The Real HP for GrownUps

[Milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 174297

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Matt" <hpfanmatt at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> Juli wrote:
> > > > I think it must have been extremely hard for Ron to 
> > > > live with his crush for almost a year and never slip 
> > > > into her bed. The boy has a huge amount of self-control.
> 
> Milz responded:
> > > I think this was 3-fold.
> > > 1. They knew they were in great danger. So the thought of 
> > > danger  might have been a romance-killer.
> > > 2. I think Ron has a great deal of respect for Hermione 
> > > and wouldn't pressure her into anything that she wasn't 
> > > ready for.
> > > 3. Kinda difficult to 'get it on' with Harry just a few 
> > > feet away.
> 
> JW:
> > Surely, you jest.  These three factors are guaranteed to 
> > enhance, not diminish, the effectiveness of rampant 
> > teenage hormones.

That might hold true for teenagers in movies like "Porky's" 
or "American Pie" or even the teenagers in horror-slasher flicks 
like  "Evil Dead", "Friday the 13th", etc. But real-life 
teenagers....I don't think so, at least not the ones with IQ's 
greater than their panty size. Worrying about finding food and 
worrying about being found by the Death Eaters would be more 
important than worrying about getting laid.

 
> Two comments.  1. (re #3 above) Muffliato.  2. Could help explain
> Hermione's passionate (dare I say) reactions when Ron left and upon
> his return.
> 
> -- Matt
>
 I'll have to re-read Ron's return, but Hermione yelling at him and 
physically beating him doesn't seem like love taps and fondling to 
me...unless Ron and Hermione are into BSDM.

Milz