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Do your friends or family read/watch the books/movies? If so, what do they think of romance in them?

Personally...
After watching SS, my mom turned to me and did something cute- she smiled and asked if Harry and Hermione like each other in the books. She asked the same thing in the following movies, except in GoF she said, "Well, I'm confused- is it Harry and Hermione or Ron and Hermione?" I obviously didn't know the answer but I told her I hoped for H/Hr and she said she hoped so too. Now my mom doesn't read the books, but she figures H/Hr is meant to be because of their unwavering loyalty and support that's shown through the movies. As a woman who's been married happily for 18 years, I'm happy to know she's on our ship.

My sister (age 17) on the other hand, both watches and reads the HP series- but she's no where near as obsessed as I am. She's never shared any thoughts on romance to me, until HBP. While reading she was like, "Umm... this book is kind of wierd. Why does Harry like Ginny? It seems like it came out of nowhere!" I was glad it wasn't just me and my fellow Harmonians. So I asked her who she thought should get together and she said, "I dunno... Ron and Hermione?" I really tried not smacking my hand on my head right there, so I just asked why she thought that- and she couldn't answer!

It was time for an intervention. After reading all the great essays here, I sat her down and spilled all the reasons why H/Hr would happen (using both canon and alchemical evidence- I even told her to check out PK!). While I was explaining she kept nodding her head and agreeing because she had either: never thought of certain moments that way, or had totally breezed over them. She was a little weary of the alchemy stuff but when I explained to her about the black, white and red deaths stuff- she was amazed. (It was funny too b/c when I asked her "So if Sirius Black died during the black death, and Albus Dumbledore died during the white death, who will die during the red death?", she immediately said "Ron, b/c he has red hair, right?") She was also wowed at the Hermione=Mercury stuff too, b/c both things are connected on so many levels. And while my sister was convinced, I think she believes I'm obsesively crazy

Another funny instance happened yesterday, when my sister came to me and said:
"Wow, there's a lot of crazy people on that site you told me to goto."
Me: What? You mean Portkey?
Sister: Yeah. I was looking at that fanfiction stuff or w/e it's called and people were writing some really... wow....
Me: What do you mean?
Sister: Like... it's really detailed...
Me: .......You weren't reading ###### were you?!
Sister: What's ######?
Me: *smacks head*

Well, I have a cousin who has always thought Ginny was so adorable in book one and she hopes that she and Harry get together. Naturally, I told her she was crazy, but then book 6 came out ... and, well, All, I could think of to say to her was, "well I'm glad Harry had the sense to break up with her"!! We are still debating whether or not Ginny and Harry will reunite and, I keep a waste basket nearby just in case I get and end up !

I have a brother in law who thinks that Dumbledore isn't dead (I feel the same way) and that it looks as if it's gonna be R/Hr in the end. My sister, his wife, thinks it's gonna be R/Hr too! And, whenever we discuss this, I keep a waste basket nearby just in case ...

I have a friend who doesn't like R/Hr nor H/G but isn't 100% convinced of H/Hr ... when we discuss shippings, she just smiles ... I get a little flustered with her, but hey, at least she isn't a Heron or a Choco!

I have another brother in law --did I mention that he's my favorite? -- who thinks it should be H/Hr!

H/Hr forever!

Well, my mom thinks it's gonna be H/Hr (she's only ever watched the movies), and when I told her about Ginny, she was like, "Who's that?" Since she has only ever watched the movies, she doesn't really know who Ginny is (because, really, she hasn't been in a lot of scenes, to put it that way).

My dad doesn't really have an opinion... thinks I'm crazy to spend time fandoming. XD

My sister sails HMS Switzerland (aka is neutral), but she does see H/Hr and she agrees with me about R/Hr (how they're not good for each other).

I only have one RL friend who ships H/Hr and she's pretty much awesome, lolz.

