What the heck?

That was my first reaction on seeing Friday's episode, as well as yesterday's. That's it? After riling everyone up to the heights of frustration, this is all the payback Mr. Kapoor gets?

So, on Friday, Priya sees Ram hugging (back) Vedika and walks off. Got it.

Ram follows and does his usual, deflecting rather than clarifying. Got it.

Why does Priya semi-melt in the auto itself? She doesn't really want to turf him out, or she could have. Okay, he threatened to follow, but she really didn't try. Why? Seems to me like her need to believe him outweighs her normal beliefs and instincts.

Which leads to yesterday's episode. It lacked transition, but the premise is the same. Cutting to the chase and ignoring the mouse for now, Priya wants that closeness with Ram. She did not shy away or look remotely uncomfortable at the proximity. It was very well done, and it led me to think.

Seeing Priya, I, and a lot of us, I'm sure, assumed her reactions, but those assumptions (she will either slice him to shreds or walk out of his life) are also fed by the very itv tropes I complain about. There's a bit in Gone Girl where Nick thinks how many people don't live or react except as they've learnt from fictitious sources.

Priya is herself. She has a right to be weak, if you see it that way, to bend her attitude, to give in to Ram's physical moves, if she so feels like it. Why should a tv character who's strong not falter or give in? Why have expectations that strength is only manifest in rejecting? You can be true to yourself by doing whatever it is you feel like doing. Even by justifying what may not be justifiable (at least to an onlooker)

After reflection, I am pleased with the episode. It was fun, it was slightly sensuous, and the CGI rat was hilarious. It moved backwards at one point. And obviously whoever did the cg effects doesn't know the difference between a mouse, as first shown, and a totally oversized rat.

This will hold until Mr Kapoor from Bandra reacts to disclosure of khai kaand.

But seriously, when will this guy find some spherical objects... nvm.

Originally posted by: Mangs1303

That was my first reaction on seeing Friday's episode, as well as yesterday's. That's it? After riling everyone up to the heights of frustration, this is all the payback Mr. Kapoor gets?

So, on Friday, Priya sees Ram hugging (back) Vedika and walks off. Got it.

Ram follows and does his usual, deflecting rather than clarifying. Got it.

Why does Priya semi-melt in the auto itself? She doesn't really want to turf him out, or she could have. Okay, he threatened to follow, but she really didn't try. Why? Seems to me like her need to believe him outweighs her normal beliefs and instincts.

Which leads to yesterday's episode. It lacked transition, but the premise is the same. Cutting to the chase and ignoring the mouse for now, Priya wants that closeness with Ram. She did not shy away or look remotely uncomfortable at the proximity. It was very well done, and it led me to think.

Seeing Priya, I, and a lot of us, I'm sure, assumed her reactions, but those assumptions (she will either slice him to shreds or walk out of his life) are also fed by the very itv tropes I complain about. There's a bit in Gone Girl where Nick thinks how many people don't live or react except as they've learnt from fictitious sources.

Priya is herself. She has a right to be weak, if you see it that way, to bend her attitude, to give in to Ram's physical moves, if she so feels like it. Why should a tv character who's strong not falter or give in? Why have expectations that strength is only manifest in rejecting? You can be true to yourself by doing whatever it is you feel like doing. Even by justifying what may not be justifiable (at least to an onlooker)

After reflection, I am pleased with the episode. It was fun, it was slightly sensuous, and the CGI rat was hilarious. It moved backwards at one point. And obviously whoever did the cg effects doesn't know the difference between a mouse, as first shown, and a totally oversized rat.

This will hold until Mr Kapoor from Bandra reacts to disclosure of khai kaand.

But seriously, when will this guy find some spherical objects... nvm.

Bold- That is a very beautiful sentence and really highlights how much tropes set up expectations for things to only be a certain way.

Thank you for changing my perspective!

Originally posted by: Mangs1303

Priya is herself. She has a right to be weak, if you see it that way, to bend her attitude, to give in to Ram's physical moves, if she so feels like it. Why should a tv character who's strong not falter or give in? Why have expectations that strength is only manifest in rejecting? You can be true to yourself by doing whatever it is you feel like doing. Even by justifying what may not be justifiable (at least to an onlooker)

Yes, Priya fell weak and succumbed to Ram's charm and physical advances at that moment and that is still ok , what is not ok is there are a lot of things that need to be clarified .. There are some tough questions that need to be asked , and if that doesn't happen it is a compromise with self-respect .. the fact that Priya says she wants this marriage to work whilst still having this apprehension that Ram can end up like MS is a huge compromise on her self respect and integrity.

