Here's what America's 'longest-married couple' can teach you about love and marriage

John and Ann Betar, dubbed the "longest married couple" in America, eloped in 1932 (when Ann was 17 and John was 21), after her father told her he planned to marry her to a different man who was 20 years her senior.

84 years later the amazing couple are spilling all their advice about how to make love last.

And, trust us, you're going to want to listen up!

1. What do you think about the fact that people are now getting married a little older?
   Ann: We were just lucky, it was the times, we didn't live in an environment where you met lots of people. It was a smaller community. I do think if you wait, you have more sense in your head.
   
   John: These days everything goes. People can just live together.
   
   
2. What kind of advice do you think you can provide to modern daters? Is the key being more old-fashioned?
   John: Things are just so different now. I like the old-fashioned way.
   
   Ann: If you're going to marry somebody and think you can change them you're crazy. You can't. Don't think you can.
   
   
3. What do you say to people dating now?
   Ann: Good luck! And try not to let your desires get in the way.
   
   
4. What do you think about online dating sites like Tinder?
   Ann: I don't really know how that works, but I'd never do it. How many people are being connected that way though?
   
   
5. What do you love most about each other?
   Ann: John is a very giving man, in all ways. But ... he has a stubborn mind, so you just have to go with it. Judy [the couple's daughter] is that way too. She has a mind just like her father. They're pretty successful people though so you can't argue with it.
   
   John: I love that woman. That's all.
   
   Ann: That's why he's still living with me — he's still trying to figure it out.
   
   John: I just love her. Her cooking ...
   
   Ann: You won't get any romance out of him. It's a devotion. Why do you have to explain it ...?
   
   
6. How do you resolve fights?
   John: We just get it out. Then it's done. We forget about it right away. Usually, it's over cooking.
   
   Ann: You can't always understand their ways...don't try too hard! But it has to be overall acceptable to you.
   
   
7. What is your secret to loving each other for such a long time?
   John: We struggled in the beginning, but, luckily, we were content with what we had. It’s just important to be content with what you have.
   
   
8. How did you know each other was 'the one'?
   Ann: You have to like a person before you love them. We were good friends.
   
   John: She struck me right away.