Keep earning tier-miles to keep Gold-Status, it will be rewarded, don't worry about it.
On our Business Rewards Company Account, we just recently got 139,249 Business Rewards Miles (1 USD = 2 BR Miles) since February 2010 and I had the chance to book a 2 way business class ticket including complimentary chauffeur drive for just CNY 229 or USD 35.83. (I booked PVG-DXB-BJS)
People who like who want to have a life-time-status with Emirates will have to stay loyal forever and ever and never have a little girlfriend at outside. Being loyal to the world's best airline company is already like a marriage.
This is it, this is forever and ever!