The Bold and the Beautiful - MESSAGE BOARDS

I haven’t had the chance to read all the post yet but here are my thoughts as a Taylor Fan:

Of course she isn’t a saint and I think most of her fans would say that. Taylor like everyone else on the show has made her fair share of mistakes but what separates Taylor from others on the show is that she seems to pay dearly for her mistakes. I have never seen anyone pat her on the head and say oh that is just a silly mistake. She paid dearly (Ridge leaving her) for her one nightstand with James….something she could have kept to herself but came clean with on her own. She paid dearly for having a relationship with her daughter’s ex and was just mending her relationship with Phoebe when she died. She paid dearly for trying to help a stranded Phoebe, accidently killing her close friend…something else she came forward with on her own (she could have kept quiet and the case would have been closed). She lost years of her life and her children’s lives by trying to help Brooke and evil Sheila. She even lost her chance at happiness with Nick after going to hell to give him a kid (only for the Logans to interfere again with ‘mistakes’ and ‘anyone but Taylor’ slogans). She has battled her way back from alcoholism and is managing well on her own. She made mistakes about her stock in FC (giving it all to Steffy) in perhaps one of the few spontaneous things she has done and boy did Thomas not let her forget it. But she handled it like a pro. She was over the top in her objections to Taboo and it almost ruined her relationship with Thomas….but again she has learned from that and has taken a much calmer approach to her kids these days. When she realized Steffy was involved with a married man she didn’t look the other way or encourage it like some parents have….she did what she felt was right and put an end to it. Yep you are right Taylor is no saint but compared to others on the show, she is the one that shows the most compassion for others and often tries to do the right thing.

BTW if we are to compare addictions I would say Taylor’s was much better written and played out than the one with Hope. If TPTB are going to do something like this then they need to do it right! In Taylor’s situation we saw her hit rock bottom, be held accountable for her actions and then fight to get back on track. I highly doubt we’ll see any of that with Hope, especially the part about being held accountable.