrey your best friend? 617 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:03,474 [Meri] Oh, isn't that the same thing? 618 00:24:05,310 --> 00:24:06,844 - [Meri] Oh. - Yeah. 619 00:24:06,878 --> 00:24:08,512 Yeah, we're best friends forever. 620 00:24:08,547 --> 00:24:10,381 - [Meri] Best friend forever. - There's a difference. 621 00:24:10,415 --> 00:24:12,183 [Audrey] Connor and I had some good conversations. 622 00:24:12,217 --> 00:24:14,552 I just let him talk and do whatever he wanted. 623 00:24:14,586 --> 00:24:15,786 He... But, yeah, he probably loves me 624 00:24:15,821 --> 00:24:16,987 because I let him do whatever he wanted. 625 00:24:17,022 --> 00:24:19,924 People like Audrey more and I understand. 626 00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:22,493 [Meri] Load her up. 627 00:24:22,527 --> 00:24:24,295 - All right, puppies. - [Connor] Goodbye, Mosby. 628 00:24:24,329 --> 00:24:25,629 Goodbye. Goodbye, Mosby. 629 00:24:25,664 --> 00:24:28,466 [Meri] Who's coming with grandma? 630 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:30,668 [sighs] It's fine. 631 00:24:30,702 --> 00:24:32,336 They're gonna love living here 632 00:24:32,370 --> 00:24:35,105 and actually, secretly 633 00:24:35,140 --> 00:24:36,874 because I've kind of mentioned this 634 00:24:36,908 --> 00:24:38,809 to Mariah before, 635 00:24:38,844 --> 00:24:41,879 like, you know, you are my only kid. 636 00:24:41,913 --> 00:24:43,814 This house would be passed to you 637 00:24:43,849 --> 00:24:45,049 and she's like, "No, Mom. 638 00:24:45,083 --> 00:24:46,417 I don't want this house." 639 00:24:46,451 --> 00:24:49,453 And so secretly, I'm, like, "Okay, go ahead. 640 00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:51,822 Embrace this house. Just feel it. 641 00:24:51,857 --> 00:24:53,157 Learn to love it 642 00:24:53,191 --> 00:24:55,226 because maybe one day it will be yours." 643 00:24:55,260 --> 00:24:57,394 Bye, Connor. Be nice to the girls. 644 00:24:57,429 --> 00:24:58,762 [Connor] What? 645 00:24:58,797 --> 00:25:01,332 Be nice to the girls. 646 00:25:01,366 --> 00:25:03,434 - Okay. - [Meri] Okay. 647 00:25:03,468 --> 00:25:05,803 - Love you, guys. Bye. - [Mariah] Love you. Bye. 648 00:25:05,837 --> 00:25:07,404 Thanks. 649 00:25:07,439 --> 00:25:09,740 It's a five-hour drive. 650 00:25:09,774 --> 00:25:12,176 I'm sure we will be making one stop. 651 00:25:14,112 --> 00:25:16,647 We'll just do it quick 652 00:25:16,681 --> 00:25:19,717 and use hand sanitizer 653 00:25:19,751 --> 00:25:21,552 and stay away from people. 654 00:25:24,689 --> 00:25:27,558 [Kody] Hey, so... 655 00:25:27,592 --> 00:25:31,529 Hey, I'm sorry you didn't get to see Truely. 656 00:25:31,563 --> 00:25:32,796 He's upset. 657 00:25:32,831 --> 00:25:34,632 He doesn't wanna really talk about it 658 00:25:34,666 --> 00:25:35,799 even though he needs to. 659 00:25:35,834 --> 00:25:37,635 The whole reason you're not going to school 660 00:25:37,669 --> 00:25:39,069 also is because people are worried 661 00:25:39,104 --> 00:25:42,940 about making other people sick, okay? 662 00:25:47,212 --> 00:25:48,779 [upbeat hip hop music playing] 663 00:25:53,752 --> 00:25:56,921 April is a really big month for us as far as birthdays. 664 00:25:56,955 --> 00:25:59,123 In the span of 10 days in April, 665 00:25:59,157 --> 00:26:01,392 we have five birthdays 666 00:26:01,426 --> 00:26:03,861 and we usually spend those birthdays all together. 667 00:26:03,895 --> 00:26:06,463 We're not able to do that right now because of COVID. 668 00:26:06,498 --> 00:26:09,300 It's Aurora's birthday today and so we're surprising her 669 00:26:09,334 --> 00:26:11,502 with singing to her a beautiful song. 670 00:26:11,536 --> 00:26:13,504 Aurora's 18. 671 00:26:13,538 --> 00:26:14,872 Holy... Ugh. 672 00:26:14,906 --> 00:26:17,074 How sad to have yet little landmark birthday 673 00:26:17,108 --> 00:26:18,609 at another landmark kind of a thing 674 00:26:18,643 --> 00:26:20,110 because of her graduation 675 00:26:20,145 --> 00:26:21,912 and now she's turning 18 with COVID. 676 00:26:21,947 --> 00:26:23,180 Well, that kind of sucks. 