Lily and Petunia

[dreadr]

No: HPFGUIDX 176466

Does anyone besides me wonder at how Lily and Petunia grew up?
Obviously, if they were in a position to interact with Sev as
children on a regular basis then one would assume (oh help,
there's that word) that they were far from affluent. One doesn't
get the picture from the few comments that I remember that they
were abused (as Snape apparently was), but if they lived near
Spinner's End, then possibly they were a mill family and had
very little. I find it somewhat curious that nothing was ever
said about their parents and I don't recall anyone asking JKR.

If this was their background, then it might explain a lot of
Petunia's attitudes -- i.e. her jealously of her sister (after
all, Lily apparently married into money), her obsession with
status, and even her almost paranoid attitude about cleanliness.
Thoughts?

Debbie