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[narrator] Previously on
Sister Wives...
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Here we are,
having Thanksgiving!
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Alone.
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[Kody] You know, the experience
that I've had during COVID
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has been such a
strain on the family.
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To our family, to the
current apocalypse,
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which has made us
appreciate family more.
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The contrast made me aware
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of those who are loyal to me,
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and those who are not.
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[Christine] Now we've got the
rules in order to get back together,
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and I really feel like we
have to make a choice -
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do we see Kody, or do
we do it - everything else.
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Basically then, Kody, I don't think it's
going to ever work for us all to get together.
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[Robyn] Here it is,
he's written it down.
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Wipe off your packages.
Clean your groceries.
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You know, whatever it is
so we can see each other.
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My opinion is, that I think
some of this is way over-the-top,
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but I'll do it for Christmas.
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It's a sad reality for me, about
where I'm at in some of my marriages.
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Dad wants to play stupid
games, we can play along.
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It's been eight months since
I've been able to hang out
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with my dad, of course
I'm going to rebel a little.
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Like, I'm tired of it.
I'm freaking tired of it.
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We're getting very close to
Christmas, and the whole family's been
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you know, sort of hashing
out the COVID protocols
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so that we can actually
spend time at Christmas
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without having to socially
distance from each other.
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Okay. You guys want to
grab these tools here?
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Or wait. I guess we'll
use those over here.
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[Kody] Because Garrison and
Gabriel, for a very long time,
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have been resistant to
the COVID protocols that were
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just so that I could be
in Janelle's house,
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I just need to get them on
the same page with me, so
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I've invited them
to come help me
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peel some logs out
on the property.
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[Kody] It's a lot of wood,
and if we can salvage it,
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it's better than firewood, you know. It
makes it so we can build something with it.
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[Kody] We're going to
have to roll it over
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in order to get the other side.
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[Gabriel] Hey Dad, what are
we doing for Christmas?
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[Kody sighs]
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So we're trying
to limit exposure,
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-we're trying to bring the
exposure down -Yeah, that's why...
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That's why we're quarantining.
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[Kody] The original agreement
amongst me and the moms
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was that I would be the only one
travelling from house to house, right?
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[Gabriel] I think with regards to
like, social distancing and stuff,
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Dad kind of expects every
other person in the family
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to just drop what they're doing,
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and to just allow him to
mosey wherever he wants.
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And I don't think any of us
are really down for that.
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We're all just ignoring it,
and having a life anyway.
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The only holiday we've got
together is Christmas.
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The plan is, when Hunter gets
here, we start our quarantine.
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Okay. So, do you guys understand
what quarantine means though?
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[Gabriel] Every single parent
is telling me a different thing.
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- That's what it feels like.
- That should not be the case.
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Because I gave all the
moms a slip of paper.
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-Let me-
-You gotta talk to them.
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You can't give them
a slip of paper.
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Dad keeps telling me that they
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got together and formulated
an exact plan for Christmas.
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And it just doesn't
feel like they did.
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Everyone's got their own
thing that they're doing,
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and I just don't know
what's really going on.
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You got rules and
regulations for work,
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why can't we have that for
a family staying healthy?
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Because we're a family!
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Why don't we just verbalize it
and trust each other?
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Oh, therein lies the problem.
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Right there.
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When we get together for
Christmas, I'm like 89% sure that
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there's going to be a fight about all
the COVID [bleep] that's been going on.
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The first time we're together,
we're going to want to discuss
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what we haven't been able to
discuss for the past eight months.
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- And that is COVID.
- No no no no, that's a phone call.
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You call every one of your siblings and you
get all that griping out of your system.
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We're not discussing
COVID over Christmas.
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I think Dad can say
what he wants, but I think
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COVID's going to be
discussed over Christmas.
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Oh, I know they want to. They
want to pick a fight with everybody.
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If this Christmas doesn't
play out really well,
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I'm not having Christmas as
a family anymore after this.
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But what I am asking you
to do is abide by the rules
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of like, literally
almost quarantine.
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- Which we've agreed to.
- And I know you've got to go to work.
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But, I mean, a mom goes
and gets a massage?
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That's not going to work.
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Christine was right in
the middle of COVID,
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she was supposed to be
quarantining, I wanted to see the kids,
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and she went and got a massage.
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It was almost like a psychological
circumvention of my ability to go see the kids.
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Garrison, I-
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-Gabriel-
-Zap. That's all I'm hearing.
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[sighs] Okay. I might
have passed the buck.
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I should have explained this
better to you in the very beginning.
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So let me give you
the big picture then.
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If mom gets sick,
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- who's going to take care of her?
- Us.
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Uh, no. You both are
busy with school.
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[Gabriel] Nope. I don't have
any in-person classes anymore.
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If Mom got sick, I'd freaking
quit my job to help her.
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Well normally It'd be me okay,
that wasn't the right answer.
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This is such bull [bleep].
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He's missing the point -
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Let's avoid getting Mom sick.
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It would primarily be
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the people who are in her
house right now, taking care of her.
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And that's not Dad.
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But if I get-I go take care
of her and I get sick,
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and then one of the
other moms gets sick,
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then she doesn't have somebody
helping with her kids.
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- Okay?
- That's fair.
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Listen, I have a much
bigger picture than
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anybody else in this
family to worry about.
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Listen, the ignorance
led us to blame Robyn.
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- We were blaming Robyn.
- We were literally blaming Robyn for this.
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Because we thought Robyn
was in your ear telling you
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- to stay away from everyone.
- Because she's the obedient wife!
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Whatever poison put
that in their mind,
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I don't know if it's
polygamy poison,
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I don't know if
it's their mother
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poisoning them.
Because frankly,
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that kind of attitude
is [bleep] up.
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I don't know why they think
she's the one to blame,
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just because she's the
one keeping the rules.
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[Kody] They think
it's all about Robyn.
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Guess what it's really about.
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It's about them
not giving a [bleep]
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About everybody else.
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Robyn and all of her kids
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have been keeping the
rules, the COVID protocols.
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Christine has been travelling,
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and these two have
been socializing.
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But her kids are prisoners.
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Now they're all compliant.
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-They've been, you know, doing
their- -They've been teammates.
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And that's what we want.
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We've been just trying to
operate as a family here.
