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[man]Previously on Sister Wives.
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Nobody likes
what we're having to do
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for this COVID experience.
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The kids are actually having
a little bit of a mutiny.
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They're like,
"Why can't we see each other?"
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Then what's the point of, like,
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not hanging out with everybody?
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I mean, I'm not at risk.
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[Janelle] It's really up
to kind of Garrison and Gabe
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figuring out how to limit
their exposure
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before I can have
their dad over again.
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[Kody] I got a big family.
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If one of us gets sick,
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then it's literally
quarantining the family.
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I'm sorry. I was out of turn,
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because I was angry,
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because I felt like
I was giving...
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Like I was giving you
what you wanted
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and you didn't want it.
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- That's...
- That's where...
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- That's how I perceived it...
- Okay.
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...and I apologize.
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Thank you.
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Whatever.
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[Christine] I never felt
like I was queen wife
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or queen mom, never.
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In the plural community,
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there's certainly
a "basement wife" mentality.
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If you have a situation
where there's a wife
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that's a queen bee,
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well, the other wife
goes in the basement
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and she doesn't matter as much.
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[Robyn] Then you know that
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she's actually
trying to sabotage
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your relationship with Kody,
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you can't trust her.
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How are you friends
with someone you can't trust?
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[theme music playing]
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[upbeat music playing]
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[breathing heavily]
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[Christine]
Kody's working out at home.
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Since gyms are closed.
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[Kody] A couple of weeks ago,
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Janelle told me
not to come to her house
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because of some concerns
she had about the COVID-19
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and the exposure that her kids
were still getting.
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Garrison and Gabriel
are both existing
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and working
outside of the house.
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But I don't know how much
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actual social distancing
they're doing.
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I don't know if their...
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own personal space
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for social distancing
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is as strict as mine is.
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It's Christine's house,
and Robyn's house,
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and then Christine's house,
and then Robyn's house.
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Uh, once in a while,
I'll see Meri for a visit,
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um, I don't go over
to her house regularly.
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She advises me she travels
and stuff like that,
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so she... We can be cautious
about COVID,
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but I don't stay the night
at Meri's house.
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It's sort of like the world
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is sort of just gone
quiet for me.
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I mean, I've been
sort of enjoying the time
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because I can't do
anything else.
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A lot more exposure to the kids,
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but then no exposure
to Janelle's kids.
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[Christine] The other day,
Truely was like,
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"Dad, you can work out at home."
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[Janelle] You know, I guess
Kody really hasn't been here
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for about a week and a half.
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So, I don't know
what the future is,
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I don't know when Kody...
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When I will feel safe
having Kody come back.
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But we're already
a week and a half in,
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I don't think it's gonna
miraculously resolve itself
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in the next four or five days,
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so it's gonna be longer
than two weeks.
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I don't think like this workout,
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it's just the best I got.
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I'd rather lift
just heavy weights,
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hold them in.
I'm supposed to do cardio
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and this feels cardio
as anything.
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I guess it's more like aerobics.
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[Robyn] Kody knows his age,
he's in his 50s,
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he's about 11 years older
than me.
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I'm always very comfortable
with that,
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I've always... My dad is a...
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Is older than my mom.
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But he teases me about
being a baby
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when he was [laughs]
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older and stuff like that.
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[breathing, panting]
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[Robyn] But, you know,
we can't be old yet
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and I kind of feel that way
about everybody,
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because I feel like
everybody's kind of like,
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"Oh, we're retiring.
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Our kids are growing up,
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and they're gonna go move off,
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and I'm gonna be alone."
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And I'm like, "Not me."
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"I got years, babe," you know.
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I'm gonna go back to my music.
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[Robyn] All right. Sounds good.
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[panting]
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[upbeat music playing]
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Breanna is turning 16 today.
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She's sweet 16.
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Happy birthday.
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If you can be sweet 16, it means
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you've never been kissed
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and Breanna's never been kissed.
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She hasn't been kissed
because her dad
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- looks like this.
- [laughs]
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[upbeat music playing]
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[Kody] We're kind of
in a COVID lockdown.
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We got four
other birthdays coming.
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It's kind of just an odd thing
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the way we're doing birthdays
right now.
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[Robyn]
Today is Breanna's birthday,
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but in two days
is Garrison's birthday,
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then in three days,
it's Aurora's birthday,
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and then in five days,
it's Truely's birthday,
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and then in ten days,
it's Christine's birthday.
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[Christine]
Breanna is turning 16.
