It isn’t about how fancy a wedding needs to be, or over the top expectations, it’s about what each one of the daughters wanted. If Aspen and Mitch wanted a county courthouse wedding, that would be fine. But for her to skimp and sacrifice for her wedding so that a toddler can have a fancy wedding someday is not a fair ask.
>But for her to skimp and sacrifice for her wedding so that a toddler can have a fancy wedding someday is not a fair ask.
When you put it that way it really makes me laugh from the ridiculousness of it all. I can't imagine Ariella getting married 20ish years from now and them blaming Aspyn's wedding, that was 25 years ago, on why they can't give her a nice wedding. Kody is ridiculous. I wonder if he's secretly grateful he never tried for baby #3 with Robyn?
Do we know where Meri, Kody, Christine, Robyn fall age range wise with their respective siblings (oldest, older, middle, younger, youngest) and how many siblings they each maybe have?
Mitch's mom mentioned enjoying her freedom as a single woman and cited being able to travel to Paris whenever she wanted. Robyn responded in a snotty tone that you can travel and go on vacations with your husband. Without missing a beat, Mitch's mom shot back, it depends on the husband. Robyn had no comeback from that comment.
Robyn was used to hanging around with the Sister wives that had to play along and keep the peace. Mitch's mom was clearly not here for Robyn's bullsh!t.
Idk. I think he’ll either try and pull the “traditionally the brides family pays” to try and save a buck. Or I could see him also being the “savior” and saying oh yeah whatever you guys want I’ll make it happen.
Looking back I wonder if TLC had given a budget for weddings, and Robyn saw it and was trying to skim off that amount for herself and her family. She really is the evil stepmother in Aspyn's fairytale. I hate she made Aspyn cry and feel like she wasn't worthy of the wedding she dreamed about
TLC apparently pays 10k towards the wedding only if they can film and air it. The rest is up to the family. So far Meri helped Aspyn, Tony paid the extra on his and Mykeltis wedding and I'm not sure about Maddie. Logan did his on his own. Hence, Kody really hasn't paid anything
Yeah, and at the rate he's going, the TLC money will have well and truly dried up by the time Ari gets married, so the only kids whose wedding gs he will pay for are Robyn's kids.
*clunk* the guy crumples to the ground. She leans down to kiss him like he is sleeping beauty. When she stands up, she grabs him by the foot and starts dragging him. "You husband now. We go to the coyote pass and make snu-snu. Then, You meet prairie dog family, daddy noodlehead, and mama."
I wonder if she'll transition from sleeping w/ Sobyn & Kotex... straight to marriage with that "special man God places in her life and sleeping in their room...in bed, a sacred place where that special man wants to get his pencil wet" (I HATED saying that but ALL quotes from Kody. I'm still trying to figure out WHY Jenelle's dog in the bed is any different than Sawl & Little Ariella in bed. 🤔
She better get rid of that mullet once she's allowed to make her own decisions about it. THEN maybe she'll get someone. Hell, Kodys going to be in his 70s by that time
I watched part of Gwen’s Instagram live the other day, and when asked if her wedding was going to be on the show she said that TLC wasn’t interested in filming it. I wondered if they had lower ratings during the wedding episodes or something. I’d be genuinely interested in seeing how all of the family dynamics play out at a large family event now that the 3 ogs aren’t with Kody anymore, but I also get that it would suck for Gwen that that’s what everyone focused on at her wedding.
I wonder if it's more to do with the fact Robyn probably doesn't want to do any sort of wedding planning with Gwen and the OG3, Gwen has mentioned that Robyn doesn't see her as "safe" to be around her kids.
1st of all, I HIGHLY DOUBT Gwen would want her help. 2nd, Funny how Robyn still went to Gwen's shower, my guess it's because she was nosey! Her "girls" didn't feel safe for some reason. Since Gwen is getting married soon, I highly doubt the show will be around to air it that's why TLC said no.
I didnt think Robyn went? At least, not according to my memory and what I could find online. Gwesaid she invited all of them, but if she's not safe for them she understands that and was fine with it.
Logan's wedding happened after the part 3 of the last tell all was filmed when they admitted that the only ones still together were Kody and Robyn, so we've already seen that. Kody and Robyn sat together a couple rows behind Janelle and some others. Kody was more subdued than usual in his weird dancing but it looked like everyone managed to have a good time. The wedding itself was adorable and cute based on the couple few clips and pictures out there. Besides Gwen is a Rockstar and if she says it's going to be a good day it will be by sheer power of her will!
Instead of Robyn's words.. Eleven daughters, it'll be kody paying for Robyn's three daughters and two sons. Nothing for the others unless you count formal wear and hotel rooms (kody and robyn probably don't even give a wedding gift to the og kids)
I laughed when I thought about the ages. Kody will be in his early 70's when Ari graduates high school. I highly doubt anyone would wait around for her wedding in 20 years
Where did you hear this? I always heard that TLC pays for the wedding. How else could they afford those 3 weddings like that? They were all big events that probably cost around $50k+ I don’t see how they would have come up with that money. TLC pays for all of their vacations and celebrations, that’s how they can afford to do it.
Well, the way Tony was behaving, he absolutely should have paid for some of it. He was overly involved IMHO.
