Am I the only one

[sienna291973]

No: HPFGUIDX 95671

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sbursztynski" 
<greatraven at h...> wrote:

> Sue B:
> 
> Honestly, guys, what do you want? Poor Molly. Not only does she 
have
> all 
> that pressure on her, the fear of her family dying (and it's only
> luck that 
> nobody in her family does!), not only, in OOTP, does she have to go
> on guard 
> duty like everyone else, but she still has to make everyone's 
dinner
> and clean 
> the house! And we're talking, here, about SIRIUS's house - shudder!

I guess in the end it comes down to personal preference.  My own 
mother (Greek) is a fabulous woman, and has worn as much stress and 
burden as any one woman could cope with (two jobs, the house, a very 
traditional husband), but she was never a tryant and she has always 
been extremely supportive of her two left-of-centre daughters (my 
sister and I have done nothing the way we were *supposed* to, to my 
father's great dismay).  

To my mind, the way that Molly treats the twins is abominable 
because they obviously have a wealth of talent better applied 
outside the academic world and she does nothing to encourage that.  
She also demonstrates preferential treatment for those of her sons 
that actually achieve what she personally wants them to achieve.  
It's just as well the twins are blessed with so much natural self-
belief because otherwise that could be quite scaring.

She seems to me to be a classic example of the overprotective, 
overbearing mother-figure and while she certainly provides some 
light humour at times, I find her irritating in the extreme.

Still, this is just my personal opinion and I can understand why 
others really like Molly... I just personally find her distasteful.

Sienna