Just to give an idea the sort of activities which he and I will be doing together next weekend:

We're taking the train with our bikes and going to Seattle for a few days. There's a major bike show that attracts cyclists and wannabes from all over the Pacific Northwest. He has some things to do related to his cycling facility planning biz, go to the bike show and also do some cycling around town. The weather at this time is not conducive to rainfree, warm cycling between Vancouver and Seattle.

We will be meeting up with another couple from Vancouver at this bike show, etc.
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I have to say that since I've been with my partner for long time, that I do have a slightly warped / inaccurate sense of how men look at MY age. In fact I don't think I've totally woken up to the fact that men my age..are 50. It's easier to deal with my partner's age 'cause I've been with him for many years now.

My husband and I, like Di and her husband, do pretty much everything together. We hate to be apart and when we are we miss each other like new lovers. LOL.

We talk everything out together and come to understandings when we disagree. We never have to "agree to disagree," we always find that one or both of us are right. We rarely, if ever, fight but did so when we first started up, when we were kids we did our arguing but very little then too.

As kids we used to be in the same room doing different things and felt good and safe even though we were just friends. It's like that now. I love knowing he is around and he says he loves knowing I am around.

If one of us gets interested in something new the other will try it and make a part of it work for them if not all. We are not alike, in fact we are very different but we fill in each other's blanks.

We don't work together but he is there when I dance because he likes to watch and he is helpful with my disability. I went to the hospital to work because he wanted to volunteer there and we both like what we do there.

I'd say I have my life partner here and have when we were kids and he would drive me to a bar so I could dance and watch over me with men so I wouldn't get hurt. We were not dating but he would come to look out for me!

I came to help him when he divorced because he needed someone there, we try to help each other in every way we can.

We also share friends. We get along with the same people and are enough alike that we enjoy them together.

We choose to spend our time together and when apart but only for an hour or three or so we will call each other or text things.

Ours is a love match that everyone who knows us thinks is great.

I am a lucky person in love.

Dancer

Hope you showed this to your Hubby. He can be mighty proud. What you have, dancer, is truly a blessing.

What an amazing and heartfelt love story Dancer. You are both very fortunate to have found one another and that you share the same love. I am always happy for a couple like the two of you but if truth be told, I am a bit envious as well.

Thanks, Chatty, and Edelweiss!

Sometimes I don't post in the marriage section because mine went south many years ago and there's not much to say that I haven't already. But I can answer this one.

We're both SciFi geeks. We watch it on TV and movies. We only go to movies if the special effects are really good -- otherwise we wait for dvd. We have seen the entire SciFi collection of 3 local video stores. We also read all the same books -- one would read first and then pass it to the other one.

we eat breakfast together and give each other news, trivia and weather quizzes.

We go to the gym 3x a week and work out together. All we talk about is our workout and what we're having for dinner that night. Major discussion points about rice vs. pasta vs. couscous, which fake meat, which green etc. Then we go home and make dinner.

Hiking maybe once a month. Used to be more but both of us with bad backs.

He goes to Hollywood Market with me and does all the driving. He's learned a lot about my jewelry so he's pretty good at selling. After market we go out to lunch (if we haven't eaten at the market), maybe shop at Whole Foods, or visit LACMA. Other little trips or activities in that area, as we wouldn't drive there from OC if I didn't have the market.

Season tickets at the local theater. Occasional concerts or other live events.

Not much else, although at least we're not fighting 24/7 anymore.

WB and I met at a snowmobiling club. We bowled together. We RV
and go geocaching together. We go to Bluegrass, Country and Mountain Music shows together. And we go on hikes and long walks.
I enjoyed reading the previous posts.

IMO, for relationships to enjoy longevity, two people need to have similar core values, likes 'n dislikes. What say you?

yep id agree about the core values and perhapps morales (is that same thing)being most important...the rest is just superfisiual.

MB it dose't sound all that bad with your hubbie, sounds like your good companions for each other.

dancer nice storie, good to know.

jabber iv no idea what ..geocaching...is but good hobbies sounds physical.

anyway back to core values? oh and i would add comm8unicasion as well to core values

Celtic,
I agree communications are important. WB is a very quiet person; but, I don't talk that much either, in person. I jabber a lot on here but it's out of character for me in everyday life.