Ooze Confidence IN Bed

How good do you think you are in bed? Pretty good? Swell. Confidence may be the sexiest thing you'll ever wear to bed. It not only gives you intoxicating evergy, it also brings excitement to whatever you're doing. Lots of things can undermine a person's confidence, but it often comes down to performance. Your husband may worry about whether he can get it up and last; you may worry about whether you'll come and if so, when. But, what matters is not his performance - or yours - on any given night but the overall satisfaction and pleasure you both enjoy over time. You can't aim to always get things right in bed. Sexual confidence comes as much from setbacks as from successes. If you and your husband occasionally bomb in bed, you learn something about yourselves; the more you learn, the more confidence you gain. So relax.

Let Breakfast... DO THE TRICK

On a rainy sunday, when neither of you has any pressing engagements, slip out of bed early and whip up a special breakfast. You'll put a new spin to your routine life by bringing breakfast for your partner in bed, then feeding it to him or her! Select foods you can easily eat with your fingers, such as strawberries, cookies or buttered toast breads. Avoid heavy, rich foods or you'll be in a food coma for hours and perhaps spend the morning napping. If you keep it light, you'll have enough energy to expend on more erotic activities!

Sweet Nothings Mean A Lot

Words whispered into your man's ears will have a wonderfully stimulating effect. Due to the fact that the ears are full of nerve endings, whispering sweet nothings will not only bring pleasure in response to your sugary words, but will also excite the erogenous zones. Sweet nothings are words that are full of love and romance, gently whispered into your lover's ears. When making love, add sweet nothings to increase and heighten the romantic atmosphere. Try whispering a few naughty or suggestive phrases - whatever you are both comfortable with - in his ear. Follow up the word-play with a light nibble, lick or tickle. You'll love the response you receive!

Fathers Like Husbands

Women who got along well with their dads as kids are attracted to men who resemble their fathers, where women who had a bad father-daughter relationship do not.

Researchers at the University of Wroclaw and the Institute of Anthropology in Poland asked a trained anthropologist to perform facial measurements on the photographs of 15 random men as well as the photographs of the fathers of 49 Polish women participating in this new study. The anthropologist calculated 15 key proportions based on how various features - such as lips, nose, cheekbones and brows - related to each face's height and width. The researchers also compared the 15 random faces to each of the father's faces to determine how closely they resembled one another.

The women then rated their childhood relationships with their fathers based on how emotionally invested they felt their dads had been in raising them and how much time their fathers had spent with them. The women were split into two groups based on how positively or negatively they rated their relationships. Then the researchers asked the women to rate how attractively they found each of the 15 random male faces.

The women who had reported positive relationships with their fathers were much more likely to be attracted to men resembling their fathers.

On the other hand women with bad relationships did not find men who looked like their fathers appealing.

"Although no one yet knows for sure why females show these preferences, a woman with a great dad may choose a similar looking mate in the hopes that he will also be a good father," research team leader Dr (Ms) Lynda Boothroyd, a professor of psychology at the University of Durham, England, told reporters recently.

Office Spouse

He knows your birthday, your favourite food, worst fear, and deepest, darkest secret. No, it's not your husband, the man you promised to love and cherish until the day you die. It's your 'office spouse' - a phrase coined to describe the new relationship that's developed in office. Maintaining a non-sexual relationship with an office spouse can be tricky and sometimes detrimental to your marriage.

Attraction is inevitable as you work closely with someone all week long and for so many hours. But you have to be careful, and think of your partner. So you've realised that there's an intimacy between the two of you. But mind the line, which need not be crossed. Getting attracted to a co-worker is very easy but you should know where to stop. You have to keep your emotions, passions and feelings in control. Affairs in office normally start as friendship. The person is drawn to you because of your honesty and openness. Be careful and be witty and cautious enough to stay at a distance from such a person. Think of your kids and partner - they need you back home and having a fling with an office spouse will not help too much.

SEX On The Most Romantic Day

Gone are the days when woman became starry-eyed if their lovers gifted them flowers on Valentine Day.

