Totally resonate. My husband and I are both 30 as well and sometimes I have those moments of tender awe at how special he is and how grateful I am to have him. Then I get sad that time moves so quickly and everything will change and eventually go away. We want to start a family which I know will change everything and make time fly even more quickly. I often wish we could just pause time for about 20 years and enjoy each other and then carry on with our future.
Yes you can distract yourself with more hobbies etc., but I think it’s beautiful that you are present in your life in this way. I don’t know about coping, but I think life is kind of a journey of making peace with this type of tenderness and the pain of letting go.
All we can do is feel the gratitude and surrender ourselves to the love and joy in the moments that we do have.
Your wife is lucky to have you 🙂
I know exactly what you mean …
I think it’s normal, I sometimes feel this too, not necessarily sadness but I do get overwhelmed at how much I love him because I didnt think it was possible to love someone so much and genuinely get to spend every day with my best friend.
I disagree 100% that you need hobbies or things of “equal value” our lives are EXTREMELY full of excellent and worthwhile things, we rescue and foster animals, run 5 businesses between us, I’m an artist who paints every day and to top it all off we have a kid on the way, and we still feel this way about each other.
I honestly think you’re just experiencing the full range of what it means to really love and be human.