1 hour ago, ccroom50 said:

------Romantic Couples that Should've Been Off-Limits-But the Show Did Them Any Way------

------The Young and The Restless(Y&R)------

Victor and Sharon Newman

Billy Abbott and Sharon Newman

Billy Abbott and Summer Newman

Nick Newman and Amy Wilson

Nick Newman and Grace Turner

Nick Newman and Phyllis Summers

Nick Newman and Avery Bailey Clark

Nick Newman and Chelsea Lawson

Jack Abbott and Jill Foster Abbott

Phillip Chancellor III and Nina Webster

Brad Carlton and Nikki Newman

Brad Carlton and Victoria Newman

Brad Carlton and Ashley Abbott

Brad Carlton and Lauren Fenmore

Brad Carlton and Sharon Newman

Cole Howard and Nikki Newman

Cole Howard and Victoria Newman

Cole Howard and Ashley Abbott

Dr. Scott Grainger and Sheila Carter

Austin Travers and Summer Newman

Dr. Stitch Rayburn and Victoria Newman

Dr. Stitch Rayburn and Ashley Abbott

Dr. Stich Rayburn and Abby Newman

Kyle Abbott and Phyllis Summers

Kyle Abbott and Summer Newman

Phillip "Chance" Chancellor VI and Chloe Mitchell

Ronan Malloy and Chloe Mitchell

Billy Abbott and Chloe Mitchell

Adam and Sharon Newman

Dylan McAvoy and Sharon Newman

Neil Winters and Dr. Olivia Barber

Neil Winters and Sofia Dupre

Brad Carlton Dr. Olivia Barber

 

------The Bold and the Beautiful(B&B)------

Ridge Forrester and Caroline Spencer Forrester(Joanna Johnson)

Thorne Forrester and Caroline Spencer Forrester(Joanna Johnson)

Ridge Forrester and Dr. Taylor Hayes

Thorne Forrester and Dr. Taylor Hayes

Ridge Forrester and Brooke Logan

Eric Forrester and Brooke Logan

Thorne Forrester and Brooke Logan

Ridge Forrester and Lauren Fenmore

Ridge Forrester and Ashley Abbott

Rick Forrester and Ashley Abbott

Rick Forrester and Caroline Spencer(Linsey Godfrey)

Thomas Forrester and Caroline Spencer(Linsey Godfrey)

Ridge Forrester and Caroline Spencer(Linsey Godfrey)

Brooke Logan and Deacon Sharpe

Brooke Logan and Dollar Bill Spencer

Eric Forrester and Beth Logan

Eric Forrester and Lauren Fenmore

Eric Forrester and Sheila Carter

Eric Forrester and Quinn Fuller Forrester

Ridge Forrester and Quinn Fuller Forrester

Liam Spencer and Steffy Forrester

Dollar Bill Spencer and Steffy Forrester

Dollar Bill Spencer and Katie Logan

Liam Spencer and Hope Logan

Wyatt Spencer and Hope Logan

Nick Marone and Brooke Logan

Nick Marone and Bridget Forrester

Nick Marone and Katie Logan

Dante Damiano and Felicia Forrester

Dante Damiano and Bridget Forrester

 

So just about every relationship ever written?

Great Topic @Faulkner

 

Victor and Sharon - YR - For years they were so close as father and daughter-in-law. It was so gross already when they had Sharon kiss Victor that one time. Now years later they not only be in a romantic relationship, but they show them in foreplay. I literally remembering viewers wanting Sharon to have a brain tumor to explain this mess! 

 

Taylor and Rick - B&B - It was always established that Taylor was the Madonna to Ridge's Madonna/Whore complex. Yet, her and Brooke's son Rick started dating Rick. Not to mention he has been with both of your twin daughters Phoebe and Steffy too.

 

Cane and Lily - YR - Lily was married since she has been in her teens. So by the time she divorced Daniel. TPTB decide to throw her in a relationship with this guy who is in his thirties dominating her youth by not marrying each other multiple times. But having them go through so much and her being so forgiving. Let's not forget the Battleship Potemkin death aftermath when Cane was haunting her making her think she was losing her mind. So glad that they're over and hopes Lily find herself away from a man period. 

 

Jack and Sharon - YR: They were so boring and mismatched. It seem like they were doing this because Nick was with Phyllis and they wanted more drama with the four as a quad. Not to mention what happened to them once Sharon started sleeping with Nick and Billy in the mix too. 

 

Mallet and Marina - GL: HE WAS HER GODFATHER!!! 

Edited April 29, 20196 yr by Forever8

The last 15 years of ATWT were filled with pairings that never should have happened but two of the most egregious involved the ever devolving, ever changing Craig Montgomery.

