Friendships in WW

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No: HPFGUIDX 43796

People have been discussing whether Harry or Hermione have enough 
friends, how well they get along with others at school, etc.  But I 
was noticing, there don't seem to be a lot of close friendships in 
the WW.  I am specifically thinking about the Weasleys.  They have 
Harry over all the time, and Hermione pretty often.  How come the 
rest of the kids don't have their own friends over?

Why doesn't Ginny have any girlfriends in her own year?  Yes, she's 
friends with Hermione, but is she the only one?  She should be having 
sleepovers all summer at her age.

I suppose you could say the twins have each other, but wouldn't Lee 
Jordan have loved to sit in the Top Box with them?  Is there some 
unspoken age limit over which guys can't have sleepovers anymore?

Percy not having Penelope over is, I think, understandable.  But does 
he not have any male friends?

Surely Bill and/or Charlie have significant others that would visit 
or at least be mentioned?

My point is, for those who think Harry or Hermione have too few 
friends, as far as we know, they have MORE friends than anyone else.  
Real, best friend-friends, I mean, not just see-you-in-class 
friends.  (I'm excluding Draco and Crabbe/Goyle, as I wouldn't call 
what they have friendship.)  Is this indicative of something in the 
WW, or just an artifact of JKs focus?

Ginny, who believes in few-good rather than many-shallow friendships