small pairs and such?

[jomatty]

recently i was playing with a friend in a 1-2 no limit game. we were chatting about my starting hand selection which i thought had gotten way too loose. i am in the habit of routinely limping in with any pair, in any position, unless the game is extremely extremely aggressive. i also will often play a hand like QTs from early-middlish position. ive never questioned this, especially the small pairs.

am i crazy here. my friend (whos opinion i respect greatly, and who is a winning mid-high player) disagrees with the small pairs and strongly disagrees with hands like QTs in early and mid postion. starting hands are obviously very subjective in nl but i would be curious what you guys default on this is, and if my thinking is off base.

matt