The real test of self-respect is this exact time . All this while Priya was not in love , so it was easy to choose self-respect. The real test of self-respect comes when love and emotions try to over power you , and that's when I think women should stand tall and let the man know that you can't get away with this easily ..

At the end of the day, the episode gave me sexist vibes.

Ram kissed Priya and proved that she is different , she is special to him.

But he still owes an explanation to Priya as to why his ex girlfriend was clinging on to him so indecently. We as audience know the turn of events that led to the hug, Priya does not, and the state in which she saw them was clumsy.

Ek tarfa gullu gullu is not acceptable 😂

I would reiterate the same thing , that had Ram or any member of KM witnessed Priya's ex boyfriend hugging her so intimately hell would have broken loose. I don't think Priya would have the liberty and permission to kiss Ram and explain which relationship means what . Even Priya's explanation that it is the ex- who time and again zabardasti clings on without her consent would not have worked for KM, would not have worked for Ram, would not have worked for society. The fact of the matter remains that men do get away with things like this without being held accountable, the fact that Ram looked through Priya during the birthday party, publicly ignored her , danced with his ex with the wife right infront , wife's family right infront , this exact guts is what angers me .

If hypothetically, Priya breaks up with Ram today giving the reason that he is still into Vedika every single guest and friend of Ram invited in that birthday party will easily believe it.

The kiss is just a small step , beginning of an assurance that Ram is indeed romantically interested in her , but it cannot be the end of this issue. There are several underlying important questions that cannot be wrapped behind this kiss.

Priya needs to ask Ram

1) Ok, so if you are interested only in me and are so clear about being over from your past, what made you hide the truth about Vedika ?? Even when I categorically asked you " Aap aur Vedika kitne kareeb hai ?"

you could have told the truth .

( Priya should fight for her self-respect. Let Ram give his explanation that he was scared of loosing her , Priya should know that he is scared of loosing her , he loves her to that extent . Priya's pov she didn't want to know, but what is Ram's pov for hiding the truth, was it not important enough or he had malicious intentions ?? Priya needs to get this doubt off her system. She needs more insight into his abandonment issues )

2) Why did you dance with your ex , when you can't even stand the thought of me and Neeraj being in the same room?

3) I saw messages on your mobile and even my sister confirmed the same, that Vedika wants to get back to you . So did you know about her intensions ?? If yes , then from how long ? Why did you hide her intensions from me?? How can you allow your ex to message you , discuss with u about second chances behind my back?

( Priya always found Vedika weird, but even in her wildest dreams she would have never imagined that she is the ex Ram talked about, and added to it she even intends to rekindle her romance with Ram. After all that Vedika did to Akki, Priya was kind and generous enough to let her stay, take her to doctor, gave her moral strength to fight against domestic violence . Vedika exploited her goodness and this is another dhokka added to her list of betrayals.)

4) Every time Vedika screamed , " It's about you and me , I am possessive about you etc etc why didn't you stop her from saying such words??

Since Ram showed absolutely no guilt about the office hug with Vedika, and was so confident about his intensions, Priya needs to sit and introspect that even if Ram and his intensions are pure, will she be ok to see Vedika clinging on to him like this yet another time. The liberties and authority with which Vedika touches Ram , isn't it insulting towards her marriage ?

How comfortable is Priya with this kind of dynamics between Ram and Vedika , as a wife what are the boundaries that she would want Ram to exhibit ?

Leaving all these important questions behind, wrapping it all under a kiss , is not subtle writing, it is clearly a case of lazy inconsistent writing.

It is Priya's duty to protect her self-respect, her integrity by holding Ram accountable, asking him tough questions, discussing about those messages and waiting for his answers. By saying main kissi ke messages nahi padti, mujhe nahi janna , even at this crucial juncture, will do no good.

Another misunderstanding , then her insecurities will creep up again. So, how long can she run away from it?

Before the accident track begins , if we still don't get a scene where Priya asks the right questions and waits for his answers , confronts all her apprehensions , insecurities , fights her inner demons and takes it out of her system ( Screaming on mouse doesn't work 😂 ) I will forever remain salty that one of the most important tracks of BALH2, Ram-Vedika truth reveal and how Priya and Ram deal with it has not been written and executed rightfully.

