Been there, done that. It was a blast. I still catch snatches of it in NY. Guy gets on the train at 57th going downtown talking to a girl in a hushed voice, then out of nowhere, "You haven't read Gogol! You have to read Lost Souls! Have to!" Takes me back decades...
I had an enchanted time,on a personal level,but I wouldn't relieve it! There's good and bad times in everyone's life. My courtship and marriage was really like a sappy,old fashioned Technicolor movie (think "BARFOOT IN THE PARK" only better/nicer!),but why go back?
You sound like an end quote from a Cindy Adams column! ROTFLOL