I think I am the only was who really enjoys Harry Potter in my family. My mom and brother (my dad could care less) have both read the books and seen the movies but they really have no opinions about the story line much less the romances at all. My mom just get a clueless face if I try to start up a conversion about HP. So I can't talk to her. Just today I asked my brother what he thought the Horcruxs would be and he didn't even know what I was talking about. I asked him if he read the 6th book and he said yeah but that he forgot everything in it a week later. Sometimes I wish I could be like that and not get so emotional with the story. Needless to say I have nobody to talk to in my family about Harry Potter.

The only people I know that are as big Harry Potter fans as me is my 2 couins. My friends couldnt care less. Anyway they both strongly believe in H/HR that they are the only right couple. My one cousin even has a H/HR backround on her beloved cell phone! Its great to personally share your favorite ship with family.

My family's decided that HHR should be together, just so they don't need to pay for me to see a shrink after Deathly Hallows...

see how easy it is to spread HHR? Talk about how perfect they are together whenever some one asks you what you're on the computer doing for so long...and then...

In my family, just two of my cousins are into shipping, and they're both Herons, but they respect me and I respect them. Those are the only civilized Herons I actually know, but it doesn't really count.. we're family

My mum and brother have already bought about... 5489 boxes of kleenex getting ready for 21 July.... Either for good or bad. My mum keeps telling me about sending me with my aun who's a shrink at a local hospital...

They are aware of the fandom, but not how into fandom I really am. Mum would probably go nuts, and forbidd me the computer... "You have to study!" LOL

And I have a friend who is also a HHr, but she's not that into fandom. She's visited PK a couple of times, but hasn't sticked around.

Besides that... all of my friends who read HP are neutral about it, and so is my family...

Hmm. well my parents have been going with me to see the movies since I was 11 years old (I'm 16 now) and So far they think it's H/Hr too. I explained to them how it's supposed to be R/Hr in the end (recall I was once a big Heron) and they said they just couldn't see it. I told them that's because the movie people were exploiting Dan and Emma's chemistry. But now that I've come over to the good side of the force (lol) I'm totally at a loss as to what to think movie-wise. There's more sweet moments between R/Hr then the books have, and yet TONS of H/Hr just like the books have. I was wondering why they had to struggle so hard to make R/Hr palatable when H/hr just came naturally. My parents know where my allegiances lie now, but I think i scare them a little at how fanatic i get.

My best friend in the whole wide world only watches the movies. I'm not entirely sure who she thinks should be together but considering she's only been seeing the movies and when I go off on a tangent on how cute H/Hr is without going "ew" I'm pretty sure she feels the same way. She's FAR less obsessed but she does visit a forum my boyfriend created for HP fans.

And my boyfriend? a Harmonian as well. hehe. but I'm not entirely sure if it's because I ship them or because he genuinely believes it as well. He's too sweet for me to tell. I think he really thinks it's possible tho. I gave him that alchemy essay and he was mighty impressed!

Actually, my grandmother is the one who pointed H/Hr out to ME. I wasn't seeing anything in the way of romance in the books, and my grandmother and I were talking about it in the car one day. She said that she loved the romance in Harry Potter. I said there was none. She said, "Of course there is. Between Harry and Hermione."

My sister ships H/Hr just to make me happy. I'm not sure about her actual shipping preferences. My mom just doesn't care. She's been suggestng I go into a 12-step program for my HP addiction. I'm beginning to think she's not joking any more.

My brother Jason WILL be a Harmony shipper...once he's old enough to stop chewing on the books

My best friend actually happens to be a Heron, surprisingly. Her mom is surprised we still remain best friends. It's hard to have conversations about HP with her My other friends aren't into Harry Potter. A couple of my sister's friends, though, are big Harmony shippers (they've pretty much lost faith, though )

Sadly not a lot of people in my family read Harry potter ... yes I know embarrasing ^^

The only people that read Harry Potter and ARE into romance 2 ships R/H ... =(

Good thing there is my cousin that I love !! She is a big H/Hr like me !! I told her about all the great essays (since my family is french and she isn't good enoough in english to understand). She is deeply impress ... so I thank the authors !!

