teachers' personal lives

[Susan A]

No: HPFGUIDX 190236

teebee:
> > I'm not sure if this was discussed earlier but I was wondering if
> > anyone had thoughts on personal lives of professors at Hogwarts.
> > JKR never mentioned if any of them was married or had kids. They
> > lived in the castle 10 months out of 12. If they were married,
> > were the spouses allowed to live with them at Hogwarts?
 
Sartoris:
> I've always found it curious how many single adults, not just 
> teachers, seem to exist in the wizarding world. None of the 
> teachers appear to be married. Perhaps teaching is almost like the 
> priesthood. And Sirius, who spends over ten years in Azkaban, never 
> talks about missing or wanting to find a woman. A certain single 
> celibacy seems to hover around many of the adults, which in a way 
> is refreshing. Adults don't seem pressured to couple. (Although Ron 
> does comment that Uncle Bilius never married.)


SSSusan:
If teaching is almost like the priesthood -- and it does almost seem so, the way JKR doesn't introduce spouses/significant others -- at least thankfully it doesn't appear fraught with some of the scary issues of the RW priesthood.  But we don't really want to go there....

In terms of "the curious" about HP characters, not only is it curious how many single adults there are, there are a bunch of other niggly little things I find curious, such as ICKY TEETH!  I understand that dentists may seem a little bizarre in the WW, but if they see no need for dentists, and since this is a world in which there are all manner of "clean up" and "fix up" spells, such as evanesco and scourgify nd episkey, WHY is there any witch or wizard with rotten or yellowed teeth?  Personal preferences in the realm of personal hygiene aside, there seem to be a large number of people with dental ickiness.  

This is apropos of nothing, I realize, but it comes to me as a little curiosity of the series, the same way the lack of mention of teachers' spouses and children seems odd.

Siriusly Snapey Susan