Summary
- Garrick pursues polygamy on TV in the background, self-promotes his construction business and flaunts his talents for personal gain.
- Garrick presents himself as a ladies’ man, driven by attention and the desire to acquire wives rather than focusing on the emotional care of his partners.
- Garrick’s search for a wife lacks authenticity, he chooses incompatible matches and pursues gravitas in creating genuine connections to achieve his polygamous goals.
Looking for Sister Wife alum Garrick Merrifield has proven himself to be a power-seeker who pursues polygamy on TV for the wrong reasons. Garrick has been with Dannielle Merrifield for 15 years, and for the first 11 years they were married and monogamous. Looking for Sister Wife Viewers met Dannielle and Garrick in the third season of the TLC series when they were dating a Brazilian woman named Roberta. Dannielle and Garrick are religious polygamists and believe that God has called them to seek this way of life.
Dannielle and Garrick officially separated so that Garrick could propose to Roberta and bring her to America on a K-1 visa. When they met Roberta, they briefly dated potential sister-wife Lea, which upset Roberta, who was reluctant to expand so soon. Dannielle and Garrick were shocked at the end of Seeking Sister Wife Season 4 when Roberta decided not to come to America after Garrick sent her a large sum of money. In Season 5, Garrick and Dannielle have been dating a 25-year-old Brazilian woman named Nathalia, whom viewers saw Garrick propose to.
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Garrick owns a construction company
Garrick loves to promote himself
Garrick seems to be continuing his polygamous lifestyle on TV in the background. Instead of focusing solely on his and Dannielle’s pursuit of a sister wife, Garrick manages to do a lot of self-promotion. Beuna Vista, Colorado owns Merrifield Custom Builders and handles all types of custom home projects. In the show, Garrick and Dannielle have built their dream homeand have tried to mention that Garrick is the one designing and building the property.
Garrick and Dannielle build their ideal property to match their motivation to expand their family in a polygamous lifestyle.
Garrick also tries to get his construction company involved in the show whenever possible, and has used Merrifield Custom Builders products in several scenes, as have his friends and family.
Dannielle and Garrick also want to mention that Garrick’s business is doing really well. Garrick seems to be trying to get publicity for his construction business, which only satisfies his personal interest and distracts from the main focus of the show.
Garrick likes to portray himself as a ladies’ man
Garrick Enjoy the attention
Although Garrick claims that his drive towards polygamy is what God wants from him, it is clear Garrick believes he is a woman. Garrick loves to pose between Dannielle and her dating partners as if introducing them in a smug way. Garrick is also hell-bent on having five sister-wives and never stops to consider the feelings of whoever he’s with at the moment. Garrick wears glasses and seems motivated by self-serving principles rather than the religious pillar he speaks of.
It seems that Garrick enjoys the attention he gets from polygamy and the attractive women who want to be in his life. If he cared about the process and taking care of his wives, he would have seen how many times he has hurt Dannielle and her potential sister wives by being relentless about adding wives. Garrick is driven to collect wives and show them on television and he’s less interested in putting in the time and effort to make sure each of his partners is emotionally taken care of.
Garrick does not try to find compatible love
Garrick is looking in all the wrong places
If Garrick was trying to be genuine in his search for wives for a happy polygamous lifestyle, he would choose more compatible matches. Roberta spoke no English and relied on Garrick for money. Although Nathalia doesn’t seem interested in Garrick’s money yet, she may still have motivation to come to America. Garrick does not give time to his relationship with Natahalia, so he might miss a lot about his intentions. Also, he chooses someone who doesn’t speak English.
Garrick was caught lying down Looking for Sister Wife season 5 when Nathalia saw a dating app notification on Garrick’s phone that proved it he was still active on the app. Nathalia thought she had quit dating apps when she started a relationship with him and Garrick played dumb like he didn’t know he was still visible (via TLC.) Furthermore, he told Nathalia that he was going to delete the app completely, upsetting Dannielle, who had asked Garrick to do so months earlier. Garrick seemed consciously aware that he was still visible on dating apps, meaning his motives had been murky.
Garrick doesn’t seem eager to make creative connections and seeks out young attractive foreign women to make himself look and feel better.
If Garrick was genuine in his pursuit of polygamy, he would try to date women in America, women of the right age group and women who would fit into his and Dannielle’s lives and their family’s lives. Garrick seems to be seeking clout and recognition because if he were genuine, he would try to find better matches for his polygamous ambitions.
Garrick designs jewelry and wants recognition for it
Garrick wants his talent known
Another questionable thing Garrick does that challenges his authenticity is his jewelry making. She designed the necklace she had made for Dannielle and Roberta. Dannielle helped Garrick promote himself several times boasting that Garrick designed it. Dannielle and Garrick made a third when things didn’t work out with Roberta and Dannielle gave it to Nathalia. Garrick wanted his talent to be recognized and his wives to be models for his jewelry designs. In addition, Garrick designed his custom engagement ring for Nathalia and gave Looking for Sister Wife viewers know he was behind it.
Garrick shamelessly promotes his business and jewelry designs on the show, distracting from the point of his and Dannielle’s story. Garrick also picks bad matches and seems to focus more on his image of multiple wives instead of focusing on family and the emotional element. Garrick doesn’t seem to be on Looking for Sister Wife for the right reasons and may just be chasing clout and recognition.
Looking for Sister Wife
airs Mondays at 9:00 PM EST on TLC.
Source: TLC/YouTube
Looking for Sister Wife
Seeking Sister Wife is a reality television series created for TLC that focuses on polygamous families. The program focuses on families who have recently welcomed another “sister wife” into the family, as well as husbands who are looking for a new addition to the family. It shows “sister wives” trying to adjust to existing family dynamics and a completely new lifestyle.