This is hard to watch (General)

matisse, 9/17/2022, 12:37AM (599 days ago)- 6 people liked this[OO]

This is hard to watch because it is like watching a bunch of bullies beat up on a kid in the schoolyard and we cannot do anything about it. I feel that way watching this show, that I am watching a woman be bullied and beaten down, and she just keeps on smiling and thinks this must be normal, because people have been abusing her so long, she thinks this is just how it goes. Brooke seemed grateful with Bill yesterday. She seemed grateful that he came to see her, grateful that he was kind to her, grateful that he said nice things to her, grateful that he cared about her feelings.

I think Steffy is one of the nastiest bullies I have ever seen on any TV show, ever. She makes Regina George from Mean Girls look like a saint.

I think Taylor is a pathetic excuse of a doctor who likes to taunt and laugh at people and make snide remarks and stupid faces behind their backs. What psychologist in their right mind would behave that way? And, I noticed today she is on to herself too. She looked embarrassed and a bit ashamed when Hope called her out on basically sitting in a married man's lap.

I think Ridge is a hypocritical bully that seems now to be just hanging around to "punish" Brooke for daring to allow herself to be sabotaged by a psychopath like Sheila and getting drunk unintentionally, and then had ONE kiss with Hope's dad, on NYE. He is a monster too, because he is punishing his wife for being a victim.

BTW, I am surprised we have not been told by Steffy that Brooke picked Andy up in a bar, and enticed to come home with her, and screwed him, then when Ridge caught them, she screamed rape and poor poor Ridge had to kill Andy, and he was sooooooo traumatized by it, and it was all Brooke's fault. I fully expect this to be the next round of BS out of that nasty floozies mouth. And her idiotic mother will say something stupid per usual, like "Well Brooke does have a history of bringing strange men home. Your poor father has been so unhappy with her for years" And, Tom will just stand around and agree.

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Tiqui1999 @, 9/17/2022, 12:55AM (599 days ago) @matisse- one person liked this

The bullying is the hardest part of this. The Tridge Mafia gets off on it. Ridge bullies Deacon, Bill, and Hope. Steffy bullies everyone -- hell, even her mom today when Taylor wasn't up for the challenge of Hope. Thomas tries to bully Liam. And you're right. Brooke hasn't done one damn thing wrong in her marriage since this whole thing started. Why is she being crucified? And some say it's karma, but you know what? That doesn't fly with me because that's the excuse EVERY SINGLE time this happens to Brooke, who has gone done any of this crap she's accused of in I don't even know how many years.

And it's hard to watch because everyone else's bad deeds are washed away with the tide, but Brooke's never get let go of and even get exaggerated. She's practically lied on at this point.

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prime ⌂, Knoxville Tenn., 9/17/2022, 12:57AM (599 days ago) @Tiqui1999

The bullying is the hardest part of this. The Tridge Mafia gets off on it. Ridge bullies Deacon, Bill, and Hope. Steffy bullies everyone -- hell, even her mom today when Taylor wasn't up for the challenge of Hope. Thomas tries to bully Liam. And you're right. Brooke hasn't done one damn thing wrong in her marriage since this whole thing started. Why is she being crucified? And some say it's karma, but you know what? That doesn't fly with me because that's the excuse EVERY SINGLE time this happens to Brooke, who has gone done any of this crap she's accused of in I don't even know how many years.

And it's hard to watch because everyone else's bad deeds are washed away with the tide, but Brooke's never get let go of and even get exaggerated. She's practically lied on at this point.

The Tridge Mafia are sociopaths. Just look at this...they check every single box.[image]

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This is hard to watch

Tiqui1999 @, 9/17/2022, 12:59AM (599 days ago) @prime- one person liked this

The bullying is the hardest part of this. The Tridge Mafia gets off on it. Ridge bullies Deacon, Bill, and Hope. Steffy bullies everyone -- hell, even her mom today when Taylor wasn't up for the challenge of Hope. Thomas tries to bully Liam. And you're right. Brooke hasn't done one damn thing wrong in her marriage since this whole thing started. Why is she being crucified? And some say it's karma, but you know what? That doesn't fly with me because that's the excuse EVERY SINGLE time this happens to Brooke, who has gone done any of this crap she's accused of in I don't even know how many years.

