RON Blainey met June at Canadian Bay on the Mornington Peninsula nearly 70 years ago, they fell in love as two 17-year olds, and on February 27 celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe met on a mystery picnic, we didn\u2019t have cars when we were younger, so they\u2019d organise a furniture van and go out for picnics,\u201d June said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were both from Melbourne, I was from Heidelberg and Ron was from Coburg. We got married at St Patricks Cathedral in Melbourne on February 27, 1954 as 22-year-olds.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now the pair who are both 87 years old live together in Anglesea and have raised three children together: two sons and one daughter, who have gone on to have nine children amongst them.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur children are all grown up and we have nine grandchildren. We lived in Melbourne for 42 years and came down to the Surf Coast 20 years ago,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had our honeymoon in Lorne in 1954 and have been coming down to a little holiday house for decades that we bought before we moved to our house in Anglesea.\u201d<\/p>\n
June said she thinks it\u2019s far too easy for people to get married nowadays and then separate when things don\u2019t work out.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarriage is all about a bit of give and take. We have little arguments, everyone does, we\u2019re normal.<\/p>\n
I think it\u2019s too easy these days to get married and then get divorced if things don\u2019t go right,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to put up with things, life\u2019s not always a bed of roses, you give and take and go along with it. Ron was always a hard worker, he worked, and I looked after the children.\u201d<\/p>\n
June said amongst her husband\u2019s endearing traits is a caring nature.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s very caring, and he does a lot for me. I have trouble with my walking, he\u2019s very good like that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
For Ron the key to a successful marriage is the fact that across the decades they\u2019ve worked as a team, in both partnership and parenting.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a wonderful experience. We help one another, we work together – we have our little arguments like everybody. We don\u2019t always like the same things naturally enough there\u2019s always a difference of opinion but basically we get along,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
From dancing at the Charleston together on a Friday and Saturday night during the 1950s to nursing one another through lung and breast cancer, the Blaineys have been by one another\u2019s side.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t imagine life without him. Even though we\u2019ve slowed down I still see Ron as the young athletic man I fell in love with, we\u2019re joined together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
RON Blainey met June at Canadian Bay on the Mornington Peninsula nearly 70 years ago, they fell in love as two 17-year olds, and on February 27 celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. \u201cWe met on a mystery picnic, we didn\u2019t have cars when we were younger, so they\u2019d organise a furniture van and go out […]<\/p>\n