beklah324 wrote:
manties wrote:
I think Meri turned to buying nice things to make herself feel better about not being able to have all the biological kids she dreamed of having.

That's my take.  She couldn't have the children she really wanted and can't do anything about it so now she gets a budget for a home and she's going to have it her way.
  
For sure.



And I think the whole wetbar thing is utterly ridiculous. Even if you stock it with every non-alcoholic beverage possible, is that really necessary? I think Meri's very selfish. If I was in her situation, I would feel very guilty about having an equal budget and would WANT to give Christine and Janelle money from my budget in order for them to be able to afford more for their kids. When they first moved into their rentals, Meri even admitted that she liked living away from the others and preferred having her house to herself/alot of alone time. I think she's just making this grand statement like "oh I want to be able to entertain and have room for people to sleep over" in order to justify it but that the huge house is just for herself and to try to fill a void.