These days, the topic of whether or not you want kids comes up pretty early in the relationship – with some even specifying it on their dating profiles.

It’s wise to have the babies chat fairly early on, so you can figure out if you align and ultimately share the same goals.

If you want kids and the person you’re dating and potentially getting serious with doesn’t, then it might be in everyone’s best interest to politely go your separate ways sooner rather than later.

But it seems that even if you both align on wanting children, that doesn’t mean either of you are immune to changing your mind.

Case in point: a 41-year-old has taken to Mumsnet to share that her fiancé, who is 39, no longer wants kids.

The poster, called Lizzielost, said from the very start, they both wanted children. “We’ve had so many conversations about it that it was never really considered to be an issue,” she added. That was, until last year.

The Mumsnet user said her fiancé, who she’s been with for eight years, has “been through some difficult times” in the past couple of years, including grieving the loss of a parent.

“Now that we are finally in a position where we have some security to try for a child (as my age is already against me somewhat) he has decided that he no longer wants a child,” she added.

The frustrated 41-year-old said her fiancé didn’t tell her “outright” for some time.

“If he had told me properly about his change of heart then I would not have bought the house with him,” she added, saying that things have “come to a head” in the past few days and she’s told her fiancé they........

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