Originally posted by: vaidharbhi95

Yes, Priya fell weak and succumbed to Ram's charm and physical advances at that moment and that is still ok , what is not ok is there are a lot of things that need to be clarified .. There are some tough questions that need to be asked , and if that doesn't happen it is a compromise with self-respect .. the fact that Priya says she wants this marriage to work whilst still having this apprehension that Ram can end up like MS is a huge compromise on her self respect and integrity.

The real test of self-respect is this exact time . All this while Priya was not in love , so it was easy to choose self-respect. The real test of self-respect comes when love and emotions try to over power you , and that's when I think women should stand tall and let the man know that you can't get away with this easily ..

At the end of the day, the episode gave me sexist vibes.

Ram kissed Priya and proved that she is different , she is special to him.

But he still owes an explanation to Priya as to why his ex girlfriend was clinging on to him so indecently. We as audience know the turn of events that led to the hug, Priya does not, and the state in which she saw them was clumsy.

Ek tarfa gullu gullu is not acceptable 😂

I would reiterate the same thing , that had Ram or any member of KM witnessed Priya's ex boyfriend hugging her so intimately hell would have broken loose. I don't think Priya would have the liberty and permission to kiss Ram and explain which relationship means what . Even Priya's explanation that it is the ex- who time and again zabardasti clings on without her consent would not have worked for KM, would not have worked for Ram, would not have worked for society. The fact of the matter remains that men do get away with things like this without being held accountable, the fact that Ram looked through Priya during the birthday party, publicly ignored her , danced with his ex with the wife right infront , wife's family right infront , this exact guts is what angers me .

If hypothetically, Priya breaks up with Ram today giving the reason that he is still into Vedika every single guest and friend of Ram invited in that birthday party will easily believe it.

The kiss is just a small step , beginning of an assurance that Ram is indeed romantically interested in her , but it cannot be the end of this issue. There are several underlying important questions that cannot be wrapped behind this kiss.

Priya needs to ask Ram

1) Ok, so if you are interested only in me and are so clear about being over from your past, what made you hide the truth about Vedika ?? Even when I categorically asked you " Aap aur Vedika kitne kareeb hai ?"

you could have told the truth .

( Priya should fight for her self-respect. Let Ram give his explanation that he was scared of loosing her , Priya should know that he is scared of loosing her , he loves her to that extent . Priya's pov she didn't want to know, but what is Ram's pov for hiding the truth, was it not important enough or he had malicious intentions ?? Priya needs to get this doubt off her system. She needs more insight into his abandonment issues )

2) Why did you dance with your ex , when you can't even stand the thought of me and Neeraj being in the same room?

3) I saw messages on your mobile and even my sister confirmed the same, that Vedika wants to get back to you . So did you know about her intensions ?? If yes , then from how long ? Why did you hide her intensions from me?? How can you allow your ex to message you , discuss with u about second chances behind my back?

( Priya always found Vedika weird, but even in her wildest dreams she would have never imagined that she is the ex Ram talked about, and added to it she even intends to rekindle her romance with Ram. After all that Vedika did to Akki, Priya was kind and generous enough to let her stay, take her to doctor, gave her moral strength to fight against domestic violence . Vedika exploited her goodness and this is another dhokka added to her list of betrayals.)

4) Every time Vedika screamed , " It's about you and me , I am possessive about you etc etc why didn't you stop her from saying such words??

Since Ram showed absolutely no guilt about the office hug with Vedika, and was so confident about his intensions, Priya needs to sit and introspect that even if Ram and his intensions are pure, will she be ok to see Vedika clinging on to him like this yet another time. The liberties and authority with which Vedika touches Ram , isn't it insulting towards her marriage ?

How comfortable is Priya with this kind of dynamics between Ram and Vedika , as a wife what are the boundaries that she would want Ram to exhibit ?

Leaving all these important questions behind, wrapping it all under a kiss , is not subtle writing, it is clearly a case of lazy inconsistent writing.

It is Priya's duty to protect her self-respect, her integrity by holding Ram accountable, asking him tough questions, discussing about those messages and waiting for his answers. By saying main kissi ke messages nahi padti, mujhe nahi janna , even at this crucial juncture, will do no good.

Another misunderstanding , then her insecurities will creep up again. So, how long can she run away from it?