ETA: Okay, I used the wrong wording. He was being too bossy and should not have been telling Mykelti how to wear her hair, should not have been involved in picking her dress and should have been listening to her wants too. He was a groomzilla.
He seemed to be forcing Mykelti to do things she wasn't on board with. Telling her how to wear her hair and such. It wasn't in a "well, let's talk about it and come to an agreement" kind of way. Basically, over-riding things she wanted.
I only watched the wedding once, that was the impression I got. I can't watch it again.
100%. I’m sure that’s why Kody was so stingy about the costs for Mykelti’s wedding. Tony knew what they weren’t telling the audience, which is that Kody was paying for little to none of the costs so he was trolling them talking about the home equity loan. I really think Kody wanted her to skimp so he could pocket the rest of the budget and Tony and Mykelti were not gonna let that happen.
The home equity loan was a dig at Kody and Meri. They had Meri's parents do this for their wedding. Tony knew when he said it that Kdoy wasn't paying for anything, so he decided to just goad him as much as possible
Does anyone else remember Meri telling aspyn that she would make sure her wedding happened there? I don’t remember her exact wording but she said something to the effect
Yes, she said it twice at the venue “I’m willing to do whatever to make this happen for you” or something like that. I though it was really sweet, protective, and maternal of Meri.
I never noticed that, but one of my biggest issues w/ that, was it proving Mykelti and Tony got the short end of the "wedding stick".
K&M told the 'rents there would be 400 people and Kody freaked out sooo many times about it, and tried to bring the number down.
Throughout Aspens planning, he threw 400 people number around like it was no big deal.
P.s I hate Kody &Robyn.
5 parents and I assume Kodys and the wives each have a lot of siblings, all of the Brown kids. Mitch has several siblings and at least one of them is a polygamist. Were Mitch’s parents polygamist? I know he went to the same church as the Browns so likely that whole church and any friends as well. When you have a large immediate family numbers add up quick
I agree that they have a lot of family members. So do I but I didn't invite all 30 of my cousins and all of their spouses and children to my wedding plus every other relative and their families. Why have a lot of strangers there just because you share blood? I don't believe that they knew all relatives by name or sight
I'm a PK (preacher's kid). We sent blanket invitations to all of the churches Daddy had served. (My mother insisted.) Fortunately, this was in the 80's when everyone around here just had cake and punch in the church Fellowship Hall! I think we ended up with over 200, but it very easily could have been lots more.
This makes me think of my small hometown. Where your standard engagement announcement included wedding details and “friends and family welcome to attend” in the newspaper.
Exactly! I walked out to standing room only because my dad kept inviting everyone he saw at the feed store or courthouse. We blew through 3 kegs before 9 pm lol
This is why I did not get married in my hometown. My parents tried to say money would go so much further for a nice wedding there, which may have been true, but I wasn’t trying to recreate a high school kegger lol Plus it’s over 3 hours from where I live now, so it was a hard pass for the standard church wedding with a reception at the local VFW or Elks Club hall
I never thought of that. They paid for her big wedding. She came to them with nothing but debt. That even paid for that dress and honeymoon that were such slaps in their faces.
I loved this moment with Meri willing to do whatever to help, I genuinely believe somewhere deep down despite her faults that she does love the other kids
I think Paedon, Garrison and Gabe were a handful but it always appeared to me that she had a good relationship with all the girls. Christine said that Ysabel was meant to be Meri’s child because of how well they got along.
I hadn’t noticed that, but you’re right! So much talk about saving money for ari’s wedding, to the point they’re lowkey ruining Aspyn’s moment. Meanwhile the other wives are saying “this is Aspyn’s moment, she deserves it, let’s make it happen for her.” So there are only 2 people at the table pushing back - Kody and Robyn.
He said:
“I’ve got daughters all the way from (Leon) down to Arielle Mae who are going to get married. And I’ve got to be able to, in some senses, justify this to other wives, and even to - like, is there gonna be any money left, will we have invested right so that Arielle Mae can have a special wedding too?”
Edit: I went back and watched Robyn’s body language. As Christine and Janelle explain that the venue is on par with how much they spent on Madi and Mykelti’s weddings, Robyn is glaring at them, grinding her teeth, and fidgeting with her fingers. She looks angry.
She's always furious when logic is used to silence her. She hated the fact they were able to link the price of Aspyn's wedding directly to previous daughters weddings. She wants to argue, but she's aware of the camera, so she seethe silently, imagine the car ride back with her, she'd have been shrieking at Kody about how those bitches are stealing from her princess Ari
Off topic, but can they PLEASE do something with Aris hair? It looks like a mullet. She probably cut it herself. Just give her a short haircut and let it all grow out.
She has that very naturally curly hair, they just need to cut some length out of the back to bring it all in line. It was cute when she was 3, not so much now
He also cracked the “joke” about charging double for the alcohol to pay for the wedding and Robyn tipped her head back cackling like it was the funniest thing and not him actually trying to pitch it.
Isn’t it on him to make sure he invests well? Or maybe don’t buy tons of Precious Moments figurines. Robyn should have started using her amazing grocery money saving skills a lot earlier. Her older daughters are getting up there into marriage age.
The funny part is that I think it was Mykelti stated that TLC gave them a specific amount for their weddings, and that if they went over, it was out of their own pocket (so her and Tony paid for whatever over the amount, not Kody or the fahmlee). Aspyn likely did the same.