 

I wasn't watching at the time (thankfully!) but just the thought of Craig Montgomery and Danielle Andropoulos makes me sick.  Dani was like a daughter to Craig but one throwaway joke of Craig's from the 80s got turned into a whole entire concept for a fling between the two (funny how the concept of Dani and Bryant getting together never took, as that line of dialogue was also mentioned in the 80s, it was clearly a set up for a future storyline).

ATWT had a perverse fascination with May/December flings involving barely legal young women and much older men.  I also wasn't fond of Dusty and Lucy Montgomery (why couldn't 90s/00s writing regimes ever get the Montgomerys right?)

 

Craig and Barbara Ryan was just wrong on all levels.  Given the nature of their relationship in the past, there was no reason for them to have anything to do with one another outside a purely business framework.  I can still remember Craig dropping Barbara as an investor, giving her all her money back, because of what she did to Sierra and Margo.  Even when he started managing BRO, he mostly had others in charge of the account and he was always mostly distant and cool with Barbara.  It made no sense that they would get so entangled that they'd actually get married.  Of course, there was no love there but it still never made sense, given the fact that Craig was never they type of character that married for money or revenge.  Then again, at that time Craig was being written as a bot by trolls.

 

 

With all the horrible, ill suited couples and the gross daddy-issues relationships, no wonder so many women tuned out of the show in the last 15 years.  Yuck!

Edited April 29, 20196 yr by DramatistDreamer

6 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

So just about every relationship ever written?

It pretty much is. Especially the BB list. 

Judging from those lists, they might as well rename the shows "The Sick & the Nasty" and "The Depraved & the Twisted."

Max & Chelsea Brady 

Max & Stephanie Johnson

 

Many of the Brady/Horton pairings after Bo & Hope

I would throw in Maxie and Georgie going after their (now gay) cousin Lucas on GH.  I know it was a short period of time and he was adopted but we saw them actually grow up as family. 

Cruz Castillo and Kelly Capwell on Santa Barbara. It was just WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!!

Any rapemance.

 

Liz and Franco on GH. He kidnapped her baby. Now she's married to him. So hot.

 

Carly and Franco. He had her son raped when he was in prison.

 

Such a great romantic lead he is.

21 hours ago, ajsp35801 said:

 

This is the only one besides Tammy and Jonathan on Guiding Light that I just thought was way beyond the pale. Ridge raised Bridgette as his own daughter for almost a decade!!!  

 

Tammy and Jonathan was fine... First of all, first full-cousin marriage is legal in several states, and they were only half-cousins who weren't raised together.

Barbara and Henry on ATWT.....just awful.  I don't care what CZP says....

3 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Barbara and Henry on ATWT.....just awful.  I don't care what CZP says....

 

Barbara needed AN ending, and unfortunately Hal (and Benjamin Hendricksen) was dead, so the best ending wasn't available. I didn't care for this one, but I can see why they did it and it's far from the worst thing ATWT did in that era.

Michelle and Tony on GL. Just bland and pointless. I never took Michelle as being the kind of girl to sleep through a family. I feel that Michelle should've been tossed back into Bill's orbit anyways around this time. Bill/Danny/Michelle had more potential on paper given all their history. 

 

Josh/Cassie on GL. I was not a fan of the pairing, and I feel it did irreparable damage to Reva and Cassie's sisterly relationship. We had already been there and done with that Richard, which was fine. I don't believe Cassie would've truly never poached Josh. 

 

Olivia and Buzz/Frank on GL. I feel like GL was just tossing Olivia with anyone around this time. Buzz and Frank were just too blue-collar for Olivia IMO. 

 

Alan/Beth on GL. Another gross relationship. Given all the foul things that Alan has done to Beth over the years, it made no sense for Beth to even wink at Alan. 

 

Craig and Dani on ATWT. I feel like production did this for shock value and to 'show' the fans that they knew history when actually they didn't. Craig would NEVER date Dani, who he thought was once his daughter. Also, it didn't help that the entire story with Dani was a dud. We never saw her interact with Kim, and rarely saw her with Emily. I found it icky too that she had the hots for Chris at one point too. 

 

 

Edited April 30, 20196 yr by NothinButAttitude

ATWT- Henry and Katie.  It just ruined the good things they had as friends for no reason.

20 minutes ago, NothinButAttitude said:

Josh/Cassie on GL. I was not a fan of the pairing, and I feel it did irreparable damage to Reva and Cassie's sisterly relationship. We had already been there and done with that Richard, which was fine. I don't believe Cassie would've truly never poached Josh. 

I had this in the back of my mind when posting. I know soaps in many ways are about the seedy and breaching propriety (it’s soapy goodness, after all), but this was so gross to me. They could have even teased it, but not allowed it to go all the way, as there IS drama in unfulfilled temptation.