S13E6
Caption picture one, I couldn’t get the subtitles in English, Kody says: “talk about a place to rekindle a relationship, my goodness, this place is just so cool!”
Then he goes on to say how he and Mary, with the help of Nancy, is going through a process of rekindling their relationship, with a slow and gentle courtship.
This whole episode just really shows how manipulative Kody is. We’ve seen him reject and humiliate Meri for years now, while in Vegas. And it’s pretty obvious to anyone watching that Meri would love to rekindle the relationship quickly. And in his talking head he’s got this word salad about discovering a new place, what we had died, rediscovery yada yada. Just a bunch of crap. The main reason they’re struggling is because he doesn’t show her any kind of love, husbandly love. And naturally, any relationship would subsequently dwindle if that was to happen.
All she wants is for Kody to step up and claim her as his wife. She’s not interested in this long dragged out rekindling he claims her to be. And it’s just really quite telling that he chose this trip to start putting his arm around her and showing her physical affection and love. Although you can see from the clips, he didn’t really want to, cause he quickly took it away. He’s withheld it for years, but now that he needs something out of her (agreeing to move to Flagstaff) he decided to turn on the charm. And then when he’s doing the talking head, he tries to trick the viewers by saying that this trip to Flagstaff is just perfect for rekindling and blah blah blah. This is so manipulative I want to throw something up my TV.
And she also reaffirms that she, in fact, would love to go on romantic trips just the two of them. And just a few tell alls ago Kody said the exact opposite, that all their problems wouldn’t be fixed just on a weekend getaway. But obviously a weekend getaway is something that Meri would like, and something that indeed would help the relationship along in the right direction. And now that they are in Flagstaff, he all of a sudden says that a weekend getaway just the two of them is a good way to rekindle. He’s just lying through his teeth, cause he just said the opposite in the tell all. Kody just don’t wanna do it, cause he doesn’t really wanna be with her.
And while he’s claiming to be doing all this relationship building with Mary, the hotel room has two separate beds. Do not tell me that that’s the actions of a man who is actually genuinely interested in having a relationship with his wife.
And Meri keeps desperately throwing out hints for him to reaffirm to her that he loves her. I couldn’t post the video of it, but while they’re looking at coyote pass, Kody said that it’s magic every time he comes out here. And Meri goes on to say oh so you had magic with me. He says yeah, I love that place, and she goes and you love me?
And right before at Cottonwood property, she literally asks if she can hold his arm, or something to that effect. It’s just sad and awkward to watch.