My theory Petunia/"That Boy"

[Rebecca]

No: HPFGUIDX 76185

Hey all!  Again, I will give my usual disclaimer - I haven't been 
able to keep up with all the posts so this may have all ready been 
said, although I couldn't find it in the archives :-) Now that that's 
out of the way, my husband and I were talking about OOP last night, 
and especially about Petunia and her relationship to the wizarding 
world when a thought struck me.  When they are talking about the 
dementors, Petunia know what they are and where they are supposed to 
be.  When she is asked about it, she says that she heard "that boy" 
talking about them.  Now, I assumed that she was refering to James, 
but what if she wasn't?  Here is my theory: when she was a teenager, 
Petunia dated, and fell in love with, a wizard.  During the course of 
this relationship they talked about many things, and she learned a 
lot about the wizarding world.  She was so in love with him that she 
planned a future with him after they finished schooling.  However, he 
was a pure blood, and while dating a muggle was fine with him, he had 
no intentions of ever marrying her.  When he finally told her this, 
she was devistated and looked at the entire wizarding world in a new 
light - a very bad light at that.  This heart break forever turned 
her against the wizarding world and anything to do with it.  Hence 
the reason she is so nasty about the WW, yet seems to know so much 
about it.  Well, that's it...what does everyone think?  If you think 
it's completely rediculous, please don't laugh too hard or send too 
many howlers my way!  :-)


Beckah