They were meant to be portrayed as any young couple of today where living together would be an obvious step to take. Yet we never really saw anything close to a relationship between these two. They didn't live together before she came to live in ASR's house. Also why did La call him ASR which girlfriend calls her boyfriend by his initials? That was strange thing for her to do for sure. At least I thought it was weird.
She spent more time with his family than with him. We never saw them go out for dinner or catch a movie either before she moved in or after. In fact on the day of the party he turned her down for lunch. Also why was it that once she moved into his home she sort of stopped going to work?
Always at home, getting domesticated like living with your boyfriend some how prevents you from doing your job even if you were working for him. Further, I never saw any kind of intimacy between these two. When 2 people live together they are in essence like a married couple. But we never saw any endearment from Arnav to Lavanya.
She meanwhile was often in his bedroom. But we never saw them go out, sit together and just talk like a couple or sit next to each other on the dinner table. It's like the relationship was never established. At least not on his side. However one thing we saw fairly often was to see ASR shout at La. Almost as if he never realized that she was his girlfriend. Does ASR have intimacy issues? He almost treated her like an employee.
Never romantic towards La but La was the opposite she seemed to genuinely care for him and was attracted to him always touching him while his eyes were glued to Khushi though mostly to glare at her or to shout at her as well. I don't think I ever saw ASR ever smile at his girlfriend even once. Then why fight with Nani and Angali to keep her in his house?
I get it that Nani stood in the way of their sharing a room but there was nothing personal about this relationship. Was it a relationship at all? Why was Arnav so cold and unresponsive to La in the first place, then why ask her to move in with him? Also in the end why did he have such a hard time explaining to La why he couldn't see a wife in her or why he was so anti-marriage? I mean your girlfriend is the one person you can confide in unless you only feel disdain for her and don't really see her as a spouse/girlfriend.
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