I have been a watcher of Y&R for ,...do I dare admit this??? Yep, for the past 32 years!!

I started watching this over summer with my grandmother at the age of , yep, 10!!
I have been watching it since the very first week it was on....3/4 of it all I can no longer remember....all the stories all the people...geesh I cant remember all the happened a week ago
The relationship with Ashley and Victor goes way back, they were in love, she was pregnant, she terminated the pregnancy, went off the deep end and he helped her find her way back. When she was able to bring Victor back from his "Darkness" after Sabrina, it in turn was Payback so to speak that they had this bond from so long ago.
When Ashley got pregnant with Abbey, it was through donation, she later miraculously found out that Victor was the father. Therefore, starting that long lost love kindling again.
As for Victor's speech, he has always had that very low, spit in the corner of his mouth, speech. Kinds drives us all crazy, but he is so nasty and manipulative that we love it!
The rumor about the actor that plays Ashley and her being a man, I remember that too. I think its because she had that unibrow going on and that deep, voice that people started that. She was actually written into the show when she was "coming home" from College along with Jack. John and Jill were married then.
Oh boy, the drama!