My mom and dad says I'm crazy since I ONLY talk about HP the last 3 month with DH coming up ....
but after reading this site I found out I'm not going insane just was bitten by the Harry potter bug

My entire family are Harmonians. I'm the most hardcore but my family agrees that it should be H/Hr. My sister is basically obsessed with shipping wars off-line while I stick to PK, but we discuss Harry and Hermione all the time. Friends, on the other hand, are all neutral so we never discuss shipping.

Well, I have a cousin who is into shipping. My father and mother aren't really into it and my sister is too young to understand. My cousin and I are rivals though. Unfortunately, he's into the canon ships. And I love to argue with him about it. (in my opinion, I'm winning).

Um...my friends? Well, one friend hates the harmony ship. And another loves both harmony and heron. All my other friends are pretty neutral about it. They just love the books not the romance. But I'm a die-hard romantic so yeah, the romance is really important to me.

Boring, yes. But that's how it goes.

I'm happy to say that two of my best friends, one of my sisters, and another less close friend are all H/Hr shippers with me. I know one of my cousins is anti-H/G, but I've never really managed to figure out if she's pro-H/Hr or not. I have a few friends that are pro-R/Hr, but I think a lot of them just say that because they think that's what's going to happen (or it's what they've been told is going to happen). I don't tell anyone just how often I visit Portkey, though, because most of them are not nearly as devoted to shipping and Harmony as I am.

~Dora the delusional

Eh its a mix.

A good bit of my friends think it'll be R/Hr. I have put doubts in their heads but they still stick by that.

A few believe H/Hr right off regardless.

And of course some are neutral.

My parents and sister have started to dislike H/Hr just because I'm nearly always talking about it.

My Aunt on the other hand, think it's Harry and Ginny. She's wrong, of course.

All my friends are R/Hr and I have to keep up the H/Hr talk around them.

Well, my mom has only watched the movies, and she forgets what happened in them the very next day, but we were watching GoF and I asked her if Ron and Hermione's fighting (at the Yule Ball) looked like love, and she said YES! I was dumbfounded and then I just went at her with all of my evidence Now whenever I mention PK or alchemy or anything to do with Harry and Hermione, she just looks at me as if I've grown two heads. BUT on a good note, we were watching PoA, the scenes where H/Hr are running from Lupin, and I said well you don't see Ron with Hermione do you??? My mom said No, you really don't see him much at all. There is hope for her yet.

I must apologize for my cousin though, she's one of those people who thinks, well, Harry is...EVIL! Yep, says he's against God and blah blah blah, you know the usual arguements. I tried telling her what was what but she's thicker than Crabbe and Goyle.

The majority of my friends think I'm an idiot for liking Harry Potter to begin with, and the ones that do like HP think I'm an idiot for liking (loving) Harry/Hermione. I can't think of one of my friends who thinks H/Hr will happen or even likes them as a couple in general.

Well My family is not into Harry Potter ( I am all alone *tear*) but they listen when i rant on about how RIDICULOUS r/hr are haha and my dad says stuff like oh but they will happen just to irritate me haha even though he relly doesn't know or care. I have one friend who is into Harry Potter, and believe it or not she shipped Hermione and Krum and Harry and Ginny (and by the way she wrote in my yearbook that she and i would write a HP book where they got together and stayed together and I threw up in my mouth a little...I was like Mallory...I like Harry and Hermione..and she said Oh..really? and I said yes! but now I am stuck with that permenantly in my yearbook..along with a statement she made about till hoping my best guy friend and i would get married one day..she even wrote his initials... she kills me haha).So I pretty much have to stick only to PK....all my friends know about my Harry Potter problem but none of them make fun of me or thank I am crazy for it haha....Some of my cheerleading girls would shake their heads when Mallory and I would talk about it but that was about it haha.... Everyone excepted my nerdiness cause they thought I was funny.

Well, though a few of my friends are mediocre Harry Potter fans, we have never discussed shipping. I have an inkling that they would go for R/Hr anyway, just based off of their bias toward the actors.

