Here’s Why Bold and the Beautiful’s Steffy Should Give Up On Her Childhood Fantasy

Steffy is a grown woman with a hot marriage and career on The Bold and the Beautiful. Sure, her career is somewhat halted at the moment due to a coup attempt. But she’s still the “It” girl of Los Angeles with plenty of friends. Steffy also has a childhood fantasy that she needs to let go of.

Nostalgia Bubble

Steffy (Jaqueline MacInnes Wood) has everything that she wants. But it’s not enough. She also wants her parents to get back together. Steffy is elated that Taylor (Rebecca Budig) and Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) have gotten closer than ever. Once again. She doesn’t realize that Ridge only reunites with Taylor when he’s upset or bored with Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang). Taylor is his second choice, not his first.

Yet, Steffy can’t remove the rose-colored glasses. She believes that her father is the right man for her mom despite his many, many, many flaws. She also feels that her family is better together. Her sense of nostalgia and need to stick it to the Logans has created this idea in her head. Steffy even rewrote her childhood history. She claims that Ridge wasn’t around for much of her childhood when, in actuality, it was Taylor.

Steffy forgot that Brooke loved and raised her along with her father. Meanwhile, Steffy was worried that her mother was dead. She didn’t always have the little perfect family that she created in her mind. In addition, she puts her parents on a pedestal and makes excuses for them. Taylor abandoned her kids when they needed her the most because she couldn’t stand seeing Ridge with Brooke.

Time To Move

Sorry to burst Steffy’s nostalgic bubble, but it’s time to move on. She needs to get a reality check about her parents. Instead, she’s obsessed with the idea of her mom becoming second best. That’s an insult to her own mother. Steffy should take a page from Hope’s (Annika Noelle) and demand better for her mother.

She should also stop giving excuses for her father. She has trauma from her parents’ complicated relationship. Steffy did acknowledge the times when Ridge played both women for decades. However, she still puts him on a pedestal. In her mind, she created this childhood fantasy where her parents were happily married for years, and they raised her.

Unfortunately, her version of the past is a lie. Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) shot Taylor, and Bridge ended up raising them. Eventually, the kids were sent to boarding school. This is a departure from the idea that Steffy created in her head. It seems like she is trying to recreate a childhood she never had. And she’s rewriting history to create a picture-perfect fantasy about her parents, even though they’re toxic. (Here are all the reasons that Ridge is wrong for Taylor.)