Meri Brown Reflects on Polygamy's Emotional Toll: "I Was Very Jealous"

In a recent episode of the TLC series "Sister Wives," Meri Brown, the first wife in the polygamous Brown family, reflected on the emotional challenges she faced as her husband Kody added more wives to their marriage. Meri, who legally married Kody in 1990, confessed that she was not prepared for the jealousy and self-doubt that came with sharing her husband with other women.

"I knew that I would have [an] emotion about it when somebody did finally come into the family. And I did," Meri, now 54, recalled. "I didn't handle myself the best all the time." She admitted to being "very jealous" and questioning whether she was "living polygamy wrong."

Meri's struggles were not unique. The article explores how the polygamous lifestyle promoted the idea that "suffering was going to make you better" in the hopes of achieving a "better afterlife." Both Meri and fellow ex-wife Christine Brown revealed that this belief led to unhappiness and a sense of enduring a "miserable life."

As the Brown family expanded over the years, with Janelle, Christine, and Robyn joining as Kody's other wives, Meri's relationship with her husband also faced challenges. In 2014, Meri legally divorced Kody so he could marry Robyn and adopt her children. The couple later overcame Meri's catfishing scandal in 2015, but the plural family began to unravel a few years later.

Today, Meri and Kody have parted ways, while Christine and Janelle have also left the polygamous lifestyle. The article provides a poignant look at the emotional toll of Meri's experiences and the broader issues within the Brown family's polygamous marriage.