Third of Childless Couples make Decision after One Conversation

For some couples, having kids just isn't in the cards. Yet according to researchers at Middlesex University, little to no talking may be necessary to come to this conclusion.

Lead study author Edina Kurdi of the university found that 40 percent of childless women had either not talked about having children or had only discussed this idea once in their relationship, based on a survey that involved 75 childless, British women, all 35 and older.

The participants were asked about any discussions they'd had with their partners about not having children. Findings showed that 23 to 63 percent of women who answered the question made up their minds after just one conversation and three others who knew "no kids" was the right choice didn't even have to say anything.

"Negotiation? It only needed one brief discussion, along the lines of 'I don't want kids - do you?' 'Nope, me neither'. Then move onto something more interesting to talk about... and neither of us reconsidered our options. There was no need to," said one woman, according to The Daily Mail.

Yet researches were surprised about how little discussion it took to come to a conclusion.

"Not having children is obviously a very important decision, and what was interesting from the research was the negligible amount of discussion that couples engaged in - many are agreeing not to have children in one conversation, or in an unspoken way," Kurdi said at the British Sociological Association's annual conference in Leeds. "One possible reason that couples did not need to talk about the issue much is that they could accurately sense their partner did not want children from their beliefs and lifestyle."

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