1 00:00:02,793 --> 00:00:04,068 [man] ...Sister Wives. 2 00:00:04,103 --> 00:00:06,000 Nobody likes what we're having to do 3 00:00:06,034 --> 00:00:07,586 for this COVID experience. 4 00:00:07,620 --> 00:00:09,965 The kids are actually having a little bit of a mutiny. 5 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:11,896 They're like, "Why can't we see each other?" 6 00:00:11,931 --> 00:00:13,172 Then what's the point of, like, 7 00:00:13,206 --> 00:00:15,000 not hanging out with everybody? 8 00:00:15,034 --> 00:00:16,517 I mean, I'm not at risk. 9 00:00:16,551 --> 00:00:19,206 [Janelle] It's really up to kind of Garrison and Gabe 10 00:00:19,241 --> 00:00:21,517 figuring out how to limit their exposure 11 00:00:21,551 --> 00:00:24,448 before I can have their dad over again. 12 00:00:24,482 --> 00:00:25,586 [Kody] I got a big family. 13 00:00:25,620 --> 00:00:27,413 If one of us gets sick, 14 00:00:27,448 --> 00:00:29,931 then it's literally quarantining the family. 15 00:00:29,965 --> 00:00:32,758 I'm sorry. I was out of turn, 16 00:00:32,793 --> 00:00:33,793 because I was angry, 17 00:00:33,827 --> 00:00:36,586 because I felt like I was giving... 18 00:00:36,620 --> 00:00:38,241 Like I was giving you what you wanted 19 00:00:38,275 --> 00:00:39,241 and you didn't want it. 20 00:00:39,275 --> 00:00:40,379 -That's... -That's where... 21 00:00:40,413 --> 00:00:42,137 -That's how I perceived it... -Okay. 22 00:00:42,172 --> 00:00:43,896 ...and I apologize. 23 00:00:43,931 --> 00:00:45,206 Thank you. 24 00:00:45,241 --> 00:00:46,206 Whatever. 25 00:00:49,379 --> 00:00:50,827 [Christine] I never felt like I was queen wife 26 00:00:50,862 --> 00:00:52,758 or queen mom, never. 27 00:00:52,793 --> 00:00:55,103 In the plural community, 28 00:00:55,137 --> 00:00:58,206 there's certainly a "basement wife" mentality. 29 00:00:58,241 --> 00:01:00,034 If you have a situation where there's a wife 30 00:01:00,068 --> 00:01:01,241 that's a queen bee, 31 00:01:01,275 --> 00:01:03,241 well, the other wife goes in the basement 32 00:01:03,275 --> 00:01:04,862 and she doesn't matter as much. 33 00:01:04,896 --> 00:01:06,620 [Robyn] Then you know that 34 00:01:06,655 --> 00:01:08,310 she's actually trying to sabotage 35 00:01:08,344 --> 00:01:09,689 your relationship with Kody, 36 00:01:09,724 --> 00:01:11,068 you can't trust her. 37 00:01:11,103 --> 00:01:12,862 How are you friends with someone you can't trust? 38 00:01:17,172 --> 00:01:20,137 [theme music playing] 39 00:01:38,206 --> 00:01:41,172 [upbeat music playing] 40 00:01:58,103 --> 00:01:59,482 [breathing heavily] 41 00:01:59,517 --> 00:02:00,965 [Christine] Kody's working out at home. 42 00:02:02,655 --> 00:02:05,379 Since gyms are closed. 43 00:02:05,413 --> 00:02:06,517 [Kody] A couple of weeks ago, 44 00:02:06,551 --> 00:02:08,034 Janelle told me not to come to her house 45 00:02:08,068 --> 00:02:10,965 because of some concerns she had about the COVID-19 46 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,896 and the exposure that her kids were still getting. 47 00:02:13,931 --> 00:02:16,000 Garrison and Gabriel are both existing 48 00:02:16,034 --> 00:02:18,482 and working outside of the house. 49 00:02:18,517 --> 00:02:20,206 But I don't know how much 50 00:02:20,241 --> 00:02:21,793 actual social distancing they're doing. 51 00:02:21,827 --> 00:02:24,275 I don't know if their... 52 00:02:24,310 --> 00:02:26,172 own personal space 53 00:02:26,206 --> 00:02:27,482 for social distancing 54 00:02:27,517 --> 00:02:30,379 is as strict as mine is. 55 00:02:30,413 --> 00:02:32,827 It's Christine's house, and Robyn's house, 56 00:02:32,862 --> 00:02:35,103 and then Christine's house, and then Robyn's house. 57 00:02:35,137 --> 00:02:37,448 Uh, once in a while, I'll see Meri for a visit, 58 00:02:37,482 --> 00:02:39,724 um, I don't go over to her house regularly. 59 00:02:39,758 --> 00:02:41,724 She advises me she travels and stuff like that, 60 00:02:41,758 --> 00:02:44,448 so she... We can be cautious about COVID, 61 00:02:44,482 --> 00:02:46,931 but I don't stay the night at Meri's house. 62 00:02:47,965 --> 00:02:49,655 It's sort of like the world 63 00:02:49,689 --> 00:02:52,655 is sort of just gone quiet for me. 64 00:02:52,689 --> 00:02:56,413 I mean, I've been sort of enjoying the time 65 00:02:56,448 --> 00:02:58,517 because I can't do anything else. 66 00:02:58,551 --> 00:03:00,758 A lot more exposure to the kids, 67 00:03:00,793 --> 00:03:03,620 but then no exposure to Janelle's kids. 68 00:03:04,965 --> 00:03:06,413 [Christine] The other day, Truely was like, 69 00:03:06,448 --> 00:03:08,344 "Dad, you can work out at home." 70 00:03:08,379 --> 00:03:10,344 [Janelle] You know, I guess Kody really hasn't been here 71 00:03:10,379 --> 00:03:12,137 for about a week and a half. 72 00:03:12,172 --> 00:03:14,965 So, I don't know what the future is, 73 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,172 I don't know when Kody... 74 00:03:16,206 --> 00:03:18,896 When I will feel safe having Kody come back. 75 00:03:18,931 --> 00:03:20,586 But we're already a week and a half in, 76 00:03:20,620 --> 00:03:22,793 I don't think it's gonna miraculously resolve itself 77 00:03:22,827 --> 00:03:23,931 in the next four or five days, 78 00:03:23,965 --> 00:03:26,551 so it's gonna be longer than two weeks. 79 00:03:26,586 --> 00:03:28,655 I don't think like this workout, 80 00:03:28,689 --> 00:03:29,896 it's just the best I got. 81 00:03:29,931 --> 00:03:32,689 I'd rather lift just heavy weights, 82 00:03:32,724 --> 00:03:35,620 hold them in. I'm supposed to do cardio 83 00:03:35,655 --> 00:03:37,862 and this feels cardio as anything. 84 00:03:37,896 --> 00:03:40,000 I guess it's more like aerobics. 85 00:03:40,034 --> 00:03:42,965 [Robyn] Kody knows his age, he's in his 50s, 86 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,827 he's about 11 years older than me. 87 00:03:44,862 --> 00:03:46,758 I'm always very comfortable with that, 88 00:03:46,793 --> 00:03:48,793 I've always... My dad is a... 89 00:03:48,827 --> 00:03:50,241 Is older than my mom. 90 00:03:51,448 --> 00:03:53,448 But he teases me about being a baby 91 00:03:53,482 --> 00:03:55,586 when he was[laughs] 92 00:03:55,620 --> 00:03:57,551 older and stuff like that. 93 00:03:57,586 --> 00:04:00,551 [breathing, panting] 94 00:04:00,586 --> 00:04:03,344 [Robyn] But, you know, we can't be old yet 95 00:04:03,379 --> 00:04:06,000 and I kind of feel that way about everybody, 96 00:04:06,034 --> 00:04:07,482 because I feel like everybody's kind of like, 97 00:04:07,517 --> 00:04:08,862 "Oh, we're retiring. 98 00:04:08,896 --> 00:04:10,448 Our kids are growing up, 99 00:04:10,482 --> 00:04:12,344 and they're gonna go move off, 100 00:04:12,379 --> 00:04:13,517 and I'm gonna be alone." 101 00:04:13,551 --> 00:04:15,482 And I'm like, "Not me. 102 00:04:15,517 --> 00:04:17,413 I got years, babe," you know. 103 00:04:17,448 --> 00:04:18,827 [panting] 104 00:04:18,862 --> 00:04:19,931 I'm gonna go back to my music. 105 00:04:19,965 --> 00:04:21,137 [Robyn] All right. Sounds good. 106 00:04:21,172 --> 00:04:24,482 [panting] 107 00:04:24,517 --> 00:04:27,655 [upbeat music playing] 108 00:04:31,275 --> 00:04:32,620 Breanna is turning 16 today. 109 00:04:32,655 --> 00:04:34,172 She's sweet 16. 110 00:04:34,206 --> 00:04:37,482 Happy birthday. 111 00:04:37,517 --> 00:04:39,689 [laughter] 112 00:04:39,724 --> 00:04:41,034 If you can be sweet 16, it means 113 00:04:41,068 --> 00:04:42,103 you've never been kissed 114 00:04:42,137 --> 00:04:44,000 and Breanna's never been kissed. 115 00:04:44,034 --> 00:04:45,586 She hasn't been kissed because her dad 116 00:04:45,620 --> 00:04:47,931 -looks like this. -[laughs] 117 00:04:47,965 --> 00:04:51,206 [upbeat music playing] 118 00:04:51,241 --> 00:04:53,344 [Kody] We're kind of in a COVID lockdown. 119 00:04:53,379 --> 00:04:55,275 We got four other birthdays coming. 120 00:04:55,310 --> 00:04:57,103 It's kind of just an odd thing 121 00:04:57,137 --> 00:04:58,827 the way we're doing birthdays right now. 122 00:05:00,137 --> 00:05:01,758 [Robyn] Today is Breanna's birthday, 123 00:05:01,793 --> 00:05:03,206 but in two days is Garrison's birthday, 124 00:05:03,241 --> 00:05:04,758 then in three days, it's Aurora's birthday, 125 00:05:04,793 --> 00:05:06,793 and then in five days, it's Truely's birthday, 126 00:05:06,827 --> 00:05:09,344 and then in ten days, it's Christine's birthday. 127 00:05:10,586 --> 00:05:12,551 [Christine] Breanna is turning 16. 128 00:05:12,586 --> 00:05:15,310 It's kind of sucky to have such a... 129 00:05:15,344 --> 00:05:16,896 separate, like, a COVID... 130 00:05:16,931 --> 00:05:18,620 There's, like, milestone birthdays 131 00:05:18,655 --> 00:05:20,068 and this is a milestone birthday, 132 00:05:20,103 --> 00:05:22,241 you know, turning 16 is a milestone, 133 00:05:22,275 --> 00:05:24,931 and having to do it during COVID, that sucks. 134 00:05:24,965 --> 00:05:26,137 -I will get this. -No, I will. 135 00:05:26,172 --> 00:05:27,620 [woman] That's only for, uh, entertainment. 