1985 (#17) - Boobsie's wedding, Julia's pregnancy and Douglas' offer

After a few months of engagement, Douglas and the young and provocative Boobsie are closer than ever. Douglas' attraction to the stripper is very strong and, on the other hand, Boobsie realizes that she feels a great affection for the man, convinced that he can give him the assurances she has never had during her life: finally a man loves her for what she is and not only for her beauty. Boobsie, in fact, lets go of the idea of a comfortable life and accepts Douglas' proposal of marriage, who soon marries the woman. In the meantime, Julia and Eric decide to break off their relationship, realizing that they don't have much in common and that they don't have feelings for each other; so Eric decides to leave Genoa City to return to Paris and resume his life as a painter. A few days after Eric's departure, however, Julia realizes that she is pregnant with the man; not knowing what to do, and not wanting to turn to either Eric or Victor, now happily married to Nikki, the woman finds herself unexpectedly opening up to Douglas. The two soon become friends, and they get close to the point of spending a lot of time together. The man thus realizes that he is unable to maintain a stable relationship with Boobsie, who cannot get away from her transgressive life, and instead has feelings for Julia. Not much time passes that Douglas realizes that he wants to offer Julia the opportunity to raise her future child with him and so, in agreement with Boobsie, he divorces the woman. Boobsie, on the other hand, realizes that she does not love Douglas and that she has confused affection with something else; in fact, she realizes that she cannot be a good wife because she is too different, not only in age, from her husband. The two then divorce while promising to remain great friends. Douglas, at this point, runs to Julia confessing to having understood that he loves her and wants to raise her son with her; however, although she is honoured, Julia refuses the offer, preferring to remain friends with Douglas without engaging in a relationship with him: Julia, in fact, prefers to raise her son alone rather than in a loveless family.