Sister Wives' Kody Brown Urges Robyn to 'Move On' from the Plural Family 'Dream' He Promised: 'Never Meant to Be' .Linh

“The hopes and dreams that I had were just disappearing before my eyes,” Robyn said

Kody Brown, Robyn Brown — (L-R) Kody Brown and Robyn Brown are pictured together in 2010. Photo: Puddle Monkey Prods/Kobal/Shutterstock

Kody Brown has accepted that the dream he had for his plural family is now broken — and he needs his remaining wife, Robyn Brown, to accept this harsh truth as well.

The dissolution of Kody’s marriages to Meri Brown, Janelle Brown and Christine Brown remained a topic of discussion during the Sunday, Oct. 13 episode as Kody, 55, and Robyn, 45, were preparing to spend their first Christmas without their large brood. Naturally, Robyn felt “completely and utterly heartbroken.”

“This isn’t what I envisioned my life to be,” she then said in a confessional. “I always wanted to live a plural marriage. I’m in this place where everything that’s going on is just, it’s taking away all those choices for me.”

“I’m struggling with my identity and what does it mean and I don’t see my future anymore and the hopes and dreams that I had were just disappearing before my eyes,” she added.

On the contrary, Kody said in a separate confessional that Robyn is “holding on to something” that is now no more.

(L-R) Janelle Brown, Kody Brown, Meri Brown, Robyn Brown, Christine Brown and family in 2010.Puddle Monkey Prods/Kobal/Shutterstock

“I’ve always said, this woman has a spine of concrete and steel and she’s been holding on to the dream that I sold her on with my family for a lot longer,” he continued. “But I keep trying to go, ‘Let’s move on. Let’s let this go. Let’s just tell ourselves and believe it,’ because I believe it now.”

The father of 18 added, “It was never meant to be. It was never meant to work.”

Kody’s marriages to Meri, 53, Janelle, 55, and Christine, 52, fell apart within a span of 14 months. Meri was the last to go as the now-exes jointly confirmed their separation in a January 2023 Instagram statement.

Janelle Brown, Christine Brown, Kody Brown, Meri Brown, Robyn Brown Sister Wives - 2010 — (L-R) Janelle Brown, Christine Brown, Kody Brown, Meri Brown, Robyn Brown for Sister Wives in 2010.Puddle Monkey Prods/Kobal/Shutterstock

Also in the Oct. 13 episode, Meri took the final step in officially ending the pair’s marriage by requesting a release from the bond through their church, which was granted.

“They did say that it was on the grounds of abandonment,” she explained. “And I know he doesn’t like that word because he doesn’t feel like he abandoned me. I feel like he did.”