But the day their best friend, Harry Potter, came to her and made her feel like a failure for not wanting children and for putting her career before her marriage, everything went tits up. She realised that Ron went to Harry to recruit him to his side. And Harry had done exactly what he had promised to never do again years prior — he had taken a side instead of staying neutral. She guessed he didn't see it that way; all Harry had ever wanted was a family of his own, and he probably thought that was what everyone wanted. But Hermione wanted power to affect change, and a family was going to be a distraction from that at this point in time. 