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We assumed it was Robyn
this whole time, but
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we're starting to pit ourselves
against Dad, because it's on Dad.
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Who is making up these rules, or
lacking communication, other than Dad?
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It is all him.
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[Kody] Keep going, Gabe.
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- Roll in, roll in, okay.
- Alright, I got to get going.
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Alright, thanks Garrison.
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[Gabriel] I'm tired of arguing.
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We'll just agree on it,
and we'll play this game.
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We'll quarantine. You can
trust us if you want,
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if not - that's your
problem to figure out.
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I'm working full-time,
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I've got school,
I've got to get going.
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[Kody] What's important
about having Garrison here
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was that he committed,
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in every way, that he was
going to be compliant
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so we can get together
for Christmas.
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- Thanks for helping, Gabe.
- Yeah.
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Thanks for coming. So,
now that you guys get it-
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Ah, I can't believe it.
I am so sorry. But I...
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Dad, you don't even need
to apologize, because
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you thought communication
was getting passed down.
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I'll be honest with you.
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You really want
to know the truth?
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I think it's been
hard, really hard,
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- for Christine.
- Christine, as far as our family goes,
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not as a diss to any of the other
moms, is our primary caregiver.
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- What do you mean?
- From our youngest age,
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Christine has been
the one to provide for
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seven kids at a time,
all the time.
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It hasn't been that way
since we moved to Las Vegas.
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I understand, but people have
been always coming over.
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I used to go visit her
two times a week.
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And so, what are you...
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-So, Christine has- -I just think that I
can understand why this would have
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a, like, she would have a harder
time with this than the other moms.
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I love Janelle's kids.
Janelle worked a lot.
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And I just kind of raised
them all as a bunch.
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It has been really hard not
having them over all the time.
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[Kody] Okay, now roll this way.
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During COVID, Kody
put a restriction
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that he was the only one that was supposed
to go from house to house when COVID hit.
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Janelle and I just thought, 'You know
what, we just can't do this anymore,
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our kids need to get together'.
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Because I always had to pick
between Janelle and her kids,
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or just Kody.
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Can you steady it there,
just for a second?
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[Janelle] Christine
and I interact a lot.
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Our kids interact a lot.
We've all been very careful.
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We're following all the rules.
Like, we're quarantining,
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and if we've both been
home for a couple of weeks,
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and the kids want to get
together, then we go somewhere
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and especially if it's
outdoors, and we get together.
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We follow the CDC Guidelines.
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They're not enough for Kody.
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Gosh, come on.
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[grunting] Got it.
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[Kody] Some of the family has
come together in a little clique,
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that has literally excluded some of
the other family members in the family.
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Like, the clique-iness, the bullying,
the exclusion, and stuff like that,
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Gabriel sees it one way.
I see it negatively.
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It's just, we're not talking
about it like we are right here.
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- Okay. Gabe.
- Like, actually.
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This is the first time we've
sat down in eight months
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and talked about why we're doing
what we're doing, you and me.
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Not me and Mom.
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- Or, you me and the family.
- Gabe, I thought I had called you before and
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told you why I was doing this.
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No, you called me - and
I really like it, I like when
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you call me, because I
finally get to talk to you.
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And I talked to you for
a little bit, we talk about
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what our interests are,
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and what we think about the current political
climate, and a little bit about COVID,
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but we never
discussed it like this,
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- Why I was away?
- Yeah, we never. Never.
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And that - that was
literally my only issue.
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Like, I'm your teammate in this.
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We're not doing enough
to keep us all together.
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Dad is right, that we need
a little bit of coherence,
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but I don't think
that Dad's way of...
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gaining that coherence is
healthy in a family dynamic.
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[Kody] I'm angry.
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And I should be reinforcing
my love for him.
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The problem is,
is I'm so pissed off.
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That he's sitting
here - as an adult -
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not being accountable,
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and coming at me
at all these angles,
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it's just made me defensive.
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There's a lot of frustrations
going around.
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In relation to COVID,
but also in relation to
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you know, our family dynamic
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and how things are not going
smoothly for us right now.
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[Kody] Gabriel, the real
issue here is you had to
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choose between me coming over
or seeing your girlfriend.
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Why?
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I think the problem here, is whether
I'm being respected in my home or not.
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I wanna take some
responsibility here.
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- Okay.
- If I had been [sighs] [bleep]
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Gabe, listen, why are you upset?
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Are we done?
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[Gabriel] I feel like everyone in my family
is so focused on being right, or doing right,
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that nobody is willing to just
kind of take a step back,
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and say, "This is
ruining our family".
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Do you want to put the gloves back on and
give it a lift, and I'll give it a shove?
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[Kody] So while I'm
talking to Gabriel here,
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I'm not laying down the law.
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Because I can't get the support
of Janelle to lay down the law.
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I-It's weird.
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In the time that COVID
has been going on,
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I've felt more and more and
more like that was Janelle's house
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and it wasn't my house.
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And the irony of this situation,
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which is not good
for relationships,
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is that Robyn's house,
as I've been there more,
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has made me feel like
that's my house, and my rules,
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and my family.
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[Kody] Okay, now roll this way.
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Makes me mad at myself,
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all these years, that I haven't been
what I would call more 'patriarchal'.
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More in charge.
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My kids look forward to their dad
being home, my kids adore their dad.
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This has all been
very hard for them,
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that he's all of
a sudden being so...
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dictatorial about his rules.
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The only guideline I got at
the very beginning was
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"Maybe it's not a good idea to hang out with
friends anymore, but your girlfriend is okay."
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Did I say that?
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That's what I heard. I heard, "Your
girlfriend is okay because she's isolated."
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Gabriel, but I-
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And I understand, you're going
to come around and say,
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- "You don't know what Payton's doing."
- Right.
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[Janelle] Gabriel met a girl,
her name is Payton,
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I like her, she's been around a
lot, and Gabriel seems to be happy.
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My Dad doesn't even know
what my girlfriend looks like,
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how's she, or what's she like.
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He's never talked to her,
never interacted with her,
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I think it's pretty
revealing to how,
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how COVID has kind of
screwed over the family.
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I can't, I can't take
Payton out of the equation.
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Okay, I understand that, Gabe.
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I mean, Gabriel the real issue
here is you had to choose
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between me coming over
or seeing your girlfriend.
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Why?
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Why was I made to
make that decision?