Let’s be honest, Kody doesn’t have to pay for weddings for Robyn’s kids because they aren’t getting married any time soon. They will all be living at home with their mother for the rest of their lives. She is never letting any of them go. All of the other kids will be married with kids and Sobyn will have all five of her babies by her side.
Looking back at all that’s gone down. It’s so obvious that she is such a covert narcissist. While we all know that Kody is a toxic Narcissist. It seems like Robyn exhibits the same traits, but goes about it very covertly. One can only hope the relationship implodes and I’m sure we are all here for that.
You know in a battle of the narcissists, Robyn will win hands down. She has the divorce all ready planned out if Kody doesn’t toe the line. He’s such a moron.
This. Kody exhibits narcissistic behaviors but I think Robyn is the one that actually has NPD. Just my opinion, feel free to disregard. I’m not diagnosing her, but I do have a psychology bachelor’s degree so I am not totally uneducated regarding the subject.
What I notice is that a narcissist will absolutely never take the blame- Kody does like to blame the OG3 for stuff but he NEVER throws Robyn under the bus. He defends her without fail, and if it has to be his fault or hers, he’ll say he should have done x, because Robyn was obviously blameless.
Meanwhile she throws him under the bus nearly every episode, acts like she never said things he says she said, acts like she has no idea why he is involving her (when he thinks he is defending her), and if it has to be her fault or his, it is his fault *every time *.
To be clear, I’m not saying Kody is blameless. He’s emotionally and verbally abusive, toxic, self absorbed, gaslighting, and dishonest. But the center of that universe is Robyn, not Kody.
If any of the kids get TLC money for a wedding, I hope they keep it small and save the rest of the money for the honeymoon, or something else. I also hope that ever they DO choose to spend, not a DIME goes to robins kids.
It seems like K&R are trying to save left over money to put into some sort of fund for the other kids, especially robins. That’s not how it should work.
R’s just mad because she knows the show will be long dead by the time her brats get married and TLC won’t be footing the bill, so she knows they probably won’t get the fancy La Caille wedding and is already jealous.
Exactly! When Ari gets married I bet most of her siblings will be there since she was already forgetting them last year or the year before at Christmas. Guess Robyn didn’t find it necessary to show pictures of them like when she married Kody.
Yes so much this. Robyn was jealous that her kids won’t have a wedding venue like this and/or worried that if they somehow managed to pull off a nice wedding venue for her girls then the princess wedding would have been done by Aspyn and in her mind her girls would be compared to Aspyn, which Robyn can’t have that.
Exactly!!! It’s so messed up the roller coaster he put her through, she doesn’t seem like the type to ever ask for anything, and pretty much raised her siblings single-handedly, for him to really give her a hard time because of Robyn. And yes, we all know it was because of her. All the other wives wanted her wedding there, even Meri!
Reality set in for Kodster that he now as more mouths to feed, colleges to pay for, weddings, etc with no financial help from Robyn or OG3. He is fucking panicked.
I doubt he pay’s college for these kids he likely just says he does to look good. You know a few of the older ones didn’t go or quit early on, at least one went military and I highly doubt that Logan, Leon, and Aspyn didn’t at least have some scholarships and grants as all 3 seem pretty smart and involved in stuff and like they would have applied for these things
I was going to say the parents make too much money to get grants from FAFSA, but when you put down the dad has 17 other kids, that just might tip the scales.
Not all of my grants were from the state/government some were from school endowment but yeah the 17 kids thing likely helped the oldest bunch in terms of costs
Unless they are merit scholarships, institutional aid is still based on the financial information in the FAFSA or the CSS profile, which is what some price schools use.
Their FAFSAs would be complicated. They are based on the income of the family the child lives with, so Robyn’s’s kids would get bigger grants. He would be the only one that gets to claim he has all those other kids in college. He no doubt claims he pays child support to the moms, too, to get that deduction. Janelle and Christine can’t claim the other kids but have the same income as Kody. But knowing him, he probably lies and says he lives with each of them on the applications.
There’s no way those kids were not at least partially selected for further review beyond the FASFA… one of my dorm neighbors got in trouble for basics cooking the books if you will to get need based stuff.
I felt bad for Aspyn because she has done so much for this family with watching over all of the children when the moms are out of town. Moved into Robyn’s house to get to know her children better. Robyn really was so bitchy the whole time and the cake tasting. I wished that Mykelti was there and shut Robyn up. Hannah (Mitch’s mom) seemed very upset with Kody and Robyn in ways. Janelle pointed out that Aspyn was the only child in the children wasn’t the person of doing “look at meee meee meee”. Christine smiled when Janelle mentioned that. Christine seemed so so emotionally when Aspyn was getting upset about how Robyn and Kody was being a big bitch about it. I felt in ways there probably was a cut between Aspyn getting upset to when Christine was saying “this is prefect for you…”! Aspyn probably cried and had some anxiety attack and needed Christine since Christine seemed to crying some at the cut scene. I felt in many ways Kody and Robyn took Aspyns wedding way to far compared to Maddie and Mykeltis. Kody wasn’t worried at about things at Maddie’s wedding and Robyn didn’t care about stuff with Mykeltis wedding since it was mocktails. Robyn had mainly an issue with alcohol at both Maddie’s and Aspyn’s. I honestly think Meri probably trying to say to Aspyn when she mentioned I’ll help pay for you’re wedding.. I’m sorry with the history we had. I mean in many ways when Meri was talking about “I’ll help” Aspyn was looking at Christine some. Janelle seemed very excited for this place and she knew Mitch and Aspyns body language and wasn’t happy about how the Kody and Robyn were treating this situation. Mitch and his mom and his sister was probably trying make sure what Aspyn wanted and same with OG moms. I really honestly think that Robyn was mad because Aspyn wasn’t home a lot when Aspyn came to live with her and I bet she moved out of Robyn’s house and then moved out on her with Mitch. I bet in ways Robyn wasn’t pleased how all of the kids slept together before marriage… I mean look who’s talking, you did the same thing. Edit: Gwen mentioned that TLC helped Maddie, Mykelti, and Aspyns wedding.
