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I know everybody is discussing the memory-loss track and anticipating the separation, but there is something else that I wanted discuss with you all about Thurs. and Fri. episodes. Thursday's episode was beautiful and will definitely go down as one of my favorite episodes of the show. I loved Geet's maturity and understanding and I have to say I learned a lesson or two!
If you have read my previous posts, you know that I was passionately for Geet working alongside Maan and his male ego being taken down etc. But when Maan tells her he is uncomfortable with her working, she reassures him that it's not forever and that she will live in luxury once he is back on his feet. At first the feminist in me was outraged but then I thought, what a good wife she was being. He was sad and tired and hurt and she put his comfort first and didn't argue but rather found a way to frame the situation so that he didn't mind her having to work so much and he felt peaceful and happy, for that moment, at least. And in the end she accomplished what I would have wanted from the situation anyway, that is for Maan to understand the depths of her strength and to learn that he can show weakness in front of her and she won't think less of him. So my first topic of discussion is, how would you handle this situation? I mean I thought I knew but the maturity of Geet's words changed my mind that day!
Secondly, in Friday's episode. Even though there weren't any traditional Mahii scenes, the Maan/Geet scenes that were shown were really effective for me.They showed that Geet knows Maan so well, she can see see him sinking into his angry, irrational mode (which hasn't made an appearance since Holi) because of his frustration at not being able to find a job and listening to what people are saying, but is mostly helpless because anything she says or does can trigger his craziness. I can't even imagine how to handle that!
My mother was watching with me that day and when that milkman finished his bakhwas and Maan was getting angry, she said, "great, now go and take it out on your wife" and then he did, when he refused to take the breakfast. So it just made me realise that they must be portraying marriage in such a real way that someone who has actually been married for 25-odd years can relate to it! Geet can't stop working because they need the income and even though it is clear he is proud of her for it, it is still causing him discomfort because the roles are reversed and now she is somebody and he isn't. So I wanted to open this discussion to people like me, who are not married but have certain ideas about it and of course, people who are married: how do you/would you handle the extremely sensitive situation that Geet is in???
PS: If there are any boys/men on this forum, you are most welcome to discuss too 😉 I would love to hear a male perspective.
If you have read my previous posts, you know that I was passionately for Geet working alongside Maan and his male ego being taken down etc. But when Maan tells her he is uncomfortable with her working, she reassures him that it's not forever and that she will live in luxury once he is back on his feet. At first the feminist in me was outraged but then I thought, what a good wife she was being. He was sad and tired and hurt and she put his comfort first and didn't argue but rather found a way to frame the situation so that he didn't mind her having to work so much and he felt peaceful and happy, for that moment, at least. And in the end she accomplished what I would have wanted from the situation anyway, that is for Maan to understand the depths of her strength and to learn that he can show weakness in front of her and she won't think less of him. So my first topic of discussion is, how would you handle this situation? I mean I thought I knew but the maturity of Geet's words changed my mind that day!
Secondly, in Friday's episode. Even though there weren't any traditional Mahii scenes, the Maan/Geet scenes that were shown were really effective for me.They showed that Geet knows Maan so well, she can see see him sinking into his angry, irrational mode (which hasn't made an appearance since Holi) because of his frustration at not being able to find a job and listening to what people are saying, but is mostly helpless because anything she says or does can trigger his craziness. I can't even imagine how to handle that!
My mother was watching with me that day and when that milkman finished his bakhwas and Maan was getting angry, she said, "great, now go and take it out on your wife" and then he did, when he refused to take the breakfast. So it just made me realise that they must be portraying marriage in such a real way that someone who has actually been married for 25-odd years can relate to it! Geet can't stop working because they need the income and even though it is clear he is proud of her for it, it is still causing him discomfort because the roles are reversed and now she is somebody and he isn't. So I wanted to open this discussion to people like me, who are not married but have certain ideas about it and of course, people who are married: how do you/would you handle the extremely sensitive situation that Geet is in???
PS: If there are any boys/men on this forum, you are most welcome to discuss too 😉 I would love to hear a male perspective.
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