Single Adults in HP

[meboriqua at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 18257

Amy Z wrote:
> 
> Yeah, I should've said that during the time my students were so 
> obsessed with my and my colleagues' romances, I was teaching at 
> boarding school, so they saw us all eat most of our meals, lived in 
> the same buildings with us, etc.  You certainly couldn't have 
someone 
> spend the night without every kid in the dorm knowing it.  I'm sure 
> they wouldn't have given it a thought if they'd only seen their 
> teachers in class.

I agree with you that students are interested in their teachers' 
social lives, but trust me, just seeing them day to day sparks their 
interests too.  My high school students not only often ask me about my 
boyfriend, but I have been asked out several times by students 
themselves!

My personal theory about the apparent singleness of most of the adults 
in HP is simply that if they all had their own families to deal with, 
they wouldn't be as focused on Harry as they are.  If Sirius had a 
wife, for example, wouldn't he first go looking for her instead of 
Scabbers at Hogwarts?  It is also clever of JKR to not make much of 
the professors' social lives because (and I think someone mentioned 
this) it would take away from our focus on Harry, his friends, his 
adventures and his interest in girls.  

Besides, the day it is revealed that Sirius' heart belongs to some 
lovely witch is the day many hearts here at HPforGrownups will be 
broken.  Now I don't think JKR wants that on her back, does she?  :-)

--jenny from ravenclaw*********************************