Originally posted by: Vrisha
Completely disagree about it being a bad message.
First of all, Jyoti & Brij - yeah, they were an item, but Brij was a cheat, and was cheating on her while they were together. Jyoti expected an engagement that never happened, and finally, Brij married Sushma. What was Jyoti supposed to do - keep herself free for Brij whenever he felt like cheating on Sushma?
Then, Jyoti & Pankaj - she married him fair & square @ his behest. She was loyal to him, but the mistake she made was always chasing after Sushma, giving a misconception that all she cared about was her maayka (even that wasn't true, since Sushma was no longer part of her maayka, while Sudha was). She would have done fine had she either not helped Sushma @ all, or had she told Pankaj early on about Brij & Sushma, so that she wouldn't have had to hide anything. After all, she never had to hide anything about Sudha, who they all knew.
When Pankaj kicked her out, he was justified, given how she had lied to him. But when her parents visited them to tell them about their grandkid, that's when Pankaj should have taken her back, and tried analyzing that in a reasonable manner, instead of moping about it today. He didn't, and instead went on to divorce and re-marry.
I know that you've not suggested that Pankaj is okay, but if he can re-marry, why is it wrong for Jyoti to accept a proposal from another guy who loves her? Is it the duty of divorced women to live like widows for the balance of their lives? I agree that the situation is somewhat complicated by Jyoti's pregnancy, which is why I had wished that she had aborted it, or that she still loses it one way or another. But aside from that, if Pankaj can divorce her and re-marry, why would it be wrong for Jyoti to accept the hand of another person, since she is no longer in a marriage?
There would be no negative message about her character for re-marrying. But there have been several negative messages about her character - for being a doormat to Padma & CM, for being a complete pushover for Pankaj, for having a misplaced sense of priorities when it comes to money, for treating her well wishers like Kabir, Sudha badly, for always silencing anyone who wants to speak up for her while sucking up to Pankaj & Padma, for putting the kabash on Sushma's abortion plan and getting her to marry Brij, etc. In fact, the rehabilitation of Brij is the worst message in the show to date, and one of the worst things that she has done so far.
Actually, re-marrying would be a positive in that it would be a message for divorcees that just b'cos one marriage was incompatible and had to end does't necessarily imply that others have to as well. I'd hate it if Jyoti lived the rest of her life moping, and getting flashbacks of Pankaj all the time. He's moved on, and she needs to as well.