The "lost youth" thing sounds really quite common. I just wanted to think about things from your ex-W perspective. Here she is suddenly single with friends that no longer want to go out on the town, can't drop things/go on vacation at the drop of a hat, and are probably attached with children. Who does a person turn to if they want to try new things or do something that they used to do? It pretty much has to be single younger people for the most part. I note that myself. My friends are finally all settled down with kids and a life. So your wife's choices might be more for convenience than anything. The young attitude I'm sure rubs off. It does on me too. From my standpoint I am attracted to a young attitude as long as it doesn't negatively affect your life (lose your job, become an alcoholic etc). Maybe your wife wants to be noticed. Perhaps you could acknowledge the younger acting her in a positive way. Face it, this stuff right now is so doom and gloom and serious all the time that just "letting your hair down" and being a little more immature is a breath of fresh air. Just my .02 Perhaps she'd like to see the younger, less serious side of you as well.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. Theodore Roosevelt
