In Utah, they weren't living in some large mansion type place and were able to do it, and with Robyn, all they are adding is another wife, 3 kids and a baby. They really couldn't find or build a house that was just a little bigger than what they had in Utah? Plus many of the older kids are leaving for college, so that leaves more room or less room to have to build.

I don't get that either.  When you know that within the next 2-3 years alone you're going to have around six children leaving for their own lives I think it's a bit crazy to need these huge homes and all this property.  

And yeah, I feel bad for what Meri has gone through with not being able to carry any further children to terms but I feel like they need to be realistic here.  Of course Meri deserves the same sizes houses as everyone else -- if they can AFFORD it and it sounds as though they can't.  Meri shouldn't have a big house just because everyone else does out of "fairness".  There is a reason they need bigger houses and while it's not her fault she can't have any more children it is also not the fault of the people with many children that her life turned out that way.  It's kind of silly, isn't it?  I saw in the previews for the rest of the season that this obviously comes up again.  I think Janelle is kind of a bitch overall but I almost can't blame her for getting a bit annoyed that she takes care of finances, has carried a lot of the financial weight, and has to do without because Meri has to be babied because of her fertility.  

Robin did say it was all the fault of her ex because she wanted to keep the "peace" so she took all the debt.  Was Robin responsible for a lot of the debt?  I haven't read up on it.

Christine is my favorite but I thought the whole thing with being a failure and the loan approval was "huge" was so dramatic.  She is rivaling Robin in the drama lately.  smiley: laugh  She has seemed so unhappy since their move, I do feel bad for her and Kody does seem to treat her like crap in comparison to the other wives because she speaks up more.  Kody just seems like a huge jerk in real life, I will never get over how he basically called her disgusting for being overweight and eating nachos and meanwhile Janelle sits like right beside him and quite a few of the entire family's daughters are overweight.  He's really gr8 with women.  smiley: eyes

I typed a lot, oops.