677 00:26:24,482 --> 00:26:25,649 Aurora? 678 00:26:26,851 --> 00:26:27,918 [woman] Where's Aurora? 679 00:26:27,953 --> 00:26:28,819 [woman] We have a song to you. 680 00:26:28,853 --> 00:26:30,220 [indistinct chatter] 681 00:26:30,255 --> 00:26:33,223 [all] ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 682 00:26:33,258 --> 00:26:36,994 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 683 00:26:37,028 --> 00:26:41,365 ♪ Happy birthday Dear Aurora ♪ 684 00:26:41,433 --> 00:26:44,835 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 685 00:26:44,869 --> 00:26:47,905 [man] Hey, good job, on pitch almost. 686 00:26:47,939 --> 00:26:49,807 - [Truely speaking] - [woman] Happy birthday. 687 00:26:49,841 --> 00:26:51,575 Aurora is turning 18, 688 00:26:51,643 --> 00:26:53,243 Rihanna's turning 16, 689 00:26:53,278 --> 00:26:55,212 Hunter's graduating from the Air Force Academy 690 00:26:55,246 --> 00:26:56,447 for crying out loud 691 00:26:56,481 --> 00:26:59,149 and it's all being interrupted by this COVID, 692 00:26:59,184 --> 00:27:01,385 like, we can't do the normal things 693 00:27:01,419 --> 00:27:03,520 and these are big, big milestones. 694 00:27:03,555 --> 00:27:04,922 Oh, long hugs. 695 00:27:04,956 --> 00:27:05,889 Long distance hugs. 696 00:27:05,924 --> 00:27:06,924 [woman] Social distancing hugs. 697 00:27:06,958 --> 00:27:07,725 [woman] Yes. Social distance hugs. 698 00:27:07,759 --> 00:27:10,060 [Truely speaking] 699 00:27:10,095 --> 00:27:12,997 [Robyn speaking] 700 00:27:13,031 --> 00:27:15,432 It's awful to hear. She can't. 701 00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:17,801 She has to still say... Stay socially distanced 702 00:27:17,836 --> 00:27:21,205 and she's more frustrated than Gwendolyn 703 00:27:21,239 --> 00:27:23,974 is because they get it but Truely doesn't get it. 704 00:27:24,009 --> 00:27:25,376 She's, like, "They're my siblings. 705 00:27:25,410 --> 00:27:26,744 Why can't I hang out with them?" 706 00:27:28,179 --> 00:27:30,381 [Robyn] The idea of living in one big home together 707 00:27:30,415 --> 00:27:32,516 during this right now, what would it be like? 708 00:27:32,584 --> 00:27:34,551 I'm sitting here thinking 709 00:27:34,586 --> 00:27:36,020 like what are other plural families doing? 710 00:27:36,054 --> 00:27:37,588 And here we go. 711 00:27:37,622 --> 00:27:39,556 - There's the house. - [woman] Wow. 712 00:27:39,591 --> 00:27:40,658 [Robyn] There's a part of me that's, like, 713 00:27:40,692 --> 00:27:42,826 there would be some major benefits for us 714 00:27:42,861 --> 00:27:44,161 to be living in one home 715 00:27:44,195 --> 00:27:46,263 right now during this pandemic. 716 00:27:46,297 --> 00:27:48,499 We would just be hunkering down together 717 00:27:48,533 --> 00:27:49,867 and being careful together 718 00:27:49,901 --> 00:27:52,336 and we'd have to come to an agreement 719 00:27:52,370 --> 00:27:55,172 about how to do it 100%. 720 00:27:55,206 --> 00:27:57,341 [Janelle] Coronavirus hit at the time 721 00:27:57,375 --> 00:27:58,809 where we're so separated. 722 00:27:58,843 --> 00:28:00,277 If we'd been in one house then of course 723 00:28:00,311 --> 00:28:02,446 that would have just been a natural thing 724 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,215 that we would have just been, like, a pod, 725 00:28:05,250 --> 00:28:07,584 a village, a little mini isolated village. 726 00:28:07,619 --> 00:28:09,920 [Christine] I imagine if we were all together 727 00:28:09,954 --> 00:28:11,689 in one house. 728 00:28:11,723 --> 00:28:13,824 No, I can't imagine that. 729 00:28:13,858 --> 00:28:15,426 I don't want to imagine it. 730 00:28:15,460 --> 00:28:17,261 I'm just not gonna even imagine it. 731 00:28:17,295 --> 00:28:18,262 [woman] Yes. Yes. 732 00:28:18,296 --> 00:28:19,830 - [Ariella speaking] - It's great. 733 00:28:19,864 --> 00:28:21,465 Good. A little bit awkward. 734 00:28:21,533 --> 00:28:23,967 [Ariella speaking] 735 00:28:24,002 --> 00:28:25,969 Sounds... I mean, happy birthday songs 736 00:28:26,004 --> 00:28:28,238 were always a little bit awkward. 