Harry's big money gift

[pippin_999 <foxmoth@qnet.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 53094

Felinia wrote:

> >>What puzzles me is why Harry doesn't just do things like 
make an anonymous  deposit in the Weasley account (maybe, 
as I suggested elsewhere, it's  because they're numbered like 
Switzerland and he doesn't know the number and  can't ask for 
it), or buy great birthday and Christmas presents for Ron and 
the rest of the Weasleys (although the ones he does get for Ron 
are quite  good).  The Weasleys have him to stay for a couple of 
weeks at a time - he  could *insist* that Mrs. Weasley take him 
shopping for food at whatever the 
> market equivalent is and do a really grand spree to restock her 
larder, or  something like that out of gratitude for bed and board 
that gets him away  from the Dursleys for a bit.<<<

It's very difficult for many parents to accept financial help from 
children even when the children are grown. It reverses the 
"natural" order since it makes the parent dependent on the child. 
I think Harry understands that the Weasleys would be very 
uncomfortable accepting any but minor gifts (and he could 
already be giving those offscreen, so to speak.)
 

If the Weasleys did receive another unexpected windfall, as they 
did in Book Three, they'd probably take another vacation rather 
than set the Twins up in a business they don't approve of or buy 
a broomstick for Ron when the Twins will soon be leaving 
Hogwarts and presumably not playing Quidditch anymore (one 
for Ron, one for Ginny?). Although they spend extravagantly for  
once in a liftetime opportunities like the trip to Egypt and the 
Quidditch World Cup, their financial philosophy is to be frugal 
when shopping for their children. This is a contrast with the 
Malfoys, who get the best of everything for Draco.

Pippin