Originally posted by: inlieu
@bold, you are spot on! I am glad they focus on mending more than breaking (though in Siddhi's case I wonder how AJ can accept her still being married to that Perv 😡). AJ may be hurt and furious but he hasn't broken off their relation or gone back to his old ways in order to get rid of Guddan or move on without her (which would have happened in other shows, but not ours of course!! 😃)
In the past, AJ would scold Guddan or lightly admonish her for her mistakes, but this time he wants to drive home the point that not everything can be solved easily and that certain decisions/actions have consequences that must be faced. His anger is also a way to show Guddan that she won't get off lightly, that she needs to understand the severity of what's she's done, and that she must figure out a way to fix things without his help. When she has problems with others, he's there to support her and guide her every step of the way, but when it comes to him, she has to learn to deal with the issues herself.
This is an important part of growing up, learning to accept your mistakes and really understand the impact of your actions. Just as we do with kids, here the punishment is as severe as the mistake is. We've always seen AJ sort of mentoring Guddan, and I see this along those lines, except his emotions are making him blind.
It is not just him feeling betrayed. He had warned her that there could be serious trouble if she didn't tell him what was going on in time, but she didn't pay heed. Communication is as important as trust for a relationship to work, and on some level he considers this to have failed between them too.
We all want AJ to realize why he feels so hurt, but Guddan must also realize that she has to stop taking his understanding and patience for granted. This is something that hurts a lot of couples, and it has hurt them too.