But I have ranted and raved to my brother about the shipping in Harry Potter (he too has only seen the movies), and though he sometimes disagree with what I have to say about it being H/Hr and not being R/Hr and H/G, he generally seems to agree. He doesn't really care either way, though. But he definitely leans more toward H/Hr if he had to choose.

Well mostly all of my family like Harry Potter but they've only watched the movies and they don't read the books. I'm the only one who has read the books.)
When it comes to shipping my mom is neutral (I'm trying to make her a H/Hr fan) but she listens to me talk about it and she agrees that it could happen. My dad on the otherhand is also a Harmony shipper so we have fun together talking about it. The rest of my family like my mom are neutral and don't really care who ends up with whom. My friends don't really like Harry Potter, only one does and she doesn't care what happens wiith the ships.

Well atleast better neutral than the enemy lol

I have 2 friends who are both fans of the movies but struggle to get through the books. Until recently, they both thought it was going to be R/Hr. After ten minutes of explaining what i've seen in the books, I got them to convert to our way of thinking

Most of my family is Harmony. Mom is usually the one that watches the movie with us and when we asked her she said Harry and Hermione were cute together although she acknowledges Ron/Hermione. Dad, well he doesn't care the littlest and thinks I'm crazy for obsessing over Harry Potter and shipping.

The rest of my siblings are pro-Harmony. My youngest sister used to be R/Hr but I converted after lots of pestering, now we just say she'll have Ron for herself. My little brother loves the movies and is a true believer of Harmony just like me. And that leaves my younger sister who I convinced to read the books some months ago and she loves Harmony just like me. It's always fun to discuss with her and get fangirly. She even visits Portkey ocassionally. I'm the shipper of the house (a really loud and obsesive one), so most of the time, whatever ship I'm on....they join the show not to be bothered.

I converted most of my friends to Harmony, since most of them have read the books. Even after the HBP fiasco, two of my Herons friends (not obsessive ones) couldn't deny everything we had in our favor and converted. Only one seems neutral but I thik he leans towards R/Hr. We'll see about that one.

Well my immediate family isn't really into the Harry Potter universe. My mom and flat out refused to touch the books and I just got my sister to read the first book. So I guess that makes them neutral about it. My sister tells me when I'm online to do something than HP stuff though. But the other day I was sitting with my sister's friend and she's never read the books, but seen the movies. And I was looking at the Parade magazine with Emma on the cover and she asked me if she's kissed Harry yet. I'm not sure why I never liked her before.

My friends well most of them aren't really into shipping, but if they were they'd go with H/Hr. I have some smart friends.

So the next family reunion I go to I'm gonna ask who they were rooting for. Since the last family reunion was the week of the HBP release and we all sat in aunt's living room reading our own individual copies. I even have smart family.

My parents don't read the books and seen bits of the movies but they don't care about the shipping side, my sister has only read a bit of PS and seen all the movies, i hadnt discussed the shipping side with her until last night actually, i asked her out of all the characters in HP who do you think would be the most likely to get together and she said R/HR! my heart sunk, when i asked her why, she said in GOF at the ball when hermione said to ron ..... why don't you ask me before someone else does... or something along those lines i can't remember.

My friends read the books and watch the movies and we never talk about shipping, they arent at all bothered.

Love
Amy xxx

My family just thinks I'm crazy for like HP as much as I do. My mom and dad watched the first 3 movies I think. My dad likes them and I could have hugged him when he said Hermione was Harry's girlfriend. I tried to get my mom to read them but she said she didn't have the time...which gets me, since she reads tons of magazines. My husband just asks me questions during the movies that pertain to the books lol and rolls his eyes at me for getting excited about something HP related.

Neither my family nor friends read HP (although my mum has watched the movies with me). It´s labeled as nerdy.

I've never really discussed shipping with any of my friends or family but I remember this one time when one of my really close friends said she hoped Harry and Ginny got back together. I was a little mortified. Just a little but besides that, I'm also pretty sre most of my friends lean towards R/Hr considering they go on sites like mugglenet says it all and just their view on relationships. I've once been told that this perv who couldn't keep his eyes off of my ch*** and didn't bother trying to hide it liked me. He kept saying "nie shirt" and one of my best friends kept saying he liked me with the theory that "guys like the girls they treat most horribly". Yeah, that kind of tipped me off.

