[HPforGrownups] Re: is petunia dursley a squib?

[Vinnia Chrysshallie]

No: HPFGUIDX 46102

 --- Christopher Nuttall
<christopher_g_nuttall at hotmail.com> wrote: 
I think its pretty clear that Petuna is not a squib,
but just an ordinary muggle.  There are several points
conected with this.



I agree that Petunia is not a squib, because Rowling
said that Lily is a muggle born.

However, I think that Petunia is a witch. A witch that
chose not to develop her magical ability. 

Does anyone know if Petunia is older or younger than
Lily?

My opinion on why she did not attend Hogwarts,
unfortunately, only works if she is younger than Lily.

Mr. and Mrs. Evans were delighted when Lily received
her letter. They must have had a lot of talk about
this, so excited about going to diagon alley etc that
Petunia was in the background for a while. She was
jealous and she expressed this in condemning the
magical world. She called Lily a freak and all. 

Then a few years later her own letter came. Well, she
had been condemning the WW, and she is too proud to
admit that she was wrong. She then refused to go to
Hogwarts.

Her jealousy of Lily increased over the years, I
imagined. She did not want to know anything about the
magical world, which is why she was not aware of
Hagrid existance. She did not come to Lily's wedding,
because she did not maintain any contact with Lily
after Lily left home (actually, I don't think she talk
much with Lily when Lily is home for holidays)

That actually makes me wonder about the how Mr. and 
Mrs Evans died. They must have been pretty young. Lily
was only 22 when she died, her parents died before
that, they could not have died of natural cause! Maybe
a car accident or something?

But...how come Petunia does not display any photo of
her parents at home? If she does, Harry must have seen
it! And Harry has never noticed Petunia going to visit
her parents' grave either! I actually suspect that Mr.
and Mrs. Evans are still alive,at least one of them,
but Petunia doesn't want to have anything to do with
them. 

A strange woman she is!



Vinnia
who is very glad that none of her neighbours is nearly
as nosy as Petunia.

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