In her new book, Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family and Finding Freedom, Christine Brown opens up about the ups and downs of her life as a sister wife, including the honeymoon night from hell she experienced with then-husband Kody Brown. In the book— which will officially be released on September 2— the Sister Wives star gave readers a detailed account of the first time she hit the sheets with Kody after their wedding night.
Christine also revealed how her intimate life with Kody played out during their marriage— including how Kody’s fourth wife Robyn would insert herself into issues that Kody and Christine were having in the bedroom. In one chapter, Christine writes how betrayed she felt when she realized Kody had been spilling details of their sexy time to Robyn.
As fans of Sister Wives know, Christine confirmed her split from Kody in November 2021, more than 25 years after joining the Brown family, which at the time, consisted of Kody and wives Meri and Janelle Brown. (Meri and Janelle split from the father of 18 in 2023 and 2022, respectively, while Kody remains married to Robyn.)
In the book, Christine opens up about the seemingly horrific honeymoon she experienced in her first marriage, telling readers that, because Kody “already had some [sexual] experience” when they wed in 1994— given that he was already married to Meri and Janelle— she believed she would “be safe” with him and that he would be “careful not to hurt” her. However, Christine— who was a virgin when she married Kody– reveals that she was sadly mistaken.
“ … I wasn’t completely clueless, and I trusted him,” she writes. “I also thought, because he had some experience, that it would be, you know. Good.”
Instead, Christine– who had saved her first kiss (among everything else) for marriage– recalls her first sexual experience with Kody hurting “like crazy” and leaving her in tears. While Christine notes that Kody did apologize to her for what happened, it seems he should have actually apologized for what didn’t happen, as she tells readers the encounter was painful for her “because there was no foreplay.”
“There was no anything,” she explains. “It was my very first time after having my very first kiss at the altar, and he was experienced so he should have known.”
While “crying from the pain,” Christine told her husband how much she had been looking forward to this moment between them, telling readers that she always saw that night playing out much differently than it actually did.
“I envisioned handholding, moonlight, gentle touches,” she writes. “I imagined feeling beautiful and adored. I imagined a loving acknowledgment of our eternal life together.
“For the rest of our honeymoon, I was too sore for us to try again,” she adds.
In their 2012 book Becoming Sister Wives, Kody admitted that he hadn’t planned a honeymoon for him and Christine and that it hadn’t even occurred to him to do so.
“After our wedding, Christine and I got in the car and drove to Montana,” Kody wrote. “It was a tense trip, and I have to admit that I wasn’t my most-cheerful self.”
Christine— who described Kody as “morose” on their wedding day— wrote in Becoming Sister Wives that she was “devastated” when she found out Kody hadn’t planned a honeymoon for them and instead had taken her on “a drive through the sticks of Montana.”
“He still had the faraway look on his face that I’d seen at our wedding,” Christine wrote. “He seemed distance and unreachable…there was a distant, grumpy man at my side, burdened by something I couldn’t understand.”
As fans of ‘Sister Wives’ know, Kody and Christine welcomed six children together during their spiritual union, though in an episode of ‘Sister Wives’ that aired in January 2022, Christine shared that her husband told her at some point that he no longer wanted to have an “intimate marriage.”
“I’m not OK with staying in a marriage where there’s no intimacy,” she told viewers. “That’s not a real marriage. I’m not interested in a half-marriage or a partial marriage or whatever we have.”
Christine also opened up about the lack of intimacy in her and Kody’s marriage during the Season 19 ‘Sister Wives’ One on One, telling host Sukanya “Suki” Krishnan that she and Kody used to have “a lot of good times,” but that she noticed something was missing between them after Robyn joined the family.
“ … There wasn’t taking care of me emotionally, romantically, physically, financially, nothing,” she said. “I was independent at that point.”
Christine also admitted that in the last years of her and Kody’s marriage, sex was infrequent and felt like an obligation.
In another chapter of her book, Christine recalls the time Robyn seemingly meddled in her and Kody’s bedroom activities, claiming that her former sister wife confronted her over her refusal to give Kody massages in the bedroom– something she said Robyn could have only heard about from Kody.
Christine wrote that Kody demanded his wives give him an hour-long full body massage before any sexy time could happen; however, Kody didn’t massage his wives, claiming he was not “turned on” by it. Christine eventually decided she was done giving Kody his regular rubdowns.
As fans of ‘Sister Wives’ know, Kody and his wives insisted for years that they did not like to speak publicly about their sex lives, nor did they want knowledge of Kody’s sex life with another wife.
Despite this, Christine writes in her book that after she made the decision to stop giving regular rubdowns to her sparsely haired spouse, Robyn demanded to know why. When Christine informed Robyn that she made the decision because Kody never reciprocated these massages, Robyn responded by touting Kody’s greatness.
“Oh really? He’s such a great husband,” Robyn allegedly told Christine.
“I thought it was a betrayal that he would talk to her about our sex life. And that she would allow him to,” Christine wrote.
Christine’s book is set to be released Tuesday, September 2.
