Ridge "rolling his eyes" while Brooke was talking today

BellaSole, Beverly Hills, California, 6/4/2022, 6:01PM(694 days ago) @Barbybo- one person liked this
edited by BellaSole, 6/4/2022, 6:08PM

On the other hand, if BROOKE were to dump him because she finds out about Ridge and Taylor keeping the truth about Thomas from her, then he will have the PERFECT EXCUSE to reunite with Taylor - his own hands will be 'clean', and he will say he can't help it if Brooke couldn't understand why he was trying to protect his son. That will be on BROOKE, in his mind.

Why would that "secret" about Thomas even make any difference to Brooke? She knows that Thomas wants her out of Ridge's life and would do almost anything to reunite his parents, and she knows that Ridge always forgives him, no matter what he has done. Given that she still took Ridge back after he forgave Thomas for keeping the Beth secret and taking advantage of Hope, I just don't see why she would dump him over forgiving Thomas for keeping quiet about the label switch. Thomas' choice even caused much more pain to his own family this time than it did to Brooke. And it's not like Brooke sees Thomas as someone she can trust. She has always been wary of him since his involvement in the Beth conspiracy, so what would it actually change if she knew that he had learned about the label switch a few weeks before everyone else? Sure Thomas telling the truth could have spared her a few weeks of asking herself why she drank. But Ridge had already moved out anyway, so her marriage would still have been in jeopardy. That's why I doubt she would be that mad at Ridge for not letting her know about Thomas' involvement with Sheila that she would suddenly want out of her marriage.

But what was clear from today's episode is that Ridge DOESN'T RESPECT Brooke as a person, whereas he does respect Taylor. Oh yes, he might thoroughly enjoy HAVING SEX with Brooke - but that's always been the whole point of Brooke to him. Caroline and Taylor were the good, clean cut girls - the heiress and the doctor - while Brooke was the bad girl from the Valley who turned him on, but she NEVER had his respect as an individual!

That wasn't clear from today's episode, and it has never been clear before either. Just because Bridge have always been shown as totally compatible in the bedroom, this doesn't mean Ridge has ever respected Brooke less than Taylor. Brooke has never been potrayed as "the bad girl from the valley", especially not in the first decade of the show, that's just your own subjective way of seeing her because she's your faves' nemesis. She was just a little bolder than Caroline or Taylor and went for what she wanted, which made her a more interesting and layered character, but not a "bad girl". The only time she could ever be called a "bad girl" was between 1998 and 2001, when she was walking around FC in lingerie to seduce Ridge or hiding under Thorne's bed, but that was just a very short phase in her life. And totally dismissing Brooke's career, acting like the mere fact of being an heiress or a doctor makes Caroline and Taylor better people than a hard-working, successful chemist from the valley, especially when Taylor is from the same valley, doesn't prove your point either.

Brooke screwed over her own daughter and sister can’t get worse than that.

I think murder is worse. Bridget still has her life and she long ago got over Deacon and Brooke, but if Sheila had been successful, both Finn and Steffy would have been dead. Had Deacon not been lucky, Quinn would have killed him when she pushed him into the sea. Had Liam not come along, Taylor would have been successful in killing Bill. Brooke shouldn't have had an affair with Deacon, but there's no law against it. However, there are very strict laws against murder and attempted murder, and no statute on limitations on being prosecuted.

I find plenty worse than what Brooke did, though I don't approve of it.

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