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[man] ...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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[panting]
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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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[laughter]
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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
in the family
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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
of Solomon and Ariella.
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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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[mellow music playing]
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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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[laughs]
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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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[upbeat music playing]
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No.
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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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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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altogether.
It's so sad, right?
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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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And all the birthday parties
is gonna be like this,
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what do you think,
Truely?
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[Christine] About being apart
for the birthdays,
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how was it?
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Truely is very logical.
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We, kind of all have
four separate for moms,
sweethearts, so...
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[Christine] It's true.
It's true.
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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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talk about how
they're just staying
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at home with their family.
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00:15:56,862 --> 00:15:59,068
Truely's family
just happens to reside
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in four separate houses
here in Flagstaff.
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So for her, she's,
like, "Well, if we're family,
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then why aren't we hanging
out as family then?"
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It sucks. It sucks that
we are separate on birthdays.
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It's really, really hard,
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but if we can keep everybody
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in the family
from getting sick,
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wouldn't that be better?
And, certainly,
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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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But we want everyone
to be healthy, so it's...
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There's a thing like
it's for the greater good
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and this is, kind of,
a thing where
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it's just
for the greater good.
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-Yeah.
-Let's say half of the time,
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I think it's ridiculous
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that we're not hanging out
together.
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So, how can I sit here
and have a logical
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conversation with Truely
when I think
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she's halfway right?
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Or some days I think
she's %100 right.
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So, I'm extremely
hypocritical
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if I'm just gonna try and
argue one way or the other,
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because I've
to explain all over.
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[upbeat music playing]
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[Janelle] So, today
is Garrison's 22nd birthday.
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This week
has been harder for me.
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I'm not emotionally
put together this week.
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Hey, Savanah, so how many days
have we been home?
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00:17:01,896 --> 00:17:03,413
-Huh?
-[Janelle] How many days
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have we been home?
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-[laughs]
-I don't know.
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00:17:06,931 --> 00:17:08,310
Time is irrelevant.
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-[director speaking]
-No.
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Kody won't...
Kody won't be here today.
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So, like,
it's a very weird birthday.
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The days all sort
of blurred together.
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I don't know what day
of the week it is.
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Half of the time, I don't
even know what the time is.
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[Janelle] Like,
in the twenty-two years
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that Garrison
has been on this earth,
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I between there's not
even two birthdays
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that we haven't
all been together.
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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.
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00:17:40,379 --> 00:17:43,379
[dog barking]
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00:17:47,551 --> 00:17:49,206
But Covid can't get
through the glass,
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so they can do as much
as they want behind the glass.
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00:17:51,310 --> 00:17:53,000
All right. All right.
All right.
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Let's put the dogs away
for a second.
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All right, dogs.
Go over there.
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[Janelle] No, like,
put them away, away.
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00:17:58,413 --> 00:17:59,827
[man speaking indistinctly]
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[Christine] Wait,
I'm gonna be out there.
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This is perfect.
They're so insane.
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00:18:03,896 --> 00:18:05,448
Yay. Yay, yay, yay.
It's all glass.
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00:18:05,482 --> 00:18:07,000
I wish I could hug you guys.
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[all] Air hug.
Air hug. Air hug.
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[Kody]
I'm social distancing away
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from Janelle's house.
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I'm trying to be optimistic.
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00:18:15,551 --> 00:18:17,620
Uh, I'll be honest with you,
I'm trying to keep
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the kids from, sort of,
creating a mutiny
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and just go on, like,
"I'm not doing this anymore."
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I don't even want
to imagine or ever say,
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"Well, this could be
for months,"
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00:18:28,172 --> 00:18:30,241
in the event
that it might be.
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00:18:30,275 --> 00:18:32,655
I'd rather just say,
"Well, let's just...
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Let's wait a week
and see what it's like."
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-[Garrison] Like what?
-[Truely] Oh,
that was from me.
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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.
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00:18:38,413 --> 00:18:40,137
Oh, my gosh. Like, this...
Guys, I've missed you.
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00:18:40,172 --> 00:18:41,551
-Let me see this.
-[woman] I wanna hug you
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so badly.
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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...
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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
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00:18:52,413 --> 00:18:53,931
the presents
and we'll back away.
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00:18:53,965 --> 00:18:55,896
COVID is really stupid.
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00:18:55,931 --> 00:18:57,517
All right. We have to go.
Happy birthday.
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[Garrison] All right.
Bye, guys.
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Bye. I love you.
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[all] Air hugs,
air hugs, air hugs.
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00:19:02,586 --> 00:19:04,103
[Garrison]
Big squeezy.
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00:19:04,137 --> 00:19:05,586
[Meri] I don't like
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00:19:05,620 --> 00:19:07,896
what COVID is doing
to our family.
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00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,206
It... I don't know.
It's just...
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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?