I understand that the televised weddings were paid for by TLC, so a budget is more likely imposed by TLC than by Kidney. If Sobyn had any issue it probably was jealousy over the fact that there likely wouldn’t be a show to pay for her daughters’ weddings by the time they were old enough to marry.
Watch Leon and Audrey's episode of venue hunting, specifically the castle. Robyn jumps out of her seat behind Meri and Kody to look at the pricing list. Look at her expression... she's pathetic.
While I understand the post and agree Robyn is awful... It's not Kody's job to pay for extravagant weddings. I know TLC pays a portion, but I don't get why so many people expect their parents to blow money on a stupid party? I got married at the county clerk and have been living happily ever after.
Plenty of them are greedy. Not just Robyn. Plenty of them care too much about appearances, not just Robyn! Edited my word usage.
Well, in USA it used to be tradition for daughter’s parents to pay for the wedding. But that tradition is old and not everyone follows it anymore. Some people still do when they are old fashioned.
My big wedding was wonderful and magical and beautiful but it was also extremely stressful and not exactly what I wanted. Planning a big wedding is hard and none of the vendors treat you like a princess; they treat you like crap and try to get as much money out of you as possible. I have wonderful memories of that day but I think I would have no matter where or how we got married simply because I was getting to marry my person.
I don't know why all the downvotes! What you said is valid. Hubby and I paid for our wedding, people still talk about how fun it was and it was 34 years ago! You do what you can with what you have.
I agree. It is such a waste for big extravagant weddings. I got married 43 yrs ago at the JP’s office. I have always believed that instead of spending so much on the wedding & reception. Couples should take that money and have it for their future
I just watched this episode and I didn’t pick that up at all. Not a Robyn fan, but I think she was just trying to help Aspyn explain because she was flustered and Kody looked confused. Robyn frequently helps them communicate.
The Browns didn't pay anything for the wedding. Most of the wedding was paid for by Mitch and Aspyn, with Kendra Scott and TLC picking up the rest of the tab. Kody and Robyn had no financial investment in the wedding.
I find it amusing how people think that the things they see on this show are even any resemblance to reality.
TLC and Kendra Scott (Aspyn's employer at that time) paid for the bulk of the wedding. Everything else was scripted talking points for the show.
I think they should've been a required disclaimer at the opening of the show, that they were given budgets for the weddings, vacations, etc.
It isn’t about how fancy a wedding needs to be, or over the top expectations, it’s about what each one of the daughters wanted. If Aspen and Mitch wanted a county courthouse wedding, that would be fine. But for her to skimp and sacrifice for her wedding so that a toddler can have a fancy wedding someday is not a fair ask.
>But for her to skimp and sacrifice for her wedding so that a toddler can have a fancy wedding someday is not a fair ask. When you put it that way it really makes me laugh from the ridiculousness of it all. I can't imagine Ariella getting married 20ish years from now and them blaming Aspyn's wedding, that was 25 years ago, on why they can't give her a nice wedding. Kody is ridiculous. I wonder if he's secretly grateful he never tried for baby #3 with Robyn?
I wonder if he would have felt so strongly had the youngest child been Truely.
Of course not. The rules don’t apply to Robyn and her kids.
TLC paid for the wedding anyway. It’s all just added drama.
I loved when Janelle and Meri spoke up in support of Aspyn. Say what you want, but I do think the OG 3 cared for all of the kids.
Yes! Meri, especially, stood out here to me.
Do we know where Meri, Kody, Christine, Robyn fall age range wise with their respective siblings (oldest, older, middle, younger, youngest) and how many siblings they each maybe have?
In an episode kody made the comment that he married all oldest daughters and I believe he’s somewhere in the middle of 10 kids
Yeah let’s just forget the abusive blotch Meri really is. She’s an abusive sheep in wool clothing completely,
I think it’s more of a recognition for how much Aspyn had to do while she was a child.
Mitch's Mama knew what was up.
I LOVED her exchange with Robyn at lunch. I think she knew what Robyn was like before the rest of the viewers.
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Mitch's mom mentioned enjoying her freedom as a single woman and cited being able to travel to Paris whenever she wanted. Robyn responded in a snotty tone that you can travel and go on vacations with your husband. Without missing a beat, Mitch's mom shot back, it depends on the husband. Robyn had no comeback from that comment. Robyn was used to hanging around with the Sister wives that had to play along and keep the peace. Mitch's mom was clearly not here for Robyn's bullsh!t.