Before the accident track begins , if we still don't get a scene where Priya asks the right questions and waits for his answers , confronts all her apprehensions , insecurities , fights her inner demons and takes it out of her system ( Screaming on mouse doesn't work 😂 ) I will forever remain salty that one of the most important tracks of BALH2, Ram-Vedika truth reveal and how Priya and Ram deal with it has not been written and executed rightfully.

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Agree with every single word!

This needs to be framed and mailed to every member of Creative Team and put on billboards and shouted from rooftops.

Originally posted by: vaidharbhi95

Yes, Priya fell weak and succumbed to Ram's charm and physical advances at that moment and that is still ok , what is not ok is there are a lot of things that need to be clarified .. There are some tough questions that need to be asked , and if that doesn't happen it is a compromise with self-respect .. the fact that Priya says she wants this marriage to work whilst still having this apprehension that Ram can end up like MS is a huge compromise on her self respect and integrity.

The real test of self-respect is this exact time . All this while Priya was not in love , so it was easy to choose self-respect. The real test of self-respect comes when love and emotions try to over power you , and that's when I think women should stand tall and let the man know that you can't get away with this easily ..

At the end of the day, the episode gave me sexist vibes.

Ram kissed Priya and proved that she is different , she is special to him.

But he still owes an explanation to Priya as to why his ex girlfriend was clinging on to him so indecently. We as audience know the turn of events that led to the hug, Priya does not, and the state in which she saw them was clumsy.

Ek tarfa gullu gullu is not acceptable 😂

I would reiterate the same thing , that had Ram or any member of KM witnessed Priya's ex boyfriend hugging her so intimately hell would have broken loose. I don't think Priya would have the liberty and permission to kiss Ram and explain which relationship means what . Even Priya's explanation that it is the ex- who time and again zabardasti clings on without her consent would not have worked for KM, would not have worked for Ram, would not have worked for society. The fact of the matter remains that men do get away with things like this without being held accountable, the fact that Ram looked through Priya during the birthday party, publicly ignored her , danced with his ex with the wife right infront , wife's family right infront , this exact guts is what angers me .

If hypothetically, Priya breaks up with Ram today giving the reason that he is still into Vedika every single guest and friend of Ram invited in that birthday party will easily believe it.

The kiss is just a small step , beginning of an assurance that Ram is indeed romantically interested in her , but it cannot be the end of this issue. There are several underlying important questions that cannot be wrapped behind this kiss.

Priya needs to ask Ram

1) Ok, so if you are interested only in me and are so clear about being over from your past, what made you hide the truth about Vedika ?? Even when I categorically asked you " Aap aur Vedika kitne kareeb hai ?"

you could have told the truth .

( Priya should fight for her self-respect. Let Ram give his explanation that he was scared of loosing her , Priya should know that he is scared of loosing her , he loves her to that extent . Priya's pov she didn't want to know, but what is Ram's pov for hiding the truth, was it not important enough or he had malicious intentions ?? Priya needs to get this doubt off her system. She needs more insight into his abandonment issues )

2) Why did you dance with your ex , when you can't even stand the thought of me and Neeraj being in the same room?

3) I saw messages on your mobile and even my sister confirmed the same, that Vedika wants to get back to you . So did you know about her intensions ?? If yes , then from how long ? Why did you hide her intensions from me?? How can you allow your ex to message you , discuss with u about second chances behind my back?

( Priya always found Vedika weird, but even in her wildest dreams she would have never imagined that she is the ex Ram talked about, and added to it she even intends to rekindle her romance with Ram. After all that Vedika did to Akki, Priya was kind and generous enough to let her stay, take her to doctor, gave her moral strength to fight against domestic violence . Vedika exploited her goodness and this is another dhokka added to her list of betrayals.)

4) Every time Vedika screamed , " It's about you and me , I am possessive about you etc etc why didn't you stop her from saying such words??

Since Ram showed absolutely no guilt about the office hug with Vedika, and was so confident about his intensions, Priya needs to sit and introspect that even if Ram and his intensions are pure, will she be ok to see Vedika clinging on to him like this yet another time. The liberties and authority with which Vedika touches Ram , isn't it insulting towards her marriage ?

How comfortable is Priya with this kind of dynamics between Ram and Vedika , as a wife what are the boundaries that she would want Ram to exhibit ?

