Love, love me do, you know I love you! - Page 2

Originally posted by: napstermonster

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<font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Love your take on Shivaay's realization, but I wonder if his realization is truly there, or if its his attraction and affection that we are watching. I'm being pessimistic for two reasons -- firstly, for me Anika saying she has no expectations from this marriage and that she wants nothing from him is incredibly sad, and, for her, absolutely untrue. She calls him her husband, and innocent as she is of the physical implications of that word (that he's so happily educating her on) she knows the other elements of a marriage. And while she is fulfilling them, Shivaay, really, is not.

She cannot be the only one offering support, companionship trust and care here-- he has to do those things too. A man teetering on the edge of loving a woman like this would see that as his haq, his role, and act on it. Openly. He would tell people hurting his wife-- "back the F%^& off my wife." He would tell his mother.."this is NOT some random stranger in my room, she is the part owner of this room." He would tell Tej "Hey...Bade Papa, izzat se baath kijiye. Yeh mera patni hai." Small acts, these. Easily explained away under the 6 months rule and even under a "Shivaay Singh Oberoi ka patni hai. Until woh title uska nahi rahe, woh meri wife hai, so respect that." See? No reveal, but at least within the walls of his own house, he would have given her, for a little while, his support.

This hiding in the room to tend her injuries, this casual pretense that he doesn't care about her even when he's with Dadi, this dropping her to the ground when he's caught playing with her-- all this secret flirting and hidden affection is not the real thing. Playing at love is a sin, especially now when the poor love- starved girl is absorbing every crumb like its the real thing, and not realizing--she is a rich man's shameful addiction.</font>

<font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Second point-- If he loved her, he would TELL her something that matters as much to her as it does to him-- about THEIR divorce. That as far as he's concerned, the divorce will never happen. For me, the reason he is silent when he knows she is blindly loyal and can be trusted is--- while she's all in, he has left himself a nice escape route. With no one, not even his brothers knowing that he has not signed anything. he can sign and be rid of her should he suddenly decide this is no longer fun.</font>

<font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">This is not an act of commitment. This is not the act of a man thinking with his heart, but that of a man acting coolly with his brains, and staying in control. He is enjoying playing Happy Families. He is enjoying his power, revelling in his attraction and even in examining his soft side, something that he keeps hidden. But he is not..all in, where a insult to her is an insult to him, when her happiness counts above his own, where he cannot draw breath without her. Knows it, accepts it. He is not there yet.

For me, this is not love. </font>