136 00:05:27,655 --> 00:05:28,862 [Kody speaking indistinctly] 137 00:05:28,896 --> 00:05:31,482 [Meri] These are kind of... birthdays 138 00:05:31,517 --> 00:05:33,551 that you really wanna celebrate 139 00:05:33,586 --> 00:05:36,758 with as many people as you can and we can't. 140 00:05:36,793 --> 00:05:38,793 And it's not fun. 141 00:05:38,827 --> 00:05:41,965 It's weird not to get together, 142 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,137 like, practically every other day 143 00:05:44,172 --> 00:05:45,689 for these couple of weeks 144 00:05:45,724 --> 00:05:47,310 where we have all these birthdays. 145 00:05:47,344 --> 00:05:48,724 I don't like it. 146 00:05:48,758 --> 00:05:51,241 [Kody] All right. Should we eat? 147 00:05:51,275 --> 00:05:54,586 [Breanna] I'm... Right now, I'm a little, like, worried, 148 00:05:54,620 --> 00:05:56,689 and it's weird, and different. 149 00:05:56,724 --> 00:05:58,275 I'm not used to it, 150 00:05:58,310 --> 00:06:01,379 because we're all used to being with each other. 151 00:06:01,413 --> 00:06:05,000 But I'm mostly just sad not to see my family. 152 00:06:05,034 --> 00:06:07,413 [woman] Do not get on the table. 153 00:06:07,448 --> 00:06:10,172 [indistinct chatter] 154 00:06:10,206 --> 00:06:11,206 [woman] I love this man. 155 00:06:11,241 --> 00:06:12,448 [Kody] Normally, the big family 156 00:06:12,482 --> 00:06:13,931 birthday celebrations 157 00:06:13,965 --> 00:06:18,206 are a little obnoxiously noisy. 158 00:06:18,241 --> 00:06:19,413 [man] We did not. Look at this. 159 00:06:19,448 --> 00:06:21,103 Isn't it so weird? It's so quiet without 160 00:06:21,137 --> 00:06:22,827 the whole family in here, you guys, don't you think? 161 00:06:22,862 --> 00:06:24,137 -[Breanna] Oh, yeah. -[David] Oh, yeah. 162 00:06:24,172 --> 00:06:25,827 It's so weird to be here 163 00:06:25,862 --> 00:06:28,172 doing a birthday party without everybody. 164 00:06:28,206 --> 00:06:29,931 [Kody] It's actually kind of peaceful. 165 00:06:29,965 --> 00:06:31,310 -I guess it kind of is. -Very peaceful. 166 00:06:31,344 --> 00:06:33,931 [Breanna] It's just odd. I'm not used to it. 167 00:06:33,965 --> 00:06:35,482 It's not that peaceful, it's not... 168 00:06:35,517 --> 00:06:37,413 [Kody] Oh, it's so quiet right now. 169 00:06:37,448 --> 00:06:38,862 This is the quietest birthday 170 00:06:38,896 --> 00:06:41,310 I've been involved with for the family 171 00:06:41,344 --> 00:06:44,551 maybe in years, in years. 172 00:06:44,586 --> 00:06:46,137 [Robyn] So I'm the only one that's sitting here, 173 00:06:46,172 --> 00:06:47,758 feeling like we should have the whole family here? 174 00:06:47,793 --> 00:06:49,068 -[David] No. -[Breanna] No. 175 00:06:49,103 --> 00:06:51,482 Then why are you saying that? 176 00:06:51,517 --> 00:06:53,137 -Oh, yes. -Because... 177 00:06:53,172 --> 00:06:55,620 -Because we don't know. -Wait. Wait. It's chaotic. 178 00:06:55,655 --> 00:06:57,931 It is quiet, really. 179 00:06:57,965 --> 00:07:00,344 I don't know. I feel like it's disloyal 180 00:07:00,379 --> 00:07:02,172 or something to sit there and go, 181 00:07:02,206 --> 00:07:05,103 "Oh, this is nice, quiet birthday or whatever." 182 00:07:05,137 --> 00:07:06,724 You know, this is weird. 183 00:07:06,758 --> 00:07:08,137 Because it does, it feels weird. 184 00:07:08,172 --> 00:07:09,448 -Mmm-hmm. Because... -So I think we are 185 00:07:09,482 --> 00:07:13,068 carrying out an extreme to protect us as a family 186 00:07:13,103 --> 00:07:15,586 because there's a tendency for colds and flu... 187 00:07:15,620 --> 00:07:17,000 -You know why? -...to go through our family. 188 00:07:17,034 --> 00:07:18,448 Because you'll be seeing most of your family 189 00:07:18,482 --> 00:07:20,758 if there was a case, all of a sudden. 190 00:07:20,793 --> 00:07:22,793 I mean, right now, you don't see Janelle 191 00:07:22,827 --> 00:07:23,896 and her kids. And... 192 00:07:23,931 --> 00:07:25,724 But if somebody got sick in the family... 193 00:07:25,758 --> 00:07:27,275 If someone else got sick in the family 194 00:07:27,310 --> 00:07:28,724 like Christine or me, 195 00:07:28,758 --> 00:07:30,620 you would stop seeing one of us. 196 00:07:34,896 --> 00:07:36,413 This is the first time it's ever even come up, 197 00:07:36,448 --> 00:07:38,310 uh, even in my mind. 198 00:07:38,344 --> 00:07:41,206 If Robyn was to get sick, I would... I... 199 00:07:41,241 --> 00:07:42,448 My first reaction would be, 200 00:07:42,482 --> 00:07:43,827 "I need to be there to nurse her 201 00:07:43,862 --> 00:07:46,413 and help basically take care of Solomon and Ariella. 202 00:07:46,448 --> 00:07:48,896 Yes, if you're sick and you need to be taken care of, 203 00:07:48,931 --> 00:07:50,655 I'm gonna have to come and do it." 204 00:07:50,689 --> 00:07:53,068 So that would go for any wife, period. 205 00:07:53,103 --> 00:07:55,620 I mean, who's gonna take care of you if you're sick? 206 00:07:55,655 --> 00:07:56,931 -If you really got sick... -I don't know. 207 00:07:56,965 --> 00:07:58,310 ...who would take care of you? I would have 208 00:07:58,344 --> 00:07:59,586 to be here to help you. 209 00:07:59,620 --> 00:08:01,068 You know, I think if I were to get sick, 210 00:08:01,103 --> 00:08:02,620 I would tell Kody to stay away. 211 00:08:02,655 --> 00:08:03,896 My kids are old enough, 212 00:08:03,931 --> 00:08:06,172 they can take care of themselves. 213 00:08:06,206 --> 00:08:09,448 God forbid something really horrible happens to me 214 00:08:09,482 --> 00:08:12,655 and I end up in the ICU or something, like, I need... 215 00:08:12,689 --> 00:08:15,655 I need one of their parents whole and well. 216 00:08:15,689 --> 00:08:17,827 [mellow music playing] 217 00:08:17,862 --> 00:08:19,137 [Christine] If we got sick in our house, 218 00:08:19,172 --> 00:08:21,275 Kody wouldn't come over, there's no way. 219 00:08:21,310 --> 00:08:23,137 We would quarantine ourselves 220 00:08:23,172 --> 00:08:25,172 and just hunker down ourselves, 221 00:08:25,206 --> 00:08:29,517 and do our best to, um, doctor each other 222 00:08:29,551 --> 00:08:31,862 while we're all sick. [laughs] 223 00:08:31,896 --> 00:08:34,241 Be terrible. Yeah. 224 00:08:34,275 --> 00:08:36,310 No, we would just quarantine even more so, but definitely 225 00:08:36,344 --> 00:08:39,137 Kody wouldn't come over if we got sick. 226 00:08:39,172 --> 00:08:42,275 [dramatic music playing] 227 00:08:42,310 --> 00:08:44,000 [Meri] If I was to get sick? 228 00:08:47,034 --> 00:08:48,620 If I was to get sick, nothing would happen. 229 00:08:48,655 --> 00:08:50,517 I would just be at home alone sick. 230 00:08:50,551 --> 00:08:53,206 Nobody comes over here anyway, 231 00:08:53,241 --> 00:08:55,241 um, we don't see each other. 232 00:09:03,310 --> 00:09:05,103 Oh, I disagree with him. 233 00:09:07,068 --> 00:09:09,965 [laughs] 234 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,241 [Robyn] I know logically 235 00:09:12,275 --> 00:09:14,068 what we should do, 236 00:09:14,103 --> 00:09:15,413 Kody should stay away. 237 00:09:15,448 --> 00:09:17,862 But I can't tell Kody that. 238 00:09:17,896 --> 00:09:21,344 It's like, "What if someone's super, super ill 239 00:09:21,379 --> 00:09:24,172 and that's their last week of life?" 240 00:09:24,206 --> 00:09:25,862 Uh, I'm gonna sit there and tell Kody 241 00:09:25,896 --> 00:09:28,241 to stay away from them? No. 242 00:09:28,275 --> 00:09:30,275 There's nothing else could be done. 243 00:09:30,310 --> 00:09:31,896 -Yeah. -But I'm hoping it goes away 244 00:09:31,931 --> 00:09:33,517 -in a couple of weeks. -Yeah. Okay. 245 00:09:33,551 --> 00:09:35,068 We can't talk about this anymore. Breanna's... 246 00:09:35,103 --> 00:09:36,344 We got to do the birthday party 247 00:09:36,379 --> 00:09:37,586 and I don't want this to put damper 248 00:09:37,620 --> 00:09:39,000 -into Breanna's birthday. -I'm gonna grab 249 00:09:39,034 --> 00:09:41,000 -the birthday cake. -Okay. All right. 250 00:09:41,034 --> 00:09:44,000 [upbeat music playing] 251 00:09:46,896 --> 00:09:47,896 No. 252 00:09:53,413 --> 00:09:54,862 [Meri] Okay, guys. 253 00:09:54,896 --> 00:09:57,793 We were talking that we needed to call grandma. 254 00:09:57,827 --> 00:09:59,379 -She just texted me. -Yeah. 255 00:09:59,413 --> 00:10:02,241 Mariah and Audrey had been here for about a week 256 00:10:02,275 --> 00:10:05,620 and we had a conversation yesterday. 257 00:10:05,655 --> 00:10:08,655 Now, we are going to video call my mom, 258 00:10:08,689 --> 00:10:11,000 because we wanna talk to her about it as well. 259 00:10:11,034 --> 00:10:12,689 Oh, there we go. 260 00:10:12,724 --> 00:10:14,827 -Hi. -[Mariah] Hi, Grandma. 261 00:10:14,862 --> 00:10:18,241 [Bonnie] [laughs] I just don't like 262 00:10:18,275 --> 00:10:20,586 seeing myself on my phone. 263 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:24,586 A few years ago, I bought my old family home. 264 00:10:24,620 --> 00:10:27,862 My great-great- grandparents built it in 1870 265 00:10:27,896 --> 00:10:29,448 and my grandmother grew up here. 266 00:10:29,482 --> 00:10:33,275 I actually talked to my mom into moving in. 267 00:10:33,310 --> 00:10:34,827 So, here we are and now, 268 00:10:34,862 --> 00:10:36,655 we're running it as a bed and breakfast. 269 00:10:36,689 --> 00:10:38,586 -Okay. Mom... -[Bonnie] Yeah. 270 00:10:38,620 --> 00:10:39,758 [Meri] ...uh, Mariah and Audrey, and I 271 00:10:39,793 --> 00:10:42,137 were talking, um, last night 272 00:10:42,172 --> 00:10:44,448 about the bed and breakfast, 273 00:10:44,482 --> 00:10:47,068 how we probably should not have people coming there. 