Arranged wizard marriages?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 96643

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Janet Anderson"
<norek_archives2 at h...> wrote:
> Ffred  said:
> 
> >An interesting thought though: if marriages are still arranged to a
> great extent, it would mean that parents would have a key role in 
> arranging them. Who's going to act for Harry? 
> 

> Janet:

> I think that if wizard marriages are still arranged anywhere, it 
> would be among obsessively pureblood families like the Malfoys et 
> al. ...edited...
> 
> However, there doesn't seem to be much evidence of arranged
> marriages in the (non-obsessive) pureblood families.  They seem to 
> meet, court, and marry in the ordinary way.  The Weasleys met at
> Hogwarts; James met Lily at Hogwarts; even Barty Crouch Sr. was 
> known to be in love with his wife. (Yes, I realize it's possible to 
> be in love with someone you marry through an arranged  marriage.)
> 
> But *if* Harry needed someone either to select a wife, ..., I would 
> vote for Dumbledore.  ...edited...
> 
> Janet Anderson


bboy_mn:

I think we need to be careful not to take an All or Nothing view of
arranged marriage. Just because some are arranged doesn't mean they
are all arranged. And, just because some aren't arrange, doesn't mean
that none are arranged. There is room for both. 

Although, I am quite sure in this day and age, even in the wizard
world, the incidence of arranged marriage is small and shrinking. 

Usually, arranged marriages are about power alliances or money, or
both. As the real world and the parallel wizard world become more
diverse and homogenous, and the power of wealth and the power of
politics are somewhat separated, the need for wedding alliances
diminishes.

Just a late night thought.

bboy_mn