Just Need a Shoulder to Lean On /3

That was one hell of an emotional, drama packed episode and I loved every bit of it! When I skimmed over the forum when I woke up like two hours ago lol good afternoon world, I saw a lot of members arguing on both sides- claiming that Twinkle and Kunj are both right and wrong. I have to say this is the first show I've ever watched that has managed to elicit this response from the audience. I know I always relate everything back to Qubool Hai but that show is so close to my heart (lol) but yeah even then it used to be that either Zoya was really in the wrong or Asad was being unreasonable due to his anger. Here, I love how we get such a realistic view on relationships because both Twinkle and Kunj are right in their positions, and simultaneously wrong. My mom always tells me "talli ek haat se nahi baj thi" meaning you can't clap with only one hand, and so not only one person is to blame.

I have to say hearts breaking was SO prominent in today's episode. It all started with Kunj trampling over the heart balloons, his immediate action was to go to his family because they need him, and nothing else mattered. I assume he knew Twinkle would follow but couldn't give her much thought because for him, his father was of utmost importance. I think this REALLY shows that Kunj although being in love with Twinkle, does not consider her to be a part of his family yet. The writers have always been so good with dialogues, this couldn't have been a mess up, when Kunj said " mujhe pata hai tum aisa kuch nahi karo gi jis se meri parivaar ki izzat blah blah." Kunj did not say "humari," and I find that to be so important because he doesn't realize that Twinkle has considered his family to be her own. I know he has said "humari" with things before, considering them to be a team but in our culture especially, after marriage a girl has two duties to fulfill-that of a wife and that of a daughter-in-law. Perhaps, until Usha doesn't accept Twinkle, Kunj won't see her as the daughter-in-law of the Sarna house. I think that's funny cause as some of you have said, Usha considers her the daughter-in-law but not Kunj's wife. Sorry if I confused you there lol, but please do share your thoughts about this! I think Manohar getting sick and this coma drama is pretty significant cause only then will Kunj accept Twinkle in all forms. So the hearts that broke today were:

-Kunj's

-Twinkle's

-the entire family's

-Manohar literally had a heart attack

-oh and OFC ours!

After a while, we got to see the strong relationship between Kunj and Usha. I remember from the intial days, one of the most prominent things was how every member of the trio was SO close to their respective mothers. We constantly see Twinkle and Yuvi with their moms but today we saw how dependent Usha is on Kunj. And here it is where I would like to say I'm sorry BUT Anand is SO USELESS. Not only is he a crappy brother, but he's a bad son and definitely not the man of the house. When sh*t hit the fan today with Manohar getting sick, it was Kunj who had to step up and console all the women in his life. Usha is on the verge of losing her husband, Bebe her brother/son, and Kunj may lose his father, but he cannot express any kind of panic because he has to be strong for his family. How heartbreaking is that, when men have to hide their emotions, to protect those they love? I shouldn't say men because equal amounts of the time it is women who have to step up to the plate.

The scene that STOLE my heart was Kunj's breakdown. Can we please applaud Sidhant Gupta because that is his BEST scene of the entire show. It wasn't overly angry, intense or dramatic, the fact that his pain was quiet and so genuine, I actually cried. I thought it would be Twinkle first that would cause me to cry today but nope Kunj actually had me bawling because he was so broken. I don't know if you guys have watched the movie Hum Saath Saath Hain," cause if you haven't, GO DO SO NOW LOL. But yes one of my favorite Salman Khan movies and a scene from that movie that I constantly watch because it steals my heart is when Prem (Salman) comes to his finance's house, Preeti (Sonali Bendre) to tell her father he can't marry her until his older brother is brought back into the house with the respect he deserves, she accepts it because she agrees and knows how important family is to him. In the following scene she puts out dinner for him because he didn't eat all day and when he sits, he turns around and hugs her stomach, letting out all his pain in that one hug. AND MY OH MY DID KUNJ KILL ME WITH FEELS BECAUSE OF HIS HUG TODAY. Kunj kept asking Twinkle for reassurance, he was strong right? He fulfilled his duties as the son right? Everything will work out right? He's mumbling to himself and Twinkle at this point, and Jas's expressions were well done too because she was so concerned, and her placement of her hand behind his neck was omggg I'm dead. Their body language was SO PERFECT. At one point Kunj said "ese maat dekh," which reminded me of the other time Twinkle caught him in a vulnerable moment. When Anita had taunted him about money and MBA business, he had cried in his room and when Twinkle saw she decided to leave the room and he covered by saying it was debris in his eyes. How far have they come, just wow. Today, he let out all of his pain, he expressed all of his fears and he knew she would be there to give him that shoulder that he needs. A shoulder to cry on.