274 00:10:47,103 --> 00:10:48,379 [Bonnie] Yeah. 275 00:10:48,413 --> 00:10:51,275 We actually have four rooms which means, 276 00:10:51,310 --> 00:10:53,758 like, for families could potentially come 277 00:10:53,793 --> 00:10:55,310 through each night. 278 00:10:55,344 --> 00:10:57,862 And we don't know what they've been exposed to 279 00:10:57,896 --> 00:11:00,034 and my mom's in her 70s, and I just don't want 280 00:11:00,068 --> 00:11:01,896 to expose her to do that. 281 00:11:01,931 --> 00:11:04,413 [Mariah] You're over 65 or over 60, 282 00:11:04,448 --> 00:11:06,724 -or whatever the age is. -I'm 75, Mariah. 283 00:11:06,758 --> 00:11:08,103 [Mariah] That's what I'm saying, Grandma. 284 00:11:08,137 --> 00:11:09,758 And you've lived a long and beautiful life, 285 00:11:09,793 --> 00:11:11,620 and I'd love for you to continue to live 286 00:11:11,655 --> 00:11:13,206 that long and beautiful life. 287 00:11:13,241 --> 00:11:15,137 I don't want you around people. 288 00:11:15,172 --> 00:11:17,724 Obviously, any business is gonna wanna stay open 289 00:11:17,758 --> 00:11:19,689 right now, but not all businesses 290 00:11:19,724 --> 00:11:21,137 are gonna be able to. 291 00:11:21,172 --> 00:11:23,137 If we keep it open, 292 00:11:23,172 --> 00:11:25,931 it's not heavily trafficked. I... 293 00:11:25,965 --> 00:11:27,310 It's a safer space for people to be. 294 00:11:27,344 --> 00:11:29,103 It's safer space for them to be... 295 00:11:29,137 --> 00:11:30,241 [Mariah] For sure. And I get that. 296 00:11:30,275 --> 00:11:31,758 ...rather than, like, a big, public motel. 297 00:11:31,793 --> 00:11:33,310 Some people have to travel. 298 00:11:33,344 --> 00:11:34,827 [Bonnie] I agree with you. 299 00:11:34,862 --> 00:11:37,620 [Meri] One of the tenants of our belief system 300 00:11:37,655 --> 00:11:41,034 is that we get blessings 301 00:11:41,068 --> 00:11:44,931 which is kind the word of God in our lives. 302 00:11:44,965 --> 00:11:48,241 Mom has had these blessings that her life... 303 00:11:48,275 --> 00:11:50,448 That have told her and, you know, 304 00:11:50,482 --> 00:11:53,724 kind of inspired her to be that person 305 00:11:53,758 --> 00:11:56,517 who people can use as a shelter. 306 00:11:58,896 --> 00:12:03,137 That's been my mom's motto her whole life. 307 00:12:08,034 --> 00:12:09,551 Sorry. 308 00:12:09,586 --> 00:12:12,413 Um, just to take people in 309 00:12:12,448 --> 00:12:14,724 and take care of people. 310 00:12:14,758 --> 00:12:17,000 It's just who she is. 311 00:12:17,034 --> 00:12:19,344 Well, we actually were talking about 312 00:12:19,379 --> 00:12:21,034 -this yesterday, Mom. -[Mariah] Yeah. 313 00:12:21,068 --> 00:12:23,344 [Meri] Uh, if you were to come down here... 314 00:12:23,379 --> 00:12:25,000 [Mariah] And we just trade places with you. 315 00:12:25,034 --> 00:12:26,517 -We're going there. -And the girls go up there. 316 00:12:26,551 --> 00:12:27,931 [Bonnie] That would be amazing. 317 00:12:27,965 --> 00:12:31,103 [director speaking] 318 00:12:31,137 --> 00:12:32,517 [Mariah] No, I've never run a bed and breakfast, 319 00:12:32,551 --> 00:12:33,724 -but, you know, we'll try. -But we're gonna keep 320 00:12:33,758 --> 00:12:35,517 -grandma safe. -Yeah, that's what matters. 321 00:12:35,551 --> 00:12:37,068 -So we're gonna learn. -Okay. Well then, 322 00:12:37,103 --> 00:12:40,068 we're gonna pack up our stuff and come down. 323 00:12:40,103 --> 00:12:42,413 -Yeah. -We'll see you soon. 324 00:12:42,448 --> 00:12:43,482 -At a distance. -[Bonnie] All right. 325 00:12:43,517 --> 00:12:45,758 [Mariah] At a distance. I love you. 326 00:12:45,793 --> 00:12:47,344 -And it's gonna be hard. -[Meri] Love you, Mom. 327 00:12:47,379 --> 00:12:49,931 I'm still hugging my kids. So... 328 00:12:49,965 --> 00:12:51,862 -[Meri] She will hug you. -I know she will. 329 00:12:51,896 --> 00:12:52,931 [Bonnie] How could I not? 330 00:12:52,965 --> 00:12:54,620 [laughs] Oh. 331 00:12:54,655 --> 00:12:57,793 Mariah and Audrey had been here for a week. 332 00:12:57,827 --> 00:12:59,724 That is it. 333 00:12:59,758 --> 00:13:02,586 My plan for their lives 334 00:13:02,620 --> 00:13:05,103 was that they were going to spend a couple of months here 335 00:13:05,137 --> 00:13:06,896 before they moved up to Salt Lake. 336 00:13:06,931 --> 00:13:09,448 Okay. Bye, Mom. We'll talk soon. 337 00:13:09,482 --> 00:13:11,620 -[Bonnie] Bye. Bye. -Love you. Bye. 338 00:13:11,655 --> 00:13:13,275 Okay. How do you feel? 339 00:13:14,931 --> 00:13:17,448 -Are you okay? -I'm scared. 340 00:13:17,482 --> 00:13:18,517 -[Meri] Are you... -I'm just... This whole thing 341 00:13:18,551 --> 00:13:20,689 is scary. I'm just like trying to, like, 342 00:13:20,724 --> 00:13:22,379 not let the fear overtake me. 343 00:13:24,551 --> 00:13:25,689 [Christine] We can't do a birthday party 344 00:13:25,724 --> 00:13:26,827 for Garrison because of COVID. 345 00:13:26,862 --> 00:13:28,172 We can't go inside their home. 346 00:13:28,206 --> 00:13:30,275 And all the birthday party is gonna be like this. 347 00:13:30,310 --> 00:13:31,241 What do you think, Truely? 348 00:13:31,275 --> 00:13:33,034 Truely is very logical. 349 00:13:38,310 --> 00:13:40,517 My hell, we survived a lawsuit, 350 00:13:40,551 --> 00:13:41,931 and having to flee Utah, 351 00:13:41,965 --> 00:13:44,241 and we all maintained our integrity as a family. 352 00:13:44,275 --> 00:13:46,206 But a virus is gonna bring us to us our knees? 353 00:13:46,241 --> 00:13:47,758 It's the dumbest thing ever. 354 00:13:50,103 --> 00:13:52,586 [upbeat music playing] 355 00:13:56,655 --> 00:13:58,310 [Meri] The girls are gonna be leaving today 356 00:13:58,344 --> 00:13:59,931 and heading up to Parowan. 357 00:13:59,965 --> 00:14:01,758 I mean, really, it's just all about Mariah 358 00:14:01,793 --> 00:14:03,551 wanting to protect her grandma. 359 00:14:03,586 --> 00:14:04,827 That's what it is. 360 00:14:04,862 --> 00:14:07,103 How are you guys feeling? 361 00:14:07,137 --> 00:14:09,103 It's been a week since you guys have been here, 362 00:14:09,137 --> 00:14:10,689 -you guys. -[Mariah] Well, it's... 363 00:14:10,724 --> 00:14:13,000 [Meri] That's it. A week. 364 00:14:13,034 --> 00:14:16,241 It is not fun to see them go. 365 00:14:16,275 --> 00:14:20,206 Again, I was just getting used to them being here. 366 00:14:20,241 --> 00:14:21,620 [sighs] 367 00:14:21,655 --> 00:14:24,068 -I love you. -[Meri] I love you. 368 00:14:24,103 --> 00:14:26,862 And I will miss you and I'm so sad 369 00:14:26,896 --> 00:14:29,137 that you guys have to leave. 370 00:14:29,172 --> 00:14:30,965 I wanted you here longer. 371 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,206 [Mariah] Well, why don't you get behind the car, 372 00:14:32,241 --> 00:14:34,206 can you, bunny? 373 00:14:34,241 --> 00:14:35,896 [Meri] Hey, dude. 374 00:14:35,931 --> 00:14:37,275 Come here. Come here. 375 00:14:37,310 --> 00:14:39,689 I really just wanted them to be here longer 376 00:14:39,724 --> 00:14:43,413 and so it's really just a big bummer 377 00:14:43,448 --> 00:14:44,793 that they are leaving. 378 00:14:44,827 --> 00:14:46,103 Drive safe. 379 00:14:46,137 --> 00:14:47,965 I'll let grandma know you're on your way. 380 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,413 [Mariah] Okay. Bye. 381 00:14:51,931 --> 00:14:53,620 Where is mom going? 382 00:14:55,724 --> 00:14:58,724 [upbeat music playing] 383 00:15:05,827 --> 00:15:09,620 [Christine] So because of Covid-19, 384 00:15:09,655 --> 00:15:12,103 we are not able to have birthday parties. 385 00:15:12,137 --> 00:15:14,344 Mmm-hmmm. We're not able to have birthday parties 386 00:15:14,379 --> 00:15:16,241 altogether. It's so sad, right? 387 00:15:16,275 --> 00:15:18,000 We can't do a birthday party for Garrison 388 00:15:18,034 --> 00:15:20,620 because of Covid. Uh, we can't go inside their home, 389 00:15:20,655 --> 00:15:22,275 but we can hang out outside. 390 00:15:22,310 --> 00:15:24,551 And all the birthday parties is gonna be like this, 391 00:15:24,586 --> 00:15:26,000 what do you think, Truely? 392 00:15:28,793 --> 00:15:30,931 [Christine] About being apart for the birthdays, 393 00:15:30,965 --> 00:15:32,379 how was it? 394 00:15:39,931 --> 00:15:42,068 Truely is very logical. 395 00:15:42,103 --> 00:15:44,931 We, kind of all have four separate for moms, sweethearts, so... 396 00:15:46,896 --> 00:15:47,862 [Christine] It's true. It's true. 397 00:15:47,896 --> 00:15:49,586 You're right. Truely has heard 398 00:15:49,620 --> 00:15:51,793 that family were just supposed to stick together 399 00:15:51,827 --> 00:15:53,482 and all of her friends 400 00:15:53,517 --> 00:15:55,482 talk about how they're just staying 401 00:15:55,517 --> 00:15:56,827 at home with their family. 402 00:15:56,862 --> 00:15:59,068 Truely's family just happens to reside 403 00:15:59,103 --> 00:16:01,896 in four separate houses here in Flagstaff. 404 00:16:01,931 --> 00:16:04,000 So for her, she's, like, "Well, if we're family, 405 00:16:04,034 --> 00:16:07,482 then why aren't we hanging out as family then?" 406 00:16:07,517 --> 00:16:10,482 It sucks. It sucks that we are separate on birthdays. 