I see it kinda the same but a lil different Sam.

I truly believe that both Ridge and Stephanie and the rest of the family including Taylor, becuase I've heard her say its Rick's fault too, feel that Rick is too blame for his actions that led up to the accident.

I've heard them all except Stephanie say that Rick was driving the car that killed Phoebe, even Baker said it when he showed up to investigate the fire.

What has Ridge and Stephanie reeling is not only the fact that Rick pulled all of these schemes before Phoebe died, he continued to scheme and lie and even sabatoge Ridge and Eric's new line for FC...

Ridge also bent over backwards and agreed with Brooke not to send Rick off to Paris IF AND ONLY IF Rick agreed not to go anywhere near, Thomas, Steffy or Taylor, but especially Thomas and Steffy, since that promise, Rick has done nothing but go after Steffy with full force, and the gall of that bum to say HE gave Ridge enough time to come around and except him and Steffy is a load of bull, especially when he wasn't supposed to be near her to start with.

Rick is destructive, Steph and Ridge can see his destructive behavior and have tried to warn both Eric and Brooke, but neither of them seem to care about Rick getting professional help, instead, Eric thorws the load into Brookes lap, and Brooke, just like she does with her won issues, keeps choosing to sweep Ricks under the rug, all the while telling Ridge that Rick needs help and needs his family, well shes shoving him down all of their throats, but where is the help?

Ricks constant manipulations, and now his bedding of Steffy is just making the memory of Phoebe just stick out in Ridges mind, becuase Rick has moved on to his other daughter.......and the only person who was priviledged to the information about what happened in the car was Steffy when Budge told her.

so..my bottom line is, no Rick didn't mean to kill Phoebe but she is dead, why? becuase he chose to stick his tongue in her sisters mouth to get back at their father.

OK so Brooke admits Rick is psycho, then what? Why is she the only mother on this show who gets grief because her child is inappropriate/
I have read on this board more than once disapproval of Steffy. Yet not one word on what a crummy mother Taylor must be.
I don't read anything about what a lousy mother Stephanie is when one of her prodigeny goes nuts.
But somehow Brooke is fair game for mud slinging.



that would be the first step of her actually trying to help her son, instead of enabling him, which is what she is doing now.

Steffy is not going around manipulating her whole family and destroying company profits, that would be Rick, so where would the comparison come in for Taylor with her daughter? yes, I disapprove of Steffy's mouth, and her choice to be with her uncle, but again, thats no reflection on Taylor or Ridge becuase I see both of them stepping in and trying to show Steffy how wrong this is, there's the difference.

My Steph, is in a class by herself, yeah some of her brood does wrong, shes goes to bat for them, but at the same time, she lets them know what an idiot they are for doing such things.

Brooke hasn't even come to light about her own issues, so I guess it should be expected that she wouldn't shed light on her grown sons issues, and keep going to bat for him and forgetting that she has 2 young kids at home that need some of that attention shes lashing on to Rick.

Yeah, Stephanie is in a class by herself - lying and manipulating,


nope: they are are in that class, so Steph is no by herself


Brooke did tell Rick what he did was wrong. She told him over and over again. I'm sorry, but I don't know how blaming the mother helps the son.
yeah-she told him what he did was wrong, and still continued to let him manipulate her, if she had stopped him at the paralized lie, he wouldn't have had the chance to do all the other stuff.
Brooke could insist on counseling, heck she asked Ridge to do it with them all together, and Ridge refused and told her her son is the one who needs it, and what did she do, still plead with Ridge to leave lil Ricky alone.