737 00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:33,577 [Ariella speaking] 738 00:28:33,611 --> 00:28:34,845 [woman] Okay, Truely come here. 739 00:28:37,449 --> 00:28:40,451 She's lonely. She's super, super lonely. 740 00:28:40,485 --> 00:28:42,019 It's okay. You're alright. 741 00:28:42,053 --> 00:28:43,754 - [woman] Anyway, how are you? - Doing great. 742 00:28:43,788 --> 00:28:44,955 [woman] How's your birthday today, so far? 743 00:28:44,989 --> 00:28:46,223 - My feet are cold. - [Kody] Truely, I guess, 744 00:28:46,257 --> 00:28:48,459 Arie wants you to have that pet. 745 00:28:48,493 --> 00:28:50,294 [woman] Ooh. Just to see it, right? 746 00:28:50,328 --> 00:28:51,795 Do you wanna give it to her? 747 00:28:51,830 --> 00:28:54,965 - Yeah. - [Kody] She misses you. 748 00:28:55,033 --> 00:28:56,366 So, she's going to give you her pet. 749 00:28:56,401 --> 00:28:59,069 [woman] For real. We're both wearing flowers, see? 750 00:29:05,877 --> 00:29:08,011 [Kody] Not yet, sweetheart. 751 00:29:08,046 --> 00:29:09,646 The only person that's traveling 752 00:29:09,681 --> 00:29:11,014 from house to house is me. 753 00:29:11,049 --> 00:29:11,982 Sorry. 754 00:29:12,016 --> 00:29:13,150 Listen. 755 00:29:13,184 --> 00:29:15,018 Five steps is a really high count, maybe? 756 00:29:15,053 --> 00:29:16,887 That's a really high count in five steps. 757 00:29:16,921 --> 00:29:18,689 - [Kody] Mmm-hmm. - [Truely speaking] 758 00:29:18,723 --> 00:29:19,590 - We are being careful. - Truely. 759 00:29:19,624 --> 00:29:21,258 We don't wanna have it. 760 00:29:21,292 --> 00:29:23,227 We're just trying to be very careful 761 00:29:23,261 --> 00:29:24,495 with each other. Actually, 762 00:29:24,529 --> 00:29:25,963 being apart from each other right now 763 00:29:25,997 --> 00:29:27,498 is the best way to love each other. 764 00:29:27,532 --> 00:29:29,266 To make sure that we're not giving it 765 00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:31,468 to each other if any of us have it. 766 00:29:31,503 --> 00:29:33,704 - [woman] Yeah. - But none of us have it. 767 00:29:33,738 --> 00:29:34,738 Truely, we might have coronavirus. 768 00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:35,906 We don't know that. 769 00:29:35,940 --> 00:29:37,174 Anyway if makes you feel any better, we want 770 00:29:37,208 --> 00:29:39,076 to hang out with you and love you guys 771 00:29:39,110 --> 00:29:40,511 - just as much as you wanna... - [woman] Yeah. 772 00:29:40,545 --> 00:29:42,012 ...come in here and live on us too. 773 00:29:42,046 --> 00:29:43,380 [woman] Yeah. 774 00:29:43,414 --> 00:29:45,616 [Robyn] Truely is visibly upset 775 00:29:45,650 --> 00:29:47,551 and so Arie struggling with it too. 776 00:29:47,585 --> 00:29:49,052 And it's just like, you know, 777 00:29:49,087 --> 00:29:50,687 way to tell your kids. 778 00:29:50,722 --> 00:29:51,922 [Kody] I don't like setting my kids up 779 00:29:51,956 --> 00:29:53,690 to live in a world of fear and so, 780 00:29:53,725 --> 00:29:55,659 we haven't really gone into great detail 781 00:29:55,693 --> 00:29:57,127 about we don't want you get sick. 782 00:29:57,162 --> 00:29:58,529 We just sat here address sort of have 783 00:29:58,563 --> 00:30:00,597 to monitor, "Hey, listen. We can't touch each other. 784 00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:02,232 We've got to be careful about this." 785 00:30:02,267 --> 00:30:05,235 I still just don't think they really get it. 786 00:30:05,270 --> 00:30:07,604 All right. We're gonna go. Happy birthday. 787 00:30:07,639 --> 00:30:09,973 [woman] Happy birthday. We love you so much. 788 00:30:10,008 --> 00:30:11,942 I don't know if this was better than last time. 789 00:30:11,976 --> 00:30:13,577 I think, it was actually worse 790 00:30:13,611 --> 00:30:15,445 because Truely knew what to expect. 791 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,114 Because she wasn't gonna be able to hang out with him 792 00:30:17,148 --> 00:30:20,250 and even though she asked if she could hang out again. 