Mrs. Weasley and Harry's gold

[jferer]

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From: jferer
Subject: Re: Mrs. Weasley and Harry's gold
Reply To: [Yahoo! #7769] Re: Mrs. Weasley and Harry's gold
Date: 8/25/00 7:31 pm  (ET)

Joywitch, I'm the one who made that remark, so I'm the one who has
to answer for it. There is old "wisdom" that says a man contemplating
marriage should take a good hard look at the lady's mother first. That
leaves a lot of room for individuality, however.

In Harry's case, it's a positive. Most people would be lucky to join
a family like the Weasleys (you could say Harry's done that already),
so maybe it would be fairer to say *anyone* should look at a prospective
spouse's family first.

In any event, I would have to maintain there is a kernel of truth there
somewhere. I'm sorry if I offended you, though. I certainly didn't mean
to suggest women are Stepford clones of their mothers.