The Middle Age of Molly?

[Aberforth's Goat]

No: HPFGUIDX 1354

> Don't wizards have anything for menopause..is unfortunately very
> sexist about older women and terribly unfair to Molly Weasley.

Sorry Susan--didn't mean to get anyone's goat on that one .... but it was
terribly hard to write a *completely* straight post without being
irresponsible somewhere!  I *wouldn't* call Molly "older", though--it might
be taken as ageist. <g,d&r>

In (somewhat questionable) defense of my wisecracks:

Molly is a good mum (and a grand human being, too).  I think I'd like her.
But that doesn't stop JKR from ragging her a little.  She has a crush on
Lockhart.  She believes everything the Daily Prophet prints about Hermione.
She *does* have some pretty quick mood swings.  She's the only one who takes
Percy almost as seriously as Percy does.  I don't think it'd be all that bad
if something could steady up a little.

> She tosses Ron an outfit, etc.? Have you ever been poor? Of course,
> she feels awful to give Ron such an outfit, but money only stretches
> so far....

Ouch!  Let's just say that my kids get new clothes only when we can't snag
hand-me-downs.  But I can't imagine giving an insecure fourteen-year-old
something that looks like his kid sister's party frock, without having a
private talk about it!  But I'll grant that when you're hard up and stressed
out, things like that can happen.

> Of course Molly and Arthur don't display their passion in front of
> their children, but everyone knows that parents are capable of
> tremendous eroticism when the doors are closed and the children are
> in bed. They are obviously a devoted couple and supportive partners
> to each other.

Amen to that!  I just wish my own kids where old enough to sleep the nights
through.  If there's anything that'll drive a normally decent guy to goatish
behavior on Harry Potter boards, it's two toddlers!  (C'mon Dee, back me
up!)

Baaaaaa!

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