Originally posted by: asmaanixx
No I didn't. I started watching the show when HS made his entry. But regardless, there's a whole 17 years of history that we are unaware about. We've only heard how they've treated her, not seen it ourselves. From the little that we have seen, it's apparent that despite their talks, they have never considered her to be their daughter. She has always either just been a DIL or the woman who gave birth to their grandchild.
That was the misconception that she lived seventeen years of her life with. She fooled herself into believing it as it would have been better than accepting the fact that she's completely alone and has, in some respects, being abandoned and neglected by her husband. If she even had let Minnie question Ashok, do you really think he would have given her a decent answer in a civilized manner? I can just see him flaring up and raising his hand on her again. Especially considering the fact that at that time, Minnie was ready to lash out on everyone around her, and angrily point accusations on them, rather than speaking to them calmly.