I'm pretty much the only one who is super into Harry Poter in the first place. My mom has read OOTP cause I made her but thats it, unless I sucker her into reading another, & she watches the movies, but doesnt really get super excited like I do. & she thinks obbsessing over H/Hr is useless & makes fun of me for it. My stepdad likes the movies for the special effects, but has no idea whats going on in the story line. My dad thinks it's awful & I get a smack to the face if I even talk to him about it when I'm at his house. My aunt reads them, but has only read up to the fourth,& doesnt want me to say anything about the other books & thinks its R/Hr, her sons, my cousins, recently got into it & I'm in the process of reading the 1st book to them (they used to hate it now they can't get enough!! ) My other cousin, loves H/Hr, but only watches the movies. 1 of my friends, used to be obbsessed with HP, but i just bring her to the movies, she likes H/Hr, but thinks I'm crazy to obbsess so much, & then my other friend watches the movies & loves Draco Malfoy, & thinks H/Hr should happen but, unfortunatly, i have no one to obbsess over H/Hr with who lives close to me, so I come here which is just as good

My sister shipped H/Hr with me until she just stopped caring, (which was when HBP came out)

The rest of my family are all pretty much agreeing that it will be R/Hr and H/G, (actually one of my older sisters said that Ron and Hermione deserve each other because they are both as annoying as each other, lol)

But you know, none of them really like R/Hr or H/G. I'm the only one who really cares about the romance now.

Well it's nice to see that I'm not the only person who gets made fun of at home for being a 'freak'

Only in the last...two weeks (?), have my family found out just how deep my obsession runs..

They think I'm pretty much weird as all get out...the laugh at and tease me

I don't care though! They're still wondering what my shirt that says 'delusional militant' means! Bahahaah!

My step father won't listen to a word I say agaisn't R/Hr & H/G.

I tried and tried, but failed. I would have recommended him here, but he doesn't really use the computer and his house.

My nephew is flying in from Virginia this weekend and I plan on speaking to him about shipping after we go see OoTP. We will just have to wait and see how that goes.

Those are the only people in my family who read HP. The only friends who read it aren't shippy, or atleast the conversation hasn't come up.

:shrug:

Well, my parents definitely humor me by asking me questions after they watch the movie with me, but I don't think they 'ship'. My brother and sister however..

Since the time I started getting into H/Hr, I've told my sister and she immediately jumped on ship. She only watches the movies but thinks H/Hr are 'cuter than R/Hr'. Also, she hadn't a clue who Ginny was and when I pointed her out and said that H/G will happen, she went, "But Hermione's so much better!"

My brother's not a big fan of the books or movies but watches the movies anyway out of support and goes to the midnight releases with me. He likes to rile me up by saying that R/Hr belong together but I know he believes H/Hr. Also, he hates Ginny!Sue with a passion, haha.

Basically anyone who's entered my household and mentioned Harry Potter has been converted to H/Hr, I like to give my H/Hr speech to anyone who'll listen.

When my mother finally finished HBP (I had to finish it first), I went down to comfort her, because she was crying about Dumbledore, and after she had finished crying I asked her what she thought of the book. The first thing that came out of her mouth was, "I was incredibly disappointed. I thought from book one that Harry and Hermione were going to get together!" Seeing as I had never discussed the HP relationships with her before, I was incredibly happy to find that she saw what I did, and without any of my influence either. And, as the first poster stated, seeing as my mother has been married to my father for 17 years now, and they technically have been together for 27 (yes, my parents dated for ten years before finally marrying...), I trust that she knows what true love is.

My father, on the other hand, doesn't read the books, but he does see the movies. He says it made more sense for Harry and Hermione to get together, and that he thinks they work better, but that he senses that Ron and Hermione are going to become the pairing.

