Yes, being a Wife is far far different from being a Lover... because being a WIFE(in all its real meaning) means being a Lover, A friend, A soulmate and a LIFE PARTNER. Being a Wife is far more a honour and a responsibility when compared with being merely a Lover. And Prachi's priorities are just fine.
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Hey Ryka, I know I do this so many times, but thanks so much for brilliantly putting into words what some of us feel but cannot express as effectively.
This Neev v/s Milind seems to me to be dividing this forum unecessarily. Like you said, being a wife is so different from being a girlfriend. People forget that when she took the seven steps around the sacred fire, she made a commitment towards Milind. When Neev married Ayesha, he made a commitment towards Ayesha, her sister. How can anyone expect Prachi can now go back to Neev?
Love has a different meaning at different stages in life. One may 'love' a boyfriend because he looks cute, he's funny - you can have a reason. Like you have for liking a new dress or haircut. But love for a spouse goes beyond that. You love him because he's part of you. Like your hands, your legs. Your life. Adat ho jati hai. It goes way beyond returning favours to each other, and feeling love, it is about creating love and performing one's duties.
Sometimes I feel maybe the girls who like Neev right now are the younger ones and the ones who understand what Prachi feels for Milind are the older (young!) moms like me?
I do everything for my son right now, from cleaning his butt to changing his clothes, to feeding him to teaching him how to read - does that mean all his life he's supposed to be grateful to me? Tomorrow his duty would lie towards his wife and kids. They will be far higher priorities than me. Today as a four year old he cant sleep without me - ten years from now, I will probably be complaining about his messy room, terrible music taste...That is life. It flows, relationships change. We have to love who we have and move on.