[HPforGrownups] Harry and "shipping"

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 156463

Geoff:

Not being critical, I see Harry as being rather clueless when it comes
to the opposite sex. Perhaps it was because I went to a single-sex
school (which were in the majority at the time), I was also pretty clueless
and I can recall an equally disastrous attempt to take someone to a
college ball when I was a fair bit older than Harry. During my early
twenties, I was very wrapped up in developing career skills and finally
got married when I was 31.

My eldest son was again heavily involved in work and church activities
and got married when he was 26 and took a fairly steady approach to
becoming an item.

So, why shouldn't Harry be concentrating on matters other than those
of the heart; as in my case, he may be late in becoming an item but is
there anything wrong in that? A more mature approach may avoid the
old problem of "fools rushing in where angels fear to tread".

Lynda:

You sound much like me when our fictional favorite hero was younger.  I
would hear people coupling off Harry with others and my reaction was "He's
eleven! or twelve! or..." and the truth be told there is no need to couple
the kids off in this manner.  JKR has chosen to send them on dates, though
and set them up in relationships, lasting or nonlasting.  Maybe she's
choosing to reflect reality.  I see kids as young as middle-school with boy
and girlfriends, some of them changing them out every other week it seems.

Lynda


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