👏 Shiroo interesting topic and i'm sure you'll get many of us biased fellows saying the Nandas ruined KA's relationship, coz it's true Nitiya's influence was the reason for thier failed marriage! However, a joint family does have it's pros and cons...you've summarised it in your first post! 😃
If you think about it, in all of Ekta's serials the joint family is portrayed as close-knit and well bonded but then they are the same relatives who change thier colours in rough times and point fingers! 😕
In reality, when a man gets married then that's when thier greatest challenge begins because it is never so easy trying to keep the peace between your wife and your family. Even if your wife is nice..she comes into the marriage with her own hopes and dreams of what her new life will be like and in many cases a joint family can stifle those expectations!
Thus, i come from the perspective that a married couple should live separately, so they have the room to understand one another and start thier own family! 😉
Although, that doesnt mean completely disconnecting from the family, but it's better to just come together on special occasions, as you value those precious moments so much more! 😃 They should be there as your support system but not to interrupt in your decisions..Nitiya make's all of K's, even the one to marry A was egged on by her! 😛
Big families are hard to live in as each indivual needs the space to develop and perosonalites can clash and sometimes there is always the rivalry that one person gets more attention then the other e.g. Jai's jealousy over K!
Ok, i will stop there! 😳 I realise i have presented a one dimensional arguement from a pessismistic view but as i have not experienced the positive of an extended family coming from a family tht lives separately to cousins etc😳..so someone else can comment on tht! 😆