793 00:30:20,285 --> 00:30:22,386 - I'm like, "No." - [Kody] I'm sorry. 794 00:30:23,454 --> 00:30:24,822 - I'm sorry. - [Truely] Yeah. 795 00:30:24,856 --> 00:30:26,190 - Soon, we can correct it. - [Kody] I hope. 796 00:30:26,224 --> 00:30:30,027 - We can cry at home. - I love you, Truely. 797 00:30:30,061 --> 00:30:31,295 [Christine] So, yeah. I have a feeling 798 00:30:31,329 --> 00:30:32,296 we're gonna go home and Truely 799 00:30:32,330 --> 00:30:33,363 is gonna lock herself in her bedroom again 800 00:30:33,398 --> 00:30:35,299 and cry again. It's super sad. 801 00:30:35,333 --> 00:30:39,503 I know that it's hard emotionally but it's... 802 00:30:39,537 --> 00:30:42,005 We're still doing it. 803 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:45,909 [birds chirping] 804 00:30:45,944 --> 00:30:48,712 [Kody] Hey, so... 805 00:30:48,746 --> 00:30:51,949 Hey, I'm sorry, you didn't get to see Truely. 806 00:30:53,451 --> 00:30:57,020 Hey... you got to talk to us, buddy. 807 00:30:57,055 --> 00:31:00,057 You know that people are getting sick 808 00:31:00,091 --> 00:31:03,093 and we're trying to keep the family healthy. 809 00:31:03,127 --> 00:31:04,828 [Robyn] It's confusing. 810 00:31:04,863 --> 00:31:08,832 Solomon's uncomfortable when he's vulnerable. 811 00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:11,268 And right now, he is... he is very vulnerable 812 00:31:11,302 --> 00:31:13,136 because he feels bad that he wasn't able 813 00:31:13,171 --> 00:31:15,172 to play with Truely. He's upset. 814 00:31:15,206 --> 00:31:16,974 He doesn't wanna really talk about it 815 00:31:17,008 --> 00:31:18,508 even though he needs to. 816 00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:20,410 - Look at me, Arie. - Huh? Hmm. 817 00:31:20,445 --> 00:31:22,446 People are sick and we're preventing everybody 818 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:24,481 from getting more sick, okay? 819 00:31:24,515 --> 00:31:25,849 - Hmm. - All right? 820 00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:28,385 So, we're being super careful. 821 00:31:28,419 --> 00:31:31,488 And maybe, we'll be done in a couple of weeks, okay? 822 00:31:31,522 --> 00:31:32,789 All right? 823 00:31:32,824 --> 00:31:34,324 The whole reason you're not going to school 824 00:31:34,359 --> 00:31:35,859 also was because people worried 825 00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:39,396 about making other people sick, okay? 826 00:31:44,869 --> 00:31:46,703 How Audrey and Mariah doing? 827 00:31:46,738 --> 00:31:48,572 [Janelle] Oh, they're actually not here. 828 00:31:48,606 --> 00:31:51,208 They're up there running in the bed and breakfast. 829 00:31:51,242 --> 00:31:53,744 [Director speaking] 830 00:31:53,778 --> 00:31:56,346 - I was not teasing. - [Director speaking] 831 00:31:56,381 --> 00:31:57,547 [Janelle] How do I say that? 832 00:31:57,582 --> 00:31:59,416 It's gonna make him look like a jerk 833 00:31:59,450 --> 00:32:01,618 for not calling me and me look like a jerk 834 00:32:01,653 --> 00:32:03,921 for not calling him. We do not communicate. 835 00:32:06,324 --> 00:32:08,125 [pop music playing] 836 00:32:14,766 --> 00:32:16,366 [Kody] Well, I think it's time to do 837 00:32:16,401 --> 00:32:19,002 some more coronavirus journaling. 838 00:32:21,439 --> 00:32:23,740 Totally, we're inexperienced. 839 00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:25,976 It gets weirder every day. 840 00:32:26,010 --> 00:32:28,512 The call to self-quarantine came out 841 00:32:28,546 --> 00:32:30,614 about three and a half weeks ago 842 00:32:30,648 --> 00:32:33,850 which for some people means different things for... 843 00:32:33,885 --> 00:32:35,752 if you're 20-year-old, I guess that means, 844 00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:39,022 you keep going out with your friends. 845 00:32:39,057 --> 00:32:42,025 The highest number of cases are amongst 846 00:32:42,060 --> 00:32:44,461 those from 20 to 44 years old. 847 00:32:44,495 --> 00:32:47,965 And I believe that's because they think those ages, 848 00:32:47,999 --> 00:32:51,001 that those groups, those genres if you will, 849 00:32:51,035 --> 00:32:55,339 think that they are immune because... 