who married Kody Brown in 2014 after four years of courting, has spent the majority of her life in the Apostolic United Brethren (AUB) church, a fundamentalist group that branched off from the Church Of Latter-Day Saints. The Mormon church has several different branches and the AUB group is a sect of traditional Mormonism that takes a bit of a firmer stance on some of the more traditional areas of practice.

With Robyn having been deeply entrenched in the idea of plural marriage throughout her life, she knew that it was something she was interested in pursuing for herself. While her first marriage to David Jessop produced her three eldest children, she didn’t find the love of a lifetime in her first husband. Instead, after continuing to go to church and invest in her faith, Robyn met Kody and the two found a fondness for one another that quickly turned into a genuine love. While Robyn knew she would be entering a plural marriage, she wasn’t in the most optimal position.

Robyn Pursued Kody Brown To Be In A Plural Marriage

She Met Kody At Her Home Church

While Kody and Robyn courted for years before she married into the Brown family, their relationship began when she met Kody at her cousin’s church during an event. Located a few hours away from the family’s homestead at the time, there are some conflicting stories about whether or not Meri Brown was present when Robyn and Kody met, but the pair did find each other for the first time at a church event. While the Sister Wives stars have romanticized the story in the years since their first meeting, it seems like they were interested in each other right away.

Kody likely talked about his plural marriage to Robyn in their first meetings, and it was clear that she was interested in ing a pre-existing family. With Kody having married his original three wives much earlier in his life, his relationship with Robyn became something different. According to both Sister Wives stars, Robyn pursued Kody and wanted to be part of a plural marriage, but he was interested in her as well. As the pair grew closer, Robyn then got to know Meri, Janelle Brown, and Christine Brown before ing the family with her kids, which was documented on screen.

Robyn’s Always Valued Plural Marriage Over Monogamy

She Said She Was Hopeful To Live Plural Marriage From A Young Age

Although Robyn has lived both plural marriage and monogamy, she was adamant that she wanted to be in plural marriage early in the run of Sister Wives. Clear about having sought out a spouse who was already married because of her faith, Robyn wanted to find herself in a better situation than she’d been in with her first husband. When getting to know Kody, the fact that he was already married and had at least ten other children was a positive for Robyn. Though she knew there could be pitfalls to plural marriage, it was still something Robyn wanted desperately.

Robyn Changed Her Mind After Kody’s Marriages Imploded

She Felt Like Her Dreams Had Crumbled

After years of plural marriage that became more difficult as time went on and things in the world changed, Kody and Robyn had their lives turned upside down when his other marriages imploded. Kody’s relationship with Christine had been rocky since Robyn ed the family, but after several years of feeling like their relationship wasn’t something they were able to fix, Christine decided to leave Kody and the rest of the family behind. Moving to Utah to be closer to her grown children, Christine started a domino effect, making it clear that none of Kody’s other marriages were safe anymore.

Kody and Meri had issues for years, but it was a major fight with his other wife, Janelle, that sparked things for his two original marriages. While Kody and Meri had their problems after she cheated on him with an online partner only to get catfished and exposed publicly, Meri was under the impression that their relationship was changing for the better. Unfortunately, Kody didn’t want things to improve. Elsewhere, Janelle and Kody got into such a significant argument that it ended their 30-year marriage. With so much turmoil, Robyn seemed to cling to the idea of monogamy with Kody.

Was Robyn Ever Interested In Plural Marriage?

She Seems More Invested In Kody & Living Monogamy

Although Robyn seemed invested in plural marriage earlier in her life, when Kody’s other marriages imploded, it appeared like she wasn’t actually interested in the practice if it meant sharing Kody with others. Robyn’s plural marriage with Kody worked because he paid very little mind to Christine, Janelle, or Meri, and clearly prioritized his relationship with her. Now, Robyn has made it clear she doesn’t want to share the love outside of her marriage, making it clear that the Sister Wives star isn’t interested in plural marriage if she isn’t the center of attention, the way she is with Kody.

Sister Wives airs Sundays at 10 p.m. EST on TLC.

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