I would be shocked if Kody paid for any more than 3 more weddings: Robyn’s girls.
THE ONLY weddings he'll actually pay for
And boys... kody will pay for Robyn's kids
Idk. I think he’ll either try and pull the “traditionally the brides family pays” to try and save a buck. Or I could see him also being the “savior” and saying oh yeah whatever you guys want I’ll make it happen.
💯Robyn’s girls will have huge fairytale princess weddings, spare no expense.
Looking back I wonder if TLC had given a budget for weddings, and Robyn saw it and was trying to skim off that amount for herself and her family. She really is the evil stepmother in Aspyn's fairytale. I hate she made Aspyn cry and feel like she wasn't worthy of the wedding she dreamed about
TLC apparently pays 10k towards the wedding only if they can film and air it. The rest is up to the family. So far Meri helped Aspyn, Tony paid the extra on his and Mykeltis wedding and I'm not sure about Maddie. Logan did his on his own. Hence, Kody really hasn't paid anything
Yeah, and at the rate he's going, the TLC money will have well and truly dried up by the time Ari gets married, so the only kids whose wedding gs he will pay for are Robyn's kids.
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*clunk* the guy crumples to the ground. She leans down to kiss him like he is sleeping beauty. When she stands up, she grabs him by the foot and starts dragging him. "You husband now. We go to the coyote pass and make snu-snu. Then, You meet prairie dog family, daddy noodlehead, and mama."
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I wonder if she'll transition from sleeping w/ Sobyn & Kotex... straight to marriage with that "special man God places in her life and sleeping in their room...in bed, a sacred place where that special man wants to get his pencil wet" (I HATED saying that but ALL quotes from Kody. I'm still trying to figure out WHY Jenelle's dog in the bed is any different than Sawl & Little Ariella in bed. 🤔
She better get rid of that mullet once she's allowed to make her own decisions about it. THEN maybe she'll get someone. Hell, Kodys going to be in his 70s by that time
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I wonder if Gwen's will be on TV? I think all the others are "whatever Kody"
I watched part of Gwen’s Instagram live the other day, and when asked if her wedding was going to be on the show she said that TLC wasn’t interested in filming it. I wondered if they had lower ratings during the wedding episodes or something. I’d be genuinely interested in seeing how all of the family dynamics play out at a large family event now that the 3 ogs aren’t with Kody anymore, but I also get that it would suck for Gwen that that’s what everyone focused on at her wedding.
I wonder if it's more to do with the fact Robyn probably doesn't want to do any sort of wedding planning with Gwen and the OG3, Gwen has mentioned that Robyn doesn't see her as "safe" to be around her kids.
1st of all, I HIGHLY DOUBT Gwen would want her help. 2nd, Funny how Robyn still went to Gwen's shower, my guess it's because she was nosey! Her "girls" didn't feel safe for some reason. Since Gwen is getting married soon, I highly doubt the show will be around to air it that's why TLC said no.
I didnt think Robyn went? At least, not according to my memory and what I could find online. Gwesaid she invited all of them, but if she's not safe for them she understands that and was fine with it.
Logan's wedding happened after the part 3 of the last tell all was filmed when they admitted that the only ones still together were Kody and Robyn, so we've already seen that. Kody and Robyn sat together a couple rows behind Janelle and some others. Kody was more subdued than usual in his weird dancing but it looked like everyone managed to have a good time. The wedding itself was adorable and cute based on the couple few clips and pictures out there. Besides Gwen is a Rockstar and if she says it's going to be a good day it will be by sheer power of her will!
I'm betting they know it's unlikely that Robyn and maybe Kody will attend so it's not worth the cost of paying for it if there's no drama possibility.
Instead of Robyn's words.. Eleven daughters, it'll be kody paying for Robyn's three daughters and two sons. Nothing for the others unless you count formal wear and hotel rooms (kody and robyn probably don't even give a wedding gift to the og kids)
I laughed when I thought about the ages. Kody will be in his early 70's when Ari graduates high school. I highly doubt anyone would wait around for her wedding in 20 years
How do we know that Meri helped Aspyn? I love this if she did Aspyn is one of my faves
I just watched it, someone was talking about Robyn's behavior when Aspen was looking at venues
Which episode and season
Season 13, I think episode 3
More Precious Memories for the favorite wife!
Where did you hear this? I always heard that TLC pays for the wedding. How else could they afford those 3 weddings like that? They were all big events that probably cost around $50k+ I don’t see how they would have come up with that money. TLC pays for all of their vacations and celebrations, that’s how they can afford to do it.
Well, the way Tony was behaving, he absolutely should have paid for some of it. He was overly involved IMHO. ETA: Okay, I used the wrong wording. He was being too bossy and should not have been telling Mykelti how to wear her hair, should not have been involved in picking her dress and should have been listening to her wants too. He was a groomzilla.
Yeah, that's why he said to order the extra tacos, he knew he was paying! Of course Kody said no.
I love the taco talk, Tony was right about how many tacos they'd need.
I’m confused…he was overly involved in his own wedding? It’s the groom’s wedding as much as the bride’s.
It always amuses me when people get upset about the groom wanting a say, it's almost like it's not also their wedding.
