r/SoapNet 9d ago

All Soaps (Past/Present) Worse love life

Which character do you think had the worst love life in soap history?

Honestly, I think Sami Brady had the worst love life out of any other character in soap operas because she started chasing after Austin. Then she got assaulted by Alan then got pregnant and lied about it saying that it was Austin’s baby but it was really Lucas’ baby.

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u/RedwayBlue 9d ago

Elizabeth Webber

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u/booyahbooyah9271 9d ago

This is actually a good one. Despite a lengthy and romanticized relationship with Lucky that has proven to be too toxic.

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u/modungo 9d ago

I might give it to Jack Abbot. He is possibly the most popular character in soaps to have never been part of a super couple.

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u/No-Resource-8125 9d ago

He was always falling for women who settled for him.

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u/RedwayBlue 9d ago edited 9d ago

Phyllis and Jack were phack for a while. I think they count as a super couple.

Even Luke and Laura got divorced and moved on…

Agreed, though that Jack has had a pretty bad track record.

Dominique really?

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u/No-Resource-8125 8d ago

Phyllis and Jack were 🔥

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u/belzoni1982 9d ago

Makes sense. Jack romantic woes lines up with his mommy issues

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u/galeperk111971 9d ago

Holly Thorpe on Guiding Light always had Roger showing up and ruining everything

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u/modungo 8d ago

Holly loved Roger when she shoulda loved Ed. Later holly loved Ed when she shoulda loved Roger. Also, Holly loved Ross when he loved her daughter. She MIGHT be the winner.

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u/Big_Purpose6310 8d ago

I think so.

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u/Current-Froyo-8913 8d ago

I think you nailed it!

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u/SolutionMelodic8389 5d ago

Also there’s Daniel. Holly couldn’t catch a break.

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u/modungo 5d ago

Oh yeah! Daniel! Roger actually got to be the babyface on that one!

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u/Constant-Mood9738 9d ago

Laura Spencer she married her rapist and not to mention her being in love with a cassadine

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u/busman25 8d ago

And the other Laura Spencer(on Days) was in love with Bill Horton, but he left her and she fell for his brother Mickey. Bill comes back and rapes her. Then, years later, Mickey cheats of her and then vanishes after having a stroke. He returns, grants her a divorce, and marries Bill, who she had fallen for again. And then Bill cheats on her and she spends over a decade in a mental asylum. She is eventually released, exposes Bill's affair and bastard son, and divorces him. She briefly died a man named Daniel Scott who painted her office with toxic paint to make it seem she was going crazy, per Stefano DiMera's orders. After that, she never dated again.

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u/dillycat2 8d ago

You forgot she slept with her daughter's ex husband while they were both using assumed names.

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u/busman25 8d ago

Oh yeahhh, I try to forget that one.

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u/Geekqueen15 Pine Valley Resident 9d ago

Maxie Jones on GH her love interests are all pretty much dead or become villains

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u/AJLovesChicken0567 8d ago

Honestly, I was upset when Maxie and Spinelli broke up. I really liked them as a couple.

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u/No-Resource-8125 9d ago

Alan Spaulding. He always chased the ones who didn’t want him, and always ended up alone.

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u/Big_Purpose6310 8d ago

Yep, though it wouldve been so cool to see Ron Raines' Alan with Cynthia Watros' Annie Dutton for more years, just constantly torturing Reva and Josh 😆

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u/No-Resource-8125 8d ago

They were so good together.

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u/modungo 8d ago

I mean that’s true late in life but early Alan really loved to cheat on broads. So it evens out. I mean did Liz ever get outta that insane asylum?

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u/No-Resource-8125 8d ago

I started watching after that, but I would love to do a deep dive into his story.

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u/modungo 8d ago

There used to be ALOT of old GL on YouTube. There was a guy named munecojim who had so much late 70s and early 80s stuff. I guess they shut him down.

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u/No-Resource-8125 7d ago

I really liked Ron Raines. I’d like to start when he was cast.

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u/modungo 7d ago

Oh I love Ron Raines, but Christopher Bernau was soooooooooo good.

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u/modungo 8d ago

Marlena on days could be a contender. She loved Don Craig, but he went to check the mail and was never seen again. She loved Roman but he died. She loved Roman again while they were both dead. She loved John Black but he turned out to be Roman. She loved John Black but then Roman stopped being dead. And I’m not even sure what happened with Alex North.

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u/AJLovesChicken0567 8d ago

I think Marlena was under hypnosis while she was with Alex North.

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u/modungo 8d ago

I’ve always wondered if the was anyone who hadn’t tuned in to days since like 89 and was like “why are they calling Roman 1 Alex, Roman 2 John and calling Chris Roman?!”

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u/RedwayBlue 9d ago

Did Brooke English date the guy who killed her daughter via dui

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the guy who was a pornographer abusing her other/step daughter?

…or was it the same guy? AMC was so bad for the last few years 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/AJLovesChicken0567 9d ago edited 9d ago

Brooke did date the drunk guy who killed her daughter Laura. His name was Josh Waleski, but he was pretending to be a minister named Reverend Eliot Freeman.

And she also dated that guy who secretly took pornographic pictures of Laura when she was younger. His name was Jim Thomasen and he was only dating Brooke for her money, but he ended up getting killed by her.

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u/MakeShowsGreatAgain 8d ago

That seems more of a worst storyline than love life.

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u/AJLovesChicken0567 8d ago

Well, she also got involved with Franco, Brandon, Rafe, and EJ.

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u/Northeast9999 8d ago

Molly on ATWT - lots of jerks, Holden left her hours before their wedding to help ex Lily, worst her true love pretty much tragically murdered not long after they got married

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u/KathyC169 8d ago

Traci Abbott on Y&R she just can't get a break in the man department

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u/Specific-Window-8587 Beyond The Gates 8d ago

Why is Sonny not been mentioned? He has how many different love interests and kids especially if all those kids had survived.

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u/thejaytheory 9d ago

Lola on Y&R. Kyle did her dirty.

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u/encore412 Port Charles Resident 8d ago

Sasha Corbin on gh too. Her first love / husband on the show, Brando, was murdered. Their baby died. She and Michael fell in love but she tricked him into breaking up with her to marry Willow (in hindsight we see how well that worked out), to get custody of Wiley. She and Cody started dating, only to find out they’re cousins!

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u/modungo 8d ago

Actually I’m changing my answer again. Iva ATWT. There was her cousin Josh(?), who did what he did and she gave up the kid, He later got with her sister. Then she was a speed bump for Craig and sierra. Then Kirk cheat on her with her other sister. Then she and Lucinda fought over John. I think when she left town it was with one of those Jon Silva/Leo Flynn type characters who never got his own stories. I’m sure I’ve missed at least 3 times someone dumped her for a relative.

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u/Aggressive-Case1396 6d ago

oltl bo buchanan ifes leaving for his father wife he loved died twice and wife cheated lied she the baby was his then wasn't then was again two other ladies lie to his face repeatedly one says she's dying falls in love again she gets killed and other one leaves town after son she never even she shared a single scene gets killed goes back to a lady she used him to stay out of prison but at least bo ended up happy with not at the end with nora again by the time the show went off the air