Is "The Talk" Necessary?

Everything starts out great! You're spending pretty much every leisure moment you have together, the chemistry is wonderful, you can't get enough of each other. Then thoughts begin to enter your mind. Where is this going? Does he/she want a relationship? Are we already in a relationship? Should you ask him/her what their feelings are? Is it too soon to start asking where this is going? And so on and so forth. I know every has been in this type of situation before and it can be very frustrating to say the least. You really like him/her, but don't want to scare them away, you don't want to ruin what you have. You know they've got to like you, hence their spending so much time with you, you're just not sure how much they like you or what their exact plans for the two of you are. So... Here's what I'd have to say about that, you don't want to start bringing up being in a relationship with a person on the first date, but you do want to make your intentions known from the door. Don't be overly aggressive with it, just make it clear what you want AND STICK TO THAT! If you want a relationship and that's truly what your heart desires, don't settle for being some one's "friend with benefits" and if you know all you want is a "friend with benefits" don't play with any one's emotions and imply that you want something more. All I'm trying to say is be upfront with what you want, if you make your intentions known in the beginning and require that the person you're interested in does the same than it's less likely that you'll end up confused, although sometimes your thoughts and feelings change, but you get my drift.