The Bold and the Beautiful - MESSAGE BOARDS

Quote michaelee: 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.

Quote Kat232: The truth is Brooke will always be excused for everything, and the only thing person who ever holds her accountable for anything is Stephanie, and then she's viewed as the big mean Stephanie, sigh.

My faveorite turning of the head was when Brooke slept with Deacon. When Eric found out about how Brook had devastated their daughter. He took Brooke in his arms and said there, there, it's ok or something to that effect.

Taylor and Steph have done their fair share of crap, and by no means are the perfect angels some claim their depicted as but Brooke is in a class all her own!

Quote shademorgis: For the life of me I cannot understand why Brooke can be with every man on this show-even other womens husbands and boyfriends and do no wrong. But if Stephanie or Taylor do the same thing then damn them to hell by god! I just do not see what is so grand about Brooke or Donna. Katie is nicer but still questionable after going after her neices husband. I am trying to understand this mindset, I just can't.

Quote Nichole43119: Bottom line: They have both lied. They both have cheated. They both have manipulated. They are both nasty. They both don't have any morals. Neither is better than the other. Taylor due to an addiction accidently killed a woman. (she didn't lie. She begged her family to tell the truth and finally went against their wishes and told the police and stood trial) Brooke due to her addiction (needing to be the center of attention) slept with her daughter's husband.Taylor/Nick happy together. Brooke broke up that marriage. Nick/Bridget happy together. Brooke broke that marriage up. Bridget/Deacon happy together. Brooke broke up that marriage. And I don't buy the "to prove he was no good argument" She had a baby by the man. That means unprotected sex with your daughter's husband. Then she got pregnant by Nick (or so it was unsure who was the daddy at the time)

Brooke is just as self centered as Taylor is. She has manipulated and conspired to break up marriages just like Stephanie and Taylor have. So why should her marriage be safe? Don't you remember "Brooke's Bedroom" When Tridge was together and Brooke coming into Ridge's office 1/2 naked trying to seduce him?

It goes both ways. They are both wrong. Like who you like. But geesh realize that they are both just as wrong as the other.

I am so disgusted with the both of them. They both need to go to counseling

It goes both ways. They are both wrong. Like who you like. But geesh realize that they are both just as wrong as the other.

I am so disgusted with the both of them. They both need to go to counseling

Quote shademorgis: Okay so at last count Taylor had slept with her daughters ex-boyfriend Rick, not good. But Brooke slept with her daughters husband, Deacon and became pregnant. And if that wasn't bad enough, she slept with her daughters SECOND husband Nick. I don't care what her logic was-sleeping with your daughters husbands-ex or not is plain gross. That to me is why Brooke is beneath Taylor, even though Taylor should have steered clear of Rick.

Quote shademorgis: Manipulating peoples emotions is wrong, especially Stephanie manipulating Ridges concerning Brooke. But Ridge is an adult, he does not HAVE to listen to his mother OR Taylor. BUT sleeping with your own childs ex and getting pregnant by your daughters husband while your daughter is still married to him is about as low as you can go. Sorry, but thats worse then anything Taylor has EVER done. And Taylor might have been drinking but I do not think for one second that she had malicious aforethought in ACCIDENTALLY killing Darla. Brooke WAS scheming when she slept with Deacon. In her mind she did it to try to prove to her daughter Bridgette that Deacon was no good. EXCUSE ME! What mother sleeps with her daughters husband to prove to that daughter that the husband isn't any good?!?! And Taylor needs counseling? GMAB

Quote Touched:

Stephanie and Eric were on the outs, when Eric set his eye upon Brooke, who was on the rebound from Ridge! As for Donna, Eric had had enough of Stephanie's antics, especially her involvement in Brooke's rape! If Stephanie had stuck around to take the backlash from her actions, instead of skidaddling, Eric would have packed his bags and left her immediately after he found out and divorced her!

The script was written this way when Susan Flannery fell ill and had to have time off! It was rewritten to accommodate her absence the best way they could. Eric, despondent and fed up with Stephanie's behavior, decided to enter a relationship with Donna!

Being a third person in someone's relationship or marriage is never beneficial! As Dr. Phil says, which I wholeheartedly agree, "If you want to have sex outside of your marriage or relationship, you need to ask your significant other....for permission!"

Quote shademorgis: 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.

Quote michaelee: 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.

Quote michaelee:


I think the reason why people are more sympathetic to Brooke is because yes, she has made a lot of mistakes, but none of them with malicious intent.

The same cannot be said of Stephanie and Taylor, there always seem to be an ulterior motive or hidden agenda in the things they do. In other words, sometimes it's not what you say or do but how you say or do it.