Exactly my thought. However SK deserves better. Mithi is Mun's village version 🥶, I don't know y but I don't like her. Almost 2decades ke baad bhi Dev ke intezar kar rahe hai😆😆😆 lol🤣 yeh tho moon se bhi jyada innocent aur dumb nikla. Unrealistic to the core. Ye 2decades mein SK ka dil na dekh payi na sweekar payi. Khair itv mein tho sindoor se bada sach koi nahi hai, uper se kitna beautiful insan dikhate he Dev ko makers. People will hate Anu for caring for her daughter and doubting her indifferent unhappy husband. If a wife doesn't worship her hubby like Imlie or mun then she becomes an arrogant lady especially modern wealthy ladies ko (wo jo heroine ke saath rude he) hamesha bad housewives dikhata hai serials mein.
Anu is despicable as a character in every single way , there is not a single redeeming character factor about her or any thing that makes her likeable. She's the only character whose obnoxious level is at per with Nakli Nani.
Also , Mithie doesn't love Dev because he's her husband . If you've noticed she doesn't wear any sign of marriage on her person. She waits for him because he's her love and also he's Imlie's father. Dev is unaware of that but Mithie knows na , as long as Imlie stays how can she get Dev out of her heart and mind ?? Imlie is the fruit of their love, the living breathing manifesto of their times spend together. Dev is also still hang up on her and there's nothing wrong with it . Love is a far bigger truth than any marriage. Without love, marriage is an empty institution, a deal. Which is what Anu and Dev's marriage. No wonder their daughter, a 25 + grew up with infantile syndrome.
It is also very wrong and equally regressive to expect a woman to accept a man's love just because he loves her. Yes Satyakam is an amazing person , and he'd always been a perfect father figure for her daughter and he loves her with all his heart , but why should that mean Mithie must reciprocate him ?? Jabardasti hai kya ??
Imlie does not care for Aditya just because she considers him as her husband , it is largely because of her loyalty towards his family and Malini and partly because she cared for him as a person , as a human being. In simple words she has started to like him a bit. Of course if it was only about thinking of him as her husband, she wouldn't have tried to distance herself from him. She doesn't exert any rights over him or have any sort of expectations from him . She knows Aditya doesn't acknowledge this marriage so she doesn't want anything from him , neither his care nor his money .
I find it very empowering.