Ridge Was Just Bizarre Today

takerkid , 8/26/2022, 5:33PM(610 days ago) @Tiqui1999- one person liked this

First he goes and demands Deacon stay away from Brooke and then he goes back to Brooke's as though he hadn't spent the night at a party with his ex-wife and their family fully not even thinking about Brooke. How can anyone be that oblivious? Does he think he's with both women or that this can go on indefinitely? Brooke is so desperate to hold on to him that she's allowing him to get away with this behavior. Ridge won't change unless he's forced to.

Isn't taylor also so desperate to hold onto him that she's allowing him to get away with this behavior?

I think what Ridge did today show me that he INDEED was thinking ALL ABOUT Brooke while he was at the family party. Taylor's dress was a distraction, but apparently not enough to keep him there and to keep him from thinking about what's really been on his mind -- Deacon being anywhere near his wife. That burned Ridge's ass so bad that he didn't even stay for dessert and swimming at Eric's, and afterward, he took himself straight to what he told Deacon was his home with Brooke.

He did not pass Go. He did not collect kisses from Taylor. He went and handled his Brooke family business and went home to Brooke.

We didn't see the party actually break up so we don't know what went down or if there was an afterparty to skip. What we do know is there was no evidence of Ridge even thinking about Brooke during the party. At no point was Ridge by himself in the corner pensively thinking about his wife. That's what made today's episode such an abrupt shift. Brooke should've been a little bit more miffed with Ridge then she was and that's the problem. She lets him do whatever he wants and acquiesces to whatever demands he makes. If Ridge isn't held accountable, he'll just keep doing it.

We don't have to see the party break up. If something happened significantly -- like another kiss -- they'd show it. Dollars to donuts, Taylor will be thinking of that same tired kiss next week. The ONLY person flashing back on it at this point. If Ridge was so enthralled with Taylor, we would not have seen him today at Il Giardino or at Brooke's. We would have seen Brooke wondering why her husband ain't home. So.....

We definitely know there was an afterparty because Douglas is staying another night.

We do not know what was in Ridge's head at the party. How can we know what he is thinking unless there is a voiceover of his thoughts? We can infer that he was thinking about how he was going to confront Deacon because that's what he went over there and did immediately.

Brooke letting him do what he wants is one thing. Brooke being desperate to hold onto him when Taylor is also letting him do what he wants to do is another.

That's the thing. Is Taylor letting him do what he wants? I'd say no because he's not married to her. He doesn't owe her anything nor is she entitled to certain expectations of how he's going to behave. She's just the beneficiary of his bad behavior.

Yes. Taylor let a married man kiss her. That's letting him do what he wants. Taylor lets him come and go and plays house with him. That's letting him do what he wants. She can tell him that she's not an option to touch, kiss, or otherwise until he is single. So I disagree with you there.

What do you mean he doesn't owe her anything? He owes Taylor respect. And she owes herself the same thing -- isn't that what you are saying about Brooke? It's funny to me that Brooke can't let Ridge walk all over her, but you think Taylor can. How is Taylor benefiting from Ridge using her for cheap touches and kisses?

I don't even understand how letting a man come to you as number two is benefiting when you deserve to have a man think of you as number one. How do you benefit when a man gets what he wants from you and then goes home to his wife? Is she getting money or something? She clearly wants Ridge as hers, 100%, so I don't get that, Taker.

You make one hell of a compelling argument. Taylor should have more self-respect than to be Ridge's number two. She can absolutely tell Ridge not come around until he's single but that's not the same as being entitled to expecting Ridge to behave himself in the same way Brooke is. As his wife Brooke is entitled to expecting Ridge to respect her and their vows. As the sort of other woman, Taylor is not entitled to expect Ridge not to go home to Brooke. So yes both of these women are allowing him to get away with whatever he wants but as the wife Brooke is the one who can most hold him accountable.

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