OS: It Must Have Been Love - Page 5

I get the point you're making completely.

But with due respect, I still feel that of the four affected individuals, my sympathies are least with Khushi (in your OS). Let me explain why ...

The most affected and the most innocent of the four ... Aarav, the child. He didn't ask to be born - his mother chose to give birth to him. He didn't ask her to be a single mother. She made that decision, of not informing his father and not giving him the choice ... as well as his right to know. If Arnav now decided to stay with Khushi for the sake of his son, then Arav gets a mother and father, but does he get two parents who love each other? Probably not, if Arnav's bond with Sheetal in your OS is similar to his bond with Khushi in the show. So in all cases, Aarav loses out ... he lost out from the moment his mom decided to be a single mother. SHE decided - she took a decision for three people.

The next innocent ... Sheetal, the wife. She fell in love, she went through trials and problems, and is finally happily married. Is it her fault that her husband sowed his wild oats unwisely?

The third innocent - yes, in this case I will call him innocent - Arnav. He is guilty of carelessness, nothing more. If Khushi told him about his child and he then chose to abandon her and leave for India, then I would blame him more, for abandoning his child, for not telling Sheetal about Aarav. But he didn't know. I don't blame him for moving on ... eight years is a long time, and college love often doesn't last.

Khushi ... she was an adult, a mature thinking person ... if she had the courage to make the difficult decision to have a baby without marriage, to bring him up as a single mother, then she should have had the courage to inform the father of the baby about his existence. He had the right to know.
And if she did, and he rejected the baby, on the grounds of not believing in love, marriage ... or of not wanting to stay back with her, of wanting to go back to India ... any reason .. then I cannot blame her for being angry and staying away from Arnav for so many years.
But not telling Arnav about the baby was her choice too ... a choice she did not even give him. She made the choice to be a single mother, to deprive her child of a father, she did not give the father a chance to decide ... THAT is what puts her in the wrong in my book. Not the Rabba ve's she has interrupted.

And if she comes and sees Arnav happily married and settled in his own life, in my opinion, she should not even have told Arnav about the child now. What was the point? She left it too late.

By the way, have you seen Paa? There is a single mother I admire.

The role reversal (Sheetal being married to Arnav and Kushi being the single parent) was brilliant in getting the point across.

Beautifully written!

Awesome OS .. I hope People Understand the Message your trying to put across ..

a wonderful piece of writing! can empathise with khushi and the trials and tribulations she had to face, especially the difficult decisions she must have had to make... however wondering how long she's going to lie to her kid... as he grows older he would realise that his mother hasn't been completely honest with him and that could affect their relationship... keeping the truth from arnav was also not right, because then she would have known his decision... now she is left with 'what ifs'

I do like your role reversal and giving insight to Sheetal's feelings, her trials and tribulations to rear a child to the best of her ability without a present father.

very well written, great perspective of the other side

Originally posted by: Tiyali

I do like your role reversal and giving insight to Sheetal's feelings, her trials and tribulations to rear a child to the best of her ability without a present father.

I dont understand the hate towards Sheetal. she is neither mean, or vindictive, or rude. To the contrary, she is polite, LOVES her child and isnt a interfering busy body ( ya, I said it). So, I dont understand finding 'awl da hidden meaning' behind her smiles, her looks, her glances at Arnav and family.

We mustnt forget, while Arnav moved on, to conquering to his useless past, she was busy bringing up a child!

So, yes, I dont get the blind hate to this woman, who singlehandedly brought up a child, paid for his needs, and was there for the kid both as a mother and father!

So, good job👏👍🏼

PS: however, Arnav in the OS, reacted in a way, the man from serial wouldnt ( or atleastI hope he doesnt)