Sona: Keeping Promises!

I promise I will never leave you. Even if you leave me!

No doubt Sona was fantastic today but for me she kept her promise, even if Dev cannot.

I will never leave you even if you do doesn't mean I will stalk you - Dev style

Neither does it mean, I will emotionally blackmail or hound you - Ishwari style

It simply means, I will respect your decision but will not abandon you even when it hurts me.

She knows Dev. Even if he cannot think of going against his Mother, she has no doubt he loves her.
She was his only Friend. She knows how lonely he is and how much in pain he
will be now.

The break up is hurting real bad but she respects Dev's decision even if she doesn't agree and
takes the effort to know he's ok. That's all she wants to know.

For me, she just kept her promise of never abandoning him and by visiting his house in his absence,
she respected his decision.

The lady then goes one step further and calls Dev out on the creepiness of stalking. But more
importantly, 'what do you want? Why don't you go ask your Mother what you want?. Grow up Mr. Dixit'

This woman doesn't hate Mr. Dixit; quite the contrary...

Sometimes showing the mirror is a much stronger part of loving that person - Make someone see the mirror that he will be pushed to 'want to see a better reflection'. Wasn't it Dev who
once said, 'you make me want to be a better person' ??!!

This lady will make both Dev & Ishwari (many moons later) want to be better people!

Asha Bose has taught her Daughter just right. Her anecdote about letting the kids jump on the sofa & fall. Trust them enough to make their own mistakes, learn and get up stronger -
I saw Sona doing just that. 'Call him out on what he's doing wrong and leave
him to think. Trust him enough to know your words will have an impact.

No sit-down discussion about relationships, balances etc can make Dev see the wrong in what
he's done because he thinks he's doing right for his Mother! Only when he Man's
up (or grows up as Sona said) can he see that every relationship has its own
respectful place.

This lady loves her Man to the moon & back. She might be caught up in the moving on mission but
she's nowhere close to ready & neither will she be able to (although she has all the right)...

There are plenty ways of moving on but the makers chose a rebound marriage. The only purpose this serves is closing the walls on Dev and pushing him to act... For me, I do not like
the idea of involving another person when Sona is clearly not ready... It's marriage
not child's play...

But am not writing this story.

AND

Ritwik -

Good boy, Good family!

What is it about damsels in distress that makes you instantly want to be the knight in shining armour?

Oh wait, there are 2 types of guys - one who marry a girl who shares their vision of the future so
they can look forward to building it together, then there are those who see a
heart bleeding for someone else and prescribe rebound marriage as the best medicine.
Ah right! He's a doctor!

"This girl is sweet. Clearly in love
with someone else. Pining for someone else. Feels unlucky that she's not with
her ex (actually wishes her ex was her present). But she wants to marry me. Let
me heal her."

'She said she is not ready today, not tomm, maybe not even day after. She's asked me to wait & help her heal. In fact, she's crying on my shoulder and I can see the hurt is so
raw'

I am not sure why someone would willingly, wholeheartedly marry someone who is clearly in love
with another? Is this the right base for a good marriage?

As the makers are great at causing confusion, am reserving my comment on the doctor in shining
armor until I know what's going on here.

No one put a gun to Sona's head and pushed her for this alliance. In fact, the Boses were
justifiably apprehensive that this might be too soon. While this is a great
trigger for Dev, am lost why another family needs to be dragged in!

Fantastic episode & a FL who has much to teach the Dixits without the need for being Mahaan!

Am still lost on where everything is headed overall. Some episodes show the same
spark of earlier days then there are those that totally frustrate... Guess I
will just leave the makers to their creative liberties and appreciate what I
can...while I can...!

I agree with you on Ritwik completely - helping someone to move on' when one can clearly see that she still chants and breaths her ex every living moment, should be indication enough that she needs to get on a firmer surface before she can even attempt to move, anyone in their right sense of mind would provide the support she sought when they first met - by giving the much needed time and space! One doesn't need to meet every day and ask every detail to provide support! I disagree with this third angle completely apart from putting pressure in hope to stimulate the sleeping grey cells of Dev's brain which hardly had any chance to unravel their emotional side with exception of last three months!

Sona's presence in Ishwari Niwas was as much herself as for Dev - She wanted to know from his mother (in his words his God) if he was ok - it was important for her to know from Ishwari, after all she always claimed to know her son like back of her hand, she expected a little bit of guilt, remorse even having put him through so much pain but alas! What she saw disappointed her and filled her with empathy towards her love-he had lost everything in those few seconds of devotion and his god didn't even have guts to acknowledge the sacrifice - yes the loss was his entirely his!!

I haven't come across many shows where FL is portrayed as strong, practical, brave, feisty, intelligent, career-oriented and supremely confident, down-to-earth, lively, mature and amazingly caring - Sonakshi is so real and I am hoping they do not spoil her!

Originally posted by: enchanted23

I agree with you on Ritwik completely - helping someone to move on' when one can clearly see that she still chants and breaths her ex every living moment, should be indication enough that she needs to get on a firmer surface before she can even attempt to move, anyone in their right sense of mind would provide the support she sought when they first met - by giving the much needed time and space! One doesn't need to meet every day and ask every detail to provide support! I disagree with this third angle completely apart from putting pressure in hope to stimulate the sleeping grey cells of Dev's brain which hardly had any chance to unravel their emotional side with exception of last three months!

Sona's presence in Ishwari Niwas was as much herself as for Dev - She wanted to know from his mother (in his words his God) if he was ok - it was important for her to know from Ishwari, after all she always claimed to know her son like back of her hand, she expected a little bit of guilt, remorse even having put him through so much pain but alas! What she saw disappointed her and filled her with empathy towards her love-he had lost everything in those few seconds of devotion and his god didn't even have guts to acknowledge the sacrifice - yes the loss was his entirely his!!

I haven't come across many shows where FL is portrayed as strong, practical, brave, feisty, intelligent, career-oriented and supremely confident, down-to-earth, lively, mature and amazingly caring - Sonakshi is so real and I am hoping they do not spoil her!

Originally posted by: gemini54

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Fantastic post..couldn't have said it better.

In my opinion Sona has kept her promise and will continue to do so even is she marries someone else the reason I am saying it love is unconditional she told him she will be there for him even if he leaves her which she is still doing in my opinion she cares for him deeply wants only the best for him and wants him to be happy in my book she has kept her promise. Regarding her moving on she is heartbroken and needs a non involved person to help her heal by that what I mean is her family is too involved in her hurt...in comes Ritik to this day I find him to be a matured and sorted person a stark contrast to Dev. Sometimes in life it is not abour the red roses and candles it is someone who will stick by you no matter what and Ritik seems at least for now wants to do that...the cvs have chosen a Doctor...doctors do heal in this case maybe he is just what Sona needs and I maybe in the minority but I am rooting for them if Dev doesn't man up