850 00:32:55,373 --> 00:32:56,773 Oh, they might get flu-like symptoms 851 00:32:56,808 --> 00:32:58,575 but they're not gonna die. 852 00:32:58,609 --> 00:33:01,812 They're still carriers. 853 00:33:01,846 --> 00:33:05,849 Anyway, so, I've been away from Meri for quite a while. 854 00:33:05,883 --> 00:33:08,919 Haven't even seen Audrey and Mariah yet. 855 00:33:08,953 --> 00:33:13,690 So, Meri wanna talk to me so, I'm headed over to her house. 856 00:33:13,725 --> 00:33:16,727 [upbeat music playing] 857 00:33:19,163 --> 00:33:20,664 [Meri] Ready? 858 00:33:20,698 --> 00:33:22,499 Get it. 859 00:33:22,533 --> 00:33:24,601 Oh, I guess, Kody is on his way over. 860 00:33:24,635 --> 00:33:26,269 I haven't seen him for quite a while 861 00:33:26,304 --> 00:33:29,706 and I'm gonna tell him that he never 862 00:33:29,741 --> 00:33:33,043 got to see Mariah and Audrey. 863 00:33:33,077 --> 00:33:34,811 Did you find it? 864 00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:37,280 Did you find it? Hold on. Wait. There's a car. 865 00:33:37,315 --> 00:33:39,182 [Kody] Audrey and Mariah just left Chicago 866 00:33:39,216 --> 00:33:41,651 just a little over two weeks ago. 867 00:33:41,686 --> 00:33:44,755 I'm really excited about seeing them. 868 00:33:44,789 --> 00:33:46,289 [Meri] Get it. 869 00:33:46,324 --> 00:33:47,991 [Kody] That's fun. Hi, Mosby. 870 00:33:48,026 --> 00:33:49,593 Cutie, little doggie. 871 00:33:49,627 --> 00:33:50,894 Come here, Mosby dog. 872 00:33:50,928 --> 00:33:52,629 Mosby dog. Cute little doggie. 873 00:33:52,663 --> 00:33:54,398 Oh, shoot. Oh, he pees all over. 874 00:33:54,432 --> 00:33:55,899 He pees when he sees me. 875 00:33:55,933 --> 00:33:57,534 Every time Mosby seems me, 876 00:33:57,568 --> 00:33:59,403 it must be the alpha male thing. 877 00:33:59,437 --> 00:34:02,539 I have no idea. But he lays down and pees. 878 00:34:02,573 --> 00:34:04,307 I can't help it. I'm just so alpha, 879 00:34:04,342 --> 00:34:05,776 you know what I mean? 880 00:34:05,810 --> 00:34:08,879 I had to get one and Robyn got this for me, 881 00:34:08,913 --> 00:34:10,714 because I... We got so tired 882 00:34:10,748 --> 00:34:13,083 of holding these things. 883 00:34:13,117 --> 00:34:15,052 And, you know what, the iPhone is new to me. 884 00:34:15,086 --> 00:34:17,621 It's the slickest thing. It's slicker than a... 885 00:34:17,655 --> 00:34:19,489 What do they call? A wet seal. 886 00:34:19,524 --> 00:34:23,593 So, in this world of COVID, like, we're just 887 00:34:23,628 --> 00:34:28,632 kind of figuring things out and doing things different 888 00:34:28,666 --> 00:34:30,233 than we normally would. 889 00:34:30,268 --> 00:34:32,069 I'm just carrying this phone around 890 00:34:32,103 --> 00:34:35,138 and, you know, just doing these recordings of me 891 00:34:35,173 --> 00:34:37,374 and I'll be doing some recordings of Kody 892 00:34:37,408 --> 00:34:39,476 when he comes over and it's just kind of weird. 893 00:34:39,510 --> 00:34:43,113 It's like a weird thing to be doing 894 00:34:43,147 --> 00:34:44,514 because this is not normal. 895 00:34:44,549 --> 00:34:48,185 How are Audrey and Mariah doing? 896 00:34:48,219 --> 00:34:50,120 - Good. - [Kody] It's almost... 897 00:34:50,154 --> 00:34:51,354 They've been here almost long enough 898 00:34:51,389 --> 00:34:54,558 for me to see them, haven't they? 899 00:34:54,592 --> 00:34:56,526 Well, they're actually not here. 900 00:34:59,997 --> 00:35:01,765 Well, they changed their minds? 901 00:35:01,833 --> 00:35:04,901 No. Mom's here. 902 00:35:04,936 --> 00:35:07,037 They were out there running in the bed and breakfast. 903 00:35:10,575 --> 00:35:12,609 That happened about a week ago. 904 00:35:12,643 --> 00:35:14,544 - Oh, really? - [Meri] Exactly a week ago. 905 00:35:16,180 --> 00:35:19,716 I'm actually really disappointed. 906 00:35:19,750 --> 00:35:22,819 I really was looking forward to seeing them. 907 00:35:22,854 --> 00:35:26,022 And oh, what a bummer. 