Ron, Molly and Those Robes

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 59343

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jenny_ravenclaw" <
meboriqua at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Eric Oppen" <oppen at m...> 
wrote:
> 
> >When you've got four kids in boarding school, and books to buy for 
> them for five years into the future, spending a windfall on a trip to 
> Egypt strikes me as slightly insane.>
> 
> It does seem insane, but it is understandable.  As others have already 
> pointed out, it is nice to create memories for the kids and to take 
> advantage of the opportunity to travel.  My boyfriend and I are taking 
> a vacation together this summer, even though we definitely can't 
> afford it.  We've never been away together and we've lived together 
> for six years.  We deserve it, and I think the Weasleys deserved a 
> chance to get away, see some sights and spend time together as a 
> family.
>

We also have to remember that they didn't pick Egypt out of a hat. 

Bill, a sibling they probably don't get to see too terribly often, lives there. So, 
aside from the rich experiences, you have the kids seeing their older brother 
and also, given that they had a resource there, the trip probably didn't cost as 
much as a trip to someplace where they knew no one.

And they bought a new wand for Ron. It is entirely possible that each of the 
children at home got something new that they needed, such as a book, a 
dress, or a robe.

We never see the Weasley children go without food and they are always 
clothed. Perhaps they aren't in the designer, latest fashions, but they are 
clothed and they get the things they need.

Molly and Arthur don't refuse to buy Ron a new wand in CoS. He never asks 
them. 

We know that Ron has enough allowance to where he could have bought 
himself a new book, but spent the money on Dungbombs (Fantastic Beasts) 

Time for Ron to learn the value of a knut.

Darrin