Originally posted by: VeiledWords
Thanks ari ♥️♥️
Redemption fanfic is far far away. We’re not even through this one 😅😅😅😅
I understand the rant. As I said, flawed story, flawed people.
However, it doesn’t state anywhere that Khushi was gone for months. She visited Lucknow frequently, but never for long. In 2014 flashback she was gone for two days. Her asking Arnav to come to puja was given the basis that the family missed him and people talked. She is well aware that her husband is an atheist as mentioned in her interlude.
The reason for a few of her longer stretch stays hasn’t been mentioned yet in the story. Especially the one where Khushi chooses to come back to bhagwanpur while Arnav goes away on his annual trips. Also, the baby disagreement has worsened now, a decade after the marriage which meant she clearly waited. While at one point, Arnav had decided that he can give this a shot for Khushi, the distance from Arnav did make her realize she wanted him and not the kid, the exact content of her letter. As any couple, they were bound to have disagreements, especially something as big as this. Just in their case, by the time both reached out, things have gone messy.
Again, all the communication efforts last year have been from Khushi. Arnav’s words.
It’s no secret that Arnav had felt lonely at this point in his marriage. He is the one who contemplated divorce first; realising that maybe the differences were too big. This is also the same Arnav who had realized he misread Khushi and she had not given up on the marriage like he thought. The things are definitely twisted and complex and absolutely not easy. And they’re just going to be tangled more 😅
I am still confused about this Arnav's behavior!
If he is lonely, he makes zero efforts to reach out to his wife, he knows she is trying hard by insisting on him return to their bedroom, staying awake for him, initiating small talks but he ignored her royally, continued sleeping in the study room and slowly detached himself from her... Had he called / texted just once saying I miss you, need you next to me; let's make this work, this Khushi would have never gone! Khushi is feeling just like Anamika due to his less efforts and aloofness but still hangs in there!
He was going on business trips and she would visit their native and meet parents, she attended his important parties with him and expected him to attend his family's important events. Both were doing these chores before also and trusted each other immensely but he slowly cut off the communication as well, as Khushi mentioned they talked / texted when one of them was sick, why?
For an astute businessman, how is he zero in relationships?? His parents moving to Lucknow was a sign his father expected him to realize he was apologizing! Also note his mom is sick so Khushi might be visiting a bit more but why didn't he? And he didn't even realize what Khushi has achieved for him, bridging the distance between his parents and him, his parents were visiting Mumbai for their anniversary... He was already gone too far???
I really want to understand why he did not want kids and if he could tell his family, why didn't he say it at the time of the marriage? He wanted his parents in Mumbai, baby would have bridged that gap, his mother too was waiting for one for 10 long years and he could put that condition to his parents before having a baby, astute businessman didn't think about this?
Also if he was scared how to handle babies though I am willing to wait for his reasons, they could have visited gynac / counselor, baby sit Leher sometimes to gain experience, adopt a puppy to feel the responsibiltiy towards another life! He could have simply shared his thoughts for not having baby to either convince her or get assurance from her that she will take max responsibilties etc. So many simple ways, why he specifically chose to walk away from Khushi and what made him hate her??
I am not convinced baby was the only reason... Was he lured into Lavanya's web? Her aggression, no string attached offerings ie. basically sex became so important for the righteous man like Arnav that he behaved his wife doesn't exist, avoided her like plague walking out as soon as she entered the room??
Let's accept he has moved on with Lavanya or away from Khushi, why couldn't he confess to Khushi as soon as he got involved with Lavany physically or a bit emotionally the very first time? Didn't she deserve the honesty from him to know it from him; instead of affair / divorce decision behind her back? Then he couldn't even face her on the anniversary forget wishing her, also he had an opportunity to cancel the celebrations owing to his father's health than to run through the facade?
Biggest question, so called righteous man, why wasn't he honest to himself? Did he change so much with success and money that he started to hate / ill treat woman (or parents, sis or others for that matter) he claimed to love, promised her forever and yet he ignored years of wonderful relationship, their journey from rag to riches together, her unconditional love & support, sacrifices and managing his family too? I am in tears...
He wanted to use La as an excuse to convince Khushi for divorce, compensate her years with alimony when the money is equally her too and he wanted to explain her to get closure for himself if not for her (his own words).. I agree with Payal, god knows Khushi from this story deserves better!
How much ever I want cut this Arnav some slack, I cannot.. I am waiting for next few chapers and request you to please give un weekly updates girl! We love your story so much and so involved, I feel we deserve it...
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