And it's hard to watch because everyone else's bad deeds are washed away with the tide, but Brooke's never get let go of and even get exaggerated. She's practically lied on at this point.


The Tridge Mafia are sociopaths. Just look at this...they check every single box.

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They really do. scary. :cool

This is hard to watch

PoH @, 9/17/2022, 1:44AM (599 days ago) @prime- one person liked this

The bullying is the hardest part of this. The Tridge Mafia gets off on it. Ridge bullies Deacon, Bill, and Hope. Steffy bullies everyone -- hell, even her mom today when Taylor wasn't up for the challenge of Hope. Thomas tries to bully Liam. And you're right. Brooke hasn't done one damn thing wrong in her marriage since this whole thing started. Why is she being crucified? And some say it's karma, but you know what? That doesn't fly with me because that's the excuse EVERY SINGLE time this happens to Brooke, who has gone done any of this crap she's accused of in I don't even know how many years.

And it's hard to watch because everyone else's bad deeds are washed away with the tide, but Brooke's never get let go of and even get exaggerated. She's practically lied on at this point.


The Tridge Mafia are sociopaths. Just look at this...they check every single box.[image]

Absolutely spot on.

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Lizzy54 @, Austria, 9/17/2022, 2:24AM (599 days ago) @Tiqui1999- one person liked this

I am sure Steffy will tell Tom to use that voice app somehow to ruin Brooke´s marriage to their father...Steffy is written as an evil witch, Tom is written as her willing accomplice and Taylor as a mother playing the world´s cutest kitten while sitting there waiting and hoping her children will do the dirty work for her.
Why this is the new narrative I don´t know but I don´t like it one bit.

This is hard to watch

CaptainHook, 9/17/2022, 1:48AM (599 days ago) @matisse- 2 people liked this

The good news is I have the solution for you if it's so hard to watch : don't watch, grab your clicker and try another program, Netflix just released a bunch of new miniseries they're all great

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Lizzy54 @, Austria, 9/17/2022, 1:50AM (599 days ago) @matisse- one person liked this

I have been thinking about this...what could be the reason for this totaly wrong and historically incorrect writing of the show, which started some time ago but especially since Taylor joined the show?
Is ist that the writers really have no idea of the show´s past and are not aware of the nonsense they write?
Do the writers themselves believe the character of Taylor was always a saint while the character of Brooke always cheated on Ridge?
Or do they actually know that what they are writing is historically incorrect but they do have a (to us) hidden plan, making viewers hate Steffy and Taylor more than ever?
I mean, I see even Steffy likers not liking the hateful way she is written at the moment and Taylor likers not being happy with the Teenie-Taylor they got......:neutral

This is hard to watch

matisse, 9/17/2022, 2:25AM (599 days ago) @Lizzy54- one person liked this

I have been thinking about this...what could be the reason for this totaly wrong and historically incorrect writing of the show, which started some time ago but especially since Taylor joined the show?
Is ist that the writers really have no idea of the show´s past and are not aware of the nonsense they write?
Do the writers themselves believe the character of Taylor was always a saint while the character of Brooke always cheated on Ridge?
Or do they actually know that what they are writing is historically incorrect but they do have a (to us) hidden plan, making viewers hate Steffy and Taylor more than ever?
I mean, I see even Steffy likers not liking the hateful way she is written at the moment and Taylor likers not being happy with the Teenie-Taylor they got......:neutral

I think the end of the show today was a clue. Brooke was talking to Ridge about how they met, the first episode of the show. And then the ominous music and the Hamilton brat tell her brother they have to do something about Brooke. It is either going to be the end of Bridge for good, or, it is going to be Steffy doing something so outrageous she gets Brooke seriously injured and it ends up costing her almost everything. The music at the end was really different from the usual music for this type of manipulation by any character other than Sheila. They used the evil Sheila music for Steffy.

