Dating my wife.
With one son away in college, graduate school, and the other - still living at home to sock money away - working his ass off at an intense job, I'm getting more alone time with my wife than I've had in a long time, theater, events, dinners together, just time to sit and talk.
I'm reflecting on all the magical years we had together before children - which is not to say that I don't love my sons; they are wonderful young men - and I'm really eating it all up and enjoying it.
On the wallpaper of my computer screen I've put this picture of us together when we were young; she in her mid 20's; me in my mid 30's. (The folks who work for and with me say they can't believe how different I looked back then.)
Although she thinks we should "act our age" and doesn't like how easily I slip into memories of our youth and how I ogle over pictures of the happy times when she was a "looker" and at least when I wasn't bald, gray and fat, but I'm still attached to the magic of being with her, as beautiful as she was then and how she is even more beautiful now, albeit with a different kind of deeper and more profound beauty.
To be honest, as a close family, close to our sons who we've always had to "tag along," we've seldom had much time alone one on one, but we're seeing that now, and it's as magic for me as when we first moved in together. I tell her she's always 21 to me, except for the greater sophistication and depth. (She just rolls her eyes.)
I'm a very lucky guy because I have been so fortunate to be so much in love for so long. Sometimes I just can't stop thinking about it.
I know it doesn't happen for everyone, to fall this deeply and solidly in love for so long, and so I'm feeling my good fortune as life winds down.
I feel like a kid again, and I just felt like saying so.
Edit: Thanks to all for the unexpected recs for this post and for the many happy statements herein that many others are experiencing the same joy and appreciation of their spouses as I have. This is indeed a happy circumstance.
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I'm going to be 74 in a few days, and I am so totally in love with my husband! I enjoy how much deeper our love and friendship is, and I still think he's a looker!
Being old and in love is every bit as nice, to me, as being young and in love! It's different, but better I think 
We're celebrating 32 years of marriage on Sept 2. We both think we married up. 
you both have for each other.
And so wonderful! I am similarly blessed and am so grateful for every day I have with my husband. We have two sons too... both in college and one studying from home. It is truly a rare thing to still be in love while you rediscover each other and something to be cherished. You expressed the feeling very eloquently.
When he passed seven years ago the hardest part was how much I missed spoiling him. I loved fixing his favorite meals, waiting up for him when he came home from work at midnight just to talk and laugh about the days events. I sometimes thought that I would like to remarry just so that I could have somebody to spoil, but that was really only a way of wishing him back. So now I try to do nice things for my family and friends. It helps but I still miss him daily.
Tell your wife from me that I hope she knows how very lucky she is. No more eye rolling.
