Even if it's not a foregone conclusion, it's an important topic to discuss before entering a long-term relationship. If one partner wants children, and is coun

Even if it's not a foregone conclusion, it's an important topic to discuss before entering a long-term relationship. If one partner wants children, and is counting on that happening, and the other partner wants to not have children, and is counting on that happening, that's a huge point of relationship friction. So, yeah, it's really important to make sure your potential partner is on the same parenting page as you are, even if (especially if) that page is "let's not be parents".