The future

After watching Caprica the other night I had an interesting thought.  What would happen if we automated processes so much that things became almost ridiculously cheap.  What if through technological advancement we were able to create many things without much human interaction.  What would humans do without the need to work?  What would happen if we were given a blank check that would give us the freedom to pursue whatever we wanted?  I would like to think that there would be a sizable chunk of people who would work toward the betterment of human kind.  I would hope that we as a race would work toward moving toward the stars and expanding the human race across them.  On the other hand I know people and there would still be a sizable chunk of people who would only want to lay about and to do destructive things.  Finally is the thought that there are people out there who would rather keep others under their control and would only use the technology to improve their hold on the rest of civilization.

Death of sex life.

The thing they never tell you about having kids and getting older is that your sex life takes a nose dive.  I honestly think this is why old men always have hobbies and other activities.  As people get older their sex lives will naturally slow down.  People have surgeries and parts of their bodies will start having issues.  I know because i had to have surgery on one ankle due to bone spurs and that laid me out for a couple of months.  To this day that ankle is still stiff and I can feel it especially on cold mornings.  That being said I can understand why some constraints can come into being over peoples sex lives.

On top of that the more children a couple has the less time and energy they can commit to their sex lives.  This is pretty easy to see since at the early ages of children lives they require a whole lot of attention and help.  As they get older they require less attention but will require a parents time for other actives.  Soccer, Football, Theater, Dance, etc.  This all take time to attend and transport the kids around.  Thus taking time away from a couple getting to spend any personal time together.

So as time goes on there is this gradual decline in a couples sex life.  First it starts with a decrease in how often you get to have any type of personal time.  Then there is a decrease in the type of sex acts that are performed when you do have time to commit a sex life.  Finally it comes to a point where there is very little variety in their sex life when there is any at all.

As a reminder to people it is important to understand that yes you will get older and if you have kids you can kiss your sex life goodbye.  The only way to can prevent this or at lease mitigate this is for both partners to understand that this will happen.  It's also important for each partner to understand what the other needs and to do what they can for that person.