Stuff People Do and Stuff

Let's return to our more sober, serious, life altering blog subjects, shall we?
I'll warn you, I'm really not going to put much effort into what I'm going to write. I've had one beer tonight, and one is enough. I'm so drowsy I can barely stretch my pinkies out enough to type my Qs and Ps.
So, truth and stuff. Check it. There are some things that we believe that we take for granted as true. The sun will rise in the east sort of stuff. There's some stuff many of us take for granted as givens that seem just as obvious to us. For example, our beliefs.
I contend that it is these things that are so accepted as true that deserve to be challenged the most. Many beliefs/practices persist through tradition merely because people don't bother to seriously question them. And they fill an emotional need.
Jennifer and I have a hard time understanding why people want to have kids and why so many do, when having kids enslaves the parents in so many ways. Ofcourse, "enslave" is a harsh word, but parenthood really, truly goes a long way to narrowing and selecting the sort of lifestyle a person is going to have for years and years. No, I can't fully appreciate the emotional rewards people recieve from having children, and because of that, Its rather dumb that I even say anything about it, but I have an ideal, and that ideal is a life of freedom, personal growth/enlightenment, and such... I just don't see how having kids would make me freer.
Living together. Here's something else people tend to do. Husbands and wives, and quite often, boyfriends and girlfriends. I've felt pressure to do it with my girlfriend as well. At times its an attractive idea. But I recognize that living together is "something that people do", and just like "something people just believe", living together might not actually be the best thing for happiness n' all. Thus, a little rational thinking might come in handy... and after having done this rational thinking, I've come to think that the idea of living together is largely irrational. 'Course, this isn't a final conclusion. And of course, everyone is different, and different living arrangements might be better for different people. The way I put it to Fern tonight was--every day we look forward to quality time, and its during this quality time that we are in our best moods and have the most fun. These are times after work, or on the weekends, when we aren't kranky, tired, whatever...when we've mentaly prepared ourselves the entire rest of the day for the good time and good mood that we will have during those few minutes or hours of quality time that we intend on having. I believe that it is during these times that we should come together and revel in each others good will/mood, attraction and feeling. .. anyway, that's how I put it, more or less. Fern actually brought up the subject and sentiment...having expressed similar sentiments before, I could only concur.
But, see?? Having kids, sleeping together, living together...here's some things people just do, yet I have serious hesitations about... anyway, told you I wouldn't try. Hope I can make it up to my bed... any thoughts?