Seeing Pallavi manipulate Vikram in today's epi reminded me of how Rhea used to manipulate Abhi to get him to sympathise with her when she was in the wrong.
Ranbir was right – the son she claims to love so much, she hardly ever takes his feelings, wants and needs into consideration when making decisions for him.
It’s one thing to not want Prachi as her daughter in law – on some level, I get her resentment against Prachi as she supposedly stole her position in Ranbir’s life by becoming much more important for him than his own mother. But her insistence on forcing Rhea on Ranbir – that’s something I don’t get at all!
During the Lohri epi, she practically heard Rhea say that her love for Ranbir will only last as long as she can isolate Prachi by snatching him from her. Not just that, Pallavi has witnessed time and again the sort of tantrums and unstable behaviour Rhea exhibits when things don’t go her way. Why would any mother want a girl like her for her son?! Pallavi’s hatred for Prachi really has made her blind to all of Rhea’s faults.
At this point, I feel the only way Pallavi would accept Prachi is if she gets to know the true extent of Rhea’s vile deeds. IF ever Rhea gets exposed (and that's a big IF), I don’t want only the Mahashivratri thing or the Prachi-Sid hotel room incident exposed – I feel all of Rhea’s deeds should be exposed at once in front of the Kohli family, including the whole fiasco with Maya.
Rhea and Aliya constantly manipulate Pallavi by pointing out how much Prachi (and by extension Ranbir) have wronged Rhea in the past. Which is also why Pallavi looks the other way when they do something wrong with Prachi. But if she realises that Rhea didn’t even spare her own son with her ploys (Maya’s fake molestation charges, forced marriage), it might finally open her eyes to the evil ways of her favorite DIL.
I wonder if in the murder attempt they are going to make on Prachi, if Ranbir gets harmed instead. They have been throwing subtle hints in recent episodes, with Ranbir constantly joking about losing his life or his heart stopping (and Prachi or Dida chiding him for it). I have a feeling this is gonna make Pallavi hate Prachi even more (and maybe this time, Dida and Vikram would also be against Prachi).
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