Sister Wives Robyn Brown said she wasn’t a victim in the series most recent episode, but Robyn’s behavior has been consistent with self-victimization.
With Robyn Brown repeatedly pointing out that she is not the victim despite making herself the victim of every circumstance, Sister Wives season 18 keeps up the drama. Over the course of the previous few seasons, the show has focused on the failing marriages of Kody Brown and his three wives, Christine Brown, Janelle Brown, and Meri Brown, but Robyn’s relationship has also been suffering. Years have been invested in the couple’s love and plural marriage, but now that Kody’s past relationships are coming to an abrupt end, things are shifting.
Being Kody’s sole wife has turned into the kind of story Robyn, who has always been portrayed as his favorite wife, has never been interested in. Even before her and Kody’s 2014 wedding, Robyn consistently depicted herself as the victim. Robyn was looking for a multiple family after divorcing her first spouse. When she first met Kody, their relationship rapidly became serious, and a few years later, the two decided to get married. On Sister Wives season 18, Robyn has consistently portrayed herself as the victim, even though she has fundamentally altered the dynamics of the Brown family.
9. Robyn Took Christine Leaving Kody As A Personal Attack
Although Robyn had nothing to do with Christine’s final choice to leave her own marriage with Kody, she took the divorce as a personal attack rather than a way for Christine to move forward. Robyn felt that Christine was, first and foremost, leaving their family instead of leaving her marriage. Rather than try to foster a relationship with Christine during the split or after the divorce, Robyn took Kody’s lead and felt that it was Christine’s fault their family had fallen apart. She has never been able to separate herself from the divorce, even though it didn’t happen directly to her.
8. Robyn’s Been Manipulating Kody’s Emotional Response To Divorce
While Kody’s response to his divorce from Christine wasn’t the easiest thing to handle, Christine leaving left Kody feeling isolated and hurt. He was unhappy with the fact that Christine left, and the betrayal cut deep as things continued to spiral out of control for the couple. Robyn, who was already feeling like a victim in the situation, wound up using Kody’s betrayal to her advantage, pushing him even further into his feelings by getting in his ear about how badly Christine was treating their family. She used her relationship to Kody as a way to manipulate him into being angrier than before, painting herself as the victim even more.
7. Robyn Doesn’t Try To Pursue A Relationship With Janelle
Robyn prioritizes her relationship with Kody and her kids, but she also frequently expresses her desire to maintain tight bonds with her sister wives. Robyn has discussed how Meri occasionally pursues a connection with her whereas Janelle doesn’t. For Kody, a major aspect of plural marriage should be his wives getting along. It’s strange that Robyn says she wants to be friends with her sister wives but doesn’t actively go looking for them. It’s obvious that Janelle isn’t attempting to make things work by portraying herself as the bad guy in the scenario.
6. Robyn’s Getting In The Middle Of Kody’s Other Marriages
While Robyn claims she wants a separate marriage from the rest of her sister wives and a plural family as a whole, she meddles in Kody’s relationships with his other wives frequently. Robyn has always fed information into Kody’s ears about his other wives, especially when things were rocky with Christine and Janelle. Though Robyn claims she puts a value on family, it’s clear that her relationship with Kody is the most important in her eyes, and as long as she doesn’t feel her standing with her husband is changing, she’ll do what she needs to in order to put herself first.
5. Robyn Uses Meri As A Scapegoat For Kody’s Anger
Kody frequently loses his temper over relationships, always talking to Robyn about his marital woes rather than concentrating on his bond with her. Robyn leverages Kody’s rage to shift the blame away from herself and onto Kody’s other wives. Robyn is manipulative in her interactions with her sister wives and Kody. As a result, Meri is frequently made the target of Kody’s rage, which places their relationship much lower on Kody’s list of priorities. Meri is held accountable for circumstances beyond her control, and Kody rarely gives their bond much thought. Robyn has harmed his marriage to Meri, primarily over the past few years.
4. Robyn’s Made Kody’s Other Relationship Problems About Her
While Robyn has been a listening ear for Kody about his other marriages, there’s a huge conflict of interest between Kody and Robyn when it comes to discussing his other wives. While Kody feels that he’s simply being open with his wife about his other relationships, Robyn takes the things Kody says personally and makes his marital issues about her. She takes the problems he says he has with his other wives and molds them into problems he’s having with her, or things she can use against her fellow Sister Wives. Robyn’s self-victimization tends to be at an all-time high when Kody is having problems in his other relationships.
3. Robyn Knows She’s Favored By Kody And Flaunts It
As Kody’s favorite wife, it’s no secret that Robyn has been number one in her husband’s eyes when it comes to their relationship. Kody’s favoritism of Robyn has been widely known by everyone in the Brown family, even noticed by some of the older Brown children who don’t associate with their father as much anymore. While Robyn denies that she’s Kody’s favorite, it’s clear she knows and wears the favoritism as a badge of honor. For Robyn, being Kody’s favorite wife allows her to be above his other wives, using their relationship as a bargaining chip when she needs to.
2. Robyn Says She Doesn’t Think She’s A Victim, But She’s Lying
As Sister Wives season 18 progressed, Robyn continued to assert that she wasn’t a victim and that she had control over her life and her marriage. Robyn frequently portrays herself as the victim, pushing the idea that she is less strong than Kody and his former spouses, which is frequently demonstrated in reality. Robyn has made an effort to portray herself as being at the bottom of the food chain because she was the last wife to join the family, but everyone is aware of how she presents herself. Robyn makes an effort to convince Kody and the family that she is incapable of doing anything bad.
1. Robyn’s Claims That She Doesn’t Want Monogamy Have Already Changed
It has become evident that Kody won’t be remaining in a multiple marriage and that the family would be dissolving after several years of his connections falling apart. Robyn has stated on numerous occasions that she is only interested in polygamous, multiple marriage and has no desire to be in a monogamous relationship. Even though Robyn publicly expressed her opinions on this on Sister Wives, she has now publicly recanted her claim that she could never see herself in a monogamous relationship. Robyn has continued to portray herself as the victim in a circumstance in which she has scarcely been victimized by changing her points of view.
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