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It's a decision that all
of us have had to make.
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I've had to be away from Mom,
I've had to be away from...
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- Christine and her kids.
- Why are you doing that?
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Why?
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You have to be able to ask
Payton if she understands
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the big picture the way I
understand the big picture.
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She does.
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[Gabriel] She's on
your level of COVID.
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She's worried about it.
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I've done two-week
quarantines from Payton.
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- Why?
- So I could see you!
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So I could come
over to Mom's house.
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- When did-I don't remember you doing that.
- During the summer.
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- Oh.
- She's being really careful.
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I didn't, I had no
idea that she... [sighs]
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You gotta understand, I've
been told by a lot of people
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that they were being careful
when I know that they weren't.
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And I can understand that. You're
being lied to, I can understand that.
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I think the problem here,
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honestly, is whether I'm being
respected in my home or not.
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I'll tell you something
that Robyn has done
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from the very beginning
of coming into our family.
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She sat her children down,
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and she said, "We're
going into this family,
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you will be kind to this family,
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you will accept this family,
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and you will
respect the parents,
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and you will respect
Kody as your father.
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I have other households who
have never established those rules.
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I used to be super, like,
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"Anything you want, anything
you say whatever you want,"
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I used to be that wife.
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And I'm not anymore.
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I'm head of my house. I am.
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I'm the one who's present,
I'm the one who's around.
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It's hard for the girls
to respect their dad,
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when they see he has favorites.
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And they...
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They struggle with
how apparent it is
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that he's more comfortable
at some houses than others.
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At this point, we have one
group of the family who is
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willing to risk getting COVID so
that we can be together as a family.
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And we have one group
of the family that is not.
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Willing to risk getting COVID?
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Yeah, Mom, if you asked her, I'd
bet you 100% that Mom would be like,
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"Yeah, I would risk
getting COVID so that
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the whole family could be together
and we could hug each other again."
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I would do it. Garrison
would do it. We're young.
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And Mom's different. And,
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Mom is literally-Mom
is overweight and old
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and she would
probably still say yes.
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This is just fundamentally a
problem in plural marriage.
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I mean, we literally have two
households behaving very different.
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I'm the head of one of them.
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- So you understand that we have different values about...
- Yeah, and...
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- It's perspective.
- No it's not!
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It's your mother made choices,
and Christine made choices.
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-Mom- -And that caused
the families to be separated.
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Basically it's a blame game.
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Yes, and your mother
is the Teflon Queen.
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It bounces off of her,
onto everybody else.
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"Oh, I'm going to make so many
sacrifices for everybody else"
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-Yeah, I- -I'm sorry Gabe, but
she screwed me this summer.
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- Dad.
- She screwed me, and she screwed you.
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And then every time
I bring up the rules,
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she would walk
out of the meeting.
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I was vulnerable with you.
I revealed my emotions.
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You can reveal yours
without getting angry.
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- No, but I-- Listen.
- I can understand that your emotion is anger.
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I don't wanna throw
your mom under the bus,
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but Christine and Mom
both made choices
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all summer long to
continue vacationing.
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Or to continue whatever
they were doing.
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I think Gabriel is
just trying so hard
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to get his Dad to have a
relationship with him again.
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I honestly think it's
sad that Kody is not
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honoring the fact that
Janelle is trying.
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Janelle doesn't deserve that.
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She's actually
super loyal to Kody.
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- All the blame has come to me, hasn't it?
- Yeah, it has.
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Every bit of it.
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You guys were blaming Robyn,
because Robyn-- was she defending me?
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No, we were blaming Robyn because
you were spending most time with Robyn.
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- That's why.
- That's because the other wives were choosing to travel.
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It's cause we were jealous.
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It's on Janelle and Christine.
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And the narrative that they've
created with their kids
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is "Oh, Dad is like this".
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"Dad doesn't care about us.
Dad doesn't care about you."
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And now that we're
on the same page,
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I can move Mom to
be on your team.
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I can move Christine
to be on your team.
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- [Kody laughs]
- I can say, "Hey, don't go to
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- Mexico because I'll miss you.
- Listen, Gabriel,
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- you're not the head of this family, okay?
- I understand that.
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-And I'm not s- -I should have
been listened to from the beginning.
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And they made the choices
that separated the family. Not me.
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Mom made those choices
for me and Garr.
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-You guys have-
-But at the same time,
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Gabriel, don't just blame Mom.
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I'm not! No, I'm not. No.
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No, I want to take some
responsibility here.
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-Okay.
-If I had been... Ah, [bleep].
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Gabe, listen.
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Why are you upset?
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I am upset, because...
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if I had known...
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in March,
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I would have been able...
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to understand.
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And to operate as a member.
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Or a team mate.
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Well, from now on,
we'll operate that way, then.
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Alright. Let's go home, okay.
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At this point,
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I've put so much effort into
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00:21:19,245 --> 00:21:22,980
uh, maintaining a relationship
with my Dad through all this.
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00:21:23,248 --> 00:21:24,882
That...
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00:21:26,885 --> 00:21:33,958
I don't know, it's... really hard when
you dedicate several months of your life
404
00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:35,359
to...
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00:21:36,061 --> 00:21:38,362
trying to, uh... to reach out
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00:21:38,630 --> 00:21:40,097
to someone
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00:21:43,935 --> 00:21:46,437
and to just not have that
reciprocated, you know, like...
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any chance that I had
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00:21:52,411 --> 00:21:57,014
went to maintaining
a relationship with Dad
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00:21:57,949 --> 00:21:59,083
and...
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00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:02,653
and I didn't get
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I didn't get a lick of
anything back, I didn't get...
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00:22:05,291 --> 00:22:07,425
effort back.
I didn't even get...
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00:22:09,294 --> 00:22:10,361
[sighing sadly]
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00:22:22,007 --> 00:22:23,374
Are we done?
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Here is the special frosting.
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00:22:37,190 --> 00:22:40,424
That needs to go in the...
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When the kids were small,
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I brought one of the
traditions that I was raised with
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into the family.
It's a German Christmas.
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00:22:48,935 --> 00:22:52,770
And December 5th, you put
your shoes outside the door.
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And then, "Father Christmas"
which was me,
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puts candy in the kid's shoes.
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So, every year
on December 6th, the kids
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would get the candy
in their shoes.
