Muggle matches (Was Re: Muggle-born adults)

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No: HPFGUIDX 75013

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Pen Robinson <pen at p...> wrote:
> 
> On Sunday, Aug 3, 2003, at 08:38 Europe/London, Geoff Bannister 
wrote:
> 
> It has just occurred to me to start wondering about this... How do 
so 
> many wizards actually *meet* Muggles and socialise enough with them 
to 
> get married?
> 
> We see so many examples of wizards being entirely at sea in the 
Muggle 
> world - all those absurd costumes at the World Cup, for instance, 
so 
> the picture we are given of the wizarding world is that it is very 
much 
> separate from the Muggles.   Even someone as fascinated by all 
things 
> Muggle as Arthur Weasley seems actually to regard non-magical 
people as 
> something quite alien, and he has very little idea how to go on in 
> Muggle-ish circumstances.   Yet at the same time we are told that 
> people like Seamus' and Tonks' parents are one-of-each.   So who 
are 
> these witches and wizards who mingle with Muggles?
> 
> Any theories?
> 
> Pen

Can't offer any theories I'm afraid, but this is something I've been 
wondering about myself. I remember in one of the books someone 
(Hagrid? Ron?) tells Harry that the MoM's main job is keeping it from 
muggles that there are wizards in the country. If true, it's a wonder 
they are able to manage it considering how ignorant most people seem 
to be about the non-magical world. I shudder to think what they are 
teaching in that Muggle Studies course.

I recall a number of occasions while reading the books where I 
wondered aloud, "how stupid are these wizards?!!" You'd think one of 
them could use magic to conjure a public library card. Or, you know, 
just take a look around!! I can't think of any reason why the muggle 
world should be so mysterious. It's not exactly a secret.

As to how muggle/wizard relationships get started, I can't imagine. 
Of course, the one that freaks me out is Hagrid's parents' muggle on 
giant romance. What the hell?!! Ick. Ick Ick Ick.


Allyson