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[Lisa (Jennings) Mamula]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at y...> wrote:
> 
> I like Molly and Arthur. I do not see one thing wrong with them. A 
> lot of people are poor if they have a large family. It is not a sin. 
> Having the best of everything is not that important. Molly doesn't 
> henpeck Arthur. Like any good husband he does what his wife tells 
> him. Would you have Molly be a "yes dead, wife!!"  Uck!!  


LisaMarie:
I completely agree with you, Tonks!  I do not have and have never had a 
problem with the Weasleys.  They are Ron's family, they are loyal to 
Dumbledore, they raise awesome children, they love Harry (which is most 
important, in my book), and they are poor.  Personally, I don't see anything 
wrong with them being poor.  They obviously weren't the heirs of some old 
family fortune, and Arthur's job doesn't pay well.  So?  I don't see the problem.  
Some people are just poor.  


Tonks:
> And Molly must be in her mid to late 50's.  Women of that age and 
> older feel that it is the *man's* job to work outside the home.  I 
> am surprised at so many women here question why Molly doesn't get a 
> job. It just show that things in our society have changed *a lot* in 
> the past 35 years.  But ol' Molly and I think it's Arthur's job to 
> bring home the bacon, and it is nice if he can enjoy the work that 
> he does. He should also jolly well do what his wife tells him!! 

Yes, it's true that lots of women in Molly's age group feel that the man should 
be the bread winner of the family.  I feel that way, and I am only 24.  Of course, 
I am the bread winner in our family at the moment, because my husband is in 
graduate school.  When he is out and working full time, if he is able to support 
us with his salary, I will stop teaching *in a heartbeat*!!!  Maybe Molly just 
chooses not to have a job outside her home.  More power to her, I say!



> Tonks_op
> (hiding behind the sofa now.  I can hear them coming for me. ;-p)

LisaMarie, telling Tonks to get out from behind that sofa!  :)