First of all, HS ki deewanio (me included)..mubarkaan. Some had been saying how wrong HS was and he should say sorry. To lo ji...he said sorry. He did not let his ego come in between the right and the wrong. Hs ki jeet. matlab hum HS ki gopion ki bhi jeet. 😊😳
Now coming to the show, those who are still saying Babita does not have ego are wrong. The makers themselves are making other characters (first Poonam and in precap, HS) talk about Babita's ego. Today even Mini understood that her mom has ego problem.
So that got me thinking. How much do we know about Ashok and Babita's marriage? I mean before Ashok returned from London. I remember only two scenes...one when they got married and Babita entered the Khurana house. The other Ashok playing with little Mini and Ashok Babita eye lock or something on those lines. Rest of it was all through dialogues. Ashok at one point said that he had asked Babita to come but she gave priority to Dadu and Beeji. I can't remember the exact lines. But it was something on this line. Those who supported Babita said what else could she have done, etc, etc.
But looking back after today's episode, I think there are missing pieces to Babita Ashok married life. Ashok cheated much later. Not initially. So what went wrong?
From my own experience I can say that starting life from scratch in a foreign country is really hard. Many people in India don't realize this. When I got married, my husband told me to come after three months. He needed the time to switch job (he was looking for better pay), look for a good apartment and set things up before I came. He wanted to do that so that I don't have problems settling down. He did come with me to visa office and I had my visa as well as air ticket. It's just that he needed time and I gave him. Ours was also shuddh desi arranged marriage.
So this leads me to think...probably Ashok too needed time to set things up before taking Babita with him. Babita did not like it. Her ego got hurt. Later, when Ashok wanted her to come, she made up excuses of looking after Dadu Beeji, etc. Perhaps she wanted Ashok to say sorry just like she wanted HS to say sorry today. Ashok has his own ego. Akhir everybody is not so pyara like our dear HS. Ashok never said sorry. It then became a clash of ego. Ashok got fed up and ended up with Mita. I am not saying the ego clash gave Ashok any right to cheat. I am simply trying to put together some facts that may have existed.
Plus bringing Poonam for one scene just to state Babita has ego problem is significant.
I don't know if Babita will learn from her mistakes, whether she even realizes what has done wrong.
Today HS was hurt. Even Mini could sense it. But Babita remained in her own world. She had no remorse at all and started selecting lehengas. From what she told Mini today, I got the impression that when it comes to ego, HS has to bend all the time. Not a good thing for a good marriage.