407 00:16:10,517 --> 00:16:11,965 It's really, really hard, 408 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,724 but if we can keep everybody 409 00:16:14,758 --> 00:16:16,103 in the family from getting sick, 410 00:16:16,137 --> 00:16:17,758 wouldn't that be better? And, certainly, 411 00:16:17,793 --> 00:16:19,413 we don't want anybody in the family to die 412 00:16:19,448 --> 00:16:21,896 and that's worst-case scenario, of course. 413 00:16:21,931 --> 00:16:24,000 But we want everyone to be healthy, so it's... 414 00:16:24,034 --> 00:16:26,689 There's a thing like it's for the greater good 415 00:16:26,724 --> 00:16:28,034 and this is, kind of, a thing where 416 00:16:28,068 --> 00:16:29,103 it's just for the greater good. 417 00:16:29,137 --> 00:16:30,896 -Yeah. -Let's say half of the time, 418 00:16:30,931 --> 00:16:32,206 I think it's ridiculous 419 00:16:32,241 --> 00:16:33,862 that we're not hanging out together. 420 00:16:33,896 --> 00:16:35,655 So, how can I sit here and have a logical 421 00:16:35,689 --> 00:16:37,862 conversation with Truely when I think 422 00:16:37,896 --> 00:16:39,344 she's halfway right? 423 00:16:39,379 --> 00:16:41,517 Or some days I think she's %100 right. 424 00:16:41,551 --> 00:16:44,206 So, I'm extremely hypocritical 425 00:16:44,241 --> 00:16:47,620 if I'm just gonna try and argue one way or the other, 426 00:16:47,655 --> 00:16:49,206 because I've to explain all over. 427 00:16:49,241 --> 00:16:51,448 [upbeat music playing] 428 00:16:51,482 --> 00:16:53,724 [Janelle] So, today is Garrison's 22nd birthday. 429 00:16:53,758 --> 00:16:56,241 This week has been harder for me. 430 00:16:56,275 --> 00:16:58,413 I'm not emotionally put together this week. 431 00:16:58,448 --> 00:17:01,862 Hey, Savanah, so how many days have we been home? 432 00:17:01,896 --> 00:17:03,413 -Huh? -[Janelle] How many days 433 00:17:03,448 --> 00:17:05,758 have we been home? 434 00:17:05,793 --> 00:17:06,896 -[laughs] -I don't know. 435 00:17:06,931 --> 00:17:08,310 Time is irrelevant. 436 00:17:09,655 --> 00:17:11,827 -[director speaking] -No. 437 00:17:11,862 --> 00:17:15,275 Kody won't... Kody won't be here today. 438 00:17:15,310 --> 00:17:18,758 So, like, it's a very weird birthday. 439 00:17:18,793 --> 00:17:20,758 The days all sort of blurred together. 440 00:17:20,793 --> 00:17:22,689 I don't know what day of the week it is. 441 00:17:22,724 --> 00:17:24,965 Half of the time, I don't even know what the time is. 442 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:26,517 [Janelle] Like, in the twenty-two years 443 00:17:26,551 --> 00:17:27,862 that Garrison has been on this earth, 444 00:17:27,896 --> 00:17:30,068 I between there's not even two birthdays 445 00:17:30,103 --> 00:17:31,931 that we haven't all been together. 446 00:17:31,965 --> 00:17:34,620 I think it's kind of setting me off this week. 447 00:17:34,655 --> 00:17:37,000 This is when it's really hitting home 448 00:17:37,034 --> 00:17:38,689 that I'm being separate... 449 00:17:38,724 --> 00:17:40,344 That I'm really being separate from the family. 450 00:17:40,379 --> 00:17:43,379 [dog barking] 451 00:17:47,551 --> 00:17:49,206 But Covid can't get through the glass, 452 00:17:49,241 --> 00:17:51,275 so they can do as much as they want behind the glass. 453 00:17:51,310 --> 00:17:53,000 All right. All right. All right. 454 00:17:53,034 --> 00:17:54,344 Let's put the dogs away for a second. 455 00:17:54,379 --> 00:17:55,482 All right, dogs. Go over there. 456 00:17:55,517 --> 00:17:57,586 [Janelle] No, like, put them away, away. 457 00:17:58,413 --> 00:17:59,827 [man speaking indistinctly] 458 00:17:59,862 --> 00:18:01,310 [Christine] Wait, I'm gonna be out there. 459 00:18:01,344 --> 00:18:03,862 This is perfect. They're so insane. 460 00:18:03,896 --> 00:18:05,448 Yay. Yay, yay, yay. It's all glass. 461 00:18:05,482 --> 00:18:07,000 I wish I could hug you guys. 462 00:18:07,034 --> 00:18:10,103 [all] Air hug. Air hug. Air hug. 463 00:18:10,137 --> 00:18:12,310 [Kody] I'm social distancing away 464 00:18:12,344 --> 00:18:13,965 from Janelle's house. 465 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:15,517 I'm trying to be optimistic. 466 00:18:15,551 --> 00:18:17,620 Uh, I'll be honest with you, I'm trying to keep 467 00:18:17,655 --> 00:18:20,689 the kids from, sort of, creating a mutiny 468 00:18:20,724 --> 00:18:22,586 and just go on, like, "I'm not doing this anymore." 469 00:18:22,620 --> 00:18:25,551 I don't even want to imagine or ever say, 470 00:18:25,586 --> 00:18:28,137 "Well, this could be for months," 471 00:18:28,172 --> 00:18:30,241 in the event that it might be. 472 00:18:30,275 --> 00:18:32,655 I'd rather just say, "Well, let's just... 473 00:18:32,689 --> 00:18:34,724 Let's wait a week and see what it's like." 474 00:18:34,758 --> 00:18:36,275 -[Garrison] Like what? -[Truely] Oh, that was from me. 475 00:18:36,310 --> 00:18:37,275 [Meri] The girls have been working, 476 00:18:37,310 --> 00:18:38,379 Isabelle's working, Gwen has been working. 477 00:18:38,413 --> 00:18:40,137 Oh, my gosh. Like, this... Guys, I've missed you. 478 00:18:40,172 --> 00:18:41,551 -Let me see this. -[woman] I wanna hug you 479 00:18:41,586 --> 00:18:43,206 so badly. 480 00:18:43,241 --> 00:18:45,827 I purchased everything several days ago 481 00:18:45,862 --> 00:18:48,344 and wiped everything down, but I wipe... 482 00:18:48,379 --> 00:18:50,827 uh, I, uh, I wiped everything down again 483 00:18:50,862 --> 00:18:52,379 and then we'll back off. Like, we'll put down 484 00:18:52,413 --> 00:18:53,931 the presents and we'll back away. 485 00:18:53,965 --> 00:18:55,896 COVID is really stupid. 486 00:18:55,931 --> 00:18:57,517 All right. We have to go. Happy birthday. 487 00:18:57,551 --> 00:18:58,620 [Garrison] All right. Bye, guys. 488 00:18:58,655 --> 00:19:00,931 Bye. I love you. 489 00:19:00,965 --> 00:19:02,551 [all] Air hugs, air hugs, air hugs. 490 00:19:02,586 --> 00:19:04,103 [Garrison] Big squeezy. 491 00:19:04,137 --> 00:19:05,586 [Meri] I don't like 492 00:19:05,620 --> 00:19:07,896 what COVID is doing to our family. 493 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,206 It... I don't know. It's just... 494 00:19:10,241 --> 00:19:12,068 It's really troublesome to me. 495 00:19:12,103 --> 00:19:13,206 I don't like it. 496 00:19:13,241 --> 00:19:15,448 It's, like, putting this division... 497 00:19:15,482 --> 00:19:18,344 Even more of a division 498 00:19:18,379 --> 00:19:19,344 within our family 499 00:19:19,379 --> 00:19:23,344 and now it's like, isolation. 500 00:19:23,379 --> 00:19:25,413 [Janelle] Here is probably the tiniest birthday party 501 00:19:25,448 --> 00:19:26,862 ever for Garrison. 502 00:19:26,896 --> 00:19:28,275 You should see the cake I made. 503 00:19:28,310 --> 00:19:29,689 Garrison, this is probably the smallest thing I'm... 504 00:19:29,724 --> 00:19:31,137 Mom, can you take it off? 505 00:19:31,172 --> 00:19:32,068 [Janelle] ...have ever done. 506 00:19:32,103 --> 00:19:33,448 For many months, I've had concerns 507 00:19:33,482 --> 00:19:35,931 about the cohesiveness of our family. 508 00:19:38,517 --> 00:19:40,448 I'm really worried that we're not even 509 00:19:40,482 --> 00:19:42,448 interested in pro-marriage anymore. 510 00:19:42,482 --> 00:19:44,551 This is so weird. This is how most families 511 00:19:44,586 --> 00:19:46,103 -look though, for... -[Gabriel] Uh, yeah. 512 00:19:46,137 --> 00:19:47,172 [Garrison] It's what we're dealing, 513 00:19:47,206 --> 00:19:48,793 I'm not gonna lie. 514 00:19:48,827 --> 00:19:51,655 [Janelle] But at least we're celebrating, huh? 515 00:19:51,689 --> 00:19:53,586 It is easier. 516 00:19:53,620 --> 00:19:56,517 It's lonely and I really miss everybody 517 00:19:56,551 --> 00:19:59,620 when they're not around, but it's easier. 518 00:19:59,655 --> 00:20:00,931 It's like faith is conspiring. 519 00:20:00,965 --> 00:20:03,586 I mean, like, my hell, we survived a lawsuit, 520 00:20:03,620 --> 00:20:05,275 and having to flee Utah, 521 00:20:05,310 --> 00:20:07,344 and we all maintained our integrity as a family. 522 00:20:07,379 --> 00:20:09,344 But a virus is gonna bring us to our knees, 523 00:20:09,379 --> 00:20:11,034 it's the dumbest thing ever. 524 00:20:12,793 --> 00:20:17,965 Um, Mariah and Audrey left. 525 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,172 Well, they got here about ten days ago 526 00:20:21,206 --> 00:20:23,344 and then they left four days ago. 527 00:20:23,379 --> 00:20:26,620 I don't think I've even said anything to Kody yet 528 00:20:26,655 --> 00:20:29,586 about the girls came and left. 529 00:20:29,620 --> 00:20:31,620 And how do you feel, Connor? 530 00:20:31,655 --> 00:20:32,862 Connor is my nephew. 531 00:20:34,758 --> 00:20:36,965 What is... What is weird? 532 00:20:40,206 --> 00:20:41,724 [laughter] 533 00:20:41,758 --> 00:20:44,034 I think he's trying to just figure us out. 534 00:20:44,068 --> 00:20:46,379 Yeah. [laughs] He's a little confused. 