This is hard to watch

Riley, 9/17/2022, 7:47AM (599 days ago) @Lizzy54- one person liked this

I have been thinking about this...what could be the reason for this totaly wrong and historically incorrect writing of the show, which started some time ago but especially since Taylor joined the show?
Is ist that the writers really have no idea of the show´s past and are not aware of the nonsense they write?
Do the writers themselves believe the character of Taylor was always a saint while the character of Brooke always cheated on Ridge?
Or do they actually know that what they are writing is historically incorrect but they do have a (to us) hidden plan, making viewers hate Steffy and Taylor more than ever?
I mean, I see even Steffy likers not liking the hateful way she is written at the moment and Taylor likers not being happy with the Teenie-Taylor they got......:neutral

I don't think anyone has a hidden agenda to make viewers hate Steffy and Taylor. Bell knows they have a large fanbase who don't want to see them as villains or liars.
I'm sure it's the former. Some of the scriptwriters don't remember or even don't really know the show's history. When they are supposed to write a scene where Steffy brings up Brooke's past to make a point that she's bad for her father, what they actually remember is that Brooke was with all the Forrester men and needed a paternity test to determine if Ridge or Eric was Bridget's father, so they simply assume that Brooke must have cheated on Ridge with his father, not the other way round. And they don't bother verifying if their memory is correct because they probably don't believe that there are viewers with a much better memory who still remember all those details, even about something that happened more than 30 years ago. And the actors who have joined the show much later know even less about the past, so they believe that those lies are facts, just like newer viewers do.

I think a lot of those blatant rewrites have to do with the fact that the show doesn't seem to have a storyline consultant anymore like they used to until 2019. The writers in that position always knew the show's history very well, and I suppose they also revised the scripts before they were handed to the actors, making sure that the dialogue was doing the show's history justice, because I don't remember such an amount of inaccurate historical references in the past.

This is hard to watch

GracieGirl, 9/17/2022, 3:11PM (598 days ago) @Lizzy54

I ask the very same question every week.

This is hard to watch

Ryc1976, 9/17/2022, 8:20PM (598 days ago) @Lizzy54- 2 people liked this

It’s not a historical rewrite it is just the blatant lies the BS being spewed from Stephanie and Taylor and Thomas.

This is hard to watch

Viola, 9/17/2022, 5:07AM (599 days ago) @matisse- one person liked this

This is hard to watch because it is like watching a bunch of bullies beat up on a kid in the schoolyard and we cannot do anything about it. I feel that way watching this show, that I am watching a woman be bullied and beaten down, and she just keeps on smiling and thinks this must be normal, because people have been abusing her so long, she thinks this is just how it goes. Brooke seemed grateful with Bill yesterday. She seemed grateful that he came to see her, grateful that he was kind to her, grateful that he said nice things to her, grateful that he cared about her feelings.

I think Steffy is one of the nastiest bullies I have ever seen on any TV show, ever. She makes Regina George from Mean Girls look like a saint.

I think Taylor is a pathetic excuse of a doctor who likes to taunt and laugh at people and make snide remarks and stupid faces behind their backs. What psychologist in their right mind would behave that way? And, I noticed today she is on to herself too. She looked embarrassed and a bit ashamed when Hope called her out on basically sitting in a married man's lap.

I think Ridge is a hypocritical bully that seems now to be just hanging around to "punish" Brooke for daring to allow herself to be sabotaged by a psychopath like Sheila and getting drunk unintentionally, and then had ONE kiss with Hope's dad, on NYE. He is a monster too, because he is punishing his wife for being a victim.

BTW, I am surprised we have not been told by Steffy that Brooke picked Andy up in a bar, and enticed to come home with her, and screwed him, then when Ridge caught them, she screamed rape and poor poor Ridge had to kill Andy, and he was sooooooo traumatized by it, and it was all Brooke's fault. I fully expect this to be the next round of BS out of that nasty floozies mouth. And her idiotic mother will say something stupid per usual, like "Well Brooke does have a history of bringing strange men home. Your poor father has been so unhappy with her for years" And, Tom will just stand around and agree.

Soon we will hear that Taylor was a virgin when Ridge met her and that she never cheated on him.

