[HPforGrownups] Re: Umm... do they bathe?

[Meg Demeranville]

No: HPFGUIDX 47648

I wasn't going to comment on this thread but this caught my eye.
 
bboy_mm wrote: 
<snip> But you are right we never hear about bathrooms and showers.
Harry and  the Weasley brothers are out side having an hours long
snowball fight  before the Yule Ball. But, when it starts to get dark,
do they go take  a shower and get dressed? No, they just go get dressed.
They get up in  the morning and get dress; not showered and dress.
Samething at night,  straight from clothes to pajamas; not clothes,
shower, pajamas. <snip> 
 
I think we are forgetting that these are 14 year old boys we are talking
about (and two 16 year olds). It is a very real possibility that they
didn't shower before the Yule ball. Speaking from the experience of
having two brothers (same setup as the Weasleys two years apart) and all
their friends plus a lot of babysitting experience with boys, boys don't
care if they are stinky. Ok, maybe the twins might. They are at the age
where girls exist and aren't icky. But Harry and Ron haven't figured out
girls yet. One kid that I frequently baby-sit for (to the point where
he's often said "So what, it's just Meg." when confronted with something
he shouldn't do in front of company) is 14 at the moment and has to be
ordered to shower. He just doesn't care. I have watched him spend all
day playing football (American) in the yard with his brother and friends
and change into dress clothes and go out somewhere nice with his
parents. It just doesn't cross his mind at all that he smells. My point
being, it probably doesn't cross Harry and Ron's minds that a Yule ball
is something with girls and where a shower would be a good idea. They
are boys! They don't care if they smell! And if they do smell and it
scares off the icky girls, so much the better. 
 
Just a thought.
 
-- Meg (who should be studying for finals and who apologizes to all the
non-smelly, non-icky boys on the list)


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