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00:23:02,849 --> 00:23:05,249
And then, we would make
Gingerbread Houses with the candy.
427
00:23:06,084 --> 00:23:07,852
So, this is powdered sugar.
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00:23:07,854 --> 00:23:09,019
I am doing the...
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Every other year
that I have done this,
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we all get together
and make Gingerbread Houses.
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00:23:15,961 --> 00:23:17,762
And this year, we just have
to do it separate.
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00:23:17,764 --> 00:23:19,630
Just so everyone can
still quarantine.
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So we can get together
for Christmas day.
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00:23:21,901 --> 00:23:24,135
-Why are you doing this?
-Alright, I'm done. What'd you guys think?
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00:23:24,137 --> 00:23:26,404
- Those are bushes.
- Guys...
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00:23:26,671 --> 00:23:28,172
- Do you like my house?
- Yes.
437
00:23:28,174 --> 00:23:31,976
Around Christmas time, there
is this special little buzz in the air.
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And it's already here for us.
439
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:35,679
We don't want
anything to ruin it.
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00:23:35,681 --> 00:23:37,381
I am so excited this year.
441
00:23:38,950 --> 00:23:41,552
We were moving forward with
everything that we had in plan
442
00:23:41,554 --> 00:23:42,853
for getting together
for Christmas.
443
00:23:42,855 --> 00:23:45,689
Everybody's quarantining,
everybody was prepping for Christmas.
444
00:23:45,691 --> 00:23:48,125
And then, we got
some really sad news.
445
00:23:52,998 --> 00:23:56,367
So, my mom
passed away last night, um...
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00:23:57,936 --> 00:24:00,104
We're back
at her house in Wyoming.
447
00:24:00,106 --> 00:24:02,406
And it's just weird
that she's...
448
00:24:03,608 --> 00:24:06,043
not coming back
through the door ever.
449
00:24:06,812 --> 00:24:09,280
I am sort of stunned.
And I sort of at a loss.
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00:24:19,891 --> 00:24:23,794
My mom
was diagnosed with cancer.
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00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:26,464
And there just was
really no good way...
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00:24:26,798 --> 00:24:28,999
to operate.
453
00:24:29,001 --> 00:24:32,603
When I was trying to make
arrangements to bring her back down to...
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00:24:32,605 --> 00:24:35,105
to me so that
I could take care of her.
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00:24:35,107 --> 00:24:38,409
But she just at that point was
too sick. She couldn't travel.
456
00:24:39,878 --> 00:24:42,980
It went completely downhill.
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00:24:42,982 --> 00:24:46,050
And, so I rushed there and
was able to spend the last
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few hours with her
that she was alive.
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00:24:55,861 --> 00:24:59,063
I am currently driving by myself
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00:24:59,065 --> 00:25:01,799
early in the morning,
sun's coming up in the east.
461
00:25:01,801 --> 00:25:04,602
Grandma Sheryl has passed
away and I'm headed to her funeral.
462
00:25:04,604 --> 00:25:06,737
She is Janelle's mom.
463
00:25:06,739 --> 00:25:09,006
There is a strange
relationship that we have in this.
464
00:25:09,008 --> 00:25:12,910
Meri and Janelle were friends and
then, I became friends with Janelle.
465
00:25:12,912 --> 00:25:16,013
Janelle introduced Sheryl,
her mother
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00:25:16,515 --> 00:25:18,582
to my Dad
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00:25:18,584 --> 00:25:20,584
and, they get married.
468
00:25:20,586 --> 00:25:24,889
My dad ended up marrying
Sheryl before I married Janelle.
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00:25:24,891 --> 00:25:30,160
And so it's weird that Sheryl is both
my dad's wife, my mom's sister wife
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and my mother-in-law.
[chuckles]
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It's been basically,
472
00:25:36,234 --> 00:25:37,201
nine months...
473
00:25:37,836 --> 00:25:40,070
since I saw Grandma Sheryl.
474
00:25:40,072 --> 00:25:44,441
The funeral is only a little
over a week not even ten days
475
00:25:44,443 --> 00:25:46,744
before we'd be gathering
for Christmas.
476
00:25:46,746 --> 00:25:49,213
So I am travelling and stuff
like that. But I've asked...
477
00:25:49,215 --> 00:25:52,516
Robyn and Meri
to not go to the funeral
478
00:25:52,518 --> 00:25:53,817
cause I just don't want them
479
00:25:53,819 --> 00:25:56,854
getting exposure to the virus.
480
00:25:56,856 --> 00:26:00,157
Robyn is the wife that I can
communicate with and say, I don't think
481
00:26:00,159 --> 00:26:02,860
you should go, and
she's like, "Okay, I won't."
482
00:26:02,862 --> 00:26:07,431
I am hoping and praying with
faith that we'll make it to this
483
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,002
celebration for Christmas
in spite of going
484
00:26:12,004 --> 00:26:14,972
and having
potential exposure to COVID.
485
00:26:14,974 --> 00:26:19,009
The funeral, however is more
important in this case, I feel,
486
00:26:19,077 --> 00:26:20,945
than Christmas.
487
00:26:20,947 --> 00:26:22,880
Because of COVID,
it's changing everything.
488
00:26:22,882 --> 00:26:25,215
We'd have the whole family.
This would be like,
489
00:26:25,217 --> 00:26:30,087
basically become a family
reunion. Grandma Sheryl was 75.
490
00:26:30,089 --> 00:26:32,523
It's one of those things where
you're just like, you're at peace.
491
00:26:33,892 --> 00:26:35,059
But you're sad.
492
00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:37,227
Honestly, I was...
493
00:26:37,662 --> 00:26:39,530
a bit shocked.
494
00:26:45,136 --> 00:26:47,838
You know, she was
a grandma to all of our kids.
495
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,708
In plural families,
they... they separate.
496
00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:53,077
You know,
these are my grandkids.
497
00:26:53,079 --> 00:26:57,915
But she was really, truly
a grandma to all of the kids.
498
00:26:57,917 --> 00:26:59,350
And she treated them that way,
499
00:27:02,821 --> 00:27:06,790
Sheryl was really great
at just being there...
500
00:27:06,792 --> 00:27:08,759
and connecting with people.
501
00:27:08,761 --> 00:27:10,794
She'll definitely be missed.
502
00:27:10,796 --> 00:27:13,197
[Kody] My dad passed away
about six years ago.
