Originally Posted by *Elle*90:
“They really don't need another young mother, or new mother at all. At 24 Whitney has made it farther than most Walford women before having a baby. I'm practically a dried up old spinster compared to soap women.
I am sort of glad they did the abortion plot with Libby. It was accurate of them to show a woman in her mid 20's(or so) who really considered and thought about it. Often with the young mother's in soap, it all just works out usually. A lot of people of my generation and probably this will be even more true for the next generation - have a lot to consider when having children. I am pretty sure if my mom was my age now, she might have felt differently. I think about the growing population, what will happen with mass automation of jobs ect.”
Agree 100%, I'm sick of EE lumbering young characters with kids, I mean look at Lauren destined to have 101 kids by 101 fathers no doubt. Back in the day young women got far more on EE than just become baby machines like they currently are. I mean look at Janine, she was in her 30s before they ended up throwing a baby onto her.
Also the obsession with the young characters on EE with settling down, this is 2016 in London and you'd think these people were in rural Arkansas the way they're so willing to do nothing in life and marry/have kids with the first person they date.