FindYourselfHere wrote:
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.
I think another element is that Meri was and will always be the FIRST WIFE, so sometimes she acts like she deserves just as much if not more than everyone else even if it doesn't always make sense.