503
00:27:13,199 --> 00:27:17,067
And grandma Sheryl and my mom,
my bio-- biological mom
504
00:27:17,069 --> 00:27:18,902
Grandma Genielle
505
00:27:18,904 --> 00:27:22,139
uh, stayed close
after my dad's passing.
506
00:27:23,975 --> 00:27:26,543
You know,
Sheryl was a sweetheart.
507
00:27:28,013 --> 00:27:31,649
[sighs wearily] She was always
really sweet to me and my kids.
508
00:27:31,651 --> 00:27:35,019
Sheryl was the last
wife coming into a family.
509
00:27:35,021 --> 00:27:36,987
We had a lot of things
in common.
510
00:27:37,055 --> 00:27:38,522
It was something that...
511
00:27:39,290 --> 00:27:42,059
I appreciated
her kindness about.
512
00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:45,496
Sheryl's funeral was hard.
513
00:27:45,498 --> 00:27:47,164
It was sad.
514
00:27:48,466 --> 00:27:50,868
She was conscious enough
to make the choice,
515
00:27:50,870 --> 00:27:53,437
cause they said, "Do you
want us to resuscitate you?"
516
00:27:53,439 --> 00:27:55,806
She said, "No."
517
00:27:55,808 --> 00:28:00,010
It was her birthday and she decided
she wanted to go home to heaven.
518
00:28:07,352 --> 00:28:09,286
And spend her birthday...
519
00:28:11,122 --> 00:28:12,956
[smacks lips]
520
00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:15,059
With her husband.
521
00:28:17,595 --> 00:28:20,064
In our faith, we believe that
our earthly life
522
00:28:20,066 --> 00:28:22,900
is just a small part
of our existence.
523
00:28:22,902 --> 00:28:26,070
When we die, we're reunited
with everybody who we have
524
00:28:26,072 --> 00:28:28,272
lost and who's gone before.
525
00:28:28,274 --> 00:28:29,773
So like I fully expect
526
00:28:29,775 --> 00:28:32,509
that when it's my turn
she'll be there waiting for me.
527
00:28:33,011 --> 00:28:35,345
And that gives me
a lot of comfort.
528
00:28:39,851 --> 00:28:41,351
I've caught myself
in the last few weeks
529
00:28:41,353 --> 00:28:43,053
just kind of reflecting
and being like,
530
00:28:43,055 --> 00:28:44,722
"Okay, look.
531
00:28:44,724 --> 00:28:47,124
Do I still choose
plural marriage?"
532
00:28:48,059 --> 00:28:52,529
With Kody and I right now, our
relationship is pretty strained.
533
00:28:52,531 --> 00:28:54,198
And you know it'd be
really easy,
534
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,201
it's easy... to walk away.
535
00:29:11,916 --> 00:29:14,585
I just wanted to visit Janelle.
536
00:29:14,587 --> 00:29:18,856
You know, check on her and see how
she's doing as far as her mom passing.
537
00:29:18,858 --> 00:29:20,891
It's very easy to stop talking
to each other
538
00:29:20,893 --> 00:29:22,359
unless we need to.
539
00:29:24,028 --> 00:29:28,599
I really don't, uh... have much
communication with Robyn right now.
540
00:29:28,601 --> 00:29:30,501
These are... the ornaments.
541
00:29:30,503 --> 00:29:34,238
Oh! Oh, yeah. We can have a
chance to do some of that this year.
542
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,006
Our lives
just don't really overlap.
543
00:29:36,008 --> 00:29:39,076
It's sad,
but it's just the truth.
544
00:29:39,078 --> 00:29:42,045
I wanted to see how you're
doing, how the funeral was and
545
00:29:42,047 --> 00:29:43,947
- how you're doing and...
- Yeah.
546
00:29:43,949 --> 00:29:46,750
It... it was good, um...
547
00:29:46,752 --> 00:29:48,752
You know, mom's been sick
for a while.
548
00:29:48,754 --> 00:29:52,723
And she really did miss when
her husband, you know, so...
549
00:29:52,725 --> 00:29:55,225
She was-- I think she was glad
to go home.
550
00:29:56,761 --> 00:29:59,029
I am really sorry
I wasn't there, I mean...
551
00:29:59,031 --> 00:30:01,431
I was with you guys in spirit.
552
00:30:03,134 --> 00:30:06,069
And the family was all
pretty respectful. Kody and I...
553
00:30:06,071 --> 00:30:08,505
um, you know, tried to...
554
00:30:08,507 --> 00:30:09,840
- wear our masks.
- Yeah.
555
00:30:09,842 --> 00:30:12,776
So it was pretty good,
and then... I had no idea
556
00:30:12,778 --> 00:30:15,612
that you could take
these tests...
557
00:30:15,614 --> 00:30:19,283
like the test that you can take
now, like-- you don't have to be sick.
558
00:30:19,285 --> 00:30:21,118
- I guess I thought, you had to be sick.
- Oh!
559
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,855
I was talking to somebody,
they were like, then you guys
560
00:30:24,857 --> 00:30:26,290
can just do rapid tests,
and I was like...
561
00:30:26,858 --> 00:30:27,357
Yes.
562
00:30:27,359 --> 00:30:29,026
Just recently
563
00:30:29,028 --> 00:30:33,897
there started to be this like,
saliva based rapid COVID test
564
00:30:33,899 --> 00:30:37,000
that you can do
and you don't have to be sick.
565
00:30:37,002 --> 00:30:39,536
Honestly, Christmas
wouldn't be happening
566
00:30:39,538 --> 00:30:41,638
through no fault of our own...
567
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:43,106
if we didn't have this option.
568
00:30:43,108 --> 00:30:44,942
We got back
from my mom's funeral
569
00:30:44,976 --> 00:30:46,376
and Kody's been here
at the house.
570
00:30:47,045 --> 00:30:49,179
If anybody tests positive,
571
00:30:49,181 --> 00:30:51,148
I mean it would mean
separate Christmas's.
572
00:30:51,150 --> 00:30:53,750
And I--I don't think...
573
00:30:53,752 --> 00:30:56,186
I--I don't think
I wanna witness that.
574
00:30:56,188 --> 00:30:57,521
I think that would be
very, very sad.