My friends humor me. I only have one H/Hr friend, and that's over the Internet. My other friends either kind-of ship R/Hr, just go with the flow, or ship something different altogether. But they let me squee and nod politely, and my best friend, who ships H/L (kind of...she doesn't really ship, although after HBP, for a few months, she shipped H/Hr with me), will actually join in and squee with me, and she'll smile and listen as I rant on and on about them.

So I'm surrounded by mostly positive forces. It's nice. The best ship companion is, in all honesty, my mother. We're both incredibly fond of H/Hr, and can talk about it for days.

4 girls in the family... yes I know.. wow..

1) Sister 1 - R/hr she goes with the flow

2) Myself - an obvious H/Hr ( cant you tell ) Been reading HP since I can remember

3) Sister 3 - hard-core R/Hr. haha were constantly arguing.. but she gets her backup from the movies only...

4) Sister 4 - (shes 9) and I'm proud to say is a pro H/Hr like myself. *cough IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY CONSTANT BRAINWASHING cough*

haha.. yup thats about it!

Oh, I love this topic.

I never talked about shipping for Harry Potter with my friends and family. My dad and sister haven't read the books, but after years of me pestering my mom to read them, she gave in despite her protests that they sounded stupid. She calls me while I'm on vacation and says, "Umm...I read that first Harry Potter three days ago and now I'm halfway through the fourth. I LOVE them!!"

So, I was watching the fourth Harry Potter movie the other day with her and it comes to the part where Hermione hugs Harry before the first task, and I say, "Hermione totally has a crush on Harry." And my mom goes, "Well, yeah, they're probably going to get together." I was quite excited to hear her say that!

Then, I say the same thing to my best friend who reads the books, and she goes "Yeah, they better get together in the end." I was like, "What? No way! You like H/Hr too?" She explained that they fit together and that Ron is the goofy comic relief for Harry's hero and Hermione's heroine. Then we talked about why H/Hr are awesome at length. I love my friends!

Even at work today when I babbled on about Harry Potter cause I saw the movie the other night, the kids at work were like, "Dude, aren't Harry and Hermione going to get together?" I told them - but of course they are!

(My boss, however, claimed that her "friend" read the book and that "Ron and Hermione "get it on and then die." The rest of us looked at each other with doubtful expressions and rolled our eyes, haha)

My spirits were lifted a lot learning that my mom and friend and others agree with me. Now, at least if H/Hr don't happen, we can complain to each other!

Well, nobody in my family really cares about HP, my sisters MAY have seen one or two or three movies, but they are all neutral about romance!

My parents on the other hand have never read or watched any book/movie of HP.

My best friend have watched all movies and listend to some of the HP books, but he has really no opinion about romance. But I do recall that we once had a litte debate about romance and that was before GOF movie, he was more or less an R/Hr Shipper
My other friends don't really care about HP and sometimes thinks I'm nerdy for even following it.

So here I am, all alone! Luckly I found PK!
Thanks everybody!

My parents watch the movies and like H/Hr together. My dad even asked me for the 5th movie why "Harry was making with a Chinese girl instead of Hermione."

I have two friends that enjoy Harry Potter as well. One of them is a hardcore R/Hr and H/G shipper. The other only watches the movies and likes H/Hr together.

My brother reads them and thinks it's going to be R/Hr. Two of my cousins also read them and are Herons. They respect that I like H/Hr together and never push me to ship R/Hr.

I doubt either one of my parents have seen the movies. I'm not sure about my sister, but I doubt she'd care about shipping even if she did watch all the movies. The only family I know that likes HP is my ten-year-old cousin (who've only watched the movies), and she's definitely H/Hr.

As for my friends, they either don't care or they ship Harry/Draco [/s]even though it's obvious that Draco should end up with Ron[s].

Well, all of my immediate family ship H/Hr. Well, except for my boyfriend (I think I've discussed his shipping beliefs here on Portkey actually), he ships R/Hr.