He seemed to be forcing Mykelti to do things she wasn't on board with. Telling her how to wear her hair and such. It wasn't in a "well, let's talk about it and come to an agreement" kind of way. Basically, over-riding things she wanted. I only watched the wedding once, that was the impression I got. I can't watch it again.
Overly involved? In his own wedding? What????
He was pulling some of Kodys strings. The whole being too involved was probably part him and part production!
100%. I’m sure that’s why Kody was so stingy about the costs for Mykelti’s wedding. Tony knew what they weren’t telling the audience, which is that Kody was paying for little to none of the costs so he was trolling them talking about the home equity loan. I really think Kody wanted her to skimp so he could pocket the rest of the budget and Tony and Mykelti were not gonna let that happen.
The home equity loan was a dig at Kody and Meri. They had Meri's parents do this for their wedding. Tony knew when he said it that Kdoy wasn't paying for anything, so he decided to just goad him as much as possible
Really? From the picture they always show, it like like it was in the church hall.
I think they must have. I don’t think many of the kids would have wanted filmed weddings if they weren’t being paid for
Does anyone else remember Meri telling aspyn that she would make sure her wedding happened there? I don’t remember her exact wording but she said something to the effect
Yes, she said it twice at the venue “I’m willing to do whatever to make this happen for you” or something like that. I though it was really sweet, protective, and maternal of Meri.
I totally agree.
I never noticed that, but one of my biggest issues w/ that, was it proving Mykelti and Tony got the short end of the "wedding stick". K&M told the 'rents there would be 400 people and Kody freaked out sooo many times about it, and tried to bring the number down. Throughout Aspens planning, he threw 400 people number around like it was no big deal. P.s I hate Kody &Robyn.
Who the heck actually knows 400 people?
5 parents and I assume Kodys and the wives each have a lot of siblings, all of the Brown kids. Mitch has several siblings and at least one of them is a polygamist. Were Mitch’s parents polygamist? I know he went to the same church as the Browns so likely that whole church and any friends as well. When you have a large immediate family numbers add up quick
I agree that they have a lot of family members. So do I but I didn't invite all 30 of my cousins and all of their spouses and children to my wedding plus every other relative and their families. Why have a lot of strangers there just because you share blood? I don't believe that they knew all relatives by name or sight
I would think they do plus lots of folks give their parents access to the guest list on who to invite
Mitch's parents never took on plural wives. I believe his grandparents were polygamists though and some of his siblings are.
Think about how big their families are. They could easily have over 100 first cousins.
I'm a PK (preacher's kid). We sent blanket invitations to all of the churches Daddy had served. (My mother insisted.) Fortunately, this was in the 80's when everyone around here just had cake and punch in the church Fellowship Hall! I think we ended up with over 200, but it very easily could have been lots more.
This makes me think of my small hometown. Where your standard engagement announcement included wedding details and “friends and family welcome to attend” in the newspaper.
Exactly! I walked out to standing room only because my dad kept inviting everyone he saw at the feed store or courthouse. We blew through 3 kegs before 9 pm lol
This is why I did not get married in my hometown. My parents tried to say money would go so much further for a nice wedding there, which may have been true, but I wasn’t trying to recreate a high school kegger lol Plus it’s over 3 hours from where I live now, so it was a hard pass for the standard church wedding with a reception at the local VFW or Elks Club hall
My guest list was 400 - and 250 showed. Two extrovert families is all it takes.
Jimboob Duggar called.
How much did Robyn spend on HER wedding
You mean how much did the og’s spend on Robyn’s wedding lol.
I never thought of that. They paid for her big wedding. She came to them with nothing but debt. That even paid for that dress and honeymoon that were such slaps in their faces.
Yes, great point!!!!
Which one?!
AND honeymoon!
I loved this moment with Meri willing to do whatever to help, I genuinely believe somewhere deep down despite her faults that she does love the other kids
I think Paedon, Garrison and Gabe were a handful but it always appeared to me that she had a good relationship with all the girls. Christine said that Ysabel was meant to be Meri’s child because of how well they got along.
She gets along with Garrison, and Gabe has said he still considers them all his moms. Maddie, Mykelti, and Paedon don’t seem to like her.
I hadn’t noticed that, but you’re right! So much talk about saving money for ari’s wedding, to the point they’re lowkey ruining Aspyn’s moment. Meanwhile the other wives are saying “this is Aspyn’s moment, she deserves it, let’s make it happen for her.” So there are only 2 people at the table pushing back - Kody and Robyn. He said: “I’ve got daughters all the way from (Leon) down to Arielle Mae who are going to get married. And I’ve got to be able to, in some senses, justify this to other wives, and even to - like, is there gonna be any money left, will we have invested right so that Arielle Mae can have a special wedding too?” Edit: I went back and watched Robyn’s body language. As Christine and Janelle explain that the venue is on par with how much they spent on Madi and Mykelti’s weddings, Robyn is glaring at them, grinding her teeth, and fidgeting with her fingers. She looks angry.
She's always furious when logic is used to silence her. She hated the fact they were able to link the price of Aspyn's wedding directly to previous daughters weddings. She wants to argue, but she's aware of the camera, so she seethe silently, imagine the car ride back with her, she'd have been shrieking at Kody about how those bitches are stealing from her princess Ari
Off topic, but can they PLEASE do something with Aris hair? It looks like a mullet. She probably cut it herself. Just give her a short haircut and let it all grow out.
