I'm going to be real honest and say that I have very mixed feelings after reading the last chapter. I want to support Arnav and Khushi, but I can't help but feel bad for Khushi in all of this. Yes, it was her decision to take the next step in their relationship, and their little honeymoon phase sounds really great and a lot of fun, but there's just so many things happening that I feel like she's in for a lot more than what she bargained for.
Khushi has always been someone who was completely against pre-marital relations, and this love for Arnav has made her do something which she considered a sin her whole life. Is she really going to be happy with this decision in the long run? She has lost a lot more than her virginity in this situation - she's let go of her moral beliefs, she's taking the risk of losing her parents, losing the hope to dream about having a husband and kids, and she's losing respect from outsiders, something which really affects her. Arnav can be brusque with strangers and tell them to mind their own business all he wants, but in this conservative society, she's going to hear a lot of wagging tongues, and I have a feeling it's going to hit her real hard. And in all this, I can't help but think that Arnav is being so inflexible and stubborn - he has really made no compromise in this relationship and him thinking that he could possibly be unfair to her does not seem like enough. Khushi's basically given up everything to be with him, whereas he's not even willing to make any concessions.
Khushi's mom's arrival spells doom to me. If she's coming early and Khushi doesn't know about it, I can only think that her mom will discover her secret (and there's also NK's mom who will no doubt be around to open her mouth). I really hope that Khushi gets to have a talk with her parents before they find out from someone else; it will make a bad situation even worse. And honestly, I wouldn't even blame them if they have an adverse reaction to the truth.
"I was just not interested in fathering a child even by mistake," sounds like the words that Khushi is going to repeat to herself when she finds out she's pregnant. I really do hope that she thinks about it more thoroughly; he was a young guy in college at that time and obviously fathering a child would seem like a daunting task, but now he's an older, more stable man, and if his girlfriend did get pregnant accidentally, I don't think he would feel the same way ( I have high hopes for Arnav!)
I'm sorry for the long essay, but I just can't help but write out all that I'm thinking at the moment!
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