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It's kind of sucky
to have such a...
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separate, like, a COVID...
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There's, like,
milestone birthdays
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and this is
a milestone birthday,
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you know, turning 16
is a milestone,
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and having to do it
during COVID, that sucks.
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- I will get this.
- No, I will.
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[woman] That's only
for, uh, entertainment.
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[Kody speaking indistinctly]
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[Meri] These are kind of...
birthdays
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that you really wanna celebrate
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with as many people
as you can and we can't.
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And it's not fun.
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It's weird not to get together,
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like, practically
every other day
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for these couple of weeks
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where we have all
these birthdays.
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I don't like it.
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[Kody] All right. Should we eat?
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[Breanna] I'm... Right now,
I'm a little, like, worried,
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and it's weird, and different.
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I'm not used to it,
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because we're all used
to being with each other.
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But I'm mostly just sad
not to see my family.
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[woman] Do not get on the table.
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[indistinct chatter]
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[woman] I love this man.
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[Kody] Normally, the big family
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birthday celebrations
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are a little obnoxiously noisy.
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[man] We did not. Look at this.
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Isn't it so weird?
It's so quiet without
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the whole family in here,
you guys, don't you think?
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- [Breanna] Oh, yeah.
- [David] Oh, yeah.
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It's so weird to be here
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doing a birthday party
without everybody.
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[Kody] It's actually
kind of peaceful.
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- I guess it kind of is.
- Very peaceful.
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[Breanna] It's just odd.
I'm not used to it.
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It's not that peaceful,
it's not...
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[Kody]
Oh, it's so quiet right now.
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This is the quietest birthday
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I've been involved with
for the family
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maybe in years, in years.
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[Robyn] So I'm the only
one that's sitting here,
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feeling like we should have
the whole family here?
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- [David] No.
- [Breanna] No.
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Then why are you saying that?
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- Oh, yes.
- Because...
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- Because we don't know.
- Wait. Wait. It's chaotic.
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It is quiet, really.
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I don't know.
I feel like it's disloyal
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or something
to sit there and go,
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"Oh, this is nice,
quiet birthday or whatever."
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You know, this is weird.
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Because it does, it feels weird.
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- Mmm-hmm. Because...
- So I think we are
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carrying out an extreme
to protect us as a family
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because there's a tendency
for colds and flu...
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- You know why?
- ...to go through our family.
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Because you'll be seeing
most of your family
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if there was a case,
all of a sudden.
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I mean, right now,
you don't see Janelle
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and her kids. And...
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But if somebody got sick
in the family...
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If someone else got sick
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like Christine or me,
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you would stop seeing one of us.
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This is the first time
it's ever even come up,
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uh, even in my mind.
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If Robyn was to get sick,
I would... I...
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My first reaction would be,
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"I need to be there to nurse her
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and help basically take care
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Yes, if you're sick and you
need to be taken care of,
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I'm gonna have to come
and do it."
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So that would go
for any wife, period.
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I mean, who's gonna take care
of you if you're sick?
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- If you really got sick...
- I don't know.
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...who would take care of you?
I would have
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to be here to help you.
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You know, I think
if I were to get sick,
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I would tell Kody to stay away.
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My kids are old enough,
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they can take care
of themselves.
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God forbid something
really horrible happens to me
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and I end up in the ICU
or something, like, I need...
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I need one of their parents
whole and well.
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[Christine]
If we got sick in our house,
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Kody wouldn't come over,
there's no way.
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We would quarantine ourselves
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and just hunker down ourselves,
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and do our best
to, um, doctor each other
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while we're all sick. [laughs]
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Be terrible. Yeah.
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No, we would just quarantine
even more so, but definitely
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Kody wouldn't come over
if we got sick.
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[dramatic music playing]
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[Meri] If I was to get sick?
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If I was to get sick,
nothing would happen.
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I would just be
at home alone sick.
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Nobody comes over here anyway,
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um, we don't see each other.
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Oh, I disagree with him.
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[Robyn] I know logically
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what we should do,
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Kody should stay away.
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But I can't tell Kody that.
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"It's like, "What if
someone's super, super ill
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and that's their last week
of life?"
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Uh, I'm gonna sit there
and tell Kody
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to stay away from them? No.
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There's nothing else
could be done.
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- Yeah.
- But I'm hoping it goes away
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- in a couple of weeks.
- Yeah. Okay.
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We can't talk about this
anymore. Breanna's...
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We got to do the birthday party
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and I don't want this
to put damper
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- into Breanna's birthday.
