By Gabe Ginsberg
Kody revealed he and Meri didn鈥檛 know each other all that well when they wed both spiritually and legally at the age of 21 and 19, respectively. (They eventually filed for divorce in 2014 so Kody could legally adopt Robyn鈥檚 three eldest children from her first marriage.)
“When we got married, she was very different and I think just there’s some baggage that Meri had that I didn’t know about,鈥 Kody explained. “Initially, I felt like I could live with it.” Claiming that everything was a fight, he said, “I can鈥檛 live in a world where she is constantly angry at me.”
Yet, he was unable to leave. A man, in plural marriage, said Kody, “If he wants to stay faithful and in the faith, he cannot request a divorce. It鈥檚 not allowed. So I was not able to get out of that relationship. At the same time, I didn’t necessarily want out of the relationship. I wanted to know if we could save and fix it.”
Hence the mixed messages, he acknowledged of Meri thinking they would work everything out. But, every time they were together, continued Kody, “She wasn’t nice, she wasn’t fun, she wasn’t kind, she wasn’t interesting. I’m trying to be curious with her and I’m bored.”
To be fair, he added, he could see why Meri felt abandoned, “But I didn鈥檛 kick me out. Christine, Janelle and Meri all chose to have me leave the home.”