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After everything they went through in 2013 with baby Aspen I wish they had had a happy pregnancy with Kelly. Instead it was all marred by the Bill thing, paternity tests, watching Steffy be stressed and depressed over what should’ve been a miraculous time after such a terrible loss and the fact that she was told she was infertile, got treatment but still wasn’t sure she would be able to get pregnant again. She literally said she wasn’t ever expecting to hear those words when her doctor told her she was pregnant. And Liam didn’t get to fully experience all that joy either without being haunted by the imagery of his wife and his father. And if there is ever a time I do not fault Liam is in being angry at Steffy for sleeping with his father and not knowing if he’d ever be able to forgive her. And then you had Bill actively scheming and sabotaging his sons marriage, Liam thinking he shot his father, Steffy dealing with blackmail from Bill who was using the fact that Taylor shot him to keep Steffy from remarrying Liam…

I know Brad Bell was salivating at the thought of Liam impregnating Steffy and Hope one right after the other so he could create his Forrester-Spencer Vs. Logan-Spencer sister rivalry in the future but he could’ve at least given them a happy pregnancy and then unloaded all the drama after Kelly was born and done Hope/Beth.. etc.

At least she got to have a mostly chill pregnancy with Hayes after the paternity test tampering mishap… I still question why they just took Vinny’s word… a clearly troubled individual who was literally being badgered and pressured by Thomas for weeks into a confession after saying something really basic about fetal DNA you’d probably learn in biology class and uhh working in a lab lol and physically assaulted by Finn and later took his own life away while framing Liam.

I don’t doubt Hayes is Finn’s, I don’t think the show will change his paternity, I particularly don’t want it but they resolved it in a way that leaves room for a possible re-switch if they want. Whenever Bell starts salivating for Steam again lol and wants to stir more drama between Steffy/Hope/Liam but he’ll be murdered by the Sinn fans if he does it 😂

For all their talk about not repeating their mothers history and being a family for their kids they constantly fail at showcasing a cordial, respectful front. Do they think that Beth and Kelly won’t be affected by this as they grow older? That it won’t create some kind of rift and resentment with how one’s mom treats the other and vice versa? And Steffy is my girl but this actually mainly on her. She does a terrible job of being minimally respectful towards Hope. She dismisses her like she’s an intern, which is a lie because she actually treats the interns better, Will, Dylan etc and complemented their work. And Hope hasn’t been entirely innocent either, she’s done her fair share of slut shaming and sanctimonious judgement, and she did go after Finn but she stopped and actually makes a bigger effort to try to be nice to Steffy.

In my opinion Steffy needs a rival who’s on her level, another captain of industry from a rival company like she had with Sally in 2017. It’s a shame they ended that and decided to refocus on the triangle once they brought Hope back. I much prefer to watch that than the same beating a dead horse with HFTF.

I liked them making peace during Liam’s dying story. Steffy seemed genuine when she complimented her work and congratulated her engagement to Liam. They should’ve just kept it that way.

But knowing Brad Bell he probably wants to keep the door open for when he decides he wants them fighting over Liam again… Ugh