HOW TO MAKE IT

HERE ARE NINE RELATIONSHIP TIPS FROM A COUPLE WHO'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 80 YEARS:

There's a couple named Bill and Marie DeCaro who live in Springfield, Pennsylvania and they've been married for 80 years. That makes them the world's SECOND-LONGEST MARRIED COUPLE. (--The longest-married couple lives in India, and has been married for 85 years.)

Marie is 99 years old, Bill turned 100 in March, and their 80th wedding anniversary is June 20th.

They got married in Philadelphia in 1929 . . . lost their money in the Great Depression . . . travelled the Vaudeville circuit . . . and danced in theaters during the silent movie era.

Here are NINE tips from the DeCaros about how to make your relationship last:

#1.) FORGIVENESS: Bill says the relationship has lasted so long because Marie, "never gets mad at anything. If we have a little dispute . . . which we have . . . in about 5 minutes she'll come over, or I'll do the same thing to her. Forget the disputes!"

#2.) CUDDLE: Bill says that when Marie can't get to sleep, "I turn around, put my hands on her stomach, and she falls asleep."

#3.) BE INDEPENDENT: Marie says she likes a man who's an independent thinker . . . so according to her, "Don't just gobble everything that I say . . . you got a head of your own . . . use your own head."

#4.) DON'T OVER-SPEND: Marie says: "Where do couples go wrong? They spend too much money."

#5.) TALK A LOT

#6.) LOVE A LOT

#7.) LAUGH A LOT

#8.) EXCERCISE A LITTLE

#9.) HAVE A LITTLE FUN (ABC)