575
00:30:59,290 --> 00:31:02,526
Kody can't even go to see
Robyn's kids until he know he's...
576
00:31:03,094 --> 00:31:05,262
safe, like no COVID.
577
00:31:06,130 --> 00:31:08,866
So Christmas is
about a week away.
578
00:31:08,868 --> 00:31:10,901
They could come back positive
and then,
579
00:31:10,903 --> 00:31:12,536
what are we gonna do?
580
00:31:12,538 --> 00:31:16,874
I could be having Christmas
with just me my kids and Meri.
581
00:31:16,876 --> 00:31:19,943
You know, I don't think any of us
thought this would go as long as it has.
582
00:31:19,945 --> 00:31:22,913
- Oh, no.
- And it's changed our culture maybe permanently.
583
00:31:22,915 --> 00:31:25,048
I've actually been
going through...
584
00:31:25,050 --> 00:31:27,351
kind of a mourning process.
585
00:31:30,054 --> 00:31:33,123
For what it was like before, the
easy way that we just all got together.
586
00:31:33,791 --> 00:31:34,524
Yeah!
587
00:31:37,161 --> 00:31:39,196
[clears throat]
588
00:31:39,198 --> 00:31:43,634
COVID is sort of... pulled this
blanket off of some of our issues.
589
00:31:43,636 --> 00:31:45,802
I actually think so too.
590
00:31:45,804 --> 00:31:47,504
These things were there
before this.
591
00:31:48,006 --> 00:31:49,740
We have two choices.
592
00:31:49,742 --> 00:31:51,808
To either fixed it,
or just let it
593
00:31:51,810 --> 00:31:54,177
completely damage us
and change us.
594
00:31:54,179 --> 00:31:57,214
I think COVID has been a
little bit rough on our family.
595
00:31:57,916 --> 00:32:00,884
Like... opened up
this new platform
596
00:32:00,886 --> 00:32:02,986
for us to...
gripe at each other.
597
00:32:02,988 --> 00:32:04,855
COVID has kind of...
598
00:32:04,857 --> 00:32:08,025
exposed some of those things
really...
599
00:32:08,027 --> 00:32:11,862
like they are very
noticeable now.
600
00:32:11,864 --> 00:32:14,197
I've caught myself
in the last weeks, kind of
601
00:32:14,199 --> 00:32:16,533
reflecting and being like,
"Okay look.
602
00:32:17,201 --> 00:32:19,169
Do I still choose
plural marriage?"
603
00:32:24,542 --> 00:32:25,976
Yeah, I still choose it,
604
00:32:25,978 --> 00:32:28,512
but I have to had that
conscious decision with myself.
605
00:32:30,949 --> 00:32:36,019
I've had to really think my
children are... almost grown.
606
00:32:36,021 --> 00:32:40,257
And... there's not
a huge necessity anymore...
607
00:32:40,259 --> 00:32:43,060
to stay. It was a wonderful
way to raise children.
608
00:32:46,965 --> 00:32:48,665
With Kody and I right now,
609
00:32:48,667 --> 00:32:51,268
our relationship
is pretty strained.
610
00:32:51,270 --> 00:32:56,139
And you know, it'd be really
easy, it's easy... to walk away.
611
00:32:59,110 --> 00:33:00,944
You know, I haven't...
612
00:33:01,913 --> 00:33:04,681
really ever...
613
00:33:04,683 --> 00:33:08,919
thought about, well because
Mariah is grown and out of the house.
614
00:33:08,921 --> 00:33:11,855
Now, should I leave the family?
615
00:33:11,857 --> 00:33:15,692
What I hoped polygamy to be
when I was younger,
616
00:33:15,694 --> 00:33:17,527
ended up being
something very different
617
00:33:17,529 --> 00:33:20,097
from what I actually have lived.
618
00:33:20,099 --> 00:33:22,065
The thing is, as we're heading
into Christmas...
619
00:33:22,133 --> 00:33:23,834
and...
620
00:33:23,836 --> 00:33:24,935
I need to be present...
621
00:33:24,937 --> 00:33:27,904
and be grateful
for the family that I have.
622
00:33:27,906 --> 00:33:32,009
I am who I am today because
of polygamy because I've lived it.
623
00:33:32,011 --> 00:33:35,278
It's given... given me a lot
to think about, for sure.
624
00:33:36,347 --> 00:33:41,418
I--I think I've been shocked
at how... we've handled
625
00:33:41,552 --> 00:33:43,086
the pandemic.
626
00:33:43,088 --> 00:33:48,291
It's made me think like, "Why would
we choose to do it how we've done this?"
627
00:33:48,293 --> 00:33:50,260
- Yeah!
- Cause I really wanna work this crap out.
628
00:33:50,262 --> 00:33:52,229
Like I really, really do.
629
00:33:52,231 --> 00:33:53,563
Could be just that
630
00:33:53,565 --> 00:33:56,400
somehow we've lost sight of
that we're all in this together.
631
00:34:01,839 --> 00:34:03,507
[scoffs] Anyway, it's freezing.
632
00:34:03,509 --> 00:34:05,709
It's getting colder and colder
so...
633
00:34:05,711 --> 00:34:07,110
Thanks for the wreath.
634
00:34:07,112 --> 00:34:09,179
It's gonna remake us
on the other side.
635
00:34:09,181 --> 00:34:11,314
We're going to look differently.
636
00:34:11,316 --> 00:34:12,215
- See you soon.
- Alright, see ya.
637
00:34:12,217 --> 00:34:13,650
Yay!
638
00:34:13,652 --> 00:34:17,554
And I hope it looks the same,
like the adults are all together still.
639
00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:28,131
[Kody] Grandma Sheryl's funeral
was four days ago and Janelle and I
640
00:34:28,133 --> 00:34:29,833
just recently had gotten back
641
00:34:29,835 --> 00:34:32,969
So, I'm gonna go
take a COVID test and
642
00:34:32,971 --> 00:34:36,139
hopefully, get cleared, so I
can go over to Robyn's house.
643
00:34:37,708 --> 00:34:40,911
Here's the thing, you get to a
funeral, you get in an environment,
644
00:34:40,913 --> 00:34:43,914
you just have to sort of
throw caution to the wind.
645
00:34:43,916 --> 00:34:47,851
Hugging people that that--I
don't know where you've been.
646
00:34:47,853 --> 00:34:50,120
So I am just nervous about it.
