Meri from Sister Wives explains why the family finances didn't go to her child

Janelle asked how Kody handled the family money

Janelle bristled at the family's inability to pay off Coyote Pass, saying Kody claimed to have “all these other debts.” And yet she has watched him snap up other assets like caravans and home accessories. “I see all the art on their walls,” she said of Robyn and Kody’s home. “I see all these things. And that's okay, I have money and I spent it on things.” (Kody, for his part, said much of his money went to buying cars – “basically had a fleet” – and insurance for the children .)

And while Janelle admitted she wasn't sure how Kody and Robyn handled their finances, “I was always surprised at how beautiful their yard was. He was completely exhausted. And there was always something like that at her house. And I was like, 'Wow.'”

Bottom line, she said, “He doesn't prioritize what I need or what I want.” And that problem eventually wore her down. “I think after a while I started to see it and my kids got very angry about it, as did my adult children. They were like, 'What the hell, Mom?'”

However, Robyn maintained that she was very careful with her budget after the collapse of her first marriage.

“I didn’t use to be great with money,” she said on the Sept. 22 episode. “When I was young I had a lot of blows, and then during my divorce I learned to manage my budget very, very well.” Of her fellow sisters, she said: “They must have just had a different priority about where their money went should than me, that’s all.”