How is it that none of the teacher at Hogwarts is married?

I had noticed this recently as well and found it a bit odd. When you think of it that all the teachers aren't married? That doesn't seem right. Of course it could be we just haven't been shown their spouses, writers don't always show everything in the books after all. Still it does make one wonder as to why they wouldn't have boyfriends, girlfriends, significant others, or spouses. There is a town near by where they can date after all. There is no reason I can think of for a teacher not to have a spouse. So is it just convienence for the writer to not have to create them or is there another reason we aren't aware of? Who knows but maybe the last book will answer it for us.

Hi shomomo!(",) Wow, you've got such an observant mind! I think, some of them have families but they cannot be with them because of their work. If ever they don't have one, I guess, they have love stories in which we are not aware of. It was not written because perhaps the characters are not needed in the story. If you are really curious aboutb it, you can email the author. Why not, make love stories for the teachers? I think, it would be fun and exciting! Just try it...(",) Have a great day!(",)

Yeah, I was thinking none of them are married because they live at Hogwarts for 10 months out of the year.

Perhaps they are married, but the spouse doesn'tcome in contact with the kids. who knows. Its not really important.

Dumbeldore has a bro with sum wierd name doesn he???? i m sure i read abt it some where in th order of ph!!!!

Some of the Hogwarts teachers ARE married, its just that their families are not mentioned. Rowling has said this in intereviews and such, and information like this can be found at mugglenet.com. Also, none of the teachers actually live at the school except Hagrid and (I believe) Dumbledore. They go to their own homes during breaks and summer vacation and I'm sure they probably go off to visit their families sometimes on weekends. Rowling also said that the only staff who never leave the school during Christmas break are Hagrid, Dumbledore and Filch. I guess it's possible that Filch also lives at the school, though he doesn't seem like the type that would be married anyway.

The Harry Potter books are already thick enough as they are. If Rowling includes side stories about their families as well, she would have to sacrifice other more important plotlines.

I think that they probably do have personal lives, they just aren't relevant to the story of Harry Potter. They do only live at the school while school is in session, so they must have somewhere to go over summer. It does tell a bit about Hagrid's family, but he is more of a friend of the trio than just a teacher. I think it would be a good idea to email JK about this and see if she does in fact have the professors' personal lives mapped out in her head or in her notes. After all, she has a lot of info on her website that has never made it into the books. She may very well know all the details of the Hogwarts professors' personal lives.