647
00:34:50,122 --> 00:34:53,924
It's just the--and I feel
little hypocritical because I...
648
00:34:53,926 --> 00:34:55,292
broke all my rules.
649
00:34:55,294 --> 00:34:59,563
I promised Robyn that I would be
around for Sol and Ari for Christmas.
650
00:34:59,565 --> 00:35:03,033
And I here with urgent care
just praying to God
651
00:35:03,035 --> 00:35:07,237
that um... [clears throat]
that I test negative for COVID.
652
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:10,907
I promised Robyn
when I was going, I just...
653
00:35:10,909 --> 00:35:12,642
had to give her the confidence
654
00:35:12,644 --> 00:35:14,945
to be okay with me leaving.
655
00:35:14,947 --> 00:35:18,115
And so I am just like, I promise
you I'll be back here for Christmas.
656
00:35:18,516 --> 00:35:21,084
If I got a... positive result,
657
00:35:23,287 --> 00:35:25,222
I don't know if I'd ever
be forgiven.
658
00:35:25,756 --> 00:35:27,390
So I am...
659
00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:31,495
all excited to know.
I am just hoping...
660
00:35:31,497 --> 00:35:33,430
that it's negative.
661
00:35:33,931 --> 00:35:35,465
So here's hoping.
662
00:35:39,237 --> 00:35:42,005
[music playing]
663
00:35:42,007 --> 00:35:43,540
Somebody is at the door, Ari.
664
00:35:44,976 --> 00:35:45,909
How's my sweetie?
665
00:35:45,911 --> 00:35:48,845
Oh my gosh! It's daddy.
666
00:35:48,847 --> 00:35:53,550
[Robyn] Kody testing negative was just
such a relief because my kids are just...
667
00:35:53,552 --> 00:35:55,385
really missing their dad.
668
00:35:55,387 --> 00:35:59,456
It's been ten days and Ari
barely makes it through two.
669
00:35:59,458 --> 00:36:02,626
And even when he leaves, she...
670
00:36:02,628 --> 00:36:04,194
really struggles and...
671
00:36:04,196 --> 00:36:06,930
like tries to stop him,
and like, "Why...
672
00:36:06,932 --> 00:36:08,932
why are you leaving me again?"
673
00:36:08,934 --> 00:36:12,969
Wait. I got to give mommy
a hug. [both laughing]
674
00:36:12,971 --> 00:36:14,938
[Robyn] I'm looking forward
to Christmas a lot,
675
00:36:14,940 --> 00:36:16,640
because if we are able
to be together,
676
00:36:16,642 --> 00:36:18,875
I'm just gonna have some,
such a nice...
677
00:36:18,877 --> 00:36:20,710
time, being able to hang
around with everybody
678
00:36:20,712 --> 00:36:22,946
and... feel like normal.
679
00:36:24,782 --> 00:36:27,450
- Nice to see you.
- Nice to see you too.
680
00:36:29,921 --> 00:36:32,522
It's Christmas day.
681
00:36:32,524 --> 00:36:35,859
Does everybody see
where their stocking is?
682
00:36:35,861 --> 00:36:39,129
We've had a lot of
struggles this year, as a result
683
00:36:39,131 --> 00:36:43,066
I am not really feeling
that joyful this Christmas.
684
00:36:44,001 --> 00:36:47,037
[festive music playing]
685
00:36:48,105 --> 00:36:49,673
Christmas holiday is here.
686
00:36:49,675 --> 00:36:52,075
And we have been...
687
00:36:52,077 --> 00:36:55,512
staying home and following all the
rules. And now we get to get together.
688
00:36:59,850 --> 00:37:04,688
We've been doing everything
on the list for quarantining.
689
00:37:04,690 --> 00:37:06,923
I am the only one that leaves
the house to go shopping.
690
00:37:06,925 --> 00:37:10,727
And--as much as possible,
I get grocery pick-up.
691
00:37:10,729 --> 00:37:13,663
The amount of wipes that we've
gone through is astronomical.
692
00:37:13,665 --> 00:37:17,100
The amount of hand sanitizer
is disgusting.
693
00:37:18,736 --> 00:37:21,104
When we got back from my
mom's funeral, we all tested
694
00:37:21,106 --> 00:37:22,973
to make sure we weren't
carrying the virus.
695
00:37:22,975 --> 00:37:24,841
And we really just stayed home.
696
00:37:24,843 --> 00:37:27,711
And we all came back negative
on the 20th so...
697
00:37:27,713 --> 00:37:30,947
we were good. We were gonna be
able to have Christmas together after all.
698
00:37:33,050 --> 00:37:35,385
Well! We have made it
to Christmas.
699
00:37:38,756 --> 00:37:41,258
We are finally...
getting together.
700
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,328
[indistinct conversation]
701
00:37:47,031 --> 00:37:49,666
We'll have the blessing.
702
00:37:49,668 --> 00:37:51,768
Dearly father, thank you
for all of your blessings.
703
00:37:51,770 --> 00:37:53,937
Thank you for
the wonderful year we've had.
704
00:37:53,939 --> 00:37:56,306
[Kody] I am struggling
to be excited.
705
00:37:56,807 --> 00:37:58,008
We are gathered together.
706
00:37:58,010 --> 00:38:00,210
I had gotten myself to the place
707
00:38:00,212 --> 00:38:03,046
where I was prepared
to not have Christmas together
708
00:38:03,180 --> 00:38:05,048
if they didn't wanna comply,
709
00:38:05,816 --> 00:38:08,251
because... I was tired
of the fight.
710
00:38:08,253 --> 00:38:10,420
So I just want
a peaceful Christmas.
711
00:38:11,155 --> 00:38:13,023
[All] Amen.
712
00:38:13,257 --> 00:38:15,558
I did text my family.
713
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:17,260
I said, "Hey!
714
00:38:17,262 --> 00:38:22,632
Let's make certain topics off limits
for our kids so we don't have issues."
715
00:38:22,634 --> 00:38:24,668
We're not talking COVID.
716
00:38:24,670 --> 00:38:26,903
We're not talking politics.
Nothing.
717
00:38:26,905 --> 00:38:29,506
I am going to kick my boys
under the table if they say anything.
718
00:38:32,943 --> 00:38:34,210
- Ever.
- Yeah, right.
