Puzzling Question

prefectmarcus at yahoo.com prefectmarcus at yahoo.com
Fri Aug 17 19:09:18 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 24399

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Herald Talia <heraldtalia at j...> wrote:

> Yes, they can just Apparate any time they want to over to a friend. 
I'm
> sure there's a magical communication means - like the fire. There's 
also
> the WWN to get entertainment from. And I bet Molly's housework isn't 
too
> onerous - she does have that wand to help out.
> Which leads me to another question - Molly's kids are out of the 
house,
> she's a Hogwarts graduate who was in Gryffindor, so we can assume 
she's
> intelligent and competent - why doesn't she get a job? It seems like 
all
> the working women in the Potterverse are single. (McGonagall, Rita
> Skeeter - who'd live with her? Prof. Trelawney, Prof. Sprout, Berth
> Jorkins - who did not have a husband or kids to initiate a search 
for
> her.) Can anyone help me out here?

We really don't know much about her.  She might have her own business 
out of her home.  She might be doing volunteer work.  She might prefer 
decorating her home or working in the garden.  She does enjoy 
knitting.  It takes time to knit all those Christmas sweaters, you 
know. 

Marcus






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