Wizarding Life Span vs. Muggle

[Audra1976 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 47954

Acire wrote:
> All right, it's a well-known fact that wizards live longer than 
> Muggles. However, here's a question: wouldn't the fact that wizards 
> live longer than Muggles deter some wizards away from marrying a 
> Muggle? 

Me:

It would be a valid objection.  Of course, true love, blah, blah, and all 
that stuff that everyone else said--I agree.  

But two other possibilities:  

1.) We don't know the average age difference in wizard-muggle marriages.  
Maybe many wizards are much older than the muggles they marry.  We know that 
a wizard can look much younger than their actual age, so the couple wouldn't 
appear to be that different in age.

OR, 
2.) There may be some spells, a potions, or some elements (foods? vitamins?) 
in the WW that increases a muggle's lifespan just a bit.  It doesn't have to 
be the Elixir of Life.  Maybe they have better treatments for heart disease, 
cancer, Alzheimers, etc.

Audra


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