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Hi! My name is Kristen Forrester Dominguez. I am
a neglected member of the mighty Forrester family. For years I lived away
from home in New York. My family did not keep in touch with me. Sometimes
I would come back to family weddings and so on but when I saw that their
marriages never lasted, and I would have to come back for the same person's
wedding to another person the next year and the year after that he would
marry the same person again that he married three years ago... well, you
can understand why I decided it was best not to bother. So I just lived
my life alone in New York and didn't keep any contact with my family whatsoever.
When I came back I was surprised to learn my mother nearly died a few times
and so on.
Anyway, back in the late 1980s and very early 1990s I lived very much
in LA. Like all the other Forresters, I had problems, for example with
my mother, who thought my father loved me too much or something. She also
thought I was frigid and asked a guy, Clarke Garrison, to seduce me. He
did and we ended up getting married, but later, the marriage came to an
end. Things got boring and that was when I left for New York.
Now, during my New York years, I didn't have any relationships with
anyone. I was grieving the disappointments of my past relationships back
in LA and obviously, New York people don't have as many relationships anyway
as the people in LA do - at least if you're not in Sex and the City. No,
everybody knows that the craziest relationship dramas are set in LA. So
when I came back, I was lost and hungry for love, but also mad at my mother
for the way she treated me in the past - I don't even know why I came back.
Okay, I admit it, mostly just to have a relationship. I soon found myself
in one too. Antonio Dominguez, the new, hot designer at the Forrester rival
company, Spectra. The beginning was very difficult, but after that it was
true love - which conquers all. Even HIV, as it appears. Tony discovered
he had it. He had gotten it from his former girlfriend. A horrible situation.
He didn't want to tell me about it at first. When I found out, I wanted
to stick by him and get married to him anyway. My family was against it,
just like they are against any marriage which doesn't involve marrying
someone who pretends to be a saint. They did everything they could to stop
me from marrying Tony. Dad and Clarke plotted against me. But I finally
got my Tony. We went on a honeymoon trip to Africa. There we met a wonderful
little boy called Zende who had lost his parents to AIDS. Feeling so blessed
and virtuous, we of course adopted him and brought him back home with us.
Now everything is running smoothly for us as a family. There are problems
with Forrester Creations and other business stuff, like the fact that I
work at Forrester, and my husband and brother work at the rival company.
I'm trying to struggle in between. It's not that big of a deal though.
I'm just a statistic in that company anyway. Those who really deal with
the problems include Eric, Rick and Thorne... and Brooke should, but she
has had other things to worry about lately. All this doesn't concern me
too much. It doesn't mess up my personal life, whereas for Rick and Eric
all this business mess is a big part of their lives. As for Thorne, he
doesn't appear to have personal life right now, so I don't know about him.
Oh well, I'm doing fine at least.
The future worries me a little bit, though. Just how long can you stay
happy on a soap opera? Just how long can you stay on a soap if you can't
even make love to your husband? These are some questions that I have yet
to find answers for. |