908 00:35:26,057 --> 00:35:29,426 So, I mean, this is probably better for grandma. 909 00:35:29,460 --> 00:35:33,697 But I am really disappointed that they're not here. 910 00:35:33,731 --> 00:35:34,764 [Meri] Yeah. 911 00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:36,266 But I was hoping to see Mariah. 912 00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:38,502 - So, they've been here... - [Meri] They've been here... 913 00:35:38,536 --> 00:35:40,871 They got here from Chicago two weeks ago today. 914 00:35:40,905 --> 00:35:43,607 So, I wouldn't be able to see him today? 915 00:35:43,641 --> 00:35:46,009 [Meri] Well, yeah, if they were here but they're not. 916 00:35:46,043 --> 00:35:48,178 Yeah. 917 00:35:48,212 --> 00:35:50,747 [Director speaking] 918 00:35:50,781 --> 00:35:54,017 - I was not teasing. - [Director speaking] 919 00:35:54,051 --> 00:35:55,085 Was I teasing? 920 00:35:55,119 --> 00:35:57,554 I don't think I was teasing him. 921 00:35:57,588 --> 00:35:59,256 Kody and I don't talk. 922 00:36:01,025 --> 00:36:03,059 I'm not... 923 00:36:04,595 --> 00:36:05,695 How do I say that? 924 00:36:05,730 --> 00:36:07,464 It's gonna make him look like a jerk 925 00:36:07,498 --> 00:36:08,665 for not calling me 926 00:36:08,733 --> 00:36:10,600 and me look like a jerk for not calling him. 927 00:36:10,635 --> 00:36:12,335 We do not communicate. 928 00:36:13,971 --> 00:36:15,272 I'm just really disappointed. 929 00:36:15,306 --> 00:36:17,507 I'm like, why didn't we just close the business? 930 00:36:17,542 --> 00:36:19,075 You know, your pride barely paying 931 00:36:19,110 --> 00:36:21,978 for the electricity with the few guests you get. 932 00:36:22,013 --> 00:36:24,781 Why not just close it down? 933 00:36:24,815 --> 00:36:27,651 But, you know, it wasn't my call. 934 00:36:27,685 --> 00:36:29,252 I... 935 00:36:31,489 --> 00:36:33,857 Hold on a second. Do you wanna cut? 936 00:36:33,891 --> 00:36:35,525 Yes. I'm talking to Meri in her driveway, 937 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:37,294 I have to top recording what we're doing 938 00:36:37,328 --> 00:36:38,862 because Robyn called me. 939 00:36:38,896 --> 00:36:40,497 - [Meri] Is... Are you on... - She's on FaceTime. 940 00:36:40,531 --> 00:36:42,165 - [Meri] FaceTime? - Yeah, here. 941 00:36:42,233 --> 00:36:44,434 Here, let's... 942 00:36:44,468 --> 00:36:46,670 - Hi. - [Kody] Oh, gosh. 943 00:36:46,704 --> 00:36:48,138 I'm supposed to social distance. 944 00:36:48,172 --> 00:36:50,106 And he got freaky. 945 00:36:50,141 --> 00:36:51,241 Sorry, I forgot. 946 00:36:51,275 --> 00:36:52,342 Do you think I should be social distancing from... 947 00:36:52,376 --> 00:36:54,377 [Meri] I am still a member of your family. 948 00:36:54,412 --> 00:36:55,812 I know but I'm social distance... 949 00:36:55,846 --> 00:36:57,047 Well, you haven't been on exposure. 950 00:36:57,081 --> 00:36:58,114 So today, it would've been to... 951 00:36:58,149 --> 00:36:58,949 What about grandma? 952 00:36:58,983 --> 00:37:00,350 Did she have any exposure to anybody? 953 00:37:00,384 --> 00:37:01,651 [Meri] Whatever. It doesn't matter. 954 00:37:01,686 --> 00:37:02,619 - Just don't touch me. - [Kody] I don't have 955 00:37:02,653 --> 00:37:03,753 to social distance from Meri anymore, do I? 956 00:37:03,788 --> 00:37:04,955 [Meri] Whatever. 957 00:37:04,989 --> 00:37:06,456 I'm socially distancing from Meri 958 00:37:06,490 --> 00:37:07,991 because she's had two new people 959 00:37:08,025 --> 00:37:09,859 or three new people in her home. 960 00:37:09,894 --> 00:37:11,595 So, Audrey and Mariah traveled. 961 00:37:11,629 --> 00:37:15,198 That's a lot of exposure and this is all my thinking 962 00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:17,400 in an effort to try and, you know, 963 00:37:17,435 --> 00:37:20,937 lower the transmission amount, you know? 964 00:37:20,972 --> 00:37:22,239 [Robyn] How much is your mom? 965 00:37:22,273 --> 00:37:23,506 How much exposure is your mom have? 966 00:37:23,541 --> 00:37:25,575 [Meri] I don't know. Just stay away from me. 967 00:37:25,610 --> 00:37:28,278 Stay away from me, Kody. 968 00:37:28,312 --> 00:37:30,247 You know, that didn't work out very well 969 00:37:30,281 --> 00:37:31,681 for you the last time, right? 