Tomorrow is St Valentine’s Day, and while romance is often marketed to the young, it may actually matter more than ever after 60.

By this stage of life, many of us have lived through careers, raised families, faced losses, health scares, and big life changes.

Romance is no longer about grand gestures, it’s about connection, comfort, laughter, and love.

This year my wife doesn’t want to go out, no busy restaurants, no set menus, no noise.

Instead, she’s asked me to cook a special meal and turn our home into a date.

And honestly, that feels about right.

At this stage of life, romance isn’t about showing the world.
It’s about making space for each other.

A home date means, cooking Sharon her favourite meal.

Which is relatively uncomplicated, she loves a perfectly cooked sirloin steak , and of course the most important part, a lovely glass of red.

A table set with candles and a red rose, music we both love evoking memories of our blossoming love, all those years ago.

Mobile phones banned,conversation without any distractions.

After 60, romance becomes less about impressing and more about connection, comfort, and intention. It’s about choosing each other, again and again, in small, meaningful ways.

So tomorrow night, I’ll light a candle, cook her favourite meal, and we’ll stay in.

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