Technology? There's a lot happening in the 70's and 80's. How about prepping to invest in Sony when you get older? Or if you can, get ready to invest in Microsoft? Just a few years to go...
Hope he has the good sense to ask the hat to put him in Ravenclaw rather than Slytherin. With library they have. Also gets him out from under the pure bloods thumb, and lets him avoid Voldemort until he is ready.
She seriously admitted to murder that easily
I know you used to know her. But you havn't met her in many years, and you admit to murder in your first few minutes of talking again? I can see how you landed that husband...Srsly? All those details, but you couldn't recall this place? It's fairly prominent in at least 3 of the books(Prisoner, Goblet, Phoenix). And I do believe it's at least mentioned a couple of times in 2 of the others.
He has my deepest sympathy. That reminds me of my own mother... Making a big thing of every little encounter I had with ppl in my youth... Especially if the happened to be a girl. If I wasn't already disinterested in romantic relationships, that sure as hell would have cemented an outright dislike for the very topic. She blew every little detail out of proportion.
Unlikely, she hasn't had as much time to desperately cling to hope. And she's not as old, and thus hasn't fully matured yet. Leaving her time to grow out of it.
Your focus on the linguistic side seems to be slipping: "matter to me."* (no this was far from the only mistake. But it was one of the more blatant ones).
