My True Love vs. My Soap Spouse

John McCook on wife Laurette and on Eric Forrester’s wife, Stephanie

What do you love most about her?

Laurette: She loves getting any gift.

Stephanie: She loves giving gifts?

If you could change one thing about her, what would it be?

Laurette: How long it takes her to get ready to go out.

Stephanie: How quickly she forgets where we went last night.

I know I was destined to be with her when…

Laurette: She talked so much about family.

Stephanie: She told him she was pregnant!

The most romantic thing she has ever done is…

Laurette: Leave dozens of notes in my luggage when I travel.

Stephanie: Make huge changes to Eric’s first dress [design].

What do you and her usually disagree about?

Laurette: Furniture and decorating.

Stephanie: Who should come to the Forrester Christmas dinner.

She gets most annoyed when I…

Laurette: Don’t call during the day.

Stephanie: Does call during the day.

What did you think when you first met her?

Laurette: She’s so beautiful.

Stephanie: One night – what could go wrong?

In the kitchen, she makes a mean…

Laurette: Spaghetti carbonara.

Stephanie: Bowl of Cocoa Puffs.

She loves it when I…

Laurette: Play the piano at home.

Stephanie: Buys a small European manufacturing plant.

She has the cutest…

Laurette: Dimples when she smiles.

Stephanie: Retirement fund.

Soaps In Depth 3/28/2000