Brooke is a 2 faces snake

Rena , Landover, MD, 8/22/2022, 5:58PM(617 days ago) @Tiqui1999

While I agree Thomas should be raising Douglas I will say that Hope has gotten no credit for what she's done for the boy providing the only stability he's ever had in his life. I'm also guessing that she didn't receive ANY financial compensation for what she's done either.
The Forresters didn't want to help with the boy and never offered. Neither did Bill.
Taylor tries to act all sweet and nice but she's not. She just hides it better than Brooke does. Go Brooke. If Taylor wants Ridge make her pay for it.

Hope has gotten all the credit in the world. Every time some one talks about Douglas, they say how Hope created a stable and loving environment for him when Thomas could not. She did not however provide the only stable environment he's ever had. Thomas and Caroline were loving parents to Douglas. He was a well adjusted little boy when he came back to town after Caroline died.

I've always found Douglas well adjusted and just an awesome young man. My issue is that Hope should not be considered by the Forrester trio as a temporary solution. She adopted Douglas and became his legal mother for life, not his temporary parent until the Forresters wanted him back in the fold. There are so many legal, moral and ethical wrongs about what the trio are trying to do.

Thomas did not give up his parental rights. He shared them with Hope. Custody agreements can be revisited if circumstances change. There is nothing illegal or ethically or morally wrong with Thomas wanted to resume his place as Douglas' primary caregiver.

My issue is not with revisiting the custody agreement. If both Hope and Thomas agree to do that, I'm good with that. Sit down. Talk about it. Talk with Douglas. Keep it between the parents. My issue is the way it was presented by Thomas to Hope and the narrative between Taylor, Steffy, Thomas and Ridge about Douglas and being a Forrester and the whole taking back what is their's. That is where the ethical, moral and legal wrongs come into play.

Yeah, Steffy going off talking about taking Douglas back as if he's territory.

Exactly. Steffy has managed to objectify Douglas.

Thomas hasn't and he is the one pursuing a custody change. He has spoken about wanting him to know his Forrester legacy and grow up making memories with his side of the family as well. I can't fault him for that.

Yes, he is. What else does moving Douglas out of his residence and into another one and telling Hope that he wants to become a "primary parent" mean? To me, it means that joint custody is not enough and he's going for full custody.

I was saying that Thomas is not objectifying Douglas even if you think Steffy is and Thomas is the one who wants the custody change. He simply wants to resume his role as Douglas' primary caregiver. I dont' think that Thomas wants full custody. This would mean legally that Thomas and only Thomas would make decisions regarding Douglas' upbringing. He does however, want primary physical custody of Douglas which is what Hope has currently. I think they should land on joint primary custody and have Douglas split his time between both homes. But that is sensible and much less dramatic

Sorry, I read two of your sentences together and thought you were saying he wasn't pursuing a custody change, but it turns out you really are saying that because you don't think he wants full custody.

Maybe I don't understand joint custody, but I thought that meant TWO parents equally share time. Meaning there is no "primary care parent" because the kid is 50/50 over here and 50/50 over there. Thomas just so happens to not have anywhere to live but a hotel, so I assume that's why he hasn't stepped up like he should with a second bedroom/home for Douglas.

Now, he's saying he wants Douglas to live with him at Eric's -- and Hope is saying that means he does not live with her. That does not sound 50/50 joint custody to me anymore. Or what am I missing?

Because I thought joint custody means Douglas lives both places.

If you have joint custody, then both parties are legally responsible for all decisions regarding the child. Physical custody is a separate issue. One parent can have full physical custody even while they both have joint legal custody. Currently, Hope has primary physical custody of Douglas because he lives with her full time and they share legal custody. This was certainly what was best for Douglas at the time because Thomas was in no condition to be responsible for Douglas. Thomas wants to flip it so that he has primary physical custody of Douglas while they share joint legal custody. What they ought to do is go for joint physical custody and have Douglas live with each parent. Either split the week or alternate weeks which ever works best for everyone involved.

Here's a definition I pulled off the internet:

Georgia recognizes two types of custody – physical and legal custody. A parent with physical custody lives with the child. Parents can share physical custody (called "joint custody") or one parent may have sole physical custody. When parents share joint custody in Georgia, they have roughly equal time with the child. For example, one parent may have four overnights per week and the other parent may have three.

On this show, they used the phrase "joint custody." Per this definition, that means they share physical custody already.

I agree that because Thomas couldn't get his act together, he wasn't taking advantage of his joint custody arrangement. But that's no reason for him to now go for sole custody.

I see your point. But why hasn't Hope just suggested that they move from the current arrangement to an actual joint custody. She doesn't want them to share custody at all. She wants Douglas to live solely with her at the cabin. If the agreement says joint custody then Hope is breaking it by standing in the way of Douglas living with Thomas part of the time.

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