The Bold and the Beautiful - MESSAGE BOARDS

Wasn't Stephanie married to Eric when Brooke made herself available to him? And also Donna did the same thing. There is no excuse for women making themselves available to married men-even if the men are willing to cheat. Brooke and Donna want respect.How have they earned it? And I wouldn't want some damn hooch that was with my husband-ex or not-married to my son.And it is sick to sleep with your daughters men-divorced or whatever. And if that skank Brooke would have left Taylor and Nick alone, I'm sure Taylor wouldn't have turned to drinking!brooke would never have let Taylor raise Jack in peace! Even Brookes own son Rick was yelling at Brooke to leave Taylor alone! And no Stephanie and Taylor are not perfect. But I do believe they are more for family values than Brooke. How can a woman have 4 kids by 3 different fathers and promote family values? Oh well, guess I am used to long marriages that last in my family and I just don't get it.

Wasn't Stephanie married to Eric when Brooke made herself available to him? And also Donna did the same thing. There is no excuse for women making themselves available to married men-even if the men are willing to cheat. Brooke and Donna want respect.How have they earned it? And I wouldn't want some damn hooch that was with my husband-ex or not-married to my son.And it is sick to sleep with your daughters men-divorced or whatever. And if that skank Brooke would have left Taylor and Nick alone, I'm sure Taylor wouldn't have turned to drinking!brooke would never have let Taylor raise Jack in peace! Even Brookes own son Rick was yelling at Brooke to leave Taylor alone! And no Stephanie and Taylor are not perfect. But I do believe they are more for family values than Brooke. How can a woman have 4 kids by 3 different fathers and promote family values? Oh well, guess I am used to long marriages that last in my family and I just don't get it.

The three women are not perfect when it comes to family morals. They are all tainted.

However, the way you observed that if Brooke had left Taylor and Nick alone................., it can be argued that if Stephanie had left Bridge alone, then Brooke would not be a subject of discussion on family values. By the way, I recall that Taylor accidently killing Darla was a result of her drinking, so how does Brooke not leaving Taylor and Nick alone contribute to Taylor's drinking?

Maybe if you broaden your perspective on marriages, you will discover that in today's society, multiple marriages and relationships do exist on a wide scale. Many times they work and the children turn out just fine. If that is the hand that life has dealt you, then you just have to make the best of it and ensure that the children live a safe, happy, normal life. For after all, life is what you make it.

Would it have made a difference if Brooke was married 3 times and those marriages produced 4 children?

Longevity of a marriage does not always guarantee happiness or stability or strong family values.

Seems the view that Taylor and Stephanie have been so wronged is very out of focus...

If Stephanie would not have made herself so available--Eric would have remained in his serious relationship with Beth--the SL alludes to Eric being in love with Beth (and Stephanie set her sight on him--manipulating (as we know she does so well/ which IMO is a real skank...)

If Taylor would not have made herself so available and remained PROFESSIONAL to help Ridge with his emotional issues at Caroline's death (as Caroline asked Taylor to)--since he loved both Caroline and Brooke--and needed counsel with emotional issues to be with Brooke--which Caroline knew was what Ridge wanted....
then Taylor would NOT have continued to be between the love of Brooke and Ridge...

Brooke has never shown the meaness of Stephanie who calculates and manuvers in evil ways to try to control people's lives...(just as she did from the beginning with Eric)...
Brooke seems to be stronger than Taylor who blames Brooke for her unhappiness and turns to alcohol....when in fact Taylor placed herself in the middle of Brooke's life--and seems to have some psychological need to involve herself with men close to Brooke. (Taylor has not been as honest as Brooke.
Taylor has been involved with her daughter's man as well--in a serious relationship in her daughter's face/ not a brief realized mistake....BIG skank.)

Both these women horned-in on a Logan woman's man FIRST...then blamed those women for their problems!

I say any man trouble that Stephanie and Taylor have had was self-inflicted, deserved....karma.

