[HPforGrownups] RE: money issues

[Melissa McCarthy]

No: HPFGUIDX 59064

Jenn said:
> What if the Weasleys chose to live as they do? This is something they
teach
> their children so Bill and Charlie would chose to live similarly. They
> always seem to have money when they need it and as someone else (sorry
don't
> remember who) had mentioned can even afford the occasional guest. They
don't
> want to put on airs as Malfoy does, not to say they have the same amount
of
> money that Malfoy does. They just have a different view of what is
important
> in life.

Well, I agree that the Weasleys and the Malfoys have two very different
value systems, but the Malfoys are obviously quite well off, since Lucius
can afford to buy Draco a spot on the Slytherin Quidditch team.  There's a
scene in one of the books (I looked, but I can't find it at the moment)
where Harry and the Weasleys are at Gringotts and the Weasleys have only a
very small pile of sickles and knuts in their vault, and not even a single
galleon.  The last bit of GoF chapter 10, Mayhem at the Ministry, also shows
that the Weasleys are really quite poor.  It's possible that they're
choosing to live as they do in the sense that they're not taking on
higher-paying jobs to make more money, but they're certainly not wealthy
people choosing to live in a less ostentatious way than they could afford
to.

Melissa