Here's what a couple married for 83 years can teach you about lasting love

John and Ann Betar promised to spend a lifetime together, and they have done just that.

The Connecticut couple, who are now 104 and 100 respectively, have been married for 83 years and admit that their love is built on a "devotion" to each other. The pair eloped in 1932, when Ann was 17, after her father indicated he planned to marry her to a man 20 years her senior.

The couple, dubbed the "longest-married couple" in the U.S., teamed up with online home service marketplace, Handy, to answer questions on Twitter about how to make love last. People can tweet questions to the @Handy Twitter account with the hashtag #LongestLove through the week and on Valentine's Day.

USA TODAY Network asked the Betar's a few warm-up questions via email about their relationship and modern-day dating:

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.

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.

What do you say to people dating now?

Ann: Good luck! And try not to let your desires get in the way.

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? A lot now.

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 ...?

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.

Ah, love birds.

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