Since time immemorial, long-term relationships and marriages have taken their toll on couples around the world. No matter how much you may love and respect your partner, amidst the stresses of life, there is a chance that at some stage your sex life will begin to appear boring and routinely predictable. However, it is important for you to remember that with a bit of creativity, you can get your sex life to sizzle all over again. Some people believe that having the same sexual partner for years automatically implies diminishing excitement. This is not true at all! Try these ideas to spice up your sex life, and you may just find that your partner is more appealing than ever before.

Pleasure Each Other

A lot of couples develop this unstated understanding that if they begin foreplay, they must end with sex, with roughly 20-30 minutes of fondling, caressing and stimulating in-between. Over time, such a routine may begin to appear exhausting and less than exciting. If that's happening, it is time to change.

You don't have to extend your foreplay to sex every time. If your partner is in a relaxed mood, try to continue relaxing or chatting, while you pleasure each other. A lot of people find that it is a surprisingly erotic experience to continue talking ‘normally' while being pleasured and stimulated by their partner. The experience of taking your time to pleasure each other without rushing on is also a great way to reaffirm your love and connection.

Pleasure without Expectation

At times, you could even pleasure your partner without expecting anything in return. For instance if your wife is just relaxing in front of the TV or reading a book after a day at work, take the opportunity! Both, giving and receiving sexual stimulation can be great ways to de-stress, and if you do not saddle your partner with expectations, they may be more than game to just lie back and let you do your thing, even when they are exhausted. Besides, they will be more than happy to return the favor on another occasion!

Bedroom Games

If couples round the world are to be believed, this is one of the best ways to add spice to your sex life. If there is a board game, an outdoor one or any other kind that you both enjoy playing, you could set up rewards for the winner and penalties for the loser. I guess you should be the one to think about what those rewards/penalties should be!

Get Kinky

Are there any role-plays you have always dreamt of playing out in the bedroom? Why not share them with your partner? You could go visiting a lingerie or sex store and get in props, costumes and sex toys, or even get creative with things around the house without spending a penny! A woman recently revealed on a forum how she got her husband to strip down except for hard hat and a tool belt, and that is all it took for a wild night!

These are all great ways to spice up your sex life, but remember that this is only a brief highlight. There is a lot more that you can do, with some thought. The ultimate lesson is that a lifetime is not enough to run through all the possible ways to explore your own and your partner's sexuality!

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We all know that the world will end in 2012, at least that's what the Mayans and Roland Emmerich would have us believe.  But barring that December 2012 comes and goes, how will Apple look at the end of the year?  Will it still be the tablet king, with 80% market share?  Will the iPhone still be the Jesus phone?  Will Jobs' passing spell doom for the tech behemoth, or will his people be able to carry the torch?

To start, look at the iPhone.  One challenge is the and iOS is limited to one phone, the iPhone.  Android phones are everywhere.  In face, Samsung has already overthrown Apple for the #1 crown. Coupled with the upcoming release of Ice Cream Sandwich, Android's new and improved operating system, and it looks like the iPhone has finally met it's match.  iPhone fanatics have always clung to the notion that Apple has iTunes and the app store.  Well, Android has some 320,000 apps, most of which are the ones people want.  Even with Siri, which was an acquisition by Apple, the iPhone just can't keep a stranglehold on the market anymore.  The iPhone is still an amazing phone, especially since they opened it up to Verizon and Sprint, but 2012 will be the year that it stops being the phone to beat.

On the tablet front, the iPad will be at the top for a while.  Yes, America is tablet crazy, and with the Kindle Fire debuting at $199, the low-end market will be dominated by someone other than Apple.  The higher end market will do some work on the iPad's market share, but not much.  OLED screens will come out this year, but the price point will be much higher than what's needed to be competitive immediately.  The Kindle Fire has calmed down a bit since it's launch in November, but still looks really impressive for its price point.  Apple will still be on top when the smoke clears, but I doubt it will retain its 80% market share.

The future for Apple lies, as it always has, with it's innovations.  Rumor mill has it that Jobs left behind years of product plans and it's no secret that Apple was extremely forward thinking.  If I recall correctly, the iPad design was copyrighted in 2004, but the product itself wasn't released until 2010.  How's that for forward thinking?  Of course there won't be anyone (at least that we know of yet) to give Apple employees a thorough tongue-lashing when they mess up (read: MobileMe), but at least the ideas are there.  So far, the iPhone 4S seems to be doing just fine.  If only the trend can continue…

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