Wild, isn't it, that I feel for Ridge???

So Hope grew up knowing Deacon Sharpe was her father, but not that he was married to her sister when Mommy decided to throw motherhood to the crapper and have a months long affair with him? What, did Brooke think she could just keep that little fact from her the rest of her life??? THANK you, Brad, for the way the entire thing was written, Hope finding out how she was conceived. Many of us were waiting to see just how this was going to be handled, to see if this seemingly sweet young woman knew about her disgusting conception, and if she didn't, how she'd find out. I'm quite pleased to say I'm satisfied about the the way it went down.

Ridge amazed me, really, he did. I was rather....um....PROUD of him. He was so caught in the middle with Steffy and Hope, trying hard to treat each young woman the same. A fantastic parent, and I'll say Ridge has ALWAYS been a great dad. Taylor and Brooke were both pushing it hard on him and the poor guy couldn't get a breath in and had nowhere to turn. Now, I can certainly see where Taylor had the right to remind Ridge that Steffy was his biological daughter and Hope was just his step-daughter, but my dear departed husband never treated my children and our grandchildren any different than he would have treated his own had he any. Step parents have it hard enough trying to blend a family, and treating each child as equal is commendable. Bravo, Ridge. Now gimme a minute to Lysol my mouth and fingers and keyboard for typing something nice about Ridge.

Now on to Brooke. OH WIDGE, WHAT HAVE WEEEEEEEEEEEE DOONNNNEEEEE??? Excuse me??? Who's this WE crap, BrookeZilla??? I don't remember Ridge prying open those legs for Brooke every single time she mounted Deacon and moaned in orgasm. Funny, I don't remember Ridge kicking the upper management out of Forrester Creations and putting said same Deacon Sharpe in as well as her no-talent daughter-in-law to run FC to hide her sins. ODD, I don't remember Ridge telling her how wonderful it was for Brooke to push out a love child from her own daughter's husband. In fact, I distinctly remember Ridge telling Brooke she was disgusting, to take her kid and get out of his sight after finding out what a tramp she really was. What have WEEE done, Ridge??? GET REAL. <ROLLING EYES> Ridge handled that perfectly. He tried to warn Brooke about the dangers of exposing Hope to the public. He also stood up to the plate and raised Hope the best way he knew how, treating her like his own daughter. WE indeed, Brooke. You now have to reap what you sowed, and I hope the tramp suffers for quite some time over this. After what she did to Bridget AND Taylor chasing her 'destiny', she deserves some pain.

Speaking of Taylor, I'm going to do something I rarely do, I'm going to smack HER around a little for one thing and one thing only...Hope. While I do feel that Taylor was truly concerned about what the backlash would be to Hope if the public chewed her up, I think she really shoulda given Ridge a little more support than she did over the turmoil he was going through. He's trying hard to be a good dad to both girls and Taylor did kinda push “OUR DAUGHTER” a little too hard. Yeah, Tay's got a point, Steffy IS being shoved aside a bit by everyone in the company, but as far as Ridge goes, she should have been a little softer to him. He's really in a pickle. Damn, I'm feeling sorry for him again, need to bang my head on the keyboard a minute.

Other than that, I'm loving the way things are playing out right now with the Hope/Steffy story and I HOPE I HOPE I HOPE that we SEE Hope go through some turmoil before forgiving her mother. Just think we get to do all of this over again with RJ, then with Jack!!!! WAHOOO!!! More Brooke bashing in the future!!!!! “Gee, son, I know you're crushed because you overheard me telling Uncle Nick that sometimes I wished he was your father”...then Jack, when THAT boy grows up and finds out how he was conceived, well, lets' just say someone needs to keep a therapist on speed dial for Brooke's Brats.

Here's a few random thoughts about last week....

1. While I sort of started the column with Hope/Steffy, I CAN'T ignore what a thrill this Sandy/Nick storyline is getting to be! Just watching Jack Wagner in action is enough to make me run home to the set every night and hit the DVR button! He was absolutely hilarious chewing that gum and trying to get some samples. This whole thing is fantastic to watch.
2. OH MAN, are the sparks heating up for Taylor and Whip!!! HEY BRAD, Tridge is dead, bury it already and get Tip together, she's still young enough to have another baby!!!! A baby Tip would be sooooooo adorable!!!!
3. Bury Tridge already. Thought I'd just repeat that one.
4. WOW, is this Graham thing exciting! I'm loving every minute of it!!!
5. Someone throw a bucket of water on Katie, PLEASE??? Put us out of our misery? Can this witch be anymore transparent, or nasty??? That smug little cocky smile of hers makes me want to vomit. How dare she get all high and mighty about Steffy when she was sucking down Nick's tonsils on Catalina knowing he was in love with Bridget???? I can't wait to watch this youngest Logan trash go down.
6. Speaking of Logan TRASH, isn't it time someone took it out??? Forrester Creations belongs in the hands of Forresters, Brad, it's about time you fixed that problem.

Now, I'm hearing that we're in for some juicy stuff soon with Sandy's brother, some great stuff with Tip and some exciting scenes with Steffy and Bill. I'm ANXIOUS for once!!!!!

I'm still going through some emails to see who my PMSing winner is, I'll announce it next week.

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