Why Sister Wives ' Kody Brown Says Falling in Love Has Been Painful

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is shielding his marriage from judgement.
After he and his sole remaining wife 's displays of affection were met with disapproving reactions from their family, including his ex-wives , and , the Sister Wives star detailed how difficult relationships can be amid the criticisms of other people.
'It's like the world hates true love so much that they want to be really, really crappy about it,' Kody said during the TLC reality series' one-on-one special June 8. 'It's been a painful experience falling in love, not from the person I fell in love with, but from the world outside of it.'
And while the 56-year-old deemed it easy to 'behave candidly' when he and Robyn are in private and feel safe, he added, 'Where we are not, we have learned to be careful. Because when true love is exposed, it calls down wrath.'
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For this reason, Kody made a vow to keep his and Robyn's relationship a bit more private.
'Until Meri and Janelle are remarried,' he noted, 'I will not show PDA to Robyn in front of them.'
After all, he had let it slip to host Sukanya Krishnan that he and Robyn were once kicked out of the house after showing PDA in front of the family—but he remained rather tight-lipped about the details.
'I'm not going there,' he said. 'It's a story that just cannot be told. It's just, there's something so vitally detrimental to your life, you're just not going to talk about it.'
For her part, Robyn—who spiritually married Kody in 2010 before becoming his legal wife four years later—had always found it difficult to navigate the family's stigmas surrounding any level of physical intimacy.
'It was family rules or family culture that was already there before I came along,' she recalled during the one-on-one special. 'It was like, no affection and no sweet talk and no sweet looks across the room.'
And on top of the 'really weird' energy toward PDA, the 46-year-old also revealed that someone—though she didn't name names—previously confronted her about not assimilating quickly enough to the family's existing values and beliefs.
'I was told I didn't have a say,' she continued. 'I was told that I needed to conform to what they were doing. And I was trying really hard not to rock the boat, too.'
For more revelations from season 19 of Sister Wives, keep reading.
Meri Brown Says Kody Brown Gave Her Hope for Their MarriageKody Brown Wanted to Sell Coyote PassJanelle Brown Left Kody Brown for This ReasonKody Brown Feels He's Been "Excommunicated" from His Own FamilyRobyn Brown and Kody Brown's Marriage Was on Shaky GroundMadison Brush Isn't Speaking to Her DadKody Brown Claimed He Never Loved Meri BrownJanelle Brown Threatened Legal Action Against Kody BrownKody Brown Supposedly Divulged Private Information to His Other WivesFamily Money Paid for Robyn Brown's HouseJanelle Brown Questioned How Kody Brown Handled the Family MoneyJanelle Brown and Christine Brown Woolley See Their Kids as the Core Group of the FamilyKody Brown Thinks His Wives Leaving Hurt His Relationship With the KidsKody Brown Said His Marriage to Meri Brown Was MiserableKody Brown Didn't Agree With Meri Brown Wanting a Spiritual DivorceMany of Kody Brown's Kids Aren't Speaking to Each OtherRobyn Brown's Kids Never Felt Welcomed Into the FamilyJanelle Brown Would Do Plural Marriage Again; Kody Brown Wouldn'tKody Brown Started Distancing Himself From Janelle Brown Years AgoJanelle Brown and Christine Brown Woolley's Kids Didn't Love Going to Robyn Brown's HomeJanelle Brown Questioned Robyn Brown and Kody Brown's ParentingMykelti Padron Had a Very Close Relationship With Robyn BrownOne of Kody Brown's Kids Claimed He "Brainwashed" ThemRobyn Brown Was Struggling to Respect Kody Brown as a Parent
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