[HPforGrownups] Arranged Marraiges: (Was:Re: Slytherins/DE and Girls)

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 92007

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Janet Anderson" 
<norek_archives2 at h...> wrote:
> ghingapuss wrote:
> >Knowing how the WW like to marry young, and working with the idea
> >that there is a limited number of prospective pure-blood 
candidates
> >for marriage, parents would feel the need to hook up their 
offspring
> >as soon as possible to avoid missing out.  It stands to reason 
then
> >that the children of pure blooded families were most likely
> >betrothed or promised to each other quite young. As teens.  Will
> >some of the purebloods, Draco perhaps be dealing with this in the
> >next book?

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Sherrie here:

Why wait til the teens?  Old European royalty (& often the nobility) 
betrothed at birth (sometimes before - "Hey - if my kid's a girl, let's agree that 
she'll marry your son.")  It wasn't just to preserve bloodlines, but also served 
to cement political alliances.  Perhaps Draco and Pansy were BORN 
trothplighted...

Sherrie


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