Kody Brown is going through an sudden problem in his marriage to Robyn Brown: adjusting to life as a monogamist after years in a plural marriage
The Sister Wives star opened up in regards to the challenges of navigating a monogamous marriage with Robyn after his separations from Christine Brown, Janelle Brown and Meri Brown.
“There’s this unusual factor that Robyn and I had been in plural marriage collectively,” Kody defined through the Season 20 premiere on September 28. “All of it got here collectively after which all of them simply left. Like we’re monogamous, however we didn’t select that.”
He added, “I’m now in a special marriage than I’ve ever been in.”
Even Robyn, who shares two of Kody’s 19 kids, admitted she isn’t used to having him round a lot. “It’s positively a special steadiness,” she mentioned in her personal confessional. “He wasn’t there on a regular basis. It was a pair instances every week. I feel as a result of he had so many wives, he didn’t should verify in the identical method as you’ll as a monogamist.”
Robyn additionally revealed to Kody that monogamy isn’t one thing she has historically wished. She shared that she’s turned down previous companions who weren’t thinking about a polygamous way of life.
“If there was anyone who was actually supportive and actually wished to work and actually wished a relationship with me in addition to with you, not simply you,” she defined to Kody through the episode, “After which we had a assure that it was going to be OK and it was going to be fantastic and it was going to be what I all the time dreamed it was alleged to be, that will be one thing to essentially, actually contemplate.”
Regardless of this, Kody admitted that the one motive he would contemplate opening up their marriage once more was sexual attraction. “My main motivation, I’m afraid, at this state in my life, could be how good trying she is,” he informed Robyn, who burst out laughing. “I’m not kidding.”
Robyn playfully known as him out, saying, “You don’t perceive the way you’re coming throughout.” In a later confessional, she added, “You’re simply sort of being a pig proper now.”
The couple finally agreed that including one other individual to their marriage wasn’t possible presently, however Robyn made it clear how off-putting she discovered Kody’s reasoning. “For me, I’m like, OK, so you’ve got the true relationship with me,” she defined in a confessional. “However then she’s similar to, what? A concubine? ‘Trigger that’s just about what that’s.” She continued, “It ought to be greater than that for positive.”