This is hard to watch

MegsMom, 9/17/2022, 7:04AM (599 days ago) @Viola

This is hard to watch because it is like watching a bunch of bullies beat up on a kid in the schoolyard and we cannot do anything about it. I feel that way watching this show, that I am watching a woman be bullied and beaten down, and she just keeps on smiling and thinks this must be normal, because people have been abusing her so long, she thinks this is just how it goes. Brooke seemed grateful with Bill yesterday. She seemed grateful that he came to see her, grateful that he was kind to her, grateful that he said nice things to her, grateful that he cared about her feelings.

I think Steffy is one of the nastiest bullies I have ever seen on any TV show, ever. She makes Regina George from Mean Girls look like a saint.

I think Taylor is a pathetic excuse of a doctor who likes to taunt and laugh at people and make snide remarks and stupid faces behind their backs. What psychologist in their right mind would behave that way? And, I noticed today she is on to herself too. She looked embarrassed and a bit ashamed when Hope called her out on basically sitting in a married man's lap.

I think Ridge is a hypocritical bully that seems now to be just hanging around to "punish" Brooke for daring to allow herself to be sabotaged by a psychopath like Sheila and getting drunk unintentionally, and then had ONE kiss with Hope's dad, on NYE. He is a monster too, because he is punishing his wife for being a victim.

BTW, I am surprised we have not been told by Steffy that Brooke picked Andy up in a bar, and enticed to come home with her, and screwed him, then when Ridge caught them, she screamed rape and poor poor Ridge had to kill Andy, and he was sooooooo traumatized by it, and it was all Brooke's fault. I fully expect this to be the next round of BS out of that nasty floozies mouth. And her idiotic mother will say something stupid per usual, like "Well Brooke does have a history of bringing strange men home. Your poor father has been so unhappy with her for years" And, Tom will just stand around and agree.


Soon we will hear that Taylor was a virgin when Ridge met her and that she never cheated on him.

Wouldn't surprise me in the least.

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Lizzy54 @, Austria, 9/17/2022, 7:28AM (599 days ago) @Viola

Oh I suppose she is still/again a virgin now...pure and untouched, probably had her children by immaculate conception. :ange

This is hard to watch

bellabean, 9/17/2022, 7:05AM (599 days ago) @matisse

This is hard to watch because it is like watching a bunch of bullies beat up on a kid in the schoolyard and we cannot do anything about it. I feel that way watching this show, that I am watching a woman be bullied and beaten down, and she just keeps on smiling and thinks this must be normal, because people have been abusing her so long, she thinks this is just how it goes. Brooke seemed grateful with Bill yesterday. She seemed grateful that he came to see her, grateful that he was kind to her, grateful that he said nice things to her, grateful that he cared about her feelings.

I think Steffy is one of the nastiest bullies I have ever seen on any TV show, ever. She makes Regina George from Mean Girls look like a saint.

I think Taylor is a pathetic excuse of a doctor who likes to taunt and laugh at people and make snide remarks and stupid faces behind their backs. What psychologist in their right mind would behave that way? And, I noticed today she is on to herself too. She looked embarrassed and a bit ashamed when Hope called her out on basically sitting in a married man's lap.

I think Ridge is a hypocritical bully that seems now to be just hanging around to "punish" Brooke for daring to allow herself to be sabotaged by a psychopath like Sheila and getting drunk unintentionally, and then had ONE kiss with Hope's dad, on NYE. He is a monster too, because he is punishing his wife for being a victim.

BTW, I am surprised we have not been told by Steffy that Brooke picked Andy up in a bar, and enticed to come home with her, and screwed him, then when Ridge caught them, she screamed rape and poor poor Ridge had to kill Andy, and he was sooooooo traumatized by it, and it was all Brooke's fault. I fully expect this to be the next round of BS out of that nasty floozies mouth. And her idiotic mother will say something stupid per usual, like "Well Brooke does have a history of bringing strange men home. Your poor father has been so unhappy with her for years" And, Tom will just stand around and agree.

I could care less about all that, Bridge are so boring together. :sleep
Time to move on from them.

