[HPforGrownups] Re: Why buy Ron Maroon? (Was: Why buy 5 sets of Lockhart's book?

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 113844

  Sen:
> IMO, Molly & Arthur do without (unless it's a diehard 
> necessity) so they can make sure their kids have what they need.
> With that many children at home, I'm sure Molly has gotten used to 
> doing for her kids first & foremost (Like any good mom with any 
> number of kids I'm willing to bet) and puts herself last in line. 
> This even goes for robe shopping. 

Except that by the beginning of GOF, there are only four kids to buy
for.  Bill, Charlie and Percy are out on their own (although Percy
still lives at home) and earning wages.  If anything, splurging a
little so that Ron can have a set of dress robes should have been
possible.

I think it's more likely that Molly is just an ingrained scrimper by
this point.  Buying second-hand and making do has become her
automatic response to the need for "new" items.

Why she didn't ask Bill or Charley to buy the robes for their kid
brother suprises me.  In the big families I've been familiar with,
older siblings were expected to kick into the pot for the younger
ones when they were out on their own and earning money.

Magda


		
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