G is WRONG for being ACCEPTING A LIAR AND A CHEATER. For every loser Jagat on the market, there is a WOMAN that ENABLES him and CONDONES his cheating in the pure name of love, soul-mates, chemistry all code words for SELFISH in the above context!
And these women deserve their harsh judgment b/c if women gave each other an ounce of consideration.
A did the best she could do considering her plight. Hats off to her, for winning the hearts of the even the hardest member of the family; What some people think of wasted time, while I agree, it is not so easy to rebel in joint family and sure her father-in-law would have probably rebelled against his own mom but all of that would have come at a great cost and regret. It always does.
A didn't want to bear the burden of breaking her father-in-law's allegiance to his mom to get ahead. What a huge burden that because of you, a son and a mother will no longer speak or break-up. She was raised to think about right and wrong. And she rather suffer wrong on herself than be right and have others suffer on her behalf.
If she had a means (like parents who could support her education or independence, I would blame her for not taking advantage of the resources). She did the best she could do in her context.
And now look, she has built so much good faith, good will that EVEN now if she studies and works hard she can make up that time and with the full support and love of her family.
Don't mistake all that crying for being weak, it takes a lot of strength and confidence to deal with what she did ---modern women come in all packages, living with a guy and giving bhashans don't make you modern.
It's about doing the right thing even when its the hardest thing to do.