What Is a Basement Wife? Sister Wives Star Christine Discusses the Term

During the ‘Sister Wives’ reunion, Christine Brown calls herself a “basement wife.” But what does it truly mean to be a “basement wife”?

Unfortunately for lovers of truth tv over reality sports activities, Feb. 13 didn’t carry the long-awaited Part 3 of the Sister Wives reunion. Regardless, we still have a lot of questions about the sister wives and their mysterious lives. During the Feb. 6 special, Christine Brown refers to herself as a “basement wife.”

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In discussing her courting with Kody Brown, which she has now left behind — a minimum of, that’s what we believe — Christine reveals that she felt like a “basement wife” as opposed to a “head wife.” So what is a “basement wife” and is it imaginable that any other sister wives also are basement other halves? Are any folks basement other halves without understanding it?

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A “basement wife” is principally the sister wife on the lowest rung of importance to the husband.

Although there’s no report of “basement wife” as an professional term in polygamous relationships, when Christine refers to herself as one, it makes a lot of sense. “In the plural group, there’s definitely a 'basement-wife' mentality,” she explains all through the Sister Wives reunion. “If you may have a scenario where there’s a wife that’s the queen bee, smartly, the other wife is going in the basement, and he or she doesn’t topic as a lot. And I’ve noticed it enough. I’ve noticed it a lot.”

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When requested why she didn’t take a look at to pick out herself up out of being the “basement wife,” Christine stocks, “‘Cause I didn’t even know, I didn’t know at that time about basement wives. I didn’t know that it was the rest. I had no concept. I chose to simply let it occur. And I selected to be weaker. I simply did.” So ultimately, Christine made up our minds that the perfect factor to do was once to depart Kody. As some distance as we all know, Christine moved back to Utah together with her daughter, Truely Brown.

Now, ‘Sister Wives’ enthusiasts consider that almost all of Kody’s other halves are basement better halves.

After Christine printed that she felt like a “basement wife” as an alternative of a “queen wife,” enthusiasts of Sister Wives have been quick to point out that Kody’s other other halves also fall into that category. One user tweeted, “By that definition, Meri, Janelle, and Christine are all ‘basement’ wives now. Everybody knows who the ‘queen’ wife is.” Naturally, she’s referring to Robyn, Kody’s latest wife, as the “queen wife.”

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Whether a “basement wife” or a “queen wife,” we commend Christine for getting out of what used to be becoming a toxic situation. Although the Super Bowl pushed out a new Sister Wives episode, we still haven't begun to determine the large expose that involves both Christine and Kody.

Tune in on Feb. 20 at 10 p.m. EST on TLC.

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