Her eventual husband stood out well above the rest and her vibrant personality sparked his interest.
When Mrs Bremner turned 18, they married but only after her mother got special permission from Auckland Teachers College to give her daughter a week from study to get married before he went to war.
"Mum had a soft spot for Jack and I had told her 'I'm going to run away with Jack if I don't get married to him now'."
Apart from the three years he was overseas, Mr Bremner has given her a bouquet of flowers on every wedding anniversary.
The Bremners relocated from Auckland to Dunedin in 1966 when Mr Bremner became the rector of King's High School, where he stayed for 16 years until his retirement. Mrs Bremner was also a teacher.
With a husband who sounds too good to be true, Mrs Bremner confides he had made some blues. As well as missing her 21st birthday the day he arrived back from war service, he was playing hockey when their first-born, Trevor, arrived.
"We've had our uphills. If people say they have never had an argument, well I say who's the doormat? None of us are doormats," she said.
The couple have two other children, Rennie and Graeme, three grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
They both agree they have become more tolerant of the little things over the years and have grown more fond of each as the years have flown by.
"I've found he's pretty good, really. Aren't we fortunate?" she said.
