Experts Say You Should Have These 14 Things in Common With Your Partner

If this is just a casual thing, goals might not matter, but when you start looking at a future with someone or you've already started building a family together, it's really important that the two of you are looking in the same direction. "That doesn't mean you have to be the same on every single aspect of life, but, for example, if one of you wants to have kids (or more kids than you already do) and the other doesn't, that is just going to cause a lot of problems down the road," Resnick said.