Half-and-half couples (Was: Unconcerned parents)

[Chys Sage Lattes]

No: HPFGUIDX 128264


> 
> Carol responds:
 And no doubt she has Muggle
> warning devices like the ones JKR advertises on her site (in the
> Rumours section) in case her husband's relatives drop in uninvited 
for
> tea. 


Chys:
I've never seen that, is it new? Or something random? I keep seeing 
Madam Malkin's advertizements. And something about cheese.


Carol:
I can't see a "half and half" family living in a Muggle city (how
> *did* the Blacks manage to leave the house unseen?), but they 
couldn't
> live in a wizarding community, either.


Chys:
A half-half might be able to to that, but keep it very low profile. 
The Dursleys get owls now and then.

I don't understand the Blacks in particular, having a house in a 
muggle area at all. If they're an old family, pureblood and all of 
that, what's the point in mingling with the 'commonfolk and muddies'? 
I would have thought they would be more secluded or in a more 
wizarding territory. This just puzzles me.


Carol:
 (Imagine Mr. Finnegan in Diagon
> Alley, assuming that people live as well as work there. And he
> obviously doesn't live in Hogsmeade.) So living near a Muggle 
village
> but hidden from view (a la the Weasleys) seems like the only 
solution,
> especially if the Muggle spouse has a job in the Muggle world. And 
he
> or she would want an address that the postman can find.



Chys:
Lol, I forget the wonders of the Post Office box.

Chys