ArShi FF: Sex between Hearts #12 - Thread 13 Link added on Page 145 - Page 32

Originally posted by: albmum14

Dear Deepthi (is it OK to call you Deepthi? Being a new reader on IF I have yet to learn the proper etiquette at addressing writers 😕)

Hey dear...first of all, dont give so much importance to the writers that they feel like they are some big shots on this forum. We are like you all, just crazy bunch with even crazier ideas..😆 So, that means, you can call me anything as long as it is not a cuss word😆 If you need options, friends here call me (Deepthi, Deeps, Deep, D, TL...That's it? I can't believe I am given limited names😕...oh forgot, also add cliffhanger queen😆)

Thank you so much for the note. I read it carefully and I acknowledge that it addresses a number of your readers who must have interpreted the update differently to what you wanted to convey.

I was one who thought that her statement to Lavanya about physical intimacy meant that she was scared of the physical aspect of a future relationship. I thought that because so far there has been a physical aspect to her friendship with Arnav.

Actually you are just the one, I believe there are somemore who feared the same. So no worries.

It all started with a touch of physical awareness, right? She felt his palm on her baby bump and thought this is how she wanted to be cared by Karan. She searched for his physical assurance that the baby was still alive after she meets him when she leaves Karan: she puts his hand on her bump and says "now everything is fine" (I am paraphrasing as I am unable to open previous updates due to crappy Internet coverage on holiday). Later on in another update she says that "with a hug and a hand in your hair, you let him make a place in your life/heart" (paraphrasing again, sorry), she remembers all the hugs and not to forget the nicknames he calls her, she is worried about Anjali not being committed to him, she feels empty without his hug, just before Arnav kisses her. All these instances were only friendship and I believe they were.

Yes! Just to add more clarification to your thoughts on physical awareness...It may all started with just as simple as a touch...but that never crossed her mind as physical because his every touch connected to her emotionally..made her think how she wanted karan to be, made her seek solace in his touch...Not once she felt feelings any differently...

Yet, although she is straightforward in her thinking and way of living her life, her subconscious is reminding her of all these things. Is that why she mentions physical intimacy? Why did she not mention another reason to Lavanya to justify her friendship with Arnav and her own thoughts and behaviour to her and why she will not entertain any other ideas?

You are right when you mentioned in your earlier comment that you are thinking too deeper. Because if you follow the conversation between Lavanya and Khushi, it all started with passion and for a woman who is thinking and feeling guilt of the kiss, this had to be the topic of her mind...

Doesn't she know that being intimate with a man is not only about the physical side, but mainly about sharing your souls, the companionship that love brings out?

No, she has not experienced that emotion with her husband. Its all stated in the earlier chaps.

Due to all these, I thought that she had an issue specifically with the physical side of a marriage (because of her beliefs she will not consider anylive-in or boyfriend - girlfriend relationship). Sometimes in anger we are truer to ourselves and reveal more of our inner turmoil, because the rage wipes our defences at protecting our most hidden thoughts. So that's what made me believe that something must have happened to her regarding the physical intimacy that is mentioned.

I am sorry that you feel that I haven't understood your Khushi. It's true I have not walked a mile in her shoes (actually I haven't even walked a couple of feet in her shoes), but I think I can see that this rage is not mainly due to the public kiss but also to how her body betrayed her during the kiss.

On the other hand, if I was in your shoes, I would have felt even more mad and upset at being misunderstood and for the readers to wonder in every path, but the one you have chosen. Therefore you have every right to drag us back to the story by this note.

No dear, my note is not the result of my anger. I had done it in the past and will do it if need arises in the future. I write my every story with an understanding that ability to perceive things varies significantly from one reader to another...and that I will get many vivid reactions to the same story. I cant complain and sulk at it...Its a give and take relationship that I dont take it lightly...thus ends my lecture as I prepare for the next update...

Hopefully, I will understand your Khushi better.

Originally posted by: DilLoveRomance

Are we getting an update tonight???