970 00:37:31,716 --> 00:37:33,483 I don't think you should say that to me anymore. 971 00:37:33,517 --> 00:37:36,052 - [Robyn speaking] - [Kody] All right. 972 00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:39,789 Anyway... I was joking about Meri during the catfish. 973 00:37:39,824 --> 00:37:43,360 She basically, during that experience... 974 00:37:43,394 --> 00:37:44,527 I mean, it's a sore object. 975 00:37:44,562 --> 00:37:46,796 It was uncool joke of me but I figured, 976 00:37:46,831 --> 00:37:48,031 if you can't laugh at the mistakes 977 00:37:48,065 --> 00:37:49,933 of your past or whatever, you know. 978 00:37:53,437 --> 00:37:55,005 [Meri] I'm feeling out of place 979 00:37:55,039 --> 00:37:57,641 of limbo right now. 980 00:37:57,675 --> 00:38:01,845 Don't be surprised if I just up and I'm gone. 981 00:38:01,879 --> 00:38:03,780 [Kody] So, about five years ago, 982 00:38:03,814 --> 00:38:05,849 Meri and I we're in a bad place. 983 00:38:05,883 --> 00:38:08,518 She basically asked me to stop staying at her house 984 00:38:08,552 --> 00:38:10,553 and ultimately, what happened, is she went through 985 00:38:10,588 --> 00:38:12,822 an experience where she was catfished 986 00:38:12,857 --> 00:38:17,127 by a person pretending to be somebody else. 987 00:38:17,161 --> 00:38:22,032 [Meri] So, when I started talking to this "guy", 988 00:38:22,066 --> 00:38:24,234 you know, we're becoming friends 989 00:38:24,268 --> 00:38:26,536 and we were laughing and he was saying 990 00:38:26,570 --> 00:38:28,872 all the right things to make me trust him 991 00:38:28,906 --> 00:38:33,943 and make me think that he was this real person 992 00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:36,880 that really cared. 993 00:38:36,914 --> 00:38:38,748 [Kody] And it turned out to be extremely 994 00:38:38,783 --> 00:38:40,717 exploitative and abusive. 995 00:38:40,751 --> 00:38:43,620 And from that experience of... 996 00:38:43,654 --> 00:38:48,391 Meri and I sort of saw our marriage just dissolved. 997 00:38:48,426 --> 00:38:50,894 The struggle I think that I have with it 998 00:38:50,928 --> 00:38:53,997 is that I got shut out because of them. 999 00:38:54,031 --> 00:38:55,532 [Meri] So, what he's referring to 1000 00:38:55,566 --> 00:38:57,701 is about five years ago, 1001 00:38:57,735 --> 00:39:01,037 he was more distant than I wanted him to be. 1002 00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:04,774 At night, I just wanted him to put his arm around me. 1003 00:39:06,110 --> 00:39:08,712 And I couldn't sleep because I felt the coldness 1004 00:39:08,746 --> 00:39:09,979 coming from him. 1005 00:39:10,014 --> 00:39:14,317 At the same time, I couldn't sleep 1006 00:39:14,352 --> 00:39:18,722 because of this outside situation. 1007 00:39:18,756 --> 00:39:20,156 You seem so angry. 1008 00:39:20,191 --> 00:39:21,725 I didn't feel like I could get to you. 1009 00:39:21,759 --> 00:39:23,827 I didn't feel like we could even talk. 1010 00:39:23,861 --> 00:39:25,228 I'm not gonna lie. 1011 00:39:25,262 --> 00:39:28,665 I'm... I was angry at you. 1012 00:39:28,699 --> 00:39:32,369 And I did not manage the situation well. 1013 00:39:32,403 --> 00:39:36,272 I said to him, "Can you just not stay here for a while? 1014 00:39:36,307 --> 00:39:39,175 Can we just take a break for a minute?" 1015 00:39:40,711 --> 00:39:44,814 He took it as, "Go away and don't ever come back." 1016 00:39:44,849 --> 00:39:47,450 Because that's what he's done 1017 00:39:47,485 --> 00:39:51,254 and that's not what I meant. 1018 00:39:51,288 --> 00:39:52,856 I was just like, "Can we just take a break 1019 00:39:52,890 --> 00:39:54,991 so I can't get through some stuff?" 1020 00:39:55,025 --> 00:39:58,461 And so, for him to say it didn't work out very well 1021 00:39:58,496 --> 00:40:00,764 for you last time, it was just... 1022 00:40:00,798 --> 00:40:03,733 It... I'm feeling, like, 1023 00:40:06,203 --> 00:40:08,037 "Okay. You're right. It didn't. 1024 00:40:08,072 --> 00:40:09,973 Didn't work out at all 1025 00:40:10,007 --> 00:40:12,509 but that's not what I was saying." 