This is hard to watch

Barbybo, 9/17/2022, 8:51AM (599 days ago) @matisse

This is hard to watch because it is like watching a bunch of bullies beat up on a kid in the schoolyard and we cannot do anything about it. I feel that way watching this show, that I am watching a woman be bullied and beaten down, and she just keeps on smiling and thinks this must be normal, because people have been abusing her so long, she thinks this is just how it goes. Brooke seemed grateful with Bill yesterday. She seemed grateful that he came to see her, grateful that he was kind to her, grateful that he said nice things to her, grateful that he cared about her feelings.

I think Steffy is one of the nastiest bullies I have ever seen on any TV show, ever. She makes Regina George from Mean Girls look like a saint.

I think Taylor is a pathetic excuse of a doctor who likes to taunt and laugh at people and make snide remarks and stupid faces behind their backs. What psychologist in their right mind would behave that way? And, I noticed today she is on to herself too. She looked embarrassed and a bit ashamed when Hope called her out on basically sitting in a married man's lap.

I think Ridge is a hypocritical bully that seems now to be just hanging around to "punish" Brooke for daring to allow herself to be sabotaged by a psychopath like Sheila and getting drunk unintentionally, and then had ONE kiss with Hope's dad, on NYE. He is a monster too, because he is punishing his wife for being a victim.

BTW, I am surprised we have not been told by Steffy that Brooke picked Andy up in a bar, and enticed to come home with her, and screwed him, then when Ridge caught them, she screamed rape and poor poor Ridge had to kill Andy, and he was sooooooo traumatized by it, and it was all Brooke's fault. I fully expect this to be the next round of BS out of that nasty floozies mouth. And her idiotic mother will say something stupid per usual, like "Well Brooke does have a history of bringing strange men home. Your poor father has been so unhappy with her for years" And, Tom will just stand around and agree.

It’s just another bridge breakup you think long time viewers should be used to it by now it’s done every six months

This is hard to watch

GracieGirl, 9/17/2022, 3:23PM (598 days ago) @matisse- one person liked this
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The show has definitely up the ante but Stephanie and Steffy have always operated like bullies. That’s not new to me. Hope allowed Steffy to walk all over her when they were younger. Stephanie told a complete stranger how to enter Brooks home and as we all know he raped Brooke. I can’t think of anything anyone might do to you that you would tell a strange man how to get into their home. This version of Taylor and Ridge are brand new. They are the most manipulative and self absorbed people on the show. They belong together.

This is hard to watch

Barbybo, 9/17/2022, 4:13PM (598 days ago) @GracieGirl

The show has definitely up the ante but Stephanie and Steffy have always operated like bullies. That’s not new to me. Hope allowed Steffy to walk all over her when they were younger. Stephanie told a complete stranger how to enter Brooks home and as we all know he raped Brooke. I can’t think of anything anyone might do to you that you would tell a strange man how to get into their home. This version of Taylor and Ridge are brand new. They are the most manipulative and self absorbed people on the show. They belong together.

At this point pick a lane ridge and relocate to paris

This is hard to watch

q, 9/18/2022, 11:16AM (598 days ago) @Barbybo

The show has definitely up the ante but Stephanie and Steffy have always operated like bullies. That’s not new to me. Hope allowed Steffy to walk all over her when they were younger. Stephanie told a complete stranger how to enter Brooks home and as we all know he raped Brooke. I can’t think of anything anyone might do to you that you would tell a strange man how to get into their home. This version of Taylor and Ridge are brand new. They are the most manipulative and self absorbed people on the show. They belong together.


At this point pick a lane ridge and relocate to paris

He has picked a lane but his brats and ex wife aren't happy with it.

This is hard to watch

LRDbold&beautiful, 9/18/2022, 9:35AM (598 days ago) @matisse

Brooke has redefined the word bully over and over and over again especially with her behavior towards Steffy and Thomas. She is relentless in her bullying even now in regards to Douglas.

This is hard to watch

Liz @, 9/18/2022, 12:30PM (598 days ago) @LRDbold&beautiful

Brooke has redefined the word bully over and over and over again especially with her behavior towards Steffy and Thomas. She is relentless in her bullying even now in regards to Douglas.

She's a bully because she's defending her daughter and looking out for her adoptive grandson? And, how exactly is she bullying Steffy, Thomas and Taylor?

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