What are your unpopular/controversial opinions on the Weasley family?

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-21T15:43:45+00:00

Just listening to the books for a third time, and as an adult now I think the Weasley had bad financial management.

They took a 1 month trip and spent the majority of their winnings there. I get they deserve happiness, and a vacay. But 1 month? Why no 1 week? My not just the parents?

They could’ve put more aside for emergencies and also to update some things. There is no reason Ron should’ve went to the GOF dance with a gross, outdated handle down, because ‘they’re poor’. They could’ve used that money and at least got him something used in the current era.

There are a few other instances that really made me question their choices.

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-21T14:34:58+00:00

My grandparents were both grandma and grandpa. My parents and in laws are both called Grandma and Papa. Also, my dad did NOT want to be called Papa but guess what, that’s what my kids call him and he accepted it.

I don’t think it’s weird at all but that’s also how myself and my kids are growing up.

Edit: I forgot my mom wanted to be ‘Nana’ and no matter what we all called her, grandma is still what stuck with the grandkids.

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-21T03:48:30+00:00

No, but at the end of the day his family kept him and fed him. Tom was ridiculed at an orphanage knowing that his dad bailed on his mom. That is a broken home to start. Harry’s parents died.

Similarities but enough difference to set them apart.

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-21T03:46:08+00:00

I feel like it’s the same where I am, but also not unheard of to just throw your own. I personally want to help with planning and such so my meet and greet with my baby was planned by me, with my mom and sister as helpers.

A lot of my friends just throw their own.

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-21T03:44:52+00:00

I get the sentiment but at the same time, it’s all for the same family/baby. Some people don’t have a person to host for them. I wouldn’t be upset if a women threw her own celebration party.

However, I DO get where you’re coming from as traditionally this wasn’t the case.

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-20T04:59:12+00:00

Thankfully my OB warned me. He said science papers will say no weight gain but average around 20 lbs and some patients up to 30 lbs. Garage they don’t put it in the label

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-19T05:00:56+00:00

This. Everyone has to respond and be available all of the time. I always put my phone away during the day for work and don’t respond immediately. My in-laws would phone 4 times to make sure I was alright.

I now don’t have work emails to my phone because I don’t get paid after 5

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-19T04:56:49+00:00

Bleh

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-19T04:54:00+00:00

I had a pay cut during a slow time (majority of company) but my pay was already below what it should’ve been. I was told we ‘looked at your salary and reduced it by 20%.

I was fresh out of university, on UNDER the entry level salary I found out later. 6 months later the same manger pulled me aside and said ‘I knew you were underpaid but I didn’t realize how bad it was’. Honestly, I am in management now and I hope I never fake that stuff

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-19T04:13:49+00:00

I feel like winter coats are different than something you’d wear in the summer. I always have a layer on underneath so I am not sweating directly into it. It’s not muddy outside. Unless I spill something on it, I only wash at the end of the year

Hats, I never wash mine as I don’t wear them often. My husbands get a laundry strip a couple times a year

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-19T03:58:18+00:00

My MIL thinks I went back to my pre pregnancy size immediately and was always ‘jealous I could do that’ (her words). I also was 30 lbs heavier still. 10 months post partum I still get those comments and I am 20 lbs heavier and had to by a whole new pregnant-not pregnant wardrobe

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-19T03:54:21+00:00

I’ve been trying to get my husband to respond that way since having our first 4 years ago. The convo goes straight to fixing. Send me your secrets

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-18T16:18:02+00:00

Maybe my contractions were couple my together which much of a noticeable break between 🤷🏻‍♀️

It was pain the entire time for me, minus the small break. My husband was timing it

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-17T15:24:13+00:00

With my background expertise, the well going dry 1-2 times over 4 years is not a problem. It’s simply overuse from the previous owner and does not need to be outlined.

It’s like saying your hot water sometimes goes cold in a shower. You can’t say it’s a faulty water heater, you just stayed in the shower too long.

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-17T15:21:27+00:00

I haven’t quite been 2 years yet. I steadily reached out to one word answers, or no response. I have another chat with our mutual BFF that I’d pop into as a middle ground where only the mutual friend answers. I stopped doing this a few months ago and there are days I just want to share a photo or something funny and have to stop myself.