Leaving all these important questions behind, wrapping it all under a kiss , is not subtle writing, it is clearly a case of lazy inconsistent writing.

It is Priya's duty to protect her self-respect, her integrity by holding Ram accountable, asking him tough questions, discussing about those messages and waiting for his answers. By saying main kissi ke messages nahi padti, mujhe nahi janna , even at this crucial juncture, will do no good.

Another misunderstanding , then her insecurities will creep up again. So, how long can she run away from it?

Before the accident track begins , if we still don't get a scene where Priya asks the right questions and waits for his answers , confronts all her apprehensions , insecurities , fights her inner demons and takes it out of her system ( Screaming on mouse doesn't work 😂 ) I will forever remain salty that one of the most important tracks of BALH2, Ram-Vedika truth reveal and how Priya and Ram deal with it has not been written and executed rightfully.

Truth has been spoken 💯

Originally posted by: vaidharbhi95

Yes, Priya fell weak and succumbed to Ram's charm and physical advances at that moment and that is still ok , what is not ok is there are a lot of things that need to be clarified .. There are some tough questions that need to be asked , and if that doesn't happen it is a compromise with self-respect .. the fact that Priya says she wants this marriage to work whilst still having this apprehension that Ram can end up like MS is a huge compromise on her self respect and integrity.

The real test of self-respect is this exact time . All this while Priya was not in love , so it was easy to choose self-respect. The real test of self-respect comes when love and emotions try to over power you , and that's when I think women should stand tall and let the man know that you can't get away with this easily ..

At the end of the day, the episode gave me sexist vibes.

Ram kissed Priya and proved that she is different , she is special to him.

But he still owes an explanation to Priya as to why his ex girlfriend was clinging on to him so indecently. We as audience know the turn of events that led to the hug, Priya does not, and the state in which she saw them was clumsy.

Ek tarfa gullu gullu is not acceptable 😂

I would reiterate the same thing , that had Ram or any member of KM witnessed Priya's ex boyfriend hugging her so intimately hell would have broken loose. I don't think Priya would have the liberty and permission to kiss Ram and explain which relationship means what . Even Priya's explanation that it is the ex- who time and again zabardasti clings on without her consent would not have worked for KM, would not have worked for Ram, would not have worked for society. The fact of the matter remains that men do get away with things like this without being held accountable, the fact that Ram looked through Priya during the birthday party, publicly ignored her , danced with his ex with the wife right infront , wife's family right infront , this exact guts is what angers me .

If hypothetically, Priya breaks up with Ram today giving the reason that he is still into Vedika every single guest and friend of Ram invited in that birthday party will easily believe it.

The kiss is just a small step , beginning of an assurance that Ram is indeed romantically interested in her , but it cannot be the end of this issue. There are several underlying important questions that cannot be wrapped behind this kiss.

Priya needs to ask Ram

1) Ok, so if you are interested only in me and are so clear about being over from your past, what made you hide the truth about Vedika ?? Even when I categorically asked you " Aap aur Vedika kitne kareeb hai ?"

you could have told the truth .

( Priya should fight for her self-respect. Let Ram give his explanation that he was scared of loosing her , Priya should know that he is scared of loosing her , he loves her to that extent . Priya's pov she didn't want to know, but what is Ram's pov for hiding the truth, was it not important enough or he had malicious intentions ?? Priya needs to get this doubt off her system. She needs more insight into his abandonment issues )

2) Why did you dance with your ex , when you can't even stand the thought of me and Neeraj being in the same room?

3) I saw messages on your mobile and even my sister confirmed the same, that Vedika wants to get back to you . So did you know about her intensions ?? If yes , then from how long ? Why did you hide her intensions from me?? How can you allow your ex to message you , discuss with u about second chances behind my back?

( Priya always found Vedika weird, but even in her wildest dreams she would have never imagined that she is the ex Ram talked about, and added to it she even intends to rekindle her romance with Ram. After all that Vedika did to Akki, Priya was kind and generous enough to let her stay, take her to doctor, gave her moral strength to fight against domestic violence . Vedika exploited her goodness and this is another dhokka added to her list of betrayals.)

4) Every time Vedika screamed , " It's about you and me , I am possessive about you etc etc why didn't you stop her from saying such words??

Since Ram showed absolutely no guilt about the office hug with Vedika, and was so confident about his intensions, Priya needs to sit and introspect that even if Ram and his intensions are pure, will she be ok to see Vedika clinging on to him like this yet another time. The liberties and authority with which Vedika touches Ram , isn't it insulting towards her marriage ?

