Is Hope Logan Her Own Worst Enemy?

I am a firm believer that Hope is way too young and immature for marriage, let alone a serious relationship with Liam. Her actions as of lately have proved this. She is young, naive, childish, and living in a fairytale.

The first time Hope ran away from her problems was when she caught Liam kissing Steffy on the night of his bachelor party. Instead of confronting the situation, Hope overreacted and left Liam’s engagement ring on the mantle and ran home crying. Of course the next day she came to her senses and realized what a huge mistake breaking off the engagement was, but it was too late as Liam already turned around and proposed to Steffy on the rebound(see ‘L’ is for Loser…and Liam Spencer). By then it was already too late as he and Steffy were on their way to Aspen.

After the huge disappointment of Hope realizing she cannot marry the man of her dreams (insert eye roll here) because Steffy didn’t sign the annulment papers, is when Hope starts to crumble. She becomes paranoid that if she cannot marry Liam right away and be romantic with him, that Liam will go back to Steffy because of needs. This paranoia was encouraged by Hopes mother Brooke and Aunt Katie, who advised Hope that you do not have to be married in order to be with Liam, and that they were “already married in their hearts”, so everything and everyone else didn’t matter. Brooke and Katie despise Steffy so much, that they overlooked what the consequences of this action might do to Hope, and later both admitted they might have given Hope bad advice.

As a result of sleeping with a married man, Hope begins to see a psychiatrist, which there is nothing wrong with, but Hope should have stopped pretending to be okay around Liam and be honest with him about what is bothering her. After all, Liam left Steffy because she wasn’t honest with him and lied to him. So Hope should know better.

Then there is the whole pill situation. After promising Liam she was done with the pills and wouldn’t take anymore in order to cope with her problems, she does. While skiing in Aspen, Hope crashes into Steffy and Steffy sprains her knee. Later that day Hope and Liam have an argument because Hope took a pill due to paparazzi following her to the house and trying to take pictures of her through the blinds. I have to give credit to Liam here, because he actually stood his ground for once. He told Hope, “Since when does the opinion of strangers matter?” Why wouldn’t she tell the paparazzi to stop trespassing on private property? Why didn’t she call the police, or call him? He tells her that if she can’t take a little negativity from strangers, then how is she going to handle being Mrs. William Spencer the Third? Is he going to come home one day and find her self-medicated? All of this really hit home for Hope. Afterwards Liam goes back to the hospital to check on Steffy, and when he arrives back, there is a note on the door from Hope saying that she’s sorry that he’s disappointed in her and that she went back to LA.

Seriously Hope?!

Why are you running away from your problems again? I get that you’re disappointed in that you let Liam down. I get that you want to be on your own to think for a bit and clear your head. That’s fine. But you leave a note on the door? Why couldn’t you call him? Why couldn’t you leave him a message? Why couldn’t you wait for him to come home?

The last time Hope ran away from her problems, rather then work through it with Liam, was when she broke off her engagement with him. That resulted in Liam being with Steffy. I have a feeling there will another consequence of Hope’s recent actions in Aspen as well. After all, Liam did rip up the annulment papers after Steffy signed them, so maybe they reconciled? Maybe Liam is having second thoughts about Hope and marrying her?

What are your opinions on this matter? Do you think Hope is digging her own grave? Is she responsible for the actions that have taken place so far? Is any, or all of this, Hopes fault? I would love to hear what you think!