Both Parents Work? Where's the Canon?

[Audra1976 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 47259

Eileen asks:
> Where's the canon? It might be true, but so far we haven't seen any
> couples who both work. We haven't seen many couples period, but that's
> how it is. Meanwhile, Molly Weasley stays at home. I think 
> we don't
> have any canon at all here to go on.

Me:
Lily Potter and Mrs. Longbottom were both stated to be Aurors, weren't they?  Molly Weasley is the only stay-at-home mom we hear of.  Narcissa Malfoy probably doesn't work either, but that's only speculation, not stated in canon. By the same token, I can't imagine Mrs. LeStrange was a little housewife.  If I'm right, that means that while we don't get much information about couples, we know for sure of more working wives than not.

Audra