In GOF, Ron gets second hand dress robes...but ginny got???

[vmonte]

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Samantha wrote:

Hi Potterphiles!
In GOF, we learn poor Ron has to have tatty second hand dress robes,
which of course he is mortified to wear. BUT when Ginny goes to the
Yule Ball with Neville, what is she wearing? Because, she wouldn't
have gotten dress robes(even second hand ones) because she wasn't of
age to go to the ball. Also, when she is seen at the ball, no one says
anything about her robes. Is this a case of the only girl getting
pampered and her poor brother getting the shaft?

Lynda said:

She is the only girl out of seven children, so that's a distinct 
possibility. Think of all the girls whose parents spend way too much 
of their paycheck to buy their daughter a dress for the prom, while 
their son is sent out to rent his tuxedo for an evening.

vmonte responds:
Girls also share clothes, unlike boys. Ginny could have borrowed an 
extra robe from one of the girls in her class or from Hermione. 

Think about when you were a teenager. My brother had one suit for 
special occassions, and that was enough for him. I had a closet full 
of special occassion clothes. And my friends and I shared clothes all 
of the time. I'm sure Ginny would have several girl friends with 
extra robes to spare. 

Also, Ginny has the luck of being the only girl in her family. The 
boys get hand-me-downs, but Ginny cannot. 

Vivian