[HPforGrownups] Little comments on Dumbledore, Lily and James, etc.

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 7898

Hi --

Firebolt wrote:

> In terms of Lily and James, I have a question: Why does everyone
> assume they got married right out of Hogwarts? Did I miss something in
> the books? Age 19/20 is really quite young for marriage,

That's what I think.  I'm also puzzled as to why people have made this
assumption.  I know Lily is described as a "young" woman when she came
out of the wand, implying she was young when she died.  But, she doesn't
have to be 22 at her death to be young.  <g>  I still think they were
career-focused for several years at least before having Harry.

> and we don't know much about their pre-marriage romance, either -
> maybe they were just friends who fell in love after they left
> Hogwarts, and got married afterwards.

I like this theory too.  It squares with the notion that as far as we
now know, Lily didn't have any real part in the Marauders' lives at
Hogwarts.  It's quite possible it seems that they didn't fall in love
until after Hogwarts -- maybe they even really got to know one another
through their career(s).  Or, like you said, they were friends who
didn't become lovers until much later.  I like that scenario for obvious
reasons.

Penny



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]