Inspired by the HW thread, I have been thinking about this for a while.
Arthur works for the MoM so wont be on a pittance as a head of department, even a minor one as there would surely be grades?
They eat massive amounts of expensive food having three courses at every dinner, cooked breakfast every day. When they win a load of money, instead of saving it in the knowledge that they have 4 kids still at school they blow the lot on a holiday of a month in Egypt! At the beginning of CoS Mrs W takes some silver sickles and ONE gold galleon from their vault, and then happily blows 1000 galleons on a holiday rather than see them financially secure for the next few years.
Seems to me that the reason their kids are in second hand robes and reading second hand books is because they are shit with money, not that they dont have enough.
Books.....They have to have a new Miranda Goshawk book each year, so when F&G have finished with them they could have passed one to Ron who passed it to Ginny and the older ones shared the remainder if they needed it, which is unlikely. Why have several unused copies of the same book in the family and still buy another one for the youngest student? Same with robes. Rons dress robes are second hand, but Mrs W says that Arthur has some for parties so why not lend him those (with some magically performed alternations if needed) rather than pod out for horrible second hand ones? Actually, thinking further, Mrs W is supposed to be a whizz at household stuff so why doesnt she transfigure the second hand stuff to look better?
They just throw good money after bad!
AIBU?
to think the Weasleys arent poor, they are just shit with money?
Bogeyface · 31/08/2013 19:12
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Ah the Tonks/Lupin deaths leaving poor Teddy all alone were devastating. I was genuinely more concerned about that than all the other end stage deaths put together. So sad, but such a contrast to Harry's situation - he grows up knowing how awesome his parents were, that they died for the his future and surrounded by loving family friends 
Poor Ron's getting it in the neck a bit here. He was a bit of a knob in the last book, but he had plenty of shit thrown his way too. Always seemed a bit troubled by his status, in the shadow of his brothers, Harry, less loved than Ginny, always wondering if he was any use to the others. There's nothing more destructive than the feeling of being useless!
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Im Albus Dumbledore. Polar opposite Narcissa Malfoy.
Im not happy with that. I hate Albus screaming, cunning evil man.
As for polar opposite being Narcissa thats who I wrote as during my RPG days, so thats wrong 
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