- I'm gonna grab
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- the birthday cake.
- Okay. All right.
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[Meri] Okay, guys.
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We were talking that
we needed to call grandma.
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- She just texted me.
- Yeah.
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Mariah and Audrey
had been here for about a week
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and we had a conversation
yesterday.
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Now, we are going
to video call my mom,
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because we wanna talk to her
about it as well.
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Oh, there we go.
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- Hi.
- [Mariah] Hi, Grandma.
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[Bonnie] [laughs]
I just don't like
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seeing myself on my phone.
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A few years ago,
I bought my old family home.
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My great-great-
grandparents built it in 1870
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and my grandmother grew up here.
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I actually talked
to my mom into moving in.
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So, here we are and now,
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we're running it as a bed
and breakfast.
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- Okay. Mom...
- [Bonnie] Yeah.
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[Meri] ...uh, Mariah
and Audrey, and I
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were talking, um, last night
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about the bed and breakfast,
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how we probably should not
have people coming there.
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[Bonnie] Yeah.
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We actually have
four rooms which means,
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like, for families
could potentially come
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through each night.
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And we don't know
what they've been exposed to
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and my mom's in her 70s,
and I just don't want
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to expose her to do that.
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[Mariah] You're over
65 or over 60,
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- or whatever the age is.
- I'm 75, Mariah.
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[Mariah] That's what
I'm saying, Grandma.
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And you've lived a long
and beautiful life,
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and I'd love for you
to continue to live
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that long and beautiful life.
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I don't want you around people.
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Obviously, any business
is gonna wanna stay open
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right now,
but not all businesses
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are gonna be able to.
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If we keep it open,
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it's not heavily
trafficked. I...
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It's a safer space
for people to be.
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It's safer space
for them to be...
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[Mariah] For sure.
And I get that.
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...rather than, like,
a big, public motel.
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Some people have to travel.
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[Bonnie] I agree with you.
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[Meri] One of the tenants
of our belief system
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is that we get blessings
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which is kind the word
of God in our lives.
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Mom has had these blessings
that her life...
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That have told her
and, you know,
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kind of inspired her
to be that person
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who people can use as a shelter.
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That's been my mom's motto
her whole life.
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Sorry.
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Um, just to take people in
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and take care of people.
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It's just who she is.
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Well, we actually
were talking about
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- this yesterday, Mom.
- [Mariah] Yeah.
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[Meri] Uh, if you were
to come down here...
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[Mariah] And we just trade
places with you.
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- We're going there.
- And the girls go up there.
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[Bonnie] That would be amazing.
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[director speaking]
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[Mariah] No, I've never run
a bed and breakfast,
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- but, you know, we'll try.
- But we're gonna keep
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- grandma safe.
- Yeah, that's what matters.
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- So we're gonna learn.
- Okay. Well then,
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we're gonna pack up
our stuff and come down.
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- Yeah.
- We'll see you soon.
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- At a distance.
- [Bonnie] All right.
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[Mariah] At a distance.
I love you.
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- And it's gonna be hard.
- [Meri] Love you, Mom.
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I'm still hugging my kids. So...
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- [Meri] She will hug you.
- I know she will.
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[Bonnie] How could I not?
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[laughs] Oh.
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Mariah and Audrey
had been here for a week.
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That is it.
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My plan for their lives
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was that they were going to
spend a couple of months here
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before they moved up
to Salt Lake.
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Okay. Bye, Mom. We'll talk soon.
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- [Bonnie] Bye. Bye.
- Love you. Bye.
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Okay. How do you feel?
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- Are you okay?
- I'm scared.
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- [Meri] Are you...
- I'm just... This whole thing
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is scary. I'm just like
trying to, like,
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not let the fear overtake me.
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[Christine] We can't do
a birthday party
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for Garrison because of COVID.
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We can't go inside their home.
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And all the birthday party
is gonna be like this.
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What do you think, Truely?
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Truely is very logical.
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My hell, we survived a lawsuit,
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and having to flee Utah,
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and we all maintained
our integrity as a family.
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But a virus is gonna bring us
to us our knees?
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It's the dumbest thing ever.
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[upbeat music playing]
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[Meri] The girls
are gonna be leaving today
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and heading up to Parowan.
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I mean, really,
it's just all about Mariah
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wanting to protect her grandma.
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That's what it is.
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How are you guys feeling?
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It's been a week since
you guys have been here,
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- you guys.
- [Mariah] Well, it's...
