Evans (was Re: Severus)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 190171

ncfan17:
> 
> Petuna implying that the Potters are low-class? Oh that's rich, since
> the Potters are essentially the Wizarding equivalent of old money and
> the Dursleys (unless there's something about Vernon and/or Petunia's
> backgrounds we don't know) are Muggle nouveau riche.
> 

Pippin:
I doubt that Petunia ever knew that Lily had married into money. As Harry thinks to himself somewhere in the earlier books, the Dursley's disdain for all things magical wouldn't extend to a pile of wizarding gold. 

Lily started going out with James in her 7th year. By that time, I think the sisters were sufficiently estranged, and Lily had become sophisticated enough in guarding her secrets, that Petunia wouldn't have known. 

It would be just like Petunia to think that all wizarding families must be as poorly off as the Snapes. It would be just like Lily to amuse herself by letting Petunia think so. And if Petunia ever did see James, he'd have been wearing odd-looking Muggle clothes and he wouldn't have a car. He wouldn't look like Petunia's idea of a a wealthy person.

Pippin