Originally posted by: inlieu
Ewww, no. He called her his daughter on the day of the pooja to assure her, and he said the same thing to everyone upstairs as well, in front of Minnie, that his confession to Babita should have been understood in the form of him claiming to be Minnie's father. But over time, the lines got blurred because HS was already doing things as a father without realizing it. The consent form scene was one of the biggest indicators of this.
There's a lot of other stuff going on but definitely not this. They are supposed to be exploring the challenges that step children and parents face when slowly trying to adjust to each other and accept one another. Sometimes the relationship ends up being that of a parent-child, sometimes it is more of friendship than parent-child, and in other cases it's just a formal/official relationship, nothing more. It's especially difficult when the children are older as opposed to being infants/toddlers where stepparents get to raise the child and watch them grow.
Here HS and Minnie did not think about or expect that there was going to be any issues after the wedding but they were blindsided. HS knew it would take time to really become a father, but Minnie and Babita expected it to happen sooner, hence their disappointment.
One more thing: HS never had his parents' love while growing up so when he sees what happened to Minnie he understands her pain and wants to give her what he never got as a child. Everyone focused on Babita's second chance but no one thought about Minnie missing out on so much in her life. If nothing else, Lala's and NB's words should have made it clear that he loves her as his daughter but shares much more than a traditional parent-child bond because his childhood trauma connects him to Minnie and vice-versa.
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