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[Meri] That's it. A week.
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It is not fun to see them go.
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00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:18,256
Again, I was just getting
used to them being here.
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[sighs]
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- I love you.
- [Meri] I love you.
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And I will miss you
and I'm so sad
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that you guys have to leave.
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I wanted you here longer.
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[Mariah] Well, why don't you
get behind the car,
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can you, bunny?
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[Meri] Hey, dude.
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Come here. Come here.
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I really just wanted them
to be here longer
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and so it's really
just a big bummer
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that they are leaving.
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Drive safe.
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I'll let grandma know
you're on your way.
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[Mariah] Okay. Bye.
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Where is mom going?
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[upbeat music playing]
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[Christine]
So because of Covid-19,
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we are not able to have
birthday parties.
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Mmm-hmmm. We're not able
to have birthday parties
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00:15:12,411 --> 00:15:14,279
altogether. It's so sad, right?
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00:15:14,313 --> 00:15:16,014
We can't do a birthday party
for Garrison
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because of Covid. Uh, we can't
go inside their home,
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but we can hang out outside.
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00:15:20,352 --> 00:15:22,587
And all the birthday parties
is gonna be like this,
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00:15:22,621 --> 00:15:24,055
what do you think, Truely?
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00:15:26,825 --> 00:15:28,993
[Christine] About being apart
for the birthdays,
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00:15:29,028 --> 00:15:30,461
how was it?
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00:15:37,970 --> 00:15:40,071
Truely is very logical.
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00:15:40,105 --> 00:15:42,974
We, kind of all have four separate
for moms, sweethearts, so...
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00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:45,910
[Christine] It's true.
It's true.
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00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:47,612
You're right. Truely has heard
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that family were just
supposed to stick together
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and all of her friends
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00:15:51,550 --> 00:15:53,518
talk about how
they're just staying
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at home with their family.
402
00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:57,121
Truely's family
just happens to reside
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in four separate houses
here in Flagstaff.
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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.
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00:16:08,534 --> 00:16:10,001
It's really, really hard,
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00:16:10,035 --> 00:16:12,770
but if we can keep everybody
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00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:14,138
in the family from getting sick,
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00:16:14,173 --> 00:16:15,773
wouldn't that be better?
And, certainly,
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00:16:15,808 --> 00:16:17,442
we don't want anybody
in the family to die
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and that's worst-case
scenario, of course.
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00:16:19,945 --> 00:16:22,046
But we want everyone
to be healthy, so it's...
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00:16:22,081 --> 00:16:24,716
There's a thing like
it's for the greater good
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00:16:24,750 --> 00:16:26,084
and this is, kind of,
a thing where
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00:16:26,118 --> 00:16:27,151
it's just for the greater good.
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00:16:27,186 --> 00:16:28,953
- Yeah.
- Let's say half of the time,
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00:16:28,988 --> 00:16:30,254
I think it's ridiculous
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that we're not hanging out
together.
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00:16:31,924 --> 00:16:33,691
So, how can I sit here
and have a logical
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00:16:33,726 --> 00:16:35,927
conversation with Truely
when I think
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00:16:35,961 --> 00:16:37,395
she's halfway right?
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00:16:37,429 --> 00:16:39,564
Or some days I think
she's %100 right.
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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]
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00:16:49,508 --> 00:16:51,743
[Janelle] So, today
is Garrison's 22nd birthday.
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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.
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00:16:56,482 --> 00:16:59,851
Hey, Savanah, so how many days
have we been home?
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00:16:59,885 --> 00:17:01,486
- Huh?
- [Janelle] How many days
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have we been home?
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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.
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00:17:07,726 --> 00:17:09,861
- [director speaking]
- No.
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00:17:09,895 --> 00:17:13,331
Kody won't...
Kody won't be here today.
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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.
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00:17:20,739 --> 00:17:23,007
Half of the time, I don't
even know what the time is.
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00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:24,542
[Janelle] Like,
in the twenty-two years
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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00:18:10,389 --> 00:18:12,023
from Janelle's house.
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00:18:12,057 --> 00:18:13,558
I'm trying to be optimistic.
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00:18:13,592 --> 00:18:15,660
Uh, I'll be honest with you,
I'm trying to keep
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00:18:15,694 --> 00:18:18,729
the kids from, sort of,
creating a mutiny
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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,
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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00:18:58,937 --> 00:19:00,605
[all] Air hugs,
air hugs, air hugs.
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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...
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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
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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?