How comfortable is Priya with this kind of dynamics between Ram and Vedika , as a wife what are the boundaries that she would want Ram to exhibit ?

Leaving all these important questions behind, wrapping it all under a kiss , is not subtle writing, it is clearly a case of lazy inconsistent writing.

It is Priya's duty to protect her self-respect, her integrity by holding Ram accountable, asking him tough questions, discussing about those messages and waiting for his answers. By saying main kissi ke messages nahi padti, mujhe nahi janna , even at this crucial juncture, will do no good.

Another misunderstanding , then her insecurities will creep up again. So, how long can she run away from it?

Before the accident track begins , if we still don't get a scene where Priya asks the right questions and waits for his answers , confronts all her apprehensions , insecurities , fights her inner demons and takes it out of her system ( Screaming on mouse doesn't work 😂 ) I will forever remain salty that one of the most important tracks of BALH2, Ram-Vedika truth reveal and how Priya and Ram deal with it has not been written and executed rightfully.

Agree with every word - the different parts of this complex issue of love, trust, self-respect, boundaries in relationships and dignity of the institution marriage, superbly delineated & explained.

In real-life, this will come back to bite Priya very hard every time there is a low point in their marriage (and no marriage is a daily fairytale).

If the husband is devoted to the wife and innocent and doesn’t look at other women, should the wife be ok with his female friends disrespecting her openly, possessively laying claims to his time & attention while he remains silent, and should shd be ok with the husband lying to her for them, using them to get back at her when he is miffed?

This kind of mature marriage is new to me.

Originally posted by: vaidharbhi95

Yes, Priya fell weak and succumbed to Ram's charm and physical advances at that moment and that is still ok , what is not ok is there are a lot of things that need to be clarified .. There are some tough questions that need to be asked , and if that doesn't happen it is a compromise with self-respect .. the fact that Priya says she wants this marriage to work whilst still having this apprehension that Ram can end up like MS is a huge compromise on her self respect and integrity.

The real test of self-respect is this exact time . All this while Priya was not in love , so it was easy to choose self-respect. The real test of self-respect comes when love and emotions try to over power you , and that's when I think women should stand tall and let the man know that you can't get away with this easily ..

At the end of the day, the episode gave me sexist vibes.

Ram kissed Priya and proved that she is different , she is special to him.

But he still owes an explanation to Priya as to why his ex girlfriend was clinging on to him so indecently. We as audience know the turn of events that led to the hug, Priya does not, and the state in which she saw them was clumsy.

Ek tarfa gullu gullu is not acceptable 😂

I would reiterate the same thing , that had Ram or any member of KM witnessed Priya's ex boyfriend hugging her so intimately hell would have broken loose. I don't think Priya would have the liberty and permission to kiss Ram and explain which relationship means what . Even Priya's explanation that it is the ex- who time and again zabardasti clings on without her consent would not have worked for KM, would not have worked for Ram, would not have worked for society. The fact of the matter remains that men do get away with things like this without being held accountable, the fact that Ram looked through Priya during the birthday party, publicly ignored her , danced with his ex with the wife right infront , wife's family right infront , this exact guts is what angers me .

If hypothetically, Priya breaks up with Ram today giving the reason that he is still into Vedika every single guest and friend of Ram invited in that birthday party will easily believe it.

The kiss is just a small step , beginning of an assurance that Ram is indeed romantically interested in her , but it cannot be the end of this issue. There are several underlying important questions that cannot be wrapped behind this kiss.

Priya needs to ask Ram

1) Ok, so if you are interested only in me and are so clear about being over from your past, what made you hide the truth about Vedika ?? Even when I categorically asked you " Aap aur Vedika kitne kareeb hai ?"

you could have told the truth .

( Priya should fight for her self-respect. Let Ram give his explanation that he was scared of loosing her , Priya should know that he is scared of loosing her , he loves her to that extent . Priya's pov she didn't want to know, but what is Ram's pov for hiding the truth, was it not important enough or he had malicious intentions ?? Priya needs to get this doubt off her system. She needs more insight into his abandonment issues )

2) Why did you dance with your ex , when you can't even stand the thought of me and Neeraj being in the same room?

