threads converge: Alvin Ailey, gifts

[jdr0918]

<<<In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Anne" wrote:...Ron gave 
Hermione something he thought she ought to like, while Harry gave 
Hermione something he knew she would like...>>>

The Sergeant Majorette says

Which is the difference between a boyfriend and a boy friend. Ron 
gives a romantic gift to indicate that he is interested enough in her 
to have asked his mother and sister (you *know* he did) what a proper 
gift would be to a girl he likes; whereas Harry gives a gift with 
absolutely no symbolic meaning, it's just a present.

The actual scent matters not at all; in fact, what she likes to smell 
like is none of his business at this point. It's the packaging: 
nothing makes a girl feel real like a fancy bottle she can display on 
her desk/dressing table for everyone to see. She gets to say, "Oh, my 
boyfriend gave me that..."

--JDR