1026 00:40:12,543 --> 00:40:13,977 You know, we've not... We've never 1027 00:40:14,011 --> 00:40:16,913 come back together from that. 1028 00:40:16,947 --> 00:40:19,115 - [Robyn speaking] - [Meri] You too. 1029 00:40:19,150 --> 00:40:20,049 You guys can FaceTime each other. 1030 00:40:20,084 --> 00:40:21,751 [Meri] It's been a while. 1031 00:40:23,487 --> 00:40:26,156 Oh, my gosh. 1032 00:40:26,190 --> 00:40:27,357 - All right. - [Robyn] Bye. 1033 00:40:27,391 --> 00:40:29,826 We'll talk to you later, okay? 1034 00:40:29,860 --> 00:40:32,896 - [Robyn speaking] - Bye. 1035 00:40:32,930 --> 00:40:34,564 [Robyn] It's like he's got, like, a little bit 1036 00:40:34,598 --> 00:40:38,168 of PTSD a little bit from the experience 1037 00:40:38,202 --> 00:40:41,905 or Meri telling him to move out of the house. 1038 00:40:41,939 --> 00:40:43,273 And they're just, like, doing this right 1039 00:40:43,307 --> 00:40:45,186 in front of me which is awkward 1040 00:40:45,210 --> 00:40:48,278 and then, I don't know. 1041 00:40:48,312 --> 00:40:52,415 It was just no fun. 1042 00:40:55,786 --> 00:40:58,588 [Kody] The catfish situation and the year basically, 1043 00:40:58,622 --> 00:41:01,391 the year before it, whatever happened, 1044 00:41:01,425 --> 00:41:03,626 it just got flipping ugly. 1045 00:41:03,661 --> 00:41:06,029 And even the year in to living in flagged staff, 1046 00:41:06,063 --> 00:41:09,299 I was still dealing with a lot of bitterness 1047 00:41:09,333 --> 00:41:11,701 about our past. 1048 00:41:11,735 --> 00:41:13,503 What were you talking about before Robyn called? 1049 00:41:13,537 --> 00:41:15,138 [Meri] Okay. 1050 00:41:15,172 --> 00:41:17,240 I think, things are just gonna change 1051 00:41:17,274 --> 00:41:21,511 as far as how we do things in the world now. 1052 00:41:21,545 --> 00:41:23,246 It's not gonna go back to normal. 1053 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:26,349 I'm like, because, like, we can't stay 1054 00:41:26,383 --> 00:41:28,251 quarantined from each other forever. 1055 00:41:28,285 --> 00:41:31,521 [Kody] In the past few months, I have been able 1056 00:41:31,555 --> 00:41:35,225 to really let that go for myself. 1057 00:41:35,259 --> 00:41:37,794 And I feel more friendly with Meri 1058 00:41:37,828 --> 00:41:41,364 than I have felt in six or more years 1059 00:41:41,398 --> 00:41:43,500 but it doesn't mean I've got 1060 00:41:43,534 --> 00:41:47,003 any romantic inclinations within our marriage. 1061 00:41:48,706 --> 00:41:50,707 Next time on Sister Wives. 1062 00:41:50,741 --> 00:41:51,875 [Christine] John and Kody were in quarantined 1063 00:41:51,909 --> 00:41:54,444 from each other for, like, five weeks? 1064 00:41:54,478 --> 00:41:56,880 The whole family is gonna fall apart. 1065 00:41:56,914 --> 00:41:58,181 - We're done. - [Robyn] This isn't fair. 1066 00:41:58,215 --> 00:42:00,683 He shouldn't be at my house this much. 1067 00:42:00,718 --> 00:42:04,187 [Kody] You want to be with me but you're chording me 1068 00:42:04,221 --> 00:42:05,955 - to that relationship. - I didn't know 1069 00:42:05,990 --> 00:42:07,724 I was supposed to support you. 1070 00:42:07,758 --> 00:42:09,592 I can't. I can't make him love me. 1071 00:42:09,627 --> 00:42:13,029 It makes me wonder if people who have been unhappy 1072 00:42:13,063 --> 00:42:16,299 for so many years couldn't just leave 1073 00:42:16,333 --> 00:42:18,535 and go find something that make them happy. 1074 00:42:18,569 --> 00:42:20,169 With every one of these women 1075 00:42:20,204 --> 00:42:22,338 be better off married to another guy. 1076 00:42:22,373 --> 00:42:24,340 This not what I want. 1077 00:42:24,375 --> 00:42:26,276 This isn't what I signed up for. 1078 00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:28,011 Dude. You've got four wives 1079 00:42:28,045 --> 00:42:29,746 and eighteen kids. 1080 00:42:29,780 --> 00:42:31,948 You just gonna pick and choose who are you gonna keep?