Originally posted by: arshi_asya
Anu slapped Komo when she was trying to force sex on him. He refused her first but she didn't listen & as a last attempt, he slapped her in self-defence. I would say he was trying to escape forced sex when he slapped Komo in self-defence. Husband owes sex to the wife but he can't be forced to do it against his wish just like how a wife can't be forced to have sex in a marriage against her wish.
Even Prerna has a right to use self-defence of any kind if any man whosoever tries to force sex on her. Physical violence for self-defence is acceptable. No man or woman should be forced for sex in a relationship.
So, Anu slapping Komo & Anu slapping Prerna are two different things. First one was for self-defence, in hatred & he didn't regret it but this one looks to have been an instinctive reaction to something Prerna had said since he falls to her feet apologizing in the next moment & regrets his act profusely & I will have to see what exactly she said to cause Anu to end up slapping her in that heated moment.
Now coming to the rejection part, rejection should be taken with dignity but here Anu hasn't been rejected but betrayed in a relationship. Rejection & betrayal are 2 different things. Rejection is when you approach a person with romantic feelings & he/she refuses, that rejection needs to be accepted without any condition. Party that rejects you owes nothing & thus any sort of violence against this side is a crime. So, acid attack when you are rejected is a crime since other party owed you nothing at all & it was all you assuming things.
In case of betrayal, betrayed party seeks answers desperately since there is a promise from the past & thus betraying party owes answer to the betrayed person as natural human reaction to understand what went wrong & why is this happening. Violence isn't acceptable in this case as well but slapping is often an instinctive reaction in heated moments especially in young people in toxic relstionship when communication fails completely. As for letting go after being betrayed (not rejected), it's impossible thing to do unless there is a compelling closure & Prerna will have to provide it while Anu will have to accept it on his own. Anu will have that by the end of this trip. It's his 5 stages of grief- anger being one of them & will highlight his limitation & flaws as a human.
Violence is never justified but heat of moments in such situations cause instinctive speech & actions that should have never happened at all. He of course should have not slapped her but we still have to see what caused him cross his threshold.
As said, I will have to reserve my final opinion till the scene is aired.
Please see that I am not defending Anu here but trying to understand his psyche in that exact moment.