What. Did. Meri. DO?!?

Just watched the episode where axle is born. Meri didn’t feel welcome so she didn’t attend the birth. Christine later talks with her and said it was awful Meri didn’t attend; however, in the next breath she said if Meri would have gone, Christine wouldn’t have felt safe. … that Meri brings a little of “bristles” when she walks into a room, and Meri looks like a beaten dog, like a child that’s been punished one too many times. It’s sad to watch.

I’m not a Meri Stan, but in so many episodes I see Meri being the fun one. The one that sleds with the kids, or goes ice blocking. I know this a clean freak or whatever, but she never outright caused a fit about anything really, not like Robyn or Christine. Everyone of the adults seems to put Meri beneath them and barely tolerated her and were very matter-of-fact when they would have to communicate with her. I’ve heard so many times about Meri being unreasonable about how she wanted her kitchen, or that she didn’t like the family’s foot traffic through her house when they lived in Lehi. It’s been brought up that she was verbally abusive to some of the kids but…. What did Meri actually DO?! They e always been vague. Kody said he did t feel, again, safe with her, but there’s gotta be more to the story.

What do we think Meri did all those years ago?!