"She and I are both Forresters!"
Neither of you are biological Forresters. Thorne, Rick, and even Ivy have more of a claim to the position than both of you.
shareAnd they know this or should. They only have the Forrester name but not blood.
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I guess it could be said though, what is in a name? Yes, the company is named Forrester Creations after Eric's surname and Stephanie's married name, but it could just have easily been called Douglas Creations.
They may be misguided to thinking they are 'Forresters' but they certainly are equally as entitled as Rick and Thorne.
The company wouldn't exist without Stephanie's money and business savvy, and it wouldn't exist without Eric's designs. One was not more important than the other.
Sure, Ridge is not Eric's biological son, and by extension, Steffy/Thomas are not biologically Eric's grandchildren, but they do have Douglas blood in them and are just as entitled to the company as if they shared Eric's blood.
Personally, I think if ANYONE should be making claims for the position it should be Thorne. Sure, Rick and Steffy and Thomas may have all worked hard in their respective positions but none more so, and longer than Thorne and Ridge. Thorne was always the overlooked son, an one could argue knows more about the day to day running of the business than anyone else and probably has more relationship with the unseen underlings toiling away to keep the company running, while the management team spend all day doing everything other than actually working.
As for Ivy, she may be related by blood to Eric, but her dad, Eric's brother had nothing to do with the company and its formation. She has had nothing to do with it until recently. I would be shocked if she thought she had any right to a management position there based on name alone.
THANK YOU....I am so sick of viewers trying to make some point of this. It's like they forget that Stephanie's Father's money started the company, and that she was not the biological MOTHER of Ridge....and I said the same thing once before about Ivy...she has zero entitlement. Forrester is NOT a business that had anything to do with her Father, or any other relatives in Eric's family. It's way past time for some viewers to get this, and just let it go.
shareThere would be no Forrester without Stephanie's money and Ridge is Stephanie's child. Legally, they are Forresters. I'm sure Eric is on Ridge's birth certificate.
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Legally, they are Forresters.
That just means the state is pretending that they're Forresters. That's a different thing entirely from actually being one. You can cut your hair and get a penis attached to yourself and the state will legally declare you a dude. That doesn't mean you actually are one. You can have consensual sex that feminists don't like and it will be legally declared rape. That doesn't mean that it actually is.
Your last name is your last name and that's determined by culture and law. They are Forresters according to both. If Thomas, Stephenie, Marcus, and Zende said, "We are Forresters by blood" that would be a lie.
Good job Oscars! Hopefully Asian and Hispanic nominees in 2018!
They can only be Forresters legally. Didn't Rick and Steffy have an affair some years ago even though he's supposed to be her "uncle" and he was cocky about it too. He was also seeing her twin sister before they killed her off if I'm remembering correctly. Obviously they weren't worried about them not being blood Forresters then. I was glad when they got rid of that actor that played Rick though.
What does biology have to do with it? Ridge was raised believing he was a biological Forrester until I believe into his late 30s/early 40's. Eric also believed he was his biological son all that time as well. Why should finding out his DNA isn't what he thought it was change who raised him and who he viewed as his father his entire life? As another poster stated, it is likely that Eric and the name Forrester is on his birth certificate. Finding out his paternity isn't what he believed it was as an adult doesn't and shouldn't negate his position in the family. It would be wrong to make those same exceptions to children who were adopted, simply because they are not biologically related.
shareThis drives me batty.
As a mom of adopted kids, this whole thread offends me. What does it matter what blood is running through your veins? They were all raised as Forresters. They are no less family than Rick, Thorn, etc.
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Agreed. Biology does not make a parent, or necessarily a family. It's wherever there is love present. People t me to forget that sometimes.
shareWell said! It doesn't matter about DNA! Eric raised Ridge and that is his father. I bet if William Bell were still alive the paternity wouldn't have changed.
shareWas that storyline after Bill Bell's death? I'm not sure that it was, but I guess it could have been. Ridge's paternity switch was a very long time ago on the soap it seems, but I do agree it was unnecessary. Bill Bell also never wanted the truth about Lily's paternity on Y&R revealed, but later writers went there, and for what?? Lily has never viewed Malcolm as her Father. It was a mistake that should have never been, given how it happened, which was not the result of an affair. Too bad we don't have brilliant soap writers anymore. As far as Bradley Bell goes in relation to his Father....the apple fell very far from the tree!!
shareRidge being Massimo's son was done by Bradley Bell. I remember William Bell saying that it was a mistake to write Malcolm doing that to Drucilla and as far as he was concerned Neil was Lily's father. I took from that Lilly is Neil's daughter, not Malcolm's.
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