The Bold and the Beautiful - MESSAGE BOARDS

Sandy1,

Do you remember the honeymoon Eric planned for Brooke? The hotair balloon they floated away in, the tent he had set up for her with all the luxury and galmoure any woman would have died to have? Back then, believe it or not, I was rooting for her and Eric, I wasn't too fond of Stephanie back then so I was rooting for Brooke and Eric. I saw the love Eric had for her and how much he wanted only to make her happy. That marriage didn't fell because of Eric, it was Brooke who couldnt' committ to that marriage. Eric did everything Ridge wouldn't, he walked out on his entire family for Brooke. Married her and tried to give her the world, but it wasn't enough for her.

I've come to realize that Brooke is one of those people who have had things handed to her on a silver platter, it's always come easy to Brooke, and I believe that's why she' never appreciated the love and devotion that the numerous men have handed to her freely. She takes it and them for granted because there has always been a man waiting in the wings to wisk her away, sweep her off her feet, and devote time and energy to her and only her. It's come to easy to her for her to really appreciate it. That's why she can flip her noise at it because deep down she knows, another will come along and pick up where the last one left off.

It's anything that comes too easily, it's never appreciated or cherished, and we can see that in all these years, Brooke has never really cherished any relationship except the ONE that didn't come easy, the one that not just handed over to her, the one she's had to fight tooth and nail for, that's the only one she's ever cherished, protected and appreciate. Ridge has never made it easy for Brooke, while the men she's tossed aside like yesterday's garbage, just lay it at her feet. Eric, James, Grant, Thorne, etc, all these men were no challenge to Brooke, what they gave to her, was given freely, no she did have to work a little harder to get Thorne, but as soon as the challenge was over, and there was no one fighting her on that relationship, she became bored and tired of Thorne and went back to her destiny days with Ridge with her confession of waking up thinkin about Ridge and going to bed thinking of him.

Just goes to show, when it comes easy to you, some just don't appreciate it....

The only thing that did was make her look pathetic and shallow. It demeaned her relationship and years she spent chasing behind ridge. Once she had him free and clear from all obstacles and roadblocks, she was not interested in him. Stephanie had finally accepted her and given them her blessing, she wasn't fighting Brooke on this, at this point, Brooke should have had everything she ever wanted. I saw her waffling way before Ridge struck Ric, and rightly so in my opinion, it's just that when he did finally get fed up with Ric, it was the perfect excuse she needed to go and make trouble for Nick and Taylor.

Once they portrayed Brooke that shallow it made millions question her motive for being with both Ridge and Nick.

And that was a bad move on the writers part, it only damaged the character even more. At least before that happened, many viewers believed in her love for ridge and thought once she was finally with him and have the acceptance from Stephanie she's fought for for so long, that it could be Brooke's happily ever after.

Now no one believes in her love for Ridge and many believe her wanting Nick is more about showing up Taylor than loving Nick, especially since she treated him so badly during their entire marriage.

There were so many gestures by Eric even after they divorced, he was better to Brooke than any other man in her life and would still run down his own mother to be with her to this day. He just simply did not deserve for Brooke to conveniently lay this at his feet solely suggesting Ric's problem was due to his father abandoning him. Her memory is so suited to her needs til it isn't funny. Eric gave an unproven, inexperiened, straight out of college chemist the opportunity of a life time and look how she repaid him. Don't get me wrong, I know Stephanie, Ridge and Eric was wrong to try and trick Brooke out of the formula, but as Brooke has always said, it was more Stephanie's doing than anyone else, but to make Eric pay for that by taking his life's work away from was simply too cold for words.

Brooke never showed any gratitude to Eric for all he's given her both personally and professionally, and still, to this day, he thinks the sun rises and sets on Brooke. However, Stephanie gave Eric the world on a silver platter as far as getting his business up and running and look how he treated her. So I guess one could say, Eric is only getting back what he gave out, you know, karma..... Eric even sided with Brooke over his own daughter, and coddle brooke when he found out she'd betrayed his daughter and devasted her in ways she's still suffering from. Which just goes to show you, everyone is expendiable when it comes to Brooke in Eric's eyes.

Ridge and Taylor back in the day, was the supercouple of BnB, IMO, they showed that with the staying power of their marriage. Not many marriages last as long as theirs did in the soap world with the exception of Nikki and Victor on YR. The writers ruined that beautiful relationship for me back when they had Ridge rechanting all he's said and proven to Taylor for over 12 years. What kills me is, how do you explain that Ridge, which isn't the strongest man on BnB, resisted Brooke's seductions time and time again, when he so called loved her so deeply and intensely. Ridge NEVER cheated on Taylor with his so call love of his life, what kept Ridge committed to Taylor, what kept him from betraying her with Brooke? If he didn't love taylor as deeply as he did, he would not have been able to resist Brooke advances especially if he felt this loved for her that couldn't compare to what he shared with Taylor.

History has proven by ridge's actions, by his being able to remain faithful to Taylor for all those years while Brooke was constantly throwing herself and underwear at him, that Ridge loved Taylor more deeply than they down graded them to. But since they decided to take back every one and gesture Ridge made to Taylor, I can never go back to Ridge and taylor and feel the same way I use to. It's ruined for me, and now they can't let Ridge remise on his life w/taylor without discrediting their so call rewrite of history that ridge only married taylor because she was a safe choice.

be its true eric did love brooke with all his heart and so did other men and brooke continued to throw them all away for ridge. and now the situation is different because we have different writers on board.

Go back to Ridge because you sincerely want to get back with him, NOT because you can't have Nick. And that's exactly what she's doing, she can't committ to Ridge, lusting and waiting for her moment with Nick. She admitted it herself the other talking to Nick, she STILL doesn't believe it's over between them. SO, if that's how she truly feels, why take Ridge and RJ through a half hearted effort? THE first moment she feels she has a real shot at Nick, she's gonna go for it, and what will happen to RJ. How will this effect his world, to have his father snatached away from him AGAIN, and Nick shoved down his throat before he even has a chance to digest losing his father, and that's exactly what's going to happen just like it happened the last time she switched out Nick for Ridge.

Brooke needs to stop with the muscial daddies, her children are dizzy from confusion, there's no stability in their lives, no consistancy, no security because Brooke keep man swapping, year in and year out. Poor Hope, she doesn't know if she's gonna be with Uncle Nick one day and Daddy Ridge the next. This is no way for children to be brought up, it's only going to hurt and confuse them and they'll take that hurt and confusion into their adulthood.

IMO, she should just take some time and focus on her children.