Class origins

[Joywitch M. Curmudgeon]

No: HPFGUIDX 29433

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Margaret Dean <margdean at e...> wrote:
> Calypso8604 at a... wrote:
> > 
> > In a message dated 11/19/01 6:45:16 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > Zarleycat at a... writes:
> > 
> > > On the other hand, maybe
> > > his family never wanted to deal with having a werewolf as a 
son, so
> > > once they got him educated at Hogwarts, they felt their parental
> > > responsibilities ended and then they disowned him.
> > 
> > Actually, I believe Remus' parents were good, loving parents that 
accepted
> > the werewolf son. In Prisoner of Azkaban, Remus told Harry that 
his parents
> > were extremely supportiveand helped him out a lot after he 
recieved his bite.
> 
> And if medical costs (or the equivalent) in the wizarding world
> are anything like they are in ours, it's pretty easy to guess
> where the family money went -- paying for years and years of
> unsuccessful (perhaps experimental) treatments for lycanthropy.
> 

Especially if magical medical insurance companies are run by trolls, 
as they are in the muggle world.

-- Joywitch, who is sorry for the one-liner but she couldn't resist