staff housing

[Marie Jadewalker]

No: HPFGUIDX 66578

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sleepygirl003" 
<sleepygirl003 at h...> wrote:
> I'm new, so forgive me if this has been throughly discussed (as I
> imagine it might have been).
> 
> Where dothe hogwarts staff live?  We're seen MM in a dressing gown, 
> so she must live in the castle somewhere.  And why are the all 
> single and without children?  is that a criteria for 
> professorship?  
> 
> 
> 
> -Leslianne, newly grownup

Welcome, Leslianne.  I don't have a lot of personal insight into this 
matter, but I know it can be frusterating when your post is lost in 
the shuffle, so I thought I'd respond.  Using my handy-
dandy "Fantastic Posts," I found a really old and interesting 
discussion on this topic that begins here:  
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/13060
(That's message 13060 in case the link doesn't work)  

To summarize, it's possible that some of them are married and we 
don't know because it's not important to the story (or Harry) or that 
it will be important later.  It's also possible that some were 
widowed (or "widowered") during Voldemort War I.  

Also, someone finally found the JKR quote which I remembered too 
dimly to be sure of:

Q: Sheila McCleary - Have any of the Hogwarts professors had spouses? 

A: Good question - yes, a few of them but that information is sort of 
restricted - you'll find out why. 

(http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/2001/0301-
comicrelief-staff.htm)  And hip-hip-hooray for Quick Quotes Quill and 
the whole Floo Network.  ;)  

~Marie, who wishes she could find a job where she *had* to keep up 
with all the HP4GU posts!