mixed marriages

[stbjohn2]

No: HPFGUIDX 124596


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> Sandy wrote:
> > How do you suppose these witches/wizards met their muggle mates? 
It 
> > seems to me that a wizard would have to make a concerted effort 
to 
> > seek out a muggle to date and marry, because normally, their 
paths 
> > just don't cross. 
> 
>
 Sreep says
Muggle borns can talk, act and dress like Muggles with ease and would 
probably have no trouble finding a partner. I'm sure that these 
Muggleborns, whenever they went home for the summer from school, did 
a lot of 'Muggly' things with their Muggle family like go to church, 
play Muggle sports (like Dean plays soccer) etc. I'm sure they also 
have Muggle friends that they might occasionally "hang-out" with from 
time to time, who might, but not necessarily, know that they're 
different.

Sandy says
Thanks for reminding me about Dean (who's a half-blood by the way, 
not a muggleborn) still having ties to the muggle world. I'm 
beginning to have newfound respect for the Finnegans (who I've
never 
given much thought before) because they seem to have found a way to 
bring their child up to respect and appreciate the cultures/heritages 
from both sides of his family.

But the picture we're painted with Hermione is of a muggleborn
who 
seems to be moving ever closer to the WW, and apparently leaving the 
muggle world almost entirely -- she spends her holidays in the WW, 
and has spent the last two summers largely in the company of the 
Weasleys. She's an example of that old saying about "converts
make 
the best [insert name of religion of your choice here]". It's
hard to 
imagine her venturing back into the muggle world to look for a mate.

Our other info about muggleborns or their children is pretty scanty. 
I take Tonks' general lack of knowledge about muggles --
"Very clean, 
aren't they, these muggles," said 
 Tonks, looking around
the kitchen 
with great interest. "My dad's muggle-born and he's a
right old slob. 
I suppose it varies, just like with wizards?" -- as an indication 
she's had very little contact with muggles over her lifetime.
Aside 
from a few dinners with Grandma Tonks, doesn't sound like
she's even 
met enough muggles to know they come in all shapes, sizes and stripes 
of personality, just like wizards. 


Steve/bboyminn:
Further, wizards seem to live among muggles. Moody lives in London.
Grimmauld Place is in a muggle neighborhood in London. Mrs Figg,
although only a Squib, knows about the wizard world, and lives near
the Dursleys. The Weasleys on two occasions we have seen, have gone to
the nearby muggle village. 

Sandy;
Yes, they live around muggles, but they seem to go out of their way 
to avoid them. Sirius grew up at #12 Grimmauld, with muggles on 
either side, but Mr. Black had put every muggle-repelling spell up, 
so there was no mixing with the neighbors. Little Sirius and Reggie 
never got to play hide-and-seek with the muggle kids next door. Same 
with the Weasleys. They may walk the streets of a muggle village, but 
they don't mix with the villagers unless it's unavoidable,
like when 
they need a muggle taxi to get to the train station. I don't think 
any of the Weasley kids ever had a muggle friend. (If Ron had, I'd 
think he'd know a little about muggle sports.)