The new season of ‘Sister Wives’ premieres Sunday, September 28.
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As I was reading this section of the book I assumed “massages” was code for oral sex without being vaguer.. I’m am wrong?
“After our wedding, Christine and I got in the car and drove to Montana,” Kody wrote. “It was a tense trip, and I have to admit that I wasn’t my most-cheerful self.”
Was this during the period where he supposedly did love her? LOL.
That’s so sad. To wait so long, and then *that*.
I hope her new relationship is more balanced, and happy.
These little tidbits we learn along the way always make me wonder why anyone thinks that Robyn didn’t set out to destroy the other Brown marriages. She knew exactly what she was doing by “defending” Kody using intimate secrets. There’s literally no other reason why someone would do that.
I so agree! Robyn is shady and such a shitty actress she cries so much! Oh poor me…. dabs her eyes with a tissue but I’ve never seen one tear! Robyn is fake! She stirred the pot and never ever wanted to be a sister wife! She wanted kody to herself! I never liked her she is so fake and it shows! Did you see the previews body talking about other women joining their marriage? Her face says it all! She doesn’t want a plural marriage! She used poor Meri so badly! Im sorry but for body to legally adopt her children, meri graciously divorced him so Robyn could marry him! I’ve never heard of that in my life! Unless its a law in Vegas I believe anyone can adopt someone’s children if they are married or not! Isk why robins ex said yes to it he still sees some of the kids, it is what Robyn wanted and I love Meri and she got the shaft by Robyn who pretended to love her. Robyn is awful and what a nasty woman. I dont believe she likes any of body’s other kids!! She’s disgusting
No foreplay. Explains a lot about Meri.
Also how weird are Robyn and Kody?!?!?!? Like as if the dolls, custom paintings and general terribleness weren’t enough. This b!tch with her sausage curls and teacup blouses is out here demanding things in a relationship that isn’t hers.
” Her sausage curls and teacup blouses ” … GOLD !
What surprise, he’s a selfish one pump chump.
Y’all, I love my husband to death and he’s a good, hard-working, loyal man, but if he demanded that I give him an hour-long massage before getting loved on, he’d be going to sleep disappointed. 😂🤣 The audacity of Kody to demand that when he’s never even attempted to be a half-decent husband and refuses to reciprocate because it doesn’t “turn him on” 🤢🤮 is wild.
Raise my 45 children. Cook my food. Clean my house. Drive my kids around because I am a selfish pr-ick and only buy 2 seat sport cars. Go to work-bring in money and give me an hour massage before I give myself 2 minutes of self gratification. Oh, and I’m going to be demanding the same thing from another female tomorrow night and the next 3 nights. Then I’ll be back and demand more from you. And ps. Who has enough time & energy after raising that many kids. He should have been exhausted from parenting, but we know he never stressed himself on that front.
He’s so repulsive. He literally makes my skin crawl.
I can’t believe four women actually chose to get with that walking vomit burp.
My thoughts exactly. I realize they all came from polygamist backgrounds and certainly did not know any different. But just the idea of that way of living turns my stomach.Also didn’t one of Christine’s aunts leave polygamy? And wasn’t Christine considered to be of polygamist “royalty”? All in all it is just very sick. As far as Christine’s book, I am not interested in purchasing it or reading it. For someone who claims to have moved on she just can’t seem to let her past with Kody go. She moved on to a marriage very quickly but yet can’t let her past go. If I feel for anyone, it is Truely. Grow up Christine and really move on.
that is so unfair to say. has spent her whole life and confinement and with no true intimate love. it is not been that long since she has separated herself from this so I think it’s only natural to want to speak of it it’s not like 20 years has gone by and she’s still talking about it. plus I think she wants the people to know what really happened and the truth.you need to learn how to get people Grace when they need it. can you imagine having a wedding night like that. put yourself in her position if you’re capable of it
I absolutely understand her feelings concerning her wedding night. I had one exactly like hers. Instead of staying in a marriage for 20 plus years, I got out and moved on. My issue with Christine is her seemingly wanting it both ways…the miserable wife of Kody and the completely happy wife of David. David may be a completely great guy but no man will put up for the long haul having the ex the subject in their marriage. We all knew the Browns had a miserable life style and that the women really did not like each other. I wish the women well but come on, enough is enough.
She’s finding her voice. She’s allowed to speak her truth and say what she needs to so she can heal. Her whole facade of a marriage was traumatizing for her. Let her speak however, whenever, and say whatever she wants. I’m listening. You don’t have to.
In Christine’s defense, she did spend about 17 seasons on a show called Sister Wives where they were trying to convince people that their life was great. It’s absolutely understandable that after leaving she has things to say. Kody treated her and her kids like garbage for almost 20 years. She gets to talk about that and how her life really was behind the scenes. If you don’t want to read about it, than don’t.
I agree… and anytime her and her NEW man do the NaCHo’s thing ..( like it somehow gets under kodys skin) he doesn’t even notice it (probably)
Best user name ever and this is the best comment 😂