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Billy and Grace

Meet our first-time parents drom Essex

Fact title Fact data
Age
25 and 24
Occupation
Builder and Bank Advisor

Billy and Grace are childhood sweethearts and have known each other since school. They used to go to several of the same parties where Billy would ask Grace to dance. It took several attempts before she eventually relented and gave him her number. His persistence paid off though and the Essex couple have been together for 6 years and are due to get married next year.

When I was in the delivery room I thought hold up this is happening, I need to man up, step up and grow up
Billy

Grace wears the trousers in the relationship and Billy is the romantic. He runs Grace baths, lights candles and spoils her when he can. He complains that the most she will do for him is buy him a sticky bun! Billy admits he is quite sensitive around Grace and will cry at anything - if they are watching a sad film they will both 鈥渂e in pieces鈥 together. However, he is not like that around his mates and is much more 鈥榞eezer鈥 than 鈥榮oppy'. Billy has been very focused recently on planning a large stag do in Benidorm.

Billy is a self-employed bricklayer and although he works and plays in a macho world he is adamant that doesn鈥檛 mean he can鈥檛 be interested and involved in pregnancy and birth. That said, Billy admits that he is quite squeamish, is bad with blood and isn鈥檛 sure whether he will even be able to hold his baby when he first comes out before he is cleaned up.

Grace's job as an advisor at a bank extends to her role in the home. She runs the joint bank account and doles out pocket money to Billy! Grace is still quite traditional in other ways though 鈥 she cooks, cleans and takes care of the house. She enjoys looking after her man and can鈥檛 wait to be a mum.