A new poll suggests that ladies today prefer to move straight to the bedroom. More than 52 per cent of American women said that they wanted to have sex on the most romantic day of the year, according to a survey sponsored by a condom company.

The craving for sex was highest among younger women, with 76 per cent of those between 18 and 34 saying they wanted to get cosy.

Beautiful Couples

Physically attractive couples are 36 per cent more likely than unattractive couples to produce a girl as their first child. This new study is based on a survey of 3,000 young American adults conducted during the period from 2001 to 2002, who were taking part in an investigation called, "The National Longitudinal study of Adolescent - health".

"Physical attractiveness is an objective quantitative measure, iust like height and weight. Standards of beauty are both innate and culturally universal and everybody agrees on who is beautiful and who is ugly just like they agree on who is tall and who is short.

The biggest factor is facial features. There are computer programmes that can precisely measure someone's physical attractiveness. Comparing the percentage of boys and girls born to the participants who were very attractive with the sex ratio of babies born to everyone else, it is discovered that 56 per cent of first babies born to very attractive parents were girls, while fewer than 50 per cent of the babies born to parents in each of the other categories were girls. Why does this occur? The study supports the evolutionary theory that parents tend to produce offspring who benefit from their own attributes. Parents who have traits likely to be more beneficial to boys, such as large size, strength, and aggression, are more likely to have boys. Parents who have traits likely to be more beneficial to girls, such as physical beauty, are more likely to have girls.

Men value physical appearance more than women do when seeking a partner and so beauty, in general, is a better attribute to pass on to girls than to boys. Physical attractiveness is good for both men and women, but it is much better for women than for men," said research team leader Dr Santoshi Kamazawa, a professor at the London School of Economics.

"Kamazawa's findings do seem to confirm with research on sexual evolution," researcher Dr Mark Thomas, a professor at the Department of Biology at the University College, London told reporters.

Women and Their Dull Sex Life

Though there might be greater sex liberation in today's society, couples are still dissatisfied with their sex lives, with most of them complaining about the lack of thrilling love-making antics in their bedrooms.

According to a survey in the UK, one in 20 women rate their dull sex life as a 'household chore'.

The survey further showed that a quarter of women in the 25- to 34-year-old age-bracket find it difficult to get aroused and that 45 per cent of women rarely or never make the first move for sex.

One in 10 women said that they have sex when they do not want it and regularly fake orgasm.

Meanwhile, 25 per cent of men are snubbed for sex half the time by their regular partners. 10 per cent of males said that they would consider separation after six months of no pleasure, and 25 per cent claimed that they would consider an affair, revealed Zestra, makers of sexual arousal oils.

Day for Love & Luck

This is a day to get hooked, say astrologers. We find out the mystery of 7.7.07

THERE'S A global rush to get married today. Today's the luckiest day of the century. So roll on 7.7.07, and you can make sure it is lucky for you. Astrologer Namita Vadehra says, "It's an extremely lucky and auspicious day. As the number '7' indicates Venus, it's all about love and more love. In fact, numerically '7' is also considered the highest spiritual number, so it results in everlasting happiness. This number is also about being spiritual. If you pop the question to your beloved, chances are you'll hear a 'Yes'. When you add three sevens, you get a total of 21, which is Jupiter and lord of Jupiter is Ganesha, therefore, it is a good day to start new relationships."

Couples in UK and US are rushing to get married on this blissful day. In America inquiries about 7.7 weddings began in 2005, and in Las Vegas, Chapel of the Flowers will host 113 ceremonies. The wedding website theknot.com has registered 38,000 weddings for 7.7, compared to a typical July wedding number of 12,000.

Whatever the reason, today is the wedding day for thousands, including Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria who will wed NBA champion Tony Parker. According to Arun Bansal, astrologer, "This is a great day for marriages and those who are in love."

And if you're already happily married, then you'll be lucky in money. Arun Bansal adds, "This is a wonderful time for doing business and big projects. It's a great date for making huge profits. Students should be positive as they'll get good results. The timing and the date is perfect to get rid of your tensions and problems." All we'll say is, make the most of this date, and enjoy loving and being loved.