When Petunia met James

[sethrarose]

No: HPFGUIDX 71028

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
<bard7696 at a...> wrote:

> The actual phrasing is - (page 34, UK) "I heard -- that awful boy --
> telling HER about them - years ago."
> 
> We know James and Lily weren't dating until at least seventh year, 
> which would be 1977-78. That is the earliest, presumably, that he 
> would have gone to meet her family. 
>%snip 
> 3) OK, the awful boy is someone else Lily brought home. Maybe 
Snape, 
> maybe Sirius, maybe someone else entirely.

I think it very likely that Hogwart's would have a parent's day, 
particularly for Muggle-born students.  If the Evans family visited 
Hogwart's with their new student, they may have brought younger 
daughter Petunia along, and she may have overheard 'that awful boy' 
there, years ago.

sethra