535 00:20:49,413 --> 00:20:51,586 [upbeat music playing] 536 00:20:51,620 --> 00:20:54,137 [chickens clucking] 537 00:20:54,172 --> 00:20:59,172 Well, in the continuing saga of Browns 538 00:20:59,206 --> 00:21:00,896 and their moves, 539 00:21:00,931 --> 00:21:06,172 and couple that with the Coronavirus, 540 00:21:06,206 --> 00:21:08,344 things are crazy, y'all. 541 00:21:08,379 --> 00:21:12,931 Mariah and Audrey left. 542 00:21:12,965 --> 00:21:16,137 Well, they got here about 10 days ago 543 00:21:16,172 --> 00:21:18,517 and then, they left four days ago. 544 00:21:18,551 --> 00:21:21,000 Um, three days ago... 545 00:21:21,034 --> 00:21:22,758 I don't even know what day it is anymore. 546 00:21:22,793 --> 00:21:26,241 I don't think I've even said anything to Kody yet 547 00:21:26,275 --> 00:21:29,103 about the girls came and left. 548 00:21:29,137 --> 00:21:30,620 You know, I mean he knew 549 00:21:30,655 --> 00:21:31,482 that they were gonna be quarantining 550 00:21:31,517 --> 00:21:32,724 for a couple of weeks anyway, 551 00:21:32,758 --> 00:21:34,793 so he wasn't gonna see them. 552 00:21:34,827 --> 00:21:37,241 Oh, my gosh, this fly or this gnat 553 00:21:37,275 --> 00:21:39,068 is driving me nuts. 554 00:21:39,103 --> 00:21:43,379 I am now going up there to pick up mom 555 00:21:43,413 --> 00:21:47,448 and take a bunch of stuff. 556 00:21:47,482 --> 00:21:49,275 I have a full car yet again. 557 00:21:49,310 --> 00:21:51,758 At this point we're just taking it day by day. 558 00:21:51,793 --> 00:21:55,034 I really have no idea how long it will be. 559 00:21:55,068 --> 00:21:57,448 You know, I'm sure it'll be at least a few weeks. 560 00:21:57,482 --> 00:21:58,931 I haven't seen or talked to anybody 561 00:21:58,965 --> 00:22:00,655 for about like a week and a half. 562 00:22:00,689 --> 00:22:02,413 I mean besides Mariah and Audrey. 563 00:22:04,827 --> 00:22:07,206 Our family just doesn't communicate. 564 00:22:07,241 --> 00:22:09,034 It really just comes down to that, 565 00:22:09,068 --> 00:22:12,000 like, we don't talk to everybody every day. 566 00:22:14,275 --> 00:22:15,413 [Christine] It seems like the only times 567 00:22:15,448 --> 00:22:17,448 that we really talk to each other 568 00:22:17,482 --> 00:22:18,827 is when we have to. 569 00:22:20,862 --> 00:22:22,862 [Janelle] We're like a little over a month 570 00:22:22,896 --> 00:22:25,241 past the, "Please stay home" thing. 571 00:22:25,275 --> 00:22:27,793 Honestly, I sit and watch TV, 572 00:22:27,827 --> 00:22:30,655 like, I don't even wanna pick up my phone 573 00:22:30,689 --> 00:22:32,448 and talk to anybody. 574 00:22:32,482 --> 00:22:34,034 I don't text anybody. 575 00:22:34,068 --> 00:22:36,413 Like, I'm not good. 576 00:22:36,448 --> 00:22:38,275 Yes. 577 00:22:38,310 --> 00:22:40,275 You're gonna come on a road trip with me 578 00:22:40,310 --> 00:22:43,034 but it's, like, you don't get to sit on my lap. 579 00:22:43,068 --> 00:22:45,000 He always thinks he gets to sit on my lap 580 00:22:45,034 --> 00:22:46,172 when we drive 581 00:22:46,206 --> 00:22:48,862 and no sirree... no sirree, 582 00:22:48,896 --> 00:22:50,482 you got to sit in your little seat 583 00:22:50,517 --> 00:22:52,137 over there next to me. 584 00:22:52,172 --> 00:22:54,655 [upbeat music playing] 585 00:22:58,448 --> 00:22:59,586 [Meri] Hey, dude. 586 00:22:59,620 --> 00:23:02,758 -What's up? -[Meri] Sup. 587 00:23:02,793 --> 00:23:04,241 -What's up? -[Meri] I love your socks. 588 00:23:04,275 --> 00:23:05,482 All right, so we're out here. 589 00:23:05,517 --> 00:23:06,896 -[woman] Yeah, I guess. -[Mariah] Yup. 590 00:23:06,931 --> 00:23:07,965 [Meri] Okay. Are you up 591 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,137 to run in a bed-and-breakfast, 592 00:23:09,172 --> 00:23:10,551 -Mariah? -I don't know. 593 00:23:10,586 --> 00:23:12,793 [Meri] How do you feel about coming to live with me, Mom? 594 00:23:12,827 --> 00:23:15,000 -I'm excited. -[Meri] Yay. 595 00:23:15,034 --> 00:23:17,034 And how do you feel, Connor? 596 00:23:19,172 --> 00:23:25,034 [Meri] Weird? What is... What is weird? 597 00:23:25,068 --> 00:23:26,310 -[Audrey] Oh. -[laughter] 598 00:23:26,344 --> 00:23:28,172 [Meri] Well. 599 00:23:28,206 --> 00:23:30,310 Connor's really cute. He's really sweet. 600 00:23:30,344 --> 00:23:32,655 Like, I think he's trying to just figure us up. 601 00:23:32,689 --> 00:23:35,379 Yeah. He's a little confused but we love him. 602 00:23:35,413 --> 00:23:37,517 He's so freaking cute. I love that kid. 603 00:23:37,551 --> 00:23:39,517 [Meri] So what's so weird about it? 604 00:23:45,103 --> 00:23:46,413 -I don't know. -[Meri] Come on. 605 00:23:46,448 --> 00:23:47,689 Talk to me. 606 00:23:48,965 --> 00:23:50,137 [Mariah] I think this is the first time 607 00:23:50,172 --> 00:23:51,724 that he knew that we were together. 608 00:23:51,758 --> 00:23:53,655 Him and I had some good conversations about it. 609 00:23:53,689 --> 00:23:54,965 He didn't quite get it 610 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,448 but, you know, we talked about it 611 00:23:56,482 --> 00:23:58,034 and he was... he was really, really sweet 612 00:23:58,068 --> 00:23:59,241 -about it. -Yeah. 613 00:23:59,275 --> 00:24:01,241 [Meri] But you like Audrey and Mariah, right? 614 00:24:01,275 --> 00:24:02,241 Yeah. 615 00:24:02,275 --> 00:24:03,275 [Meri] Is Audrey your best friend? 616 00:24:04,862 --> 00:24:06,275 [Meri] Oh, isn't that the same thing? 617 00:24:08,137 --> 00:24:09,655 -[Meri] Oh. -Yeah. 618 00:24:09,689 --> 00:24:11,344 Yeah, we're best friends forever. 619 00:24:11,379 --> 00:24:13,206 -[Meri] Best friend forever. -There's a difference. 620 00:24:13,241 --> 00:24:15,000 [Audrey] Connor and I had some good conversations. 621 00:24:15,034 --> 00:24:17,379 I just let him talk and do whatever he wanted. 622 00:24:17,413 --> 00:24:18,620 He... But, yeah, he probably loves me 623 00:24:18,655 --> 00:24:19,827 because I let him do whatever he wanted. 624 00:24:19,862 --> 00:24:22,724 People like Audrey more and I understand. 625 00:24:24,103 --> 00:24:25,310 [Meri] Load her up. 626 00:24:25,344 --> 00:24:27,103 -All right, puppies. -[Connor] Goodbye, Mosby. 627 00:24:27,137 --> 00:24:28,448 Goodbye. Goodbye, Mosby. 628 00:24:28,482 --> 00:24:31,310 [Meri] Who's coming with grandma? 629 00:24:31,344 --> 00:24:33,517 [sighs] It's fine. 630 00:24:33,551 --> 00:24:35,172 They're gonna love living here 631 00:24:35,206 --> 00:24:37,931 and actually, secretly 632 00:24:37,965 --> 00:24:39,689 because I've kind of mentioned this 633 00:24:39,724 --> 00:24:41,655 to Mariah before, 634 00:24:41,689 --> 00:24:44,724 like, you know, you are my only kid. 635 00:24:44,758 --> 00:24:46,620 This house would be passed to you 636 00:24:46,655 --> 00:24:47,862 and she's like, "No, Mom. 637 00:24:47,896 --> 00:24:49,241 I don't want this house." 638 00:24:49,275 --> 00:24:52,275 And so secretly, I'm, like, "Okay, go ahead. 639 00:24:52,310 --> 00:24:54,620 Embrace this house. Just feel it. 640 00:24:54,655 --> 00:24:55,965 Learn to love it 641 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,034 because maybe one day it will be yours." 642 00:24:58,068 --> 00:25:00,206 Bye, Connor. Be nice to the girls. 643 00:25:00,241 --> 00:25:01,620 [Connor] What? 644 00:25:01,655 --> 00:25:04,172 Be nice to the girls. 645 00:25:04,206 --> 00:25:06,275 -Okay. -[Meri] Okay. 646 00:25:06,310 --> 00:25:08,620 -Love you, guys. Bye. -[Mariah] Love you. Bye. 647 00:25:08,655 --> 00:25:10,241 Thanks. 648 00:25:10,275 --> 00:25:12,586 It's a five-hour drive. 649 00:25:12,620 --> 00:25:15,000 I'm sure we will be making one stop. 650 00:25:16,931 --> 00:25:19,482 We'll just do it quick 651 00:25:19,517 --> 00:25:22,551 and use hand sanitizer 652 00:25:22,586 --> 00:25:24,344 and stay away from people. 653 00:25:27,482 --> 00:25:30,379 [Kody] Hey, so... 654 00:25:30,413 --> 00:25:34,310 Hey, I'm sorry you didn't get to see Truely. 655 00:25:34,344 --> 00:25:35,620 He's upset. 656 00:25:35,655 --> 00:25:37,448 He doesn't wanna really talk about it 657 00:25:37,482 --> 00:25:38,655 even though he needs to. 658 00:25:38,689 --> 00:25:40,482 The whole reason you're not going to school 659 00:25:40,517 --> 00:25:41,896 also is because people are worried 660 00:25:41,931 --> 00:25:45,758 about making other people sick, okay? 661 00:25:50,896 --> 00:25:52,448 [upbeat hip hop music playing] 662 00:25:57,448 --> 00:26:00,620 April is a really big month for us as far as birthdays. 663 00:26:00,655 --> 00:26:02,862 In the span of 10 days in April, 664 00:26:02,896 --> 00:26:05,068 we have five birthdays 665 00:26:05,103 --> 00:26:07,551 and we usually spend those birthdays all together. 666 00:26:07,586 --> 00:26:10,172 We're not able to do that right now because of COVID. 667 00:26:10,206 --> 00:26:13,000 It's Aurora's birthday today and so we're surprising her 668 00:26:13,034 --> 00:26:15,206 with singing to her a beautiful song. 669 00:26:15,241 --> 00:26:17,206 Aurora's 18. 670 00:26:17,241 --> 00:26:18,586 Holy... Ugh. 671 00:26:18,620 --> 00:26:20,793 How sad to have yet little landmark birthday 672 00:26:20,827 --> 00:26:22,310 at another landmark kind of a thing 673 00:26:22,344 --> 00:26:23,793 because of her graduation 674 00:26:23,827 --> 00:26:25,586 and now she's turning 18 with COVID. 675 00:26:25,620 --> 00:26:26,862 Well, that kind of sucks. 676 00:26:28,172 --> 00:26:29,310 Aurora? 677 00:26:30,517 --> 00:26:31,620 [woman] Where's Aurora? 