I thought you'd pipe up- you always like to stick your oar in and gatekeep.
Listen, Chloe is in the public eye so yes, I will judge her reproductive choices. It's hardly a "committed" relationship when they have only been together 2 years and haven't even LIVED together yet. They might have jobs but they are still acting like dependents by living at home with their parents. You don't truly know someone unless you actually live with someone as a couple.
Moving out and getting their own place will change the dynamics of their relationship. Chloe might find out that he's a lazy sod who expects her to be like his mum and do everything for him. Throw a baby into the mix and it can all go to pot very quickly. It's certainly not as bad as Millie's situation, but you making it out to be a great situation to bring a child into makes me thing you're either really young or incredibly naive - or maybe i'm just a cynical witch. Real life isn't a fairy tale where everyone lives happily ever after. People are complex and you need to LIVE with them for a good few years before bringing a baby into the mix.
So yes, I am disappointed in Chloe. I just hope she doesn't start making motherhood her whole identity and pop them out like her mother and Millie.
Honestly at this point, I think Sophie is the most wise of them all. I know she's a gobby cow, but she at least got her own place when she became a teen mum, got a job that wasn't in the bakery, got married etc. She's doing the best so far I think.
I'm very sorry for popping up to 'stick my oar in' on an OPINIONS site. You do realise that posting an opposing opinion is fully allowed and very different to 'gatekeeping' (do you even know what that means? What a strange description for someone who disagrees with your opinion). I'm not an arse licker who automatically agrees with everyone just to be liked, if I don't agree with something I'll say so and I make no apologies for that. I'm not here to make friends. There are regulars on here who I've agreed with and disagreed with in equal measure over the years. Most people will probably realise by now that I'll hold no punches if I disagree with you, but I'm just as likely to stick up for you the next day if you say something I'm in agreement of. I take as I find, I don't hold silly grudges or vendettas like some. Hardly 'gatekeeping' (controlling or restricting one's access to things or right to an opinion... really not sure you got the right phrase to describe whatever it is you think I'm doing on here by daring to disagree with people! I've certainly never suggested anyone else can't have one, just don't expect me to always agree with it!)
I am neither young nor naive. In fact, I most definitely have never said it's a 'great situation'. You simply assumed that because I think you're being overly critical of her. It's not a situation I would personally choose to be in, but it's far better than many find themselves in (especially in that family).
You bizarrely contradict yourself by your comments about Sophie. She was what, 18 or 19 when she had Daisy? She definitely still lived at home (with Joe too) when Daisy was born. They had Millie's current room. And she did work in the bakery when her kids were younger (and so what? A job is a job). What has getting married got to do with anything? You don't have to be married to be stable. Her and Joe's hardly strikes as a happy marriage anyway. They're hardly a shining example, despite Sophie doing better for herself now (which came with age and maturity).
If we are to compare the two, Chloe waiting until she was 26 and had moved out of the mad house is far 'wiser' imo. I believe she and Jake wanted their own place but Sue and Noel advised them not to, to trial living together first (can tell they were hoping for it to fail). That suggests to me they could have afforded to rent somewhere at least but chose not to for now. On that basis, I fully expect them to do so by the time the baby arrives. A lot on here seem to assume that them living with his parents means they can't afford their own place, when I don't necessarily think that's the case.
Good luck to her I say. I really hope it all works out as she deserves to be happy.
...paparazzi will be camped outside hospital waiting with bated breath.....
