How ‘Boy Meets World’ star William Daniels, 99, and wife Bonnie Bartlett, 96, went from ‘open’ marriage to 75 ‘wonderful’ years together

William Daniels and his wife, Bonnie Bartlett, are getting fresh to observe their 75th wedding anniversary, and they opportunity their expertise to “adjust” has been their concealed to marital success.

The oldest surviving joined mates successful Hollywood admittedly tried to person an “open” marriage a fewer years aft tying nan knot successful June 1951, but they quickly realized that was not for them.

“Well, we’ve been together really 78 years because it was 3 years successful college. We met astatine Northwestern [University]. Right, Bill? And truthful we’ve really been together a agelong time,” Bartlett, who will move 97 adjacent month, told Page Six via Zoom arsenic she looked astatine Daniels, who turned 99 successful March.

“Life is each adjustment. You’re perpetually adjusting,” nan “Little House connected nan Prairie” prima continued.

“It abruptly sewage basking present [in Los Angeles], and it sewage difficult to respire and to move around. You person to benignant of set to nan heat. And that’s what life’s each astir — is adjusting to immoderate your circumstances are and nevertheless you move along. And surely a matrimony is afloat of adjustments.”

According to Bartlett, who considers herself nan much “introspective” of nan two, location has to beryllium immoderate “wiggle room” successful a marriage.

We past asked Daniels, who leans into “the joke and nan fun” of life, astir nan matrimony proposal he gives nan countless couples who undoubtedly inquire him for it.

“Don’t!” nan “Boy Meets World” prima quipped, arsenic his adoring woman insisted he was conscionable “being funny” and trying to make america “laugh.”

Laughter is different cornerstone of nan pair’s enviable relationship, arsenic Bartlett told america that her hubby makes her laughter “all nan time, each day.”

Despite having her ain awesome IMDb page and aggregate awards nether her belt, nan character spent nan mostly of our speech singing nan actor’s praises.

While she acknowledged that portion of that “automatic” consequence mightiness beryllium owed to nan “old-fashioned way” she was “brought up,” Bartlett besides conscionable adores Daniels — and knows his fans do, too.

“Even now erstwhile he’s forgotten truthful galore things, I haven’t forgotten them,” she said sweetly, making judge to statement that Daniels — who has problem proceeding and stepping these days — is “happy.”

The duo played on-screen emotion interests successful 3 awesome TV shows passim their lengthy acting careers. They now sell signed memorabilia, make Cameos for fans and walk value clip pinch their sons: Michael Daniels, 62, and Robert Daniels, 60. (Their first son, William Daniels Jr., tragically died 24 hours aft he was born.)

“We’re truthful fortunate we person 2 wonderful, awesome sons. And 1 of them — Michael — lives correct adjacent us, and he helps america a lot. A lot,” Bartlett marveled.

“And he has a family, and we spot them. We spot him and his wife, and we spot each nan kids, and it’s wonderful. It’s wonderful.”