Originally posted by: archverma10
So Kalapi and Kools...and Jhanvi and Jo...as an outside observer for the past few days let me take a few minutes to step back here.
Leaving all the fluff aside: the issues in contention here are as follows:
1) Practically speaking, should Archu, Manav, DK have accepted the marriage so readily, and should they instead be trying to get it annulled?
2) Would sending Ovi and Arjun away to a different environment make a difference in their marriage and help them learn to coexist in an amicable manner?
3) Would the above option enable Arjun to forget Purvi, be on board with making his marriage work, and allow him to slowly warm up to his "wife" and perhaps fall in love with her?
4) Was Archu right in giving Ovi the advice to use her friendship to try to get closer to Arjun and make her marriage work.
After reading all the back and forth posts...this is pretty much what I came up with. And here is my practical, purely logical and objective answer. No...to all 4. Here is why:
1) I would have argued very differently here if the same scene was done in public...in full view of the elders and with their albeit grudging consent. However, it was not done that way at all. The only people who really, to this day know what happened, are Arjun, Ovi, and Purvi (maybe we can chase down those 2 priests if we are lucky). All we know is what they say happened...aside from that there were no other eye witnesses. If my daughter came and told me something like that (All 4 of you..rest assured I am a mother too)...I would have some serious doubts and questions for sure...there is no way on earth I would be accepting that at face value without doing a little investigating first. I am damn well not throwing a party for it for sure I can tell you that much.
2) Absolutely not. Refer my post on Jo's thread "Ovi Not Reformed". You can take away a person's freedom, possessions, life, etc. but 2 things you cannot take: 1) their heart and 2) their mind. Kalapi dear I agree with you 100%...there is no healer like time. But we are talking time in 2 different contexts here. Time as a healer to get over the pain of rejection is one thing...time to make a person fall in love with someone when there is no spark is quite another. The best Ovi can hope for is an amicable politeness between strangers----notice I say the best. After what she has done, and the total disregard for Arjun's feelings, this cannot be explained away by the aspect of a new environment and time. Not at all. Kalapi, were the circumstances different, and we are talking about a couple that do not know each other, in an arranged marriage, I would say your viewpoint is valid. It may not be what I feel...as I do believe a chemistry/spark has to be there for any relationship to work...but I have also seen arranged marriages work...prime examples in my own family. So I would have been inclined to agree with you were the circumstances different. But unfortunately they are----and not after this kind of betrayal, self centerd-ness, etc. Ovi said it herself---they were best friends. Despite being this way, Ovi did this out of pure selfishness without any value towards that said friendship...and with utter lack of respect for the feelings of that person. I totally sympathize with her...there is no hurt like loving someone and knowing that person does not love you back. I have said it before and I am saying it again. It is the most painful thing on earth. But then again: "God grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference"...it is easier said than done...I know. But it has to be done. It is the only way to move on...and still keep your dignity and self-respect intact.
So we have this background---and also add the fact that again, the heart is not a light switch you can turn off and on. Arjun loves Purvi...hands down...and although he liked Ovi as a friend...he never loved her...from the beginning...and even when agreeing to marry her again reiterates this. He does not love her----he never did---and he never will. In time, they may have become friends and learned to live amicably like I said-----it not for the fact that she can stoop this low, and she did. This will leave a mark on them that will never be erased. Remember the broken glass theory. Once broken, even if put back together, the crack is still there. A lot of us have been so busy saying this of our ARVI. But remember the same applies to Ovi too...even more so. My point being, as I stated there, again, what Purvi did she did for her Aai. Because justified or no, the silly girl really believed her marriage was a a direct reason for making her Aai's life miserable. No amount of reason or persuasion could get through to the daft girl. However, what Ovi did she did purely for herself----not for anyone else----this deal with the Devil is what it is...and eventually she will face the music. We all have to face the consequences of our choices...and she is no exception. Divine Justice and Karma happen to us all. Nobody can escape from that.
3) I think I have already pretty much answered this. No change in environment is going to change the fact of what happened or erase the history. Arjun never loved Ovi before...even in the best of times...when they truly were friends...given this...what makes you all think he will love her now? Just because he is in a situation he does not want? It doesnt matter what he agreed to...the point is that he never wanted this and he still doesnt? Hard facts...no change of environment...nothing on this God's green earth is going to change that. You cannot take Purvi from his heart and put Ovi in it no matter what you do. whats done is done.
4) I believe I just answered this. But to go further: Archu knows this is futile. Again, when he never loved her before...when things were at their best...what on earth is the difference now? His friendship didnt work before...how on earth is it going to work to make a relationship between them now?? It isnt. She can claim his body...and force him to live with her...but again, you cannot claim a person's heart or mind. It is what it is.
So yes, given these circumstances we can conclude that this marriage and relationship is doomed anyway. As to the annulment you are entitled to your own opinion but I advise that you keep this in mind: You can do what is needed to rectify it now...or let more drama, trauma, and heartache get a lot worse before you end at the same place.