678 00:26:31,655 --> 00:26:32,482 [woman] We have a song to you. 679 00:26:32,517 --> 00:26:33,896 [indistinct chatter] 680 00:26:33,931 --> 00:26:36,896 [all] 681 00:26:36,931 --> 00:26:40,689 ♪ Happy birthday to you♪ 682 00:26:40,724 --> 00:26:45,068 ♪ Happy birthday Dear Aurora♪ 683 00:26:45,103 --> 00:26:48,551 ♪ Happy birthday to you♪ 684 00:26:48,586 --> 00:26:51,620 [man] Hey, good job, on pitch almost. 685 00:26:51,655 --> 00:26:53,482 -[Truely speaking] -[woman] Happy birthday. 686 00:26:53,517 --> 00:26:55,275 Aurora is turning 18, 687 00:26:55,310 --> 00:26:56,965 Rihanna's turning 16, 688 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:58,896 Hunter's graduating from the Air Force Academy 689 00:26:58,931 --> 00:27:00,137 for crying out loud 690 00:27:00,172 --> 00:27:02,896 and it's all being interrupted by this COVID, 691 00:27:02,931 --> 00:27:05,068 like, we can't do the normal things 692 00:27:05,103 --> 00:27:07,206 and these are big, big milestones. 693 00:27:07,241 --> 00:27:08,586 Oh, long hugs. 694 00:27:08,620 --> 00:27:09,586 Long distance hugs. 695 00:27:09,620 --> 00:27:10,620 [woman] Social distancing hugs. 696 00:27:10,655 --> 00:27:11,379 [woman] Yes. Social distance hugs. 697 00:27:11,413 --> 00:27:13,724 [Truely speaking] 698 00:27:13,758 --> 00:27:16,689 [Robyn speaking] 699 00:27:16,724 --> 00:27:19,137 It's awful to hear. She can't. 700 00:27:19,172 --> 00:27:21,517 She has to still say... Stay socially distanced 701 00:27:21,551 --> 00:27:24,931 and she's more frustrated than Gwendolyn 702 00:27:24,965 --> 00:27:27,689 is because they get it but Truely doesn't get it. 703 00:27:27,724 --> 00:27:29,068 She's, like, "They're my siblings. 704 00:27:29,103 --> 00:27:30,413 Why can't I hang out with them?" 705 00:27:31,896 --> 00:27:34,068 [Robyn] The idea of living in one big home together 706 00:27:34,103 --> 00:27:36,241 during this right now, what would it be like? 707 00:27:36,275 --> 00:27:38,241 I'm sitting here thinking 708 00:27:38,275 --> 00:27:39,689 like what are other plural families doing? 709 00:27:39,724 --> 00:27:41,275 And here we go. 710 00:27:41,310 --> 00:27:43,241 -There's the house. -[woman] Wow. 711 00:27:43,275 --> 00:27:44,344 [Robyn] There's a part of me that's, like, 712 00:27:44,379 --> 00:27:46,482 there would be some major benefits for us 713 00:27:46,517 --> 00:27:47,827 to be living in one home 714 00:27:47,862 --> 00:27:49,931 right now during this pandemic. 715 00:27:49,965 --> 00:27:52,206 We would just be hunkering down together 716 00:27:52,241 --> 00:27:53,586 and being careful together 717 00:27:53,620 --> 00:27:56,034 and we'd have to come to an agreement 718 00:27:56,068 --> 00:27:58,862 about how to do it 100%. 719 00:27:58,896 --> 00:28:01,103 [Janelle] Coronavirus hit at the time 720 00:28:01,137 --> 00:28:02,586 where we're so separated. 721 00:28:02,620 --> 00:28:04,034 If we'd been in one house then of course 722 00:28:04,068 --> 00:28:06,137 that would have just been a natural thing 723 00:28:06,172 --> 00:28:08,896 that we would have just been, like, a pod, 724 00:28:08,931 --> 00:28:11,275 a village, a little mini isolated village. 725 00:28:11,310 --> 00:28:13,586 [Christine] I imagine if we were all together 726 00:28:13,620 --> 00:28:15,379 in one house. 727 00:28:15,413 --> 00:28:17,517 No, I can't imagine that. 728 00:28:17,551 --> 00:28:19,103 I don't want to imagine it. 729 00:28:19,137 --> 00:28:20,931 I'm just not gonna even imagine it. 730 00:28:20,965 --> 00:28:21,931 [woman] Yes. Yes. 731 00:28:21,965 --> 00:28:23,517 -[Ariella speaking] -It's great. 732 00:28:23,551 --> 00:28:25,172 Good. A little bit awkward. 733 00:28:25,206 --> 00:28:27,689 [Ariella speaking] 734 00:28:27,724 --> 00:28:29,689 Sounds... I mean, happy birthday songs 735 00:28:29,724 --> 00:28:31,931 were always a little bit awkward. 736 00:28:31,965 --> 00:28:37,275 [Ariella speaking] 737 00:28:37,310 --> 00:28:38,517 [woman] Okay, Truely come here. 738 00:28:41,137 --> 00:28:44,137 She's lonely. She's super, super lonely. 739 00:28:44,172 --> 00:28:45,724 It's okay. You're alright. 740 00:28:45,758 --> 00:28:47,448 -[woman] Anyway, how are you? -Doing great. 741 00:28:47,482 --> 00:28:48,655 [woman] How's your birthday today, so far? 742 00:28:48,689 --> 00:28:49,931 -My feet are cold. -[Kody] Truely, I guess, 743 00:28:49,965 --> 00:28:52,137 Arie wants you to have that pet. 744 00:28:52,172 --> 00:28:53,965 [woman] Ooh. Just to see it, right? 745 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,482 Do you wanna give it to her? 746 00:28:55,517 --> 00:28:58,689 -Yeah. -[Kody] She misses you. 747 00:28:58,724 --> 00:29:00,068 So, she's going to give you her pet. 748 00:29:00,103 --> 00:29:02,827 [woman] For real. We're both wearing flowers, see? 749 00:29:09,586 --> 00:29:11,689 [Kody] Not yet, sweetheart. 750 00:29:11,724 --> 00:29:13,344 The only person that's traveling 751 00:29:13,379 --> 00:29:14,689 from house to house is me. 752 00:29:14,724 --> 00:29:15,655 Sorry. 753 00:29:15,689 --> 00:29:16,862 Listen. 754 00:29:16,896 --> 00:29:18,724 Five steps is a really high count, maybe? 755 00:29:18,758 --> 00:29:20,586 That's a really high count in five steps. 756 00:29:20,620 --> 00:29:22,379 -[Kody] Mmm-hmm. -[Truely speaking] 757 00:29:22,413 --> 00:29:23,275 -We are being careful. -Truely. 758 00:29:23,310 --> 00:29:24,931 We don't wanna have it. 759 00:29:24,965 --> 00:29:26,896 We're just trying to be very careful 760 00:29:26,931 --> 00:29:28,172 with each other. Actually, 761 00:29:28,206 --> 00:29:29,655 being apart from each other right now 762 00:29:29,689 --> 00:29:31,172 is the best way to love each other. 763 00:29:31,206 --> 00:29:32,965 To make sure that we're not giving it 764 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,172 to each other if any of us have it. 765 00:29:35,206 --> 00:29:37,413 -[woman] Yeah. -But none of us have it. 766 00:29:37,448 --> 00:29:38,448 Truely, we might have coronavirus. 767 00:29:38,482 --> 00:29:39,620 We don't know that. 768 00:29:39,655 --> 00:29:40,862 Anyway if makes you feel any better, we want 769 00:29:40,896 --> 00:29:42,793 to hang out with you and love you guys 770 00:29:42,827 --> 00:29:44,206 -just as much as you wanna... -[woman] Yeah. 771 00:29:44,241 --> 00:29:45,689 ...come in here and live on us too. 772 00:29:45,724 --> 00:29:47,068 [woman] Yeah. 773 00:29:47,103 --> 00:29:49,310 [Robyn] Truely is visibly upset 774 00:29:49,344 --> 00:29:51,241 and so Arie struggling with it too. 775 00:29:51,275 --> 00:29:52,724 And it's just like, you know, 776 00:29:52,758 --> 00:29:54,379 way to tell your kids. 777 00:29:54,413 --> 00:29:55,620 [Kody] I don't like setting my kids up 778 00:29:55,655 --> 00:29:57,379 to live in a world of fear and so, 779 00:29:57,413 --> 00:29:59,344 we haven't really gone into great detail 780 00:29:59,379 --> 00:30:00,793 about we don't want you get sick. 781 00:30:00,827 --> 00:30:02,206 We just sat here address sort of have 782 00:30:02,241 --> 00:30:04,275 to monitor, "Hey, listen. We can't touch each other. 783 00:30:04,310 --> 00:30:05,931 We've got to be careful about this." 784 00:30:05,965 --> 00:30:08,931 I still just don't think they really get it. 785 00:30:08,965 --> 00:30:11,310 All right. We're gonna go. Happy birthday. 786 00:30:11,344 --> 00:30:13,689 [woman] Happy birthday. We love you so much. 787 00:30:13,724 --> 00:30:15,655 I don't know if this was better than last time. 788 00:30:15,689 --> 00:30:17,275 I think, it was actually worse 789 00:30:17,310 --> 00:30:19,137 because Truely knew what to expect. 790 00:30:19,172 --> 00:30:20,827 Because she wasn't gonna be able to hang out with him 791 00:30:20,862 --> 00:30:23,931 and even though she asked if she could hang out again. 792 00:30:23,965 --> 00:30:26,034 -I'm like, "No." -[Kody] I'm sorry. 793 00:30:27,137 --> 00:30:28,517 -I'm sorry. -[Truely] Yeah. 794 00:30:28,551 --> 00:30:29,862 -Soon, we can correct it. -[Kody] I hope. 795 00:30:29,896 --> 00:30:33,724 -We can cry at home. -I love you, Truely. 796 00:30:33,758 --> 00:30:34,965 [Christine] So, yeah. I have a feeling 797 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:35,965 we're gonna go home and Truely 798 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,034 is gonna lock herself in her bedroom again 799 00:30:37,068 --> 00:30:39,000 and cry again. It's super sad. 800 00:30:39,034 --> 00:30:43,206 I know that it's hard emotionally but it's... 801 00:30:43,241 --> 00:30:45,689 We're still doing it. 802 00:30:45,724 --> 00:30:49,586 [birds chirping] 803 00:30:49,620 --> 00:30:52,413 [Kody] Hey, so... 804 00:30:52,448 --> 00:30:55,620 Hey, I'm sorry, you didn't get to see Truely. 805 00:30:57,137 --> 00:31:00,724 Hey... you got to talk to us, buddy. 806 00:31:00,758 --> 00:31:03,827 You know that people are getting sick 807 00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:06,758 and we're trying to keep the family healthy. 808 00:31:06,793 --> 00:31:08,517 [Robyn] It's confusing. 809 00:31:08,551 --> 00:31:12,551 Solomon's uncomfortable when he's vulnerable. 810 00:31:12,586 --> 00:31:14,965 And right now, he is... he is very vulnerable 811 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,827 because he feels bad that he wasn't able 812 00:31:16,862 --> 00:31:18,862 to play with Truely. He's upset. 