Aah, I finally got the time, to chip in my thoughts, couldnt miss this time...!! 😊
- How does infidelity affect the children?
I agree with Iffat that children are sensitive to the energy positive or negative in their surroundings and are quick to pick on them, although at that tender age, their behavior is affected to a maximum, a craving for attention, while the parents are too busy sorting their own issues, and the kids are neglected. The partner involved in infidelity is most likely to ignore his responsibilities
- Should the parents clue the children in about what's happening before leaving home or deciding to get married or getting your spouse married to another person?
Yes. They should. The children need to be aware of what is happening around them, and especially in their own homes. The situation can be explained to the kids in as pleasant and permissible way possible. By permissible, I mean, for their age or for their emotional capacity that the parents deem right. But the Kids have to know at the end of the day. Its as much their right to know, for its their right to the love of a bonded family, that is at stake in situations like these.
- Why aren't Shiv-Gauri-Ipshita considering their future or how they will be treated or taunted about their parents mistakes when they grow up?
Well, on a lighter note. It's a drama and expecting such things from a melodrama at that would pushing our luck too far as viewers.
On a more serious note, it is only loathful as to how low and how irresponsible these characters are behaving towards their family and kids. A woman who has raise three kids, thinks she getting the father married off to another, is a responsible act and not even considering her responsibility towards her kids and that she is indeed answerable to the kids.
And the father, has reduced himself to a wallowing git... whining and wallowing in guilt and crying for a lost love and being as self centered as one can be, considering he is the father of three young kids. Even the act of ONS shows how irresponsible he is that not only did he not think of his wife , but his kids... his family.. and all that mattered was a momentary comfort.
Nuthin can justify the man's act of seeking comfort in the arms of another, for what seemed a tiff, that could have been resolved. Not man enuf!
The man is answerable to his kids, if not now, later, for the act that he has done and I have no doubt in my mind, that the thought never even crossed his mind.
The parents are answerable to the Kids for their actions as much as the kids are to the parents.
- Should Shiv and Gauri sit down and talk/explain to their children about what's going on?
Yes, they should. Gauri definitely should , for she seems to be taking decisions not only for herself but also for husband and kids without as much as consulting them or making them aware of the reasons she is doing so.
All said and done it's a drama!
- The kids don't know about Gauri's illness - is that good or bad?
Bad. The kids need to know what is happening to their Mum. Atleast that she is sick , if not dying! Keeping kids in the dark about situations in the house , while the negative energy from these situations is ever prevailing in the house is blunder to say in the least, coz it leaves the kids confused and answerless, as they grow up in this confusion… finding themselves incapable of leading a wholesome life..
- From the situation in the show right now, do you think the adults are making decisions keeping the children's lives in mind?
No. Not once , have they thought about the Kids. Its always about Shiv's first Love or Gauri in love with Shiv and Shiv in love with Gauri. Shiv wanting to die with Gauri shows clearly, that the kids and the very thought of them has vanished into thin air.
Much as many may argue that it was proclamation of eternal love.. I stand by my point that S_G's Kids were a result of their union, their love and how come they were not even thought of? Even for the sake of a thought?
The above are purely my thoughts and no offence is meant to anyone.
Edited by sareeta - 18 years ago