3) I saw messages on your mobile and even my sister confirmed the same, that Vedika wants to get back to you . So did you know about her intensions ?? If yes , then from how long ? Why did you hide her intensions from me?? How can you allow your ex to message you , discuss with u about second chances behind my back?

( Priya always found Vedika weird, but even in her wildest dreams she would have never imagined that she is the ex Ram talked about, and added to it she even intends to rekindle her romance with Ram. After all that Vedika did to Akki, Priya was kind and generous enough to let her stay, take her to doctor, gave her moral strength to fight against domestic violence . Vedika exploited her goodness and this is another dhokka added to her list of betrayals.)

4) Every time Vedika screamed , " It's about you and me , I am possessive about you etc etc why didn't you stop her from saying such words??

Since Ram showed absolutely no guilt about the office hug with Vedika, and was so confident about his intensions, Priya needs to sit and introspect that even if Ram and his intensions are pure, will she be ok to see Vedika clinging on to him like this yet another time. The liberties and authority with which Vedika touches Ram , isn't it insulting towards her marriage ?

How comfortable is Priya with this kind of dynamics between Ram and Vedika , as a wife what are the boundaries that she would want Ram to exhibit ?

Leaving all these important questions behind, wrapping it all under a kiss , is not subtle writing, it is clearly a case of lazy inconsistent writing.

It is Priya's duty to protect her self-respect, her integrity by holding Ram accountable, asking him tough questions, discussing about those messages and waiting for his answers. By saying main kissi ke messages nahi padti, mujhe nahi janna , even at this crucial juncture, will do no good.

Another misunderstanding , then her insecurities will creep up again. So, how long can she run away from it?

Before the accident track begins , if we still don't get a scene where Priya asks the right questions and waits for his answers , confronts all her apprehensions , insecurities , fights her inner demons and takes it out of her system ( Screaming on mouse doesn't work 😂 ) I will forever remain salty that one of the most important tracks of BALH2, Ram-Vedika truth reveal and how Priya and Ram deal with it has not been written and executed rightfully.

You've captured very well what feels missing in the progressing story track... Without it somehow the characters are not same and a huge gap is created in the story.👍🏼

On a lighter note, itne kaand kar diye CVs ne ki ab they don't know themselves how to fix and they're like chalo let's move forward...😆itna raita failaya ki ab khud samet nahi paa rahe...

Earlier Priya used to think "Priya tu badal rahi hai" now she doesn't even say "Priya tu badal gayi hai" ... It's like she's not even thinking..🤔

But honestly despite the cuteness and sweet scenes and story moving forward, this lack of clarification and communication leaves a huge huge gap. The threads should've been closed, and that would've given a good basis for things to move forward.

Originally posted by: Mangs1303

Priya wants that closeness with Ram. She did not shy away or look remotely uncomfortable at the proximity. It was very well done, and it led me to think.

Seeing Priya, I, and a lot of us, I'm sure, assumed her reactions, but those assumptions (she will either slice him to shreds or walk out of his life) are also fed by the very itv tropes I complain about. There's a bit in Gone Girl where Nick thinks how many people don't live or react except as they've learnt from fictitious sources.

Priya is herself. She has a right to be weak, if you see it that way, to bend her attitude, to give in to Ram's physical moves, if she so feels like it. Why should a tv character who's strong not falter or give in? Why have expectations that strength is only manifest in rejecting? You can be true to yourself by doing whatever it is you feel like doing. Even by justifying what may not be justifiable (at least to an onlooker)

You have put it so beautifully, we judge others a lot unnecessarily or unwarranted and mostly it is unconscious bias. She has every right to feel the way she does or feel as she does, she can fall for the guy and not seek explanations and still be strong…

I loved her reaction to the kiss, unapologetic, no embarrassment, but she accepted it gracefully and as her right as a wife to feel that romantic gesture from her husband, in that one step she moved forward in her relations by leaps and bounds.

I loved the way she felt the need to be loved by the one she loves… that moment was so soft and feathery… ❤️

thanks for changing my perspective in being rigid when accepting others only if they act the way I would expect them to 😊

This is my summary after reading all the posts related to the treatment of the current track…

1. They start well with the tracks but closures are pathetic

2. The execution has been miserable, to the point that they did not even refer to the character sketches to plan their reactions or interactions before they showed relationship progression

3. They seem to be in a rush, I get a feel that plan to wrap up, else I see no justification rushing up such an important track.