719
00:38:34,212 --> 00:38:36,746
Who's gonna be my helpers?
720
00:38:36,748 --> 00:38:40,350
[indistinct conversation]
721
00:38:41,919 --> 00:38:45,922
Meri usually does
pajamas on Christmas eve.
722
00:38:45,924 --> 00:38:50,493
Instead of Christmas day giving the kids
each a gift, this is her gift to the kids.
723
00:38:50,495 --> 00:38:54,964
- Thank you, Meri.
- Thank you, Meri.
724
00:38:54,966 --> 00:38:59,069
Apparently, Meri is not
doing pajamas this year.
725
00:38:59,071 --> 00:39:02,205
I don't know how else to describe
this. It's a wearable teddy bear.
726
00:39:02,207 --> 00:39:04,040
[indistinct shouting]
727
00:39:04,042 --> 00:39:08,178
[indistinct conversation]
728
00:39:08,679 --> 00:39:10,780
[Kody] The little kids
are having fun.
729
00:39:10,782 --> 00:39:13,483
You know they are interacting in
a way that they haven't for months.
730
00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:18,688
[Robyn] Everything that we've
been sitting here worrying about
731
00:39:18,690 --> 00:39:21,658
through this whole year
has just kind of...
732
00:39:21,660 --> 00:39:25,195
disappeared right now. And
we're just enjoying ourselves.
733
00:39:33,704 --> 00:39:36,039
We are headed over
to Robyn's house
734
00:39:36,041 --> 00:39:38,441
to have our
traditional Christmas morning.
735
00:39:40,544 --> 00:39:43,146
It's Christmas day.
736
00:39:43,148 --> 00:39:46,950
Today is Christmas day and we're all
gathering up to have Christmas together.
737
00:39:46,952 --> 00:39:49,953
Does everybody see
where their stocking is?
738
00:39:50,054 --> 00:39:52,655
Generally, the kids draw names.
739
00:39:52,657 --> 00:39:54,858
The adults,
all give gifts to each other.
740
00:39:54,860 --> 00:39:58,061
We all take care
of our own children.
741
00:39:58,063 --> 00:40:00,363
And then we work
on the stockings together.
742
00:40:00,365 --> 00:40:02,966
Thank you.
743
00:40:02,968 --> 00:40:05,869
- Aww.
- Is it from her or her?
744
00:40:05,871 --> 00:40:09,572
- Savanah.
- Thank you, Savanah.
745
00:40:09,574 --> 00:40:12,509
It's interesting
and it's even a little sad
746
00:40:12,511 --> 00:40:16,880
that Ariella is forgetting who
her brothers and sisters are.
747
00:40:16,882 --> 00:40:19,883
Thank you. This is awesome.
748
00:40:19,885 --> 00:40:21,518
Come here, bud. It's a Halo.
749
00:40:21,652 --> 00:40:22,919
Thank you.
750
00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:26,990
And it was just really, really
fun to actually be together
751
00:40:26,992 --> 00:40:29,159
in each other's face...
752
00:40:29,161 --> 00:40:31,528
and just hanging out
with everyone.
753
00:40:31,530 --> 00:40:34,798
Thanks sis.
Aw! This is so cute.
754
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:38,568
Being together for this holiday,
755
00:40:38,570 --> 00:40:41,671
is kind of melting away some
of the hurts and stuff that...
756
00:40:41,673 --> 00:40:45,308
um, at least for me, that has
happened through COVID.
757
00:40:46,043 --> 00:40:49,846
[Kody] We've had a lot of
struggles this year with COVID
758
00:40:49,848 --> 00:40:53,116
with relationships
the passing of Grandma Sheryl.
759
00:40:53,118 --> 00:40:54,451
As a result,
760
00:40:55,519 --> 00:40:57,120
I am a little blue.
I am not...
761
00:40:57,122 --> 00:41:00,290
really feeling
that joyful this Christmas.
762
00:41:00,891 --> 00:41:03,393
Hello... Handsome.
763
00:41:06,831 --> 00:41:08,865
I think we've damaged
some relationships.
764
00:41:08,867 --> 00:41:10,733
So I think it's time
to get kind of get back
765
00:41:10,735 --> 00:41:12,769
to the normalcy
and see if we can...
766
00:41:12,771 --> 00:41:15,004
smooth some of those things out.
767
00:41:16,974 --> 00:41:21,978
This is definitely the quietest
Christmas we've ever had.
768
00:41:21,980 --> 00:41:24,881
Overall, I'd say our Christmas's
are always really good.
769
00:41:24,883 --> 00:41:29,886
We just kind of put whatever
problem and issue, individuals...
770
00:41:29,888 --> 00:41:33,756
we'll be having, we just
kind of put those aside and...
771
00:41:33,758 --> 00:41:35,091
just tackle that on another day.
772
00:41:35,093 --> 00:41:37,360
And let's just focus on...
773
00:41:38,028 --> 00:41:40,697
celebrating us together instead.
774
00:41:40,699 --> 00:41:42,198
It was a great Christmas.
775
00:41:44,902 --> 00:41:47,003
[narrator] Next time on
Sister Wives
776
00:41:47,005 --> 00:41:51,107
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
777
00:41:51,109 --> 00:41:55,078
I got a call from child care
provider. She said that her husband...
778
00:41:55,513 --> 00:41:56,980
and her...
779
00:41:57,815 --> 00:41:59,716
were testing positive for COVID.
780
00:41:59,718 --> 00:42:00,483
We're done.
781
00:42:00,485 --> 00:42:03,219
We're not gonna hang out again.
782
00:42:03,221 --> 00:42:06,890
He said, "I am not interested in
having an intimate marriage anymore."
783
00:42:06,892 --> 00:42:10,226
I am not okay with staying in a
marriage where there is no intimacy.
784
00:42:13,063 --> 00:42:16,032
I came out to the garage
785
00:42:16,034 --> 00:42:17,467
Why is it Christine's house?
786
00:42:18,168 --> 00:42:19,402
Kody's books.
787
00:42:20,638 --> 00:42:21,804
Kody's clothes.
788
00:42:21,806 --> 00:42:24,073
I guess, I've been moved out
of the house.
789
00:42:24,075 --> 00:42:25,975
I don't know
what to tell my kids.
790
00:42:28,145 --> 00:42:29,979
[sobbing]