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yeah - there are times when it's perfectly fine and in context. The questin of whether or not I wanted kids and couldn't or had decided not to - that I have been asked, and it's mainly been guys who've asked. I don't recall a woman ever asking me that question. I suspect other women may find that ground more dangerous.
It's all about context really. And about social mores. For some reason it is ok for people to ask a newly married couple when we'll hear the pitter patter of tiny feet. It's seen as a lighthearted and inobtrusive question, because there's an automatic assumption that the couple will be planning to have kids. But forthe couple in question it could be a really intrusive question toask. It could bring up stuff they themselves aren't ready to deal with. It makes assumptions that can be dangerous in all sorts of ways.
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