Originally posted by: Apsvenky
It is sad that you have had an experience of someone like Dev. I would like to sincerely apologise that you had to go through an experience like that, because honestly that sucks.
As for living in the real world, I would like to say 2 things. One, you do not know how the people Ithis forum are to call anyone "naive" without knowing them. They may be commenting on a lot of things, but they do so keeping in mind that this is fiction and has to be treated as one. Second, this show has never shown any character as extraordinary, each character has its flaws and positives, which sets this show apart from the others as per ITV standards. For example, while Imlie is shown to be happy and solve problems, she is also shown to be extremely insecure about her place in the world and Adi's life, as well as have abandonment issues. Adi is supposed to be a righteous patrakar, but has been lying to his family and unwittingly put 2 women in a situation that they do not deserve. While Malini is supposed to be an educated and mature woman, she is very insecure as well and dependent on Adi to define herself, making her do things that most self respecting women would not normally do. The T family is a unit and generally progressive, but has issues with things like divorce, kyunki log kya kahenge. Both Anu and Dev are extremely flawed and Anu's flaws are irredeemable, but she really loves her daughter and is willing to go to any lengths to ensure she is happy. Dev's character may look realistic, but that is defined by your version of reality.
I have been lucky in my life to not have to face someone like that and I assure you that there are good people like Imlie who look extraordinary, but are actually very humane and rooted in realism. Maybe some of the situations she is put it may seem out of this world (it is a fictional show afterall), but her strength, tenacity and approach towards life is something I have seen in many people around me as well, so yeah she is equally realistic to me as Dev's character is to you.