813 00:31:18,896 --> 00:31:20,655 He doesn't wanna really talk about it 814 00:31:20,689 --> 00:31:22,206 even though he needs to. 815 00:31:22,241 --> 00:31:24,103 -Look at me, Arie. -Huh? Hmm. 816 00:31:24,137 --> 00:31:26,137 People are sick and we're preventing everybody 817 00:31:26,172 --> 00:31:28,172 from getting more sick, okay? 818 00:31:28,206 --> 00:31:29,551 -Hmm. -All right? 819 00:31:29,586 --> 00:31:32,068 So, we're being super careful. 820 00:31:32,103 --> 00:31:35,172 And maybe, we'll be done in a couple of weeks, okay? 821 00:31:35,206 --> 00:31:36,482 All right? 822 00:31:36,517 --> 00:31:38,000 The whole reason you're not going to school 823 00:31:38,034 --> 00:31:39,551 also was because people worried 824 00:31:39,586 --> 00:31:43,034 about making other people sick, okay? 825 00:31:48,586 --> 00:31:50,413 How Audrey and Mariah doing? 826 00:31:50,448 --> 00:31:52,275 [Janelle] Oh, they're actually not here. 827 00:31:52,310 --> 00:31:54,896 They're up there running in the bed and breakfast. 828 00:31:54,931 --> 00:31:57,448 [Director speaking] 829 00:31:57,482 --> 00:32:00,034 -I was not teasing. -[Director speaking] 830 00:32:00,068 --> 00:32:01,310 [Janelle] How do I say that? 831 00:32:01,344 --> 00:32:03,172 It's gonna make him look like a jerk 832 00:32:03,206 --> 00:32:05,310 for not calling me and me look like a jerk 833 00:32:05,344 --> 00:32:07,586 for not calling him. We do not communicate. 834 00:32:10,862 --> 00:32:12,655 [pop music playing] 835 00:32:19,310 --> 00:32:20,931 [Kody] Well, I think it's time to do 836 00:32:20,965 --> 00:32:23,551 some more coronavirus journaling. 837 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,310 Totally, we're inexperienced. 838 00:32:28,344 --> 00:32:30,551 It gets weirder every day. 839 00:32:30,586 --> 00:32:33,068 The call to self-quarantine came out 840 00:32:33,103 --> 00:32:35,172 about three and a half weeks ago 841 00:32:35,206 --> 00:32:38,413 which for some people means different things for... 842 00:32:38,448 --> 00:32:40,310 if you're 20-year-old, I guess that means, 843 00:32:40,344 --> 00:32:43,586 you keep going out with your friends. 844 00:32:43,620 --> 00:32:46,586 The highest number of cases are amongst 845 00:32:46,620 --> 00:32:49,034 those from 20 to 44 years old. 846 00:32:49,068 --> 00:32:52,517 And I believe that's because they think those ages, 847 00:32:52,551 --> 00:32:55,586 that those groups, those genres if you will, 848 00:32:55,620 --> 00:32:59,896 think that they are immune because... 849 00:32:59,931 --> 00:33:01,413 Oh, they might get flu-like symptoms 850 00:33:01,448 --> 00:33:03,206 but they're not gonna die. 851 00:33:03,241 --> 00:33:06,379 They're still carriers. 852 00:33:06,413 --> 00:33:10,413 Anyway, so, I've been away from Meri for quite a while. 853 00:33:10,448 --> 00:33:13,482 Haven't even seen Audrey and Mariah yet. 854 00:33:13,517 --> 00:33:18,241 So, Meri wanna talk to me so, I'm headed over to her house. 855 00:33:18,275 --> 00:33:21,241 [upbeat music playing] 856 00:33:23,689 --> 00:33:25,206 [Meri] Ready? 857 00:33:25,241 --> 00:33:27,068 Get it. 858 00:33:27,103 --> 00:33:29,172 Oh, I guess, Kody is on his way over. 859 00:33:29,206 --> 00:33:30,827 I haven't seen him for quite a while 860 00:33:30,862 --> 00:33:34,275 and I'm gonna tell him that he never 861 00:33:34,310 --> 00:33:37,586 got to see Mariah and Audrey. 862 00:33:37,620 --> 00:33:39,379 Did you find it? 863 00:33:39,413 --> 00:33:41,827 Did you find it? Hold on. Wait. There's a car. 864 00:33:41,862 --> 00:33:43,724 [Kody] Audrey and Mariah just left Chicago 865 00:33:43,758 --> 00:33:46,206 just a little over two weeks ago. 866 00:33:46,241 --> 00:33:49,310 I'm really excited about seeing them. 867 00:33:49,344 --> 00:33:50,827 [Meri] Get it. 868 00:33:50,862 --> 00:33:52,517 [Kody] That's fun. Hi, Mosby. 869 00:33:52,551 --> 00:33:54,137 Cutie, little doggie. 870 00:33:54,172 --> 00:33:55,448 Come here, Mosby dog. 871 00:33:55,482 --> 00:33:57,172 Mosby dog. Cute little doggie. 872 00:33:57,206 --> 00:33:58,931 Oh, shoot. Oh, he pees all over. 873 00:33:58,965 --> 00:34:00,482 He pees when he sees me. 874 00:34:00,517 --> 00:34:02,172 Every time Mosby seems me, 875 00:34:02,206 --> 00:34:04,034 it must be the alpha male thing. 876 00:34:04,068 --> 00:34:07,103 I have no idea. But he lays down and pees. 877 00:34:07,137 --> 00:34:08,862 I can't help it. I'm just so alpha, 878 00:34:08,896 --> 00:34:10,344 you know what I mean? 879 00:34:10,379 --> 00:34:13,448 I had to get one and Robyn got this for me, 880 00:34:13,482 --> 00:34:15,275 because I... We got so tired 881 00:34:15,310 --> 00:34:17,655 of holding these things. 882 00:34:17,689 --> 00:34:19,620 And, you know what, the iPhone is new to me. 883 00:34:19,655 --> 00:34:22,172 It's the slickest thing. It's slicker than a... 884 00:34:22,206 --> 00:34:24,034 What do they call? A wet seal. 885 00:34:24,068 --> 00:34:28,137 So, in this world of COVID, like, we're just 886 00:34:28,172 --> 00:34:33,206 kind of figuring things out and doing things different 887 00:34:33,241 --> 00:34:34,827 than we normally would. 888 00:34:34,862 --> 00:34:36,655 I'm just carrying this phone around 889 00:34:36,689 --> 00:34:39,724 and, you know, just doing these recordings of me 890 00:34:39,758 --> 00:34:41,965 and I'll be doing some recordings of Kody 891 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,034 when he comes over and it's just kind of weird. 892 00:34:44,068 --> 00:34:47,655 It's like a weird thing to be doing 893 00:34:47,689 --> 00:34:49,068 because this is not normal. 894 00:34:49,103 --> 00:34:52,724 How are Audrey and Mariah doing? 895 00:34:52,758 --> 00:34:54,689 -Good. -[Kody] It's almost... 896 00:34:54,724 --> 00:34:55,896 They've been here almost long enough 897 00:34:55,931 --> 00:34:59,103 for me to see them, haven't they? 898 00:34:59,137 --> 00:35:01,103 Well, they're actually not here. 899 00:35:04,620 --> 00:35:06,344 Well, they changed their minds? 900 00:35:06,379 --> 00:35:09,482 No. Mom's here. 901 00:35:09,517 --> 00:35:11,586 They were out there running in the bed and breakfast. 902 00:35:15,137 --> 00:35:17,172 That happened about a week ago. 903 00:35:17,206 --> 00:35:19,068 -Oh, really? -[Meri] Exactly a week ago. 904 00:35:20,724 --> 00:35:24,275 I'm actually really disappointed. 905 00:35:24,310 --> 00:35:27,379 I really was looking forward to seeing them. 906 00:35:27,413 --> 00:35:30,586 And oh, what a bummer. 907 00:35:30,620 --> 00:35:34,000 So, I mean, this is probably better for grandma. 908 00:35:34,034 --> 00:35:38,241 But I am really disappointed that they're not here. 909 00:35:38,275 --> 00:35:39,310 [Meri] Yeah. 910 00:35:39,344 --> 00:35:40,862 But I was hoping to see Mariah. 911 00:35:40,896 --> 00:35:43,068 -So, they've been here... -[Meri] They've been here... 912 00:35:43,103 --> 00:35:45,448 They got here from Chicago two weeks ago today. 913 00:35:45,482 --> 00:35:48,172 So, I wouldn't be able to see him today? 914 00:35:48,206 --> 00:35:50,551 [Meri] Well, yeah, if they were here but they're not. 915 00:35:50,586 --> 00:35:52,724 Yeah. 916 00:35:52,758 --> 00:35:55,310 [Director speaking] 917 00:35:55,344 --> 00:35:58,551 -I was not teasing. -[Director speaking] 918 00:35:58,586 --> 00:35:59,655 Was I teasing? 919 00:35:59,689 --> 00:36:02,172 I don't think I was teasing him. 920 00:36:02,206 --> 00:36:03,862 Kody and I don't talk. 921 00:36:05,551 --> 00:36:07,586 I'm not... 922 00:36:09,137 --> 00:36:10,241 How do I say that? 923 00:36:10,275 --> 00:36:12,000 It's gonna make him look like a jerk 924 00:36:12,034 --> 00:36:13,241 for not calling me 925 00:36:13,275 --> 00:36:15,172 and me look like a jerk for not calling him. 926 00:36:15,206 --> 00:36:16,896 We do not communicate. 927 00:36:18,551 --> 00:36:19,862 I'm just really disappointed. 928 00:36:19,896 --> 00:36:22,068 I'm like, why didn't we just close the business? 929 00:36:22,103 --> 00:36:23,655 You know, your pride barely paying 930 00:36:23,689 --> 00:36:26,551 for the electricity with the few guests you get. 931 00:36:26,586 --> 00:36:29,344 Why not just close it down? 932 00:36:29,379 --> 00:36:32,172 But, you know, it wasn't my call. 933 00:36:32,206 --> 00:36:33,793 I... 934 00:36:36,034 --> 00:36:38,413 Hold on a second. Do you wanna cut? 935 00:36:38,448 --> 00:36:40,068 Yes. I'm talking to Meri in her driveway, 936 00:36:40,103 --> 00:36:41,827 I have to top recording what we're doing 937 00:36:41,862 --> 00:36:43,413 because Robyn called me. 938 00:36:43,448 --> 00:36:45,034 -[Meri] Is... Are you on... -She's on FaceTime. 939 00:36:45,068 --> 00:36:46,724 -[Meri] FaceTime? -Yeah, here. 940 00:36:46,758 --> 00:36:49,000 Here, let's... 941 00:36:49,034 --> 00:36:51,241 -Hi. -[Kody] Oh, gosh. 942 00:36:51,275 --> 00:36:52,689 I'm supposed to social distance. 943 00:36:52,724 --> 00:36:54,655 And he got freaky. 944 00:36:54,689 --> 00:36:55,827 Sorry, I forgot. 945 00:36:55,862 --> 00:36:56,896 Do you think I should be social distancing from... 946 00:36:56,931 --> 00:36:58,931 [Meri] I am still a member of your family. 947 00:36:58,965 --> 00:37:00,379 I know but I'm social distance... 948 00:37:00,413 --> 00:37:01,689 Well, you haven't been on exposure. 