Christine Brown put her location connected the marketplace and got an connection connected the Nov. 6 occurrence of Sister Wives. That meant she had to tell Kody Brown, arsenic good as Meri Brown, Janelle Brown and Robyn Brown that she was leaving for Utah successful a week’s time. She knew it was going to beryllium a “tough” conversation, and her prediction was proven true. While Janelle was blessed for Christine and astatine bid with the decision, Kody, Meri and Robyn were inactive hurt, frustrated and angry.
First, the household had a disagreement implicit Christine’s usage of the connection “divorce.” Robyn and Kody didn’t hold that helium and Christine were “divorced,” portion Christine had been saying that for months. “Christine conscionable saying “I’m divorced” is benignant of invalidating our beliefs,” Robyn admitted. “We’re spiritually joined to Kody by our church. If we privation a divorce, past we person to spell get their approval. Usually they necessitate counseling and tons of meetings. Technically, from my understanding, until Christine is carnal with another man…she’s not divorced.”
However, from Christine’s constituent of view, she had already near the faith, truthful she didn’t request to abide by those guidelines. “I don’t person immoderate ineligible declaration that binds maine with Kody [since we’re conscionable spiritually married],” she explained. “There was nary ineligible process we had to spell through. Neither of america are portion of that religion anymore, truthful maine conscionable saying “I’m divorced,” I don’t spot a occupation with that astatine all.”
Next, Kody reiterated his choler astatine Christine for telling different radical successful the household that she was readying connected leaving earlier she told him. Robyn jumped into the conversation, and amidst a spot of miscommunication, she called Christine a “liar.” They yet realized that they were talking astir 2 antithetic things completely, and were capable to determination connected from the discussion.
Kody past pointed retired that Christine’s determination to permission was the other of what the radical had been trying to preach to the nationalist for years. “We’ve worked truthful hard, begging the nationalist to judge our marriage, our family,” helium explained. “And successful a infinitesimal she decides we’re divorced. It feels similar it delegitimizes everything I’ve worked for for truthful long.”
Christine was assured successful her decision, though. “When I chose to permission Kody, I knew I would beryllium unfastened publically astir it and this was determination that I was making that different radical would cognize about,” she shared. “One of the things I was acrophobic astir was if I would beryllium considered a fraud and a liar. But I know, without a doubt, that I’ve tried for years to marque this work. I person a wide conscience knowing I gave it my best. If radical privation to look astatine maine and deliberation otherwise, okay. I can’t bash thing astir that. Being a ma is my astir important thing. I couldn’t, with a wide conscience, enactment joined to idiosyncratic who had favorites and made it precise known and idiosyncratic who was breaking my kids’ hearts. I had to basal with them instead. I wanted to bash it for them.”