We have always gotten subtle references and scenes with how Kunj is upset about his relationship with his father but today, he really let it all out. I really started crying when he was like I always wanted to hug papa and tell him I love him but I couldn't, because what is the biggest regret one can have in life? Not letting someone know how much you love them. Be it your parent or your kid, telling someone how much they matter can be so important because you never know when it'll be the last time you see them. We often fight with those we love, thinking we'll fix it later and the worst thing would be having them leave the world with the last thing between you two being a fight. So I really understood Kunj's emotions today with him regretting and fearing and oh my god I'm so emotional right now.

Moving on, when Kunj saw the news report, he IMMEDIATELY said nope this isn't the truth, I know it. And I hate the media sometimes honestly like someone is fighting for their life and all you care about is the scoop. Kunj was right, if they didn't speak then, only worse stories would have been produced. When Kunj attacked the reporter, I was like you dumbass you really deserve that like don't you dare talk about his mom or biwi. And I loved Cherry in all his dialogues today, he's far more useful than Anand!

I hated seeing Twinkle beg everyone to believe her, she was right in what she did because she went to so many lengths to protect his father-in-law's izaat. She almost got raped because of this. And I'm so happy she said that Manohar didn't want her telling anyone because everyone should know that she didn't make that decision, he did. I completed understand Kunj's anger too tho because when he hid the truth from Twinkle, her parents weren't fighting for their life. His dad is and he feels that he could've somehow handled the situation better. I know it's illogical for him to blame Twinkle but when you're so vulnerable, you look for someone to blame. Kunj was blaming himself earlier for not being able to tell his father he loves him and now that he knows Twinkle knew, he somehow thinks he would have been able to prevent this, which is justified. The only thing that upset me was that it took Usha slapping Twinkle for him to say I know it's not you in the video. He was bale to vouch for his dad immediately, not taking more than a second to say he doesn't believe the pictures. Then why so much time to vouch for your love?

I'm also happy Twinkle didn't start crying or breakdown, I want her to be strong and stand firm in her place because she wasn't wrong either. She killed me with her silent, I handled everything, how did this happen dialogues because she thought it was all okay but this crap happened :/ The precap thus broke my heart, seeing her run after him :/

Now can I get a shoulder to cry on lol? I'm so sorry I think this is my longest post yet damnnn. I hope I didn't bore you and I would love to hear your thoughts buddies! <3 <3 <3

lovely post teddy

when he said to her don't look at me like that I was like no! My heart broke in that moment for Kunj. Sidhant was so amazing. He keeps getting better and better.

I think despite all of the assurance he needed, he wanted to be brave in front of Twinkle and for her it was like "it's okay". I know what you feel and I can understand and I am here with you. That hug scene was literally such a defining moment for both of them because it's the first time Kunj has broken down in front of Twinkle and it was a huge deal considering Kunj always manages to deal with his emotions himself.

When he found out that she knows about all of this from not even anyone in the family, but a reporter; he was so heartbroken. His eyes screamed NO because he didn't want to believe that Twinkle could hide something from him after all this time.

If not for the lodge incident, he probably would've been more displeased but I think that flashback helped him realize that not only is she saying the truth which itself cause him immense amount of harm, but it opened a flood of questions about what place she holds

In my post I said that for Kunj, his family weighs above anything else. And Twinkle is yet not part of that family. It was so beautifully expressed through the cinematography in today's episode and the placement of characters. Twinkle is only now becoming someone close to him and a part of his life but she has yet to become part of his family.

You said that Usha doesn't consider her a bahu but I think she doesn't consider her Kunj's rightful wife. See she already accepted that this is the daughter in law that guru ji and manohar have chosen. She keeps bringing up how her arrival into the house didn't bring anything but problems and that's as far as she goes because for Usha, her Kunj was forced into this marriage and he is not happy. So until she won't hear from Kunj himself that he is happy and he loves Twinkle , she won't be satisfied.

She already thinks that twinkle has control of the house. I think the slap resonated with Usha telling Twinkle to stop trying to become part of the family she is forcefully brought into.

I think Sidhant was the star of this episode. His silent pain and just standing not believing his ears especially after he poured his emotions to her, that was all so much brilliant! The episode was literally amazing!

I am coming back, unfortunately stuck with a biology project

I'm cryinggg!!! :(( need shoulder to cry on too !!! :(( --idk how we will handle this --really don't knowww

Res!

This was so beautifully written! 👏, and I totally agree with all that you said. It's hard to put the full blame on anyone- I know Twinkle should have ideally told Kunj everything earlier on but he's being unreasonable by blaming a heart attack (AN UNVOLUNTARY BODILY PROCESS) on Twinkle like wth man?!

teddy i want to write more but i need to get off and do assignments !!! why university be over already --want april!!! ill come back maybe later ahahah

Originally posted by: Sdea

lovely post teddy

you put everything so amazingly

totally agree kunj breaking down was by far the best scene of TEI

plus i have never seen a guy cry which makes me want to cry with him.

he literally nailed the scene