Article: Connect physically with your spouse by holding hands, putting your arm around each other, resting a hand on his or her leg, and embracing. Focus on connecting your bodies in a way that feels safe and intimate, yet nonsexual. Connecting with skin contact can be beneficial for your own health as well as for the relationship. Often affection can be playful and fun. Steal a kiss while your spouse doesn't expect it, or playfully pat his or her butt while people aren't looking. Sensual touch is one step up from affectionate touch. Sensual touch can include giving a luxurious massage, caressing, passionate kissing, and gentle or slow sexual touch. You don't have to have a sexual expectation with sensual touch. You can just focus on exploring and enjoying touching your spouse's body and enjoying having your body touched and explored. Be clear in your desires, dislikes, and expectations. Couples that talk about sex have more and better sex! Make sure you understand your partner's wishes and expectations, too. The more understanding there is around sex, the more fulfilling it can be. Don't avoid discussing sex because of embarrassment, guilt, or shame. It's important for you to feel sexually fulfilled with your spouse. Yup, dive right in, even if it's been awhile since you've had sex. You can start slow and then try new and more interesting things. Even if you feel fearful or embarrassed, create an atmosphere of safety and trust that you can enjoy with your spouse. If you want adventure, consider trying new positions. Research different sex positions online or get creative and create your own! If you feel anxious or fearful to return to sex, try a Bottom-up approach: practice nourishing the friendship first (spending time together, enjoying each other's company), add physical affection then sensual affection, and when you feel comfortable, engage in sex. Take each stage as you feel comfortable, remembering that this is your life partner, whom you trust and love. Find a babysitter and spend an entire evening focused on your physical and romantic connection. Let your spouse know that this evening is just for the two of you two enjoy your physical and sexual connection. Take turns giving massages or take a bath together. Spend a whole evening together naked. Engage in sensate focus by being blindfolded or blindfolding your partner. Focus on the sensation of being touched, then touching your partner.
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Engage in affection. Practice sensual touch. Talk about sex. Just do it. Surprise your spouse with a sensual evening.
Article: Having something to read can make time pass during a long car ride. You can pack your favorite books or magazines, or an e-reader if you have one. Try to bring more than one book you might get bored with just one, and having more than one option can keep you entertained. If you're traveling with a group of people, having some car-friendly games on hand can entertain you and everyone else. Easily portable games include Trivial Pursuit (you can keep track of who's winning by tracking how many correct answers each person gets), Apples to Apples or Cards Against Humanity. Having portable technology with you can help keep you entertained, too. Bring a tablet or e-reader, or even a portable DVD player. You can also pack a music player (like an iPod) or portable gaming device, or even your laptop. Bringing your smartphone can also keep you occupied. If you bring the DVD player, remember to bring DVDs. Don't forget headphones! You might feel hungry when you're bored, and this is especially true on long car rides. Pack healthy snacks to keep yourself full without feeling heavy. A small bag of veggies that are easy to eat in the car - like carrots and peppers - are an easy and healthy snack. String cheese is easy to pack and a better option than fast food. You can also pack small bags of nuts like almonds and cashews.
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Pack your favorite reading material. Bring car-friendly games. Pack your favorite technology. Pack healthy snacks.
Article: Allow it to cool down to a temperature where you can put your fingers into the tea and move them around without it hurting. Ensure that the bowl is large enough that you can fit your hair into it. Allow the product time to absorb into your hair. Rinse the product from your hair using lukewarm water. It will likely take about two weeks for your hair to look darker. After that, you may be able to maintain the color by soaking your hair once a week. Depending on the quality of your hair, it could return to its lighter color sooner. A variation on this method is to steep 3 heaping tablespoons (44.36 ml) of loose black tea leaves and 1 heaping tablespoon (14.79 ml) of rosemary leaves in 4 cups (960 ml) of boiling water for about 45 minutes then let it cool. After shampooing and rinsing your hair, pour the mixture over your hair. Let it sit for at least 30 minutes under a plastic cap, then rinse it out with lukewarm water.
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Make a strong pot of black tea. Place the black tea in a large bowl. Soak your hair in the tea for about 15 minutes. Wash your hair. Repeat every day for two weeks. Try a variation.