"My Love: Six Stories of True Love" on Netflix is definitely not your typical love story. I put "Netflix love stories" into Google since I wasn't clear about the exact title. Up came
https://www.google.com/search?q=netflix+love+stories
Then, look at "Netflix love stories documentary" - six stories of longtime love, that is, elderly people who have been together for decades. People in their late 70's and older are shown from six countries: US, Spain, Korea, Japan, India, Brazil. What gets my attention is the force of our biological drives. We have only watched the US and Spain. We do get to see photos of the couple when they were young and had first met. None of the women featured will now appear on the cover of Glamor magazine and none of the men will attract the chicks in a bar - too wrinkly, too stooped, too slow and careful and tottering NOW.
So what happened? You know what happened. Time! They farmed, shepherded, parented, cooked, sometimes disagreed. They aged. From one day to the next, not much changed. Seasons slid by, holidays got celebrated, kids were conceived and grew, grandkids were born. All the while, those hot bodies changed. Now, they are more precious to a husband or a wife than ever but not to those looking at a mating age for a mate.