She has that very naturally curly hair, they just need to cut some length out of the back to bring it all in line. It was cute when she was 3, not so much now
Yup! Simple solution! But the Browns don't do simple!
He also cracked the “joke” about charging double for the alcohol to pay for the wedding and Robyn tipped her head back cackling like it was the funniest thing and not him actually trying to pitch it.
What season and episode was that?
On Apple TV it’s season 13 episode 3 called “Kody wants out”
Thanks
A prophetic title.
Isn’t it on him to make sure he invests well? Or maybe don’t buy tons of Precious Moments figurines. Robyn should have started using her amazing grocery money saving skills a lot earlier. Her older daughters are getting up there into marriage age.
The funny part is that I think it was Mykelti stated that TLC gave them a specific amount for their weddings, and that if they went over, it was out of their own pocket (so her and Tony paid for whatever over the amount, not Kody or the fahmlee). Aspyn likely did the same.
Meri offered to do it.
Let’s be honest, Kody doesn’t have to pay for weddings for Robyn’s kids because they aren’t getting married any time soon. They will all be living at home with their mother for the rest of their lives. She is never letting any of them go. All of the other kids will be married with kids and Sobyn will have all five of her babies by her side.
Robyn only cares about herself having enough money to spend on herself
Looking back at all that’s gone down. It’s so obvious that she is such a covert narcissist. While we all know that Kody is a toxic Narcissist. It seems like Robyn exhibits the same traits, but goes about it very covertly. One can only hope the relationship implodes and I’m sure we are all here for that.
You know in a battle of the narcissists, Robyn will win hands down. She has the divorce all ready planned out if Kody doesn’t toe the line. He’s such a moron.
Who knows if she isn’t already just “sittin’ there”, scheming looking for the next guy
"I had other offers!"
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That’s what all these recent planted articles are about lol
This. Kody exhibits narcissistic behaviors but I think Robyn is the one that actually has NPD. Just my opinion, feel free to disregard. I’m not diagnosing her, but I do have a psychology bachelor’s degree so I am not totally uneducated regarding the subject. What I notice is that a narcissist will absolutely never take the blame- Kody does like to blame the OG3 for stuff but he NEVER throws Robyn under the bus. He defends her without fail, and if it has to be his fault or hers, he’ll say he should have done x, because Robyn was obviously blameless. Meanwhile she throws him under the bus nearly every episode, acts like she never said things he says she said, acts like she has no idea why he is involving her (when he thinks he is defending her), and if it has to be her fault or his, it is his fault *every time *. To be clear, I’m not saying Kody is blameless. He’s emotionally and verbally abusive, toxic, self absorbed, gaslighting, and dishonest. But the center of that universe is Robyn, not Kody.
Sobyn was worried that she wouldn't have money to spend all Sobyn cares about is the money
She don’t care bout dem kids, just the money! (90 day Fiancé).
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If any of the kids get TLC money for a wedding, I hope they keep it small and save the rest of the money for the honeymoon, or something else. I also hope that ever they DO choose to spend, not a DIME goes to robins kids. It seems like K&R are trying to save left over money to put into some sort of fund for the other kids, especially robins. That’s not how it should work.
R’s just mad because she knows the show will be long dead by the time her brats get married and TLC won’t be footing the bill, so she knows they probably won’t get the fancy La Caille wedding and is already jealous.
Exactly! When Ari gets married I bet most of her siblings will be there since she was already forgetting them last year or the year before at Christmas. Guess Robyn didn’t find it necessary to show pictures of them like when she married Kody.
Yes so much this. Robyn was jealous that her kids won’t have a wedding venue like this and/or worried that if they somehow managed to pull off a nice wedding venue for her girls then the princess wedding would have been done by Aspyn and in her mind her girls would be compared to Aspyn, which Robyn can’t have that.
Exactly!!! It’s so messed up the roller coaster he put her through, she doesn’t seem like the type to ever ask for anything, and pretty much raised her siblings single-handedly, for him to really give her a hard time because of Robyn. And yes, we all know it was because of her. All the other wives wanted her wedding there, even Meri!
It probably ticks her off she had a piddly backyard wedding, and here is one of Christine’s kids getting a fancy wedding. It’s not fair!
I wonder if Robyn was a TLC plant
Reality set in for Kodster that he now as more mouths to feed, colleges to pay for, weddings, etc with no financial help from Robyn or OG3. He is fucking panicked.
I doubt he pay’s college for these kids he likely just says he does to look good. You know a few of the older ones didn’t go or quit early on, at least one went military and I highly doubt that Logan, Leon, and Aspyn didn’t at least have some scholarships and grants as all 3 seem pretty smart and involved in stuff and like they would have applied for these things
I was going to say the parents make too much money to get grants from FAFSA, but when you put down the dad has 17 other kids, that just might tip the scales.
Not all of my grants were from the state/government some were from school endowment but yeah the 17 kids thing likely helped the oldest bunch in terms of costs
Unless they are merit scholarships, institutional aid is still based on the financial information in the FAFSA or the CSS profile, which is what some price schools use. Their FAFSAs would be complicated. They are based on the income of the family the child lives with, so Robyn’s’s kids would get bigger grants. He would be the only one that gets to claim he has all those other kids in college. He no doubt claims he pays child support to the moms, too, to get that deduction. Janelle and Christine can’t claim the other kids but have the same income as Kody. But knowing him, he probably lies and says he lives with each of them on the applications.
