Truthfully I don’t think they were ready for kids. I can imagine carol was banging on about becoming a nan and given Hollie doesn’t have a job it was just expected of them.
These Essex families remind me quite a bit of the traveller community. Have 3/4 kids marry them off young and then start breeding the next generation. It’s all bloods thicker than water and it’s not a question of when or even if you want kids. It’s just expected of you.
I’m waiting for them to announce natalya is engaged at the grand old age of 23