Arranged wizard marriages?

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 97062

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at y...>
wrote:
> Jim Ferer wrote:
> > <snip>
> P.S. Ffred mentioned that Sirius can't help arrange a marriage, being
> > dead; he's forgetting Moaning Myrtle. Seeing who Sirius *might* have
> > picked might have been downright alarming and a lot of fun to see.
> 
> Carol:
> Am I missing something here? Moaning Myrtle as a prospective wife for
> Sirius in an arranged marriage had they both lived? First, she was a
> Muggle-born (which is why the Basilisk chose her as a victim, or
> Riddle ordered it to kill her) and would be exactly the wife his
> parents *wouldn't* have chosen for him, and second, she was a
> contemporary of Tom, not of Sirius, and died before he was born. But I
> could just be misreading your postscript. . . .

Tongue in cheek alert! *Sirius* arranging a marriage for *Harry* -
Myrte does have a 'thing' for Harry, after all.  And Sirius, being
dead, has few options in the cupid department. Don't take me seriously
here.

All kidding aside, Harry hardly needs one arranged, 'cuz his partner
is probably someone he knows already (most of us can agree on that much).

Arranged marriage in the wizard world, if it occurs at all, (I bet it
does) is probably only amongst the upper crust, the Malfoy types.

BTW, we only know Malfoy as an upper crust type among the Death
Eaters. We don't know the socioeconomic status of any of the others
except MacNair, who works at a job in the Ministry, and Bode and
Rookwood, who are also civil servants.  Any others? I don't have the
book in front of me.

Jim Ferer, who thinks Harry's troubles with Myrtle may not be over.