Ages? and Dumbledore's Mirror

[milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 7986

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "naama " <naama_gat at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "milz " <absinthe at m...> wrote:
> > 
> > Interestingly, Molly (GoF) stated the Fat Lady lectured her for 
> > sneaking into Gryffindor Tower late one night after spending the 
> > evening with Arthur. Perhaps Bill was the result of this evening 
or 
> > another evening? If so, then Molly might have been pregnant 
with   
> Bill during her Hogwarts time. Also, I think Arthur is older than 
> Molly. 
> > In PS/SS, Ron tells Harry that his parents were both in 
Gryffindor. 
> > If Arthur and Molly are the same age (or if both were enrolled at 
> > Hogwarts concurrently), then wouldn't the Fat Lady have caught 
both 
> > of them sneaking into the Tower?
> 
> Maybe she did. IIRC Molly didn't explicitly say that Arthur wasn't 
> there as well. She naturally remembered most vividly the scolding 
she 
> got. 
> Or, maybe the Fat Lady was harder on her than on Arthur bc she was 
a 
> girl? You know, the way teachers (incuding female teachers!) 
> discriminate, often without meaning to, against girls. I must say, 
> though, that if she was like that then, she must have changed, bc 
> she's not like that now, as far as I recall. ;-)
> 
> Naama

Maybe her attitude toward Fred and George's "laxity" is the result of 
her "mis-spent youth". I've known people who were reportedly wild as 
kids turn into very strict parents later in life.

:-)Milz