What I am trying to say here is that Brooke ALWAYS gets away with everything. And WHY on earth did she dump the love of her life-Ridge-at the altar and run off with Nick? Brooke is not perfect either and maybe she deserves some of the stress that she has chosen for her life. As for Stephanie and Brookes rape, I admit Stephanie should not have told the guy about Brookes spare key, but I don't think she really thought the guy would rape Brooke. I am not trying to undermine the significance of rape as I am a rape survivor myself. I just think Stephanie pays for her sins by everyone demonizing her, but Brooke gets away with everything. That is why I do not like her character, just like Phyllis over on Y&R.

I don't think that Brooke is perfect but nobody is on this show especially Stephanie and Taylor.

I have repeatedly posted what is wrong with Brookes character. Here are my reasons for disliking Brooke-1. A mother should not sleep with her daughters husbands, for any reason, whether its before or after the marriage. 2. Brooke left the "Love of her life" Ridge at the altar to go with Nick. 3. Why would she not leave Nick alone when he was married to Taylor? I didn't see anyone but Bridgette and Rick-Brookes own children defending Taylor. Probably because they knew what their mother was capable of. 4. Brooke repeatedly appealed to Nick to get custody of baby Jack from Taylor because of her drinking. Did she ever stop to think that maybe Taylor needed help. But Taylor is bashed for giving up Jack? Go figure. 5. When Taylor returned from being missing, why did Brooke think that she could stay with Ridge and continue raising Taylors children. Wouldn't Brookes marriage to Ridge have been null and void upon knowledge that Taylor was still alive? And so what if Stephanie prefers Taylor over Brooke. Her son has told BOTH Brooke and Taylor he loves them and had children with both. In reality I am certain that while most parents do let their children pick who they want to marry, the parents may like or dislike that person. Why would some fathers threaten their daughters boy-friends or son-in-laws even jokingly if this were not true, its human nature. I just think it is interesting that plenty gets posted about how Stephanie and Taylor are bad, I thought Brooke should also have some negative posts.

While we are entitled to our own opinions on the characters of this soap, it doesn't make sense to me that you are going to criticize Brooke for things that Stephanie and Taylor are also both guilty of.

1.Taylor has slept with her daughter's boyfriend, which led to her daughter's death. How is that different from Brooke, except for the fact that death was involved? And wasn't Stephanie at one point going after Clarke, her daughter Kristen's boyfriend?

2. Ridge was presumed dead and Brooke was moving on with her life with Nick. Why are you going to knock Brooke when Ridge is now doing the same thing, moving on with his life with Taylor and their adult kids shortly after declaring his love for Brooke. And to make matters worst, leaving his young children without a positive father figure in their young lives. Which is worst? Leaving an adult man at the alter or walking out on your young children to set up house with your adult children and their conniving and manipulative mother?

3. Would you say that Brooke's concern for baby Jack was unfounded considering the fact that Taylor walked out of his life without any remorse. How can a woman carry a child for nine months and walk out of his life so easily?

4. For all the atrocities that Brooke has suffered at the hands of Stephanie, that Taylor is aware of, did Taylor the professional stop to think that Brooke needed help? Nooooo, she gloated. Why should Brooke take on the responsibility of Taylor's drinking problems when all the people around her apparently didn't think it serious enough to get her the help she needed. Her drinking cost Thorne his wife, Darla. And to add insult to injury, she pursued a relationship with the dead woman's husband and child. And......who was it that got her to stop drinking? ..... surprise, Rick, Brooke's son. The same Rick that she is now crucifying.

5. When Taylor returned from being missing, why did Brooke think that she could stay with Ridge and continue raising Taylors children.

Why should Brooke have handed over the love of her life to someone who stole him in the first place? The same can be said of Stephanie who stole Eric from Beth. I recall in one of the scenes when Taylor disappeared with the Prince.... when they were looking for her, she was observed hiding and trying to avoid them finding her. That was a conscious decision on her part not to be found and the image of that event is still vivid in my mind. So, when she was in hiding, was she thinking about her children and husband then? Why blame Brooke for Taylor's failure as a wife and mother?

The bottom line is, no one is perfect and certainly not these three ladies. However, Brooke has made her fair share of mistakes but not in a malicious, manipulative, hypocrital and conniving manner as Stephanie and Taylor has been operating since day 1.

I know there was another post on this, but since this one is here, I would like to say that Taylor has slept with more men on the show than Brooke.