Fees for Harry

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 179397

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lizzyben04" <lizzyben04 at ...> 
wrote:
> The Dursleys treat Harry like he's worthless because they consider 
> him worthless, and a drain on the family finances. Once the 
Dursleys 
> realize that he's got access to money, they change their ways, 
> because it's now in their interests to be nicer to Harry. 

Allie:

Nothing the Dursleys ever do for Harry resembles, "Nice."  The 
closest we get is Uncle Vernon saying he'll sign a permission slip.

>An involved Muggle family would 
> muddle this plan, because the family might object, & Harry might 
not be willing to die for DD's cause. So DD would want the Dursleys 
to  resent Harry, and ensure that Harry's experience with the Muggle 
> world was a miserable one. Then, by the time Hagrid comes back to 
> fetch Harry to Hogwarts, Harry is so insanely grateful that he's 
> willing to do anything for DD & to protect his new home in the 
> wizarding world.
> 

Allie:

I'm sorry, but the overwhelming evidence is that the Dursleys resent 
Harry for being magical, *not* for being a drain on their 
resources.  There are what, one or two references to it costing the 
Dursleys money to take care of Harry?  And *numerous* references to 
the Dursleys hating all things magical?  Maybe they complained about 
feeding him, they certainly had no right to complain about clothing 
him since all he had were hand-me-downs, but that was definitely 
second place on their list of reasons to hate Harry.  Nothing 
Dumbledore could possibly have done would have changed the fact that 
he was a wizard and they weren't.