My family is another story altogether. My uncle, bless him, ships R/Hr. Mind you, he has only seen the movies. We have actually had arguements about shipping. It always ends up with me not speaking for a few moments. He doesn't even try and make valid points, he just throws everything at you with no explanation. In all actuallity, he just does it so I can get mad. I don't think he really cares that much about Harry Potter, he believes R/Hr are going to get together because of what he's seen in the movies. But it still gets on my nerves when he argues with me about it. He won't even listen to any of the evidence that we have collected over the years.

Oh geez, I can't wait for DH to come out, so at least we'll have peace.

Not that I don't love my uncle, we actually get on rather well! We just have different view on shipping.

I'm the only one in my family who ships H/Hr. Sad, I know. My mom is a fan of the books, but thinks R/Hr will happen. My 2 sisters don't care about Harry Potter much, they've only watched a couple of the movies and think I'm crazy for being such a fan.

Only one of my friends is a Harry Potter fan. I go to a Christian school and alot of people there think Harry Potter is bad and stuff, even though it is fiction, so I really don't understand what is so bad about it.

My dad just thinks I'm obsessed and he doesn't understand why I want to stay out till midnight to get a book.

My sister says it's stupid for caring about a fictional character (but she hardly ever reads )

My mom is the only one really interested but she'll mainly just go with what I say and doesn't care about shipping. She great to rant to though, because she'll just let me talk and talk. (She knows how to tune me out. )

I was having this really in-depth conversation with my 12 y/o cousin Mathew the other night about Harry Potter. Then he suddenly was like: Do you like the idea of Harry and Hermione getting together? And I practically squished him to pieces with a giant hug. We then had this really nice talk about H/Hr. He has some interesting points.

I have two other cousins, also, and we have some good HP talks, but they're indifferent about shipping, so I tend to stay clear from bringing it up. My brother could care less about Harry Potter and my parents practically don't even know what it is haha.

My sister is right there with me, when I first mentioned Harry and Hermione as a pairing she said she definitely agreed. They were perfect for each other.
My mom, doesn't really do the whole shipping, she just wants to know who dies in every book *shaking head*. My boyfriend says that Harmony is nice but he's not a hardcore delusionalist as I am and doesn't really follow the whole shipping thing. My dad, he just likes to disagree with everything I say to annoy me so I'm not sure what his stance on it is.

My parents and my sister support H/Hr. My mom has only read the first two books and my dad and sister have only seen the movies. My brother-in-law has read the books but I don't know what he ships or if he even ships at all. I haven't really discussed HP ships with my friends.

My brother is a harry potter fan (he has no idea about shipping though)
and has read all the books and seen all the movies.

My mum has seen snippets of the movies but isnt what I'd call enthusiastic about the series.

My dad on the other hand has never seen or read any of the movies or books so he generally has no idea what its all about. He's going to see Ootp with me tomorrow so Ill have to sit him down and explain it all to him lol

I've only one friend who even read the books, and even though she thinks H/Hr would be better than R/Hr, she takes me for completely nutters to even hope in our ship!

And my husband, who didn't read the books, but only saw the movie trailers and had to listen to my constant ramblings, thinks I'm delusional to hope in H/Hr! He says a bloke would never jeopardize a friendship like the one Harry has with Hermione, for anything in the world!

I almost made him sleep on the couch after that! LOL

My family is very H/HR!!
(because they know that R/Hr = Evil-ness.)

my mom and brother are for harmony but the rest of my family are for R/Hr

Sadly, all my friends (even my English teacher) support R/Hr and H/G. My family also could care less about Harry Potter.

I'm all alone!

Except for Portkey, of course.

my mum and dad could care less about HP they only watch the movie but they don't really say anything...
my two sisters on the other hand think it's going to be Hr/R one of my sisters say it's because harry and hermione act like sibling and she loves how ron and hermione bicker.. she likes that kind of storyline..
my other sister only read up to the 4th book but she doesn't give a real big who ha over it... and my closes friends saids it's going to be Hr/R
my bestfriend thinks it's Hr/R also but she thinks Ron is going to die in the end so she doesn't really care...
so far i think i'm the only H/Hr shipper in my family and friends....

i'm so glad i have PK to turn to