949 00:37:01,724 --> 00:37:02,724 So today, it would've been to... 950 00:37:02,758 --> 00:37:03,586 What about grandma? 951 00:37:03,620 --> 00:37:04,965 Did she have any exposure to anybody? 952 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,206 [Meri] Whatever. It doesn't matter. 953 00:37:06,241 --> 00:37:07,172 -Just don't touch me. -[Kody] I don't have 954 00:37:07,206 --> 00:37:08,310 to social distance from Meri anymore, do I? 955 00:37:08,344 --> 00:37:09,517 [Meri] Whatever. 956 00:37:09,551 --> 00:37:11,000 I'm socially distancing from Meri 957 00:37:11,034 --> 00:37:12,551 because she's had two new people 958 00:37:12,586 --> 00:37:14,413 or three new people in her home. 959 00:37:14,448 --> 00:37:16,137 So, Audrey and Mariah traveled. 960 00:37:16,172 --> 00:37:19,758 That's a lot of exposure and this is all my thinking 961 00:37:19,793 --> 00:37:21,965 in an effort to try and, you know, 962 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,517 lower the transmission amount, you know? 963 00:37:25,551 --> 00:37:26,793 [Robyn] How much is your mom? 964 00:37:26,827 --> 00:37:28,068 How much exposure is your mom have? 965 00:37:28,103 --> 00:37:30,137 [Meri] I don't know. Just stay away from me. 966 00:37:30,172 --> 00:37:32,862 Stay away from me, Kody. 967 00:37:32,896 --> 00:37:34,793 You know, that didn't work out very well 968 00:37:34,827 --> 00:37:36,241 for you the last time, right? 969 00:37:36,275 --> 00:37:38,034 I don't think you should say that to me anymore. 970 00:37:38,068 --> 00:37:40,620 -[Robyn speaking] -[Kody] All right. 971 00:37:40,655 --> 00:37:44,344 Anyway... I was joking about Meri during the catfish. 972 00:37:44,379 --> 00:37:47,896 She basically, during that experience... 973 00:37:47,931 --> 00:37:49,068 I mean, it's a sore object. 974 00:37:49,103 --> 00:37:51,344 It was uncool joke of me but I figured, 975 00:37:51,379 --> 00:37:52,586 if you can't laugh at the mistakes 976 00:37:52,620 --> 00:37:54,482 of your past or whatever, you know. 977 00:37:58,000 --> 00:37:59,551 [Meri] I'm feeling out of place 978 00:37:59,586 --> 00:38:02,275 of limbo right now. 979 00:38:02,310 --> 00:38:06,413 Don't be surprised if I just up and I'm gone. 980 00:38:06,448 --> 00:38:08,344 [Kody] So, about five years ago, 981 00:38:08,379 --> 00:38:10,413 Meri and I we're in a bad place. 982 00:38:10,448 --> 00:38:13,068 She basically asked me to stop staying at her house 983 00:38:13,103 --> 00:38:15,103 and ultimately, what happened, is she went through 984 00:38:15,137 --> 00:38:17,379 an experience where she was catfished 985 00:38:17,413 --> 00:38:21,689 by a person pretending to be somebody else. 986 00:38:21,724 --> 00:38:26,620 [Meri] So, when I started talking to this "guy", 987 00:38:26,655 --> 00:38:28,793 you know, we're becoming friends 988 00:38:28,827 --> 00:38:31,103 and we were laughing and he was saying 989 00:38:31,137 --> 00:38:33,448 all the right things to make me trust him 990 00:38:33,482 --> 00:38:38,482 and make me think that he was this real person 991 00:38:38,517 --> 00:38:41,448 that really cared. 992 00:38:41,482 --> 00:38:43,310 [Kody] And it turned out to be extremely 993 00:38:43,344 --> 00:38:45,275 exploitative and abusive. 994 00:38:45,310 --> 00:38:48,172 And from that experience of... 995 00:38:48,206 --> 00:38:52,931 Meri and I sort of saw our marriage just dissolved. 996 00:38:52,965 --> 00:38:55,448 The struggle I think that I have with it 997 00:38:55,482 --> 00:38:58,551 is that I got shut out because of them. 998 00:38:58,586 --> 00:39:00,103 [Meri] So, what he's referring to 999 00:39:00,137 --> 00:39:02,344 is about five years ago, 1000 00:39:02,379 --> 00:39:05,620 he was more distant than I wanted him to be. 1001 00:39:05,655 --> 00:39:09,310 At night, I just wanted him to put his arm around me. 1002 00:39:10,689 --> 00:39:13,275 And I couldn't sleep because I felt the coldness 1003 00:39:13,310 --> 00:39:14,551 coming from him. 1004 00:39:14,586 --> 00:39:18,862 At the same time, I couldn't sleep 1005 00:39:18,896 --> 00:39:23,275 because of this outside situation. 1006 00:39:23,310 --> 00:39:24,724 You seem so angry. 1007 00:39:24,758 --> 00:39:26,275 I didn't feel like I could get to you. 1008 00:39:26,310 --> 00:39:28,379 I didn't feel like we could even talk. 1009 00:39:28,413 --> 00:39:29,758 I'm not gonna lie. 1010 00:39:29,793 --> 00:39:33,206 I'm... I was angry at you. 1011 00:39:33,241 --> 00:39:36,965 And I did not manage the situation well. 1012 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,827 I said to him, "Can you just not stay here for a while? 1013 00:39:40,862 --> 00:39:43,724 Can we just take a break for a minute?" 1014 00:39:45,275 --> 00:39:49,379 He took it as, "Go away and don't ever come back." 1015 00:39:49,413 --> 00:39:52,000 Because that's what he's done 1016 00:39:52,034 --> 00:39:55,827 and that's not what I meant. 1017 00:39:55,862 --> 00:39:57,413 I was just like, "Can we just take a break 1018 00:39:57,448 --> 00:39:59,551 so I can't get through some stuff?" 1019 00:39:59,586 --> 00:40:03,000 And so, for him to say it didn't work out very well 1020 00:40:03,034 --> 00:40:05,310 for you last time, it was just... 1021 00:40:05,344 --> 00:40:08,275 It... I'm feeling, like, 1022 00:40:10,758 --> 00:40:12,586 "Okay. You're right. It didn't. 1023 00:40:12,620 --> 00:40:14,551 Didn't work out at all 1024 00:40:14,586 --> 00:40:17,068 but that's not what I was saying." 1025 00:40:17,103 --> 00:40:18,551 You know, we've not... We've never 1026 00:40:18,586 --> 00:40:21,482 come back together from that. 1027 00:40:21,517 --> 00:40:23,655 -[Robyn speaking] -[Meri] You too. 1028 00:40:23,689 --> 00:40:24,586 You guys can FaceTime each other. 1029 00:40:24,620 --> 00:40:26,275 [Meri] It's been a while. 1030 00:40:28,034 --> 00:40:30,689 Oh, my gosh. 1031 00:40:30,724 --> 00:40:31,896 -All right. -[Robyn] Bye. 1032 00:40:31,931 --> 00:40:34,379 We'll talk to you later, okay? 1033 00:40:34,413 --> 00:40:37,448 -[Robyn speaking] -Bye. 1034 00:40:37,482 --> 00:40:39,103 [Robyn] It's like he's got, like, a little bit 1035 00:40:39,137 --> 00:40:42,758 of PTSD a little bit from the experience 1036 00:40:42,793 --> 00:40:46,482 or Meri telling him to move out of the house. 1037 00:40:46,517 --> 00:40:47,827 And they're just, like, doing this right 1038 00:40:47,862 --> 00:40:49,724 in front of me which is awkward 1039 00:40:49,758 --> 00:40:52,827 and then, I don't know. 1040 00:40:52,862 --> 00:40:56,965 It was just no fun. 1041 00:41:00,344 --> 00:41:03,206 [Kody] The catfish situation and the year basically, 1042 00:41:03,241 --> 00:41:05,931 the year before it, whatever happened, 1043 00:41:05,965 --> 00:41:08,172 it just got flipping ugly. 1044 00:41:08,206 --> 00:41:10,586 And even the year in to living in flagged staff, 1045 00:41:10,620 --> 00:41:13,862 I was still dealing with a lot of bitterness 1046 00:41:13,896 --> 00:41:16,275 about our past. 1047 00:41:16,310 --> 00:41:18,068 What were you talking about before Robyn called? 1048 00:41:18,103 --> 00:41:19,724 [Meri] Okay. 1049 00:41:19,758 --> 00:41:21,827 I think, things are just gonna change 1050 00:41:21,862 --> 00:41:26,068 as far as how we do things in the world now. 1051 00:41:26,103 --> 00:41:27,827 It's not gonna go back to normal. 1052 00:41:27,862 --> 00:41:30,896 I'm like, because, like, we can't stay 1053 00:41:30,931 --> 00:41:32,827 quarantined from each other forever. 1054 00:41:32,862 --> 00:41:36,068 [Kody] In the past few months, I have been able 1055 00:41:36,103 --> 00:41:39,758 to really let that go for myself. 1056 00:41:39,793 --> 00:41:42,344 And I feel more friendly with Meri 1057 00:41:42,379 --> 00:41:45,896 than I have felt in six or more years 1058 00:41:45,931 --> 00:41:48,068 but it doesn't mean I've got 1059 00:41:48,103 --> 00:41:51,551 any romantic inclinations within our marriage. 1060 00:41:53,275 --> 00:41:55,241 Next time on Sister Wives. 1061 00:41:55,275 --> 00:41:56,448 [Christine] John and Kody were in quarantined 1062 00:41:56,482 --> 00:41:59,000 from each other for, like, five weeks? 1063 00:41:59,034 --> 00:42:01,517 The whole family is gonna fall apart. 1064 00:42:01,551 --> 00:42:02,827 -We're done. -[Robyn] This isn't fair. 1065 00:42:02,862 --> 00:42:05,310 He shouldn't be at my house this much. 1066 00:42:05,344 --> 00:42:08,758 [Kody] You want to be with me but you're chording me 1067 00:42:08,793 --> 00:42:10,517 -to that relationship. -I didn't know 1068 00:42:10,551 --> 00:42:12,275 I was supposed to support you. 1069 00:42:12,310 --> 00:42:14,137 I can't. I can't make him love me. 1070 00:42:14,172 --> 00:42:17,586 It makes me wonder if people who have been unhappy 1071 00:42:17,620 --> 00:42:20,896 for so many years couldn't just leave 1072 00:42:20,931 --> 00:42:23,103 and go find something that make them happy. 1073 00:42:23,137 --> 00:42:24,758 With every one of these women 1074 00:42:24,793 --> 00:42:26,896 be better off married to another guy. 1075 00:42:26,931 --> 00:42:28,896 This not what I want. 1076 00:42:28,931 --> 00:42:30,827 This isn't what I signed up for. 1077 00:42:30,862 --> 00:42:32,551 Dude. You've got four wives 1078 00:42:32,586 --> 00:42:34,310 and eighteen kids. 1079 00:42:34,344 --> 00:42:36,482 You just gonna pick and choose who are you gonna keep?