[HPforGrownups] Re: Weasley Poverty, Working Wizard Women; was Molly & Arthur - was Why I like G

[Kaesa Aurelia]

No: HPFGUIDX 124026


Magda:
> Molly can't be bothered to remember
> that he doesn't like corned beef sandwiches (PS/SS), that he doesn't
> like the colour maroon, and culminating in the humiliating moment
> when she presents him with hideous dress robes with no appreciation
> about how a teen will feel wearing them (and its clear from the
> description that they are indeed ugly).

Kaesa (me):
I have to just step in here briefly and say that these aren't
necessarily the marks of uncaring parents, or even overly busy parents
who have way too many kids.  My mother has done all of these things to
me, and, as an eighteen-year-old, while I'm going to be relieved to
get out of the house in a few months and go to college, it's not
because she doesn't love me, or because we're poor, or because I have
too many brothers and sisters (as I'm an only child).  He may percieve
it as being left behind, but really, it's pretty typical.  And yes, he
does deserve more thought, but it's not as though he's being neglected
by Molly.  He's just being Ron.  I love Ron, but really, his life
isn't as bad as he thinks it is.  If he *is* at the end of his rope,
his rope is very short.