If given the chance, Janelle Brown would give plural marriage one other shot.
Kody’s second ex-wife revealed throughout Sunday night time’s episode of Sister Wives that she craves the “independence” and the “community” that polygamy affords.
During a chat with Christine Brown, Janelle admitted she didn’t thoughts “scrambling” to suit Kody into her and her kids’s lives, not like Christine, who wished him extra concerned.
“And I would actually do plural marriage again for the independence,” Janelle revealed.
As Janelle defined, when polygamy is “functioning correctly, You have this amazing family unit that you’re part of [and] a community that you’re plugged into.”
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“You have a husband, and you have a great relationship with him, and you have everything, right?” Janelle continued.
Janelle calls polygamy a ‘really great arrangement’
“And then I have all my independence,” she added. “So, to me, plural marriage really was a really great arrangement.”
Although Janelle loved the expertise of plural marriage – when it was functioning as supposed – she additionally admitted that she’s at peace together with her life as a single girl now.
While Janelle and Kody had been nonetheless collectively, she needed to modify her schedule and observe “crazy food rules” to cater to Kody’s meals allergic reactions.
Janelle in contrast Kody’s visits each third day to an “alternate universe,” admitting that she was prepared to abide by the schedule, though it was onerous for her.
But now, Janelle doesn’t have to do this anymore as a single girl; as she admitted, it feels very liberating.
Janelle nonetheless feels tied to Kody
Unlike the remainder of the household, Janelle continues to be a member of their church. That means she nonetheless acknowledges the dedication and that she and Kody’s wedding ceremony vows “still have validity.”
Christine admitted that she didn’t understand how tied Janelle nonetheless was to Kody.
However, after their discuss, she understood that Janelle was nonetheless tied down due to her possession of Coyote Pass and her dedication to God.
During filming for Season 19 of Sister Wives, Kody and Janelle had been nonetheless not talking.
Janelle confessed that even her and Kody’s enterprise preparations had been dealt with solely by way of textual content. They had no in-person contact and didn’t converse on the cellphone.
Now that she and Kody don’t have any actual communication and their children are getting older, she’s considering a giant change.
Is Janelle beginning a brand new life in a brand new state?
With a brand new chapter on the horizon, Janelle revealed that she was contemplating shifting to Montana together with her daughter Maddie and her household.
Janelle and Maddie toured a 40-acre property, hoping to buy and construct on the land.
Meanwhile, Janelle contemplated “lawyering up” to get out of her share of land on Coyote Pass.
As she defined, it’s difficult since she and Kody don’t have a authorized marriage. Janelle stated she has no authorized rights to make any kind of declare on Kody’s property.
Although there are not any authorized marriages of their church (except for Kody and Robyn’s), Janelle stated there was positively some extent in her and Kody’s marriage that she knew that it was lastly over.
As she revealed, “There was a definite ending point where I could look back and go, ‘Yes, it’s over.’”
Season 19 of Sister Wives airs on Sundays at 10/9c on TLC.