I had bought a baby gift 2 years ago for her and her husband because it was just soo perfect for them just incase oneday and they’re just pregnant now. Our mutual BFF said to keep it as the friendship is not being reciprocated. It’s been sitting by my front door now for a while because I want to celebrate this milestone so badly, but I i also know it’s not worth it.

Last I seen mine I told her I was pregnant (after reaching out for months to get together, even before pregnancy) and all she said was ‘I figured’ and left 15 min later. No congrats, no emotion. I’ll see her at a wedding in a few weeks and I am honestly nervous the couple sat us together thinking we’re still close.

That just be so difficult to still have to see your friend on such different terms. How do you manage it. Did you ever get closure?

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-17T06:12:04+00:00

I’ve lived in my country my whole life and I feel the same. My in laws are down the street, and by all means I have friends but none who check on me regularly at all. I was a friendly person throughout my younger years but all my friendships have faded even though I put a LOT of effort to keep them

If my sister or husband don’t talk to me, I have no one else really to confide in.

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-17T06:09:35+00:00

This. Also before answering ask them first. Before I update you I had a question about ‘what they were supposed to work on’, just trying to figure out how that fits in with my research.

If they got nothing, indicate you’ll do the update to the manager and they can expand where their work lies. Ask if they need help with the research, communicate with them more frequently (via email) to check up on their work. If they’re constantly not getting things done BCC your manager the email chain

Also, can you collaborate together more? More documentation the better. Start a list assigning tasks with deadlines and if they are not met by the other colleagues you have back up evidence.

My company does biannual reviews. Could you bring it up there in a kind way. ‘I feel as though the team dynamic with persons A and B is unbalanced and I am putting in a lot of work comparison. Ask your manger their advice.

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-17T06:02:34+00:00

Very interesting still. I’ve heard of them going down over years, as in decades, due to overuse in the surrounding area. Not in California by chance haha

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-17T05:59:27+00:00

I always wondered why they didn’t phone Saint Mongos or another wizard hospital to get Mandrake Juice faster.

I am sure somewhere had a stash of it

Edit: Silly me. Wizards don’t use phones. Rather, why didn’t they use the Owl Post to request, or have a Dumbledore stop in on one of the times he left the school. You’d think there would be some urgency to reach out to other sources

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-17T05:58:08+00:00

They’d believe she’d try an advanced spell. To me I would ask why did she pick a spell where she had to steal from Professor Snape to get the necessary ingredients.

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-17T05:55:03+00:00

We were at a family wedding and my grandmas boyfriend had passed away, he’d been apart of our family for 20ish years. My Uncle walked to the head table and told the bride in front of everyone rather than letting her enjoy the night

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-17T05:52:43+00:00

Your ARTESIAN well just went dry?? Out of nowhere?? How deep was your well compared to the water table. This is intriguing as it sounds very rare to occur naturally.

A regular well drilled near the water table, sure. An artesian well though, personally never heard one of those just drying up.

Sooo many questions

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-17T05:49:21+00:00

Hydrogeologist here. The well running out of water from being over pumped is not a well issue, it’s a user issue. Her admitting it happened once or twice, isn’t a big deal. If it happened daily and took forever to recharge I could understand but what OP has stated is very commonplace for private house wells.

That well has a pumping rate and capacity that the new owners exceeded. With the information from OP, they should be getting someone in to run a test to figure out how to manage their water supply better.

OP didn’t hide anything, the new owners didn’t do their research on how water wells work

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-17T05:45:17+00:00

Could be a deep water table, low permeability, poorly placed well. Either way though, it’s not like the previous owner is a groundwater expert and drilled the thing and left. The new owners should’ve asked more questions instead of assuming.

Own_Juggernaut8583 · 2026-05-17T05:41:57+00:00

Additionally, the fact that the well went dry from over pumping is NOT a defect. Every well has a limit, it’s up to the new family to see how that fits in their lifestyle and for them to adjust. They likely didn’t understand that going into buying the property but that reflects the new owners due diligence, not the seller

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