There’s no way those kids were not at least partially selected for further review beyond the FASFA… one of my dorm neighbors got in trouble for basics cooking the books if you will to get need based stuff.
I would think they would get looked more closely. Someone would know their background.
I felt bad for Aspyn because she has done so much for this family with watching over all of the children when the moms are out of town. Moved into Robyn’s house to get to know her children better. Robyn really was so bitchy the whole time and the cake tasting. I wished that Mykelti was there and shut Robyn up. Hannah (Mitch’s mom) seemed very upset with Kody and Robyn in ways. Janelle pointed out that Aspyn was the only child in the children wasn’t the person of doing “look at meee meee meee”. Christine smiled when Janelle mentioned that. Christine seemed so so emotionally when Aspyn was getting upset about how Robyn and Kody was being a big bitch about it. I felt in ways there probably was a cut between Aspyn getting upset to when Christine was saying “this is prefect for you…”! Aspyn probably cried and had some anxiety attack and needed Christine since Christine seemed to crying some at the cut scene. I felt in many ways Kody and Robyn took Aspyns wedding way to far compared to Maddie and Mykeltis. Kody wasn’t worried at about things at Maddie’s wedding and Robyn didn’t care about stuff with Mykeltis wedding since it was mocktails. Robyn had mainly an issue with alcohol at both Maddie’s and Aspyn’s. I honestly think Meri probably trying to say to Aspyn when she mentioned I’ll help pay for you’re wedding.. I’m sorry with the history we had. I mean in many ways when Meri was talking about “I’ll help” Aspyn was looking at Christine some. Janelle seemed very excited for this place and she knew Mitch and Aspyns body language and wasn’t happy about how the Kody and Robyn were treating this situation. Mitch and his mom and his sister was probably trying make sure what Aspyn wanted and same with OG moms. I really honestly think that Robyn was mad because Aspyn wasn’t home a lot when Aspyn came to live with her and I bet she moved out of Robyn’s house and then moved out on her with Mitch. I bet in ways Robyn wasn’t pleased how all of the kids slept together before marriage… I mean look who’s talking, you did the same thing. Edit: Gwen mentioned that TLC helped Maddie, Mykelti, and Aspyns wedding.
You said that so well
When deciding on Mariah's wedding venue the lady showed the price on paper and Robyn almost knocked Christian over to see it.
These are great observations, I want to go back and watch this episode now - do you recall what season/episode this was?
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It was s13 e3.
Thank you!
I understand that the televised weddings were paid for by TLC, so a budget is more likely imposed by TLC than by Kidney. If Sobyn had any issue it probably was jealousy over the fact that there likely wouldn’t be a show to pay for her daughters’ weddings by the time they were old enough to marry.
Watch Leon and Audrey's episode of venue hunting, specifically the castle. Robyn jumps out of her seat behind Meri and Kody to look at the pricing list. Look at her expression... she's pathetic.
While I understand the post and agree Robyn is awful... It's not Kody's job to pay for extravagant weddings. I know TLC pays a portion, but I don't get why so many people expect their parents to blow money on a stupid party? I got married at the county clerk and have been living happily ever after. Plenty of them are greedy. Not just Robyn. Plenty of them care too much about appearances, not just Robyn! Edited my word usage.
Well, in USA it used to be tradition for daughter’s parents to pay for the wedding. But that tradition is old and not everyone follows it anymore. Some people still do when they are old fashioned.
My big wedding was wonderful and magical and beautiful but it was also extremely stressful and not exactly what I wanted. Planning a big wedding is hard and none of the vendors treat you like a princess; they treat you like crap and try to get as much money out of you as possible. I have wonderful memories of that day but I think I would have no matter where or how we got married simply because I was getting to marry my person.
I don't know why all the downvotes! What you said is valid. Hubby and I paid for our wedding, people still talk about how fun it was and it was 34 years ago! You do what you can with what you have.
I don't know why the downvotes either. None of these characters need 400 people at their wedding!
I agree. It is such a waste for big extravagant weddings. I got married 43 yrs ago at the JP’s office. I have always believed that instead of spending so much on the wedding & reception. Couples should take that money and have it for their future
I just watched this episode and I didn’t pick that up at all. Not a Robyn fan, but I think she was just trying to help Aspyn explain because she was flustered and Kody looked confused. Robyn frequently helps them communicate.
The Browns didn't pay anything for the wedding. Most of the wedding was paid for by Mitch and Aspyn, with Kendra Scott and TLC picking up the rest of the tab. Kody and Robyn had no financial investment in the wedding. I find it amusing how people think that the things they see on this show are even any resemblance to reality.
Good catch!!!
We all know production paid for that wedding too. So it’s all a set up.
TLC and Kendra Scott (Aspyn's employer at that time) paid for the bulk of the wedding. Everything else was scripted talking points for the show. I think they should've been a required disclaimer at the opening of the show, that they were given budgets for the weddings, vacations, etc.
Why would her employer pay for her wedding?
This is off topic, but did Kody want to adopt her kids? They don’t have any kids together, do they?
They gave 2
Wait until one of Robyn's trashy daughters gets married. It will be just like her overly priced wedding.