This week, Sister Wives gave fans a lesson in “Marriage Counseling Texas Style” and also featured an episode that was “All About Christine.”
What did this double shot of the TLC favorite entail specifically?
On Sister Wives Season 6 Episode 5, the Browns’ adoption drama continued with Robyn Brown revealing some troubling news about her ex.
Not just any ex, as fans who watch Sister Wives online know.
The father of her eldest three children, he been making the adoption process extremely challenging for Kody and kompany every step of the way.
He’s not making threats or anything, but refusing to meet with lawyers or be served with the necessary court papers, basically, will delay things.
You can imagine the impact on everyone’s stress levels.
The Browns remain confident Kody will be able to adopt Dayton, Aurora and Breanna despite their father’s behavior, and we hope they’re right.
For everyone’s sake. Kody had a lot else on his plate, too.
His rocky relationship with Christine Brown was another focal point of this installment, as the two were about to celebrate their 21st anniversary.
The couple took a trip to mark the occasion, and during that adventure, they paid a visit to their old friend (and therapist) Pat in Galveston, Texas.
Their current therapist Nancy is also tagging along on the trip to help them with “intimacy and communication” issues … that’s not awkward at all.
Strange? Yes. But “I’ve reached a point where almost everyday is hard,” Christine says of plural marriage, jealousy and anger … so maybe necessary.
On Sister Wives Season 6 Episode 6, they were forced to act out an experiment in which they build stack of stones to represent their partnership.
Kody wants to build one based on the “value of the whole family,” while Christine sets out to build one to signify her personal romance with him.
Then Kody “bulldozes” Christine’s idea, literally and otherwise.
“In the end he’s not going to do what I want him to do at all,” Christine said of the failed experiment. “There was no way I was going to win.”
“So I tried to lose with grace,” she lamented. “Just build the tower how he wants. It was very heartbreaking and frustrating. It was awful.”
Emblematic of their issues heading into this trip? Oh yes.
However, she admitted that this helped her in a sense, in understanding why Kody’s so adamant about including the whole family in every facet.
Kody also admitted that he needs to be a better communicator, and “the greatest lesson for me is that I have to understand their pain,” he noted.
Good luck, you crazy kids.