10 ways to spice up your love life

Date again: You may be together for a while now, but the first step to bring back the magic is to be able to make an effort. Go on a dinner date every week. And talk about the fun things you could do the next weekend. Think about the dates you’d gone on when you first started dating.

Text your feelings: Your romance began thanks to those tiny love messages to each other. Then eventually it dies down. You probably text each other now only to inform that you’re in a meeting. Start texting again. Send smileys and little mush notes. It’s not cheesy, it’s sweet.

Work out together: Snatch that workout session as the time to bond. Walk or jog together. You’d realisethat keeping fit is fun when you are together. Plus, a walk out of the four walls of your home, with people on the streets, provides enough matter for interesting conversations.

Cuddling vital for long-term relationships

Washington: Cuddling and caressing are vital for long-term satisfaction in relationships, according to an international study.

The couples, over 1,000 from the US, Brazil, Germany, Japan and Spain, were together for an average 25 years.

The study from the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University is the first to examine sexual and relationship parameters of middle-aged or older couples in committed, long-term relationships, reports the journal Archives of Sexual Behaviour.

"It`s important to note that though divorce rates are high in the US, couples tend to stay married -- more than 50 percent of US couples remain in their first marriage, and that number goes up to 90 percent in Spain," said Julia Heiman, who led the study, according to a Kinsey statement.

"We know from other research that being in a long-term relationship has some value to health," said Heiman, director of The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction.

Participants in the study were 40 to 70-year-old men and their female partners, either married or living together for a minimum of one year. The study included around 200 couples from each country.

Perfect girlfriend has a big sex drive!

Men believe that the perfect girlfriend is the one who has a high sex drive, enjoys a hearty meal and gets ready to go out in 10 minutes.
Apart from this, the perfect girlfriend is a career-minded woman who earns more than their partner but at the same time wants to stay at home and bring up the children.
The clue to these seemingly contradictory demands lies in the men polled, 3,000 bachelors.
Near the top of their girlfriend checklist is the requirement that she should have a "pert bottom" – which may explain why they are still single.

Sex-guide according to your age

Our sexual behaviour varies at different times in our lives. Sex guru Tracey Cox in her bestselling book, 'Sextasy' reveals the sexual urges and traits of lovers according to their age...
20-something
Most guys just can't stop dreaming about sex every couple of hours. At this age, girls are usually rebellious in their sexual imaginations. They share same-sex fantasies or want to try out bi-sexuality. A 2006 study of nearly 2000 people discovered that 76 per cent of women who slept with women reached orgasm (for women with men, the figure stands at 50 per cent).

The 20s are the time when young boys and girls are most experimental in their sexual positions. One in 10 people claims Tracey Cox have had a threesome in their early twenties.
Also, people in this age group have most likely visited a strip joint or a lapdancing club - with their friends or their better half.
30 something
The 30s are a time to experiment, almost all 30-somethings claim to have had sex outdoors. Unlike the teens when making out was the most common form of sexual experimentation, most 30 somethings prefer having sex somewhere semi-public like the beach, in the garden or on a park bench in the darkness. There's something wildly erotic about these sexapades! Also, high on the 30 something popularity chart are having sex in the shower or in the bath tub.

First impressions that last - Men Women First Meeting

Women still prefer chivalry while men notice portion sizes in the first meeting, reveals online survey
If you though chivalry is dead, you may be in for a shocker. In a survey conducted by a leading matrimonial portal, 62% women expect their prospective partners to open doors and hold out chairs. Not only that, being a miser only makes things worse for men. The poll received responses from over 5,200 Shaadi.com members across India and have thrown open some surprising facts.

According to the survey, both men and women shared the same opinion when it came to meeting their potential partner unaccompanied. Unlike the earlier generations, today’s prospective marriage seekers prefer the first meeting to be away from relatives and at a neutral venue. Not only that, 57% men get put-off if the woman comes accompanied by a relative and friend. But they are still orthodox when it comes to footing the bill as 70% women expect men to pay on the first meeting.

Know your couple type to transform your relationship!

London, August 1 (ANI): Do you and your partner often find yourself in the middle of blazing rows? Turns out, you are the 'Cat and Dog' couple type.
Psychologists say identifying the type of couple type we are - or would like to be - holds the key to a happy relationship and being able to understand our own needs and those of our partner, reports the Daily Mail.
Experts have identified six different 'couple types' that we all fall into.
One is the 'Cat and Dog' type. As the name suggests, this couple fight constantly, in private and in public.
This kind of couple may be attracted to one another because they enjoy the cycle of fight and make up (often accompanied by passionate sex).
The second type is called the pursuer/distancer couple, in which one partner is in pursuit of the other, trying to secure their attention and affection.
"One pretends they don't want to know and the other enjoys the thrill of the chase," says relationship psychologist Susan Quilliam.
"Often, couples take it in turns to play the pursuer or distancer. Whenever one senses the other is losing interest, they will switch.
The third type of couple is the 'Parent and child', wherein one feels responsible for nurturing the other, who they regard as less capable.
"The parent partner is attracted because they feel that in caring for this person, they have found a purpose in life," says Quilliam.
"The child partner may lack self-esteem or be a supreme coper who wants a break," she added. (ANI)