Originally posted by: Samanalyse
Hello everyone! I am also here, and doing fine.; I was just taking break from screens (or trying to!), and to some extent, it was a successful experiment! Thanks for checking in with all of us, @aqua! And I'm so glad to hear that you are feeling better! There should definitely be a place to vent about that time of the month -- it's still so often dismissed as women just being moody or taking advantage. We know so little about how much it can actually cause physiological and psychological havoc! 😕
That's nice!! I take breaks in between when I am helping out mum with ghar ka kaam but I do need to reduce screen time.
A friend made me realise the importance of checking in. She used to message me once every 2weeks after graduation to ask how I was doing so that gave me place to vent out all of my frustrations and concerns when it was convenient for her as well. Her asking me made it so much easier because I didn't have to go looking around for someone who wouldn't shut me out plus I wouldn't have to ask if they had the emotional capacity to handle my emotions.
I so need a place to vent about these monthly torture cycles. And exactly!! There is not a whole lot of information out there about it's physiological and psychological effects.
And we've all definitely been where Kuhu was when she drowned her sorrows! That's what makes her a unicorn in ITV land -- she's allowed to be a real, live girl instead of a prototype.
You guys make me love her so much more than I already do!
Sorry to hear about the uncertainty around work -- it's definitely the worst part of this whole situation. I was supposed to finish up a degree in May and my family was coming down and everything, but now graduation is cancelled. It's a total first world problem, but still a major bummer! I am so looking forward to seeing all your creative content though! 😃
Would it be rude of I asked you how old you were? I am asking because for some reason, I imagine you as a wise old 🦉 who gets excited when topics of interest come up. A better description would be a mixture of Dumbledore and Trelawny which is one weird mix.
@Meera: Such good questions! This is exactly why I wanted to talk about the leap! I think the Kuku story feels a little imbalanced because while we watched Kuhu struggle with Kunal's indifference for months and months, we only got a few weeks of Kunal's (just after the leap, and during the offsite), but with the implication that it had been evolving over the two months we didn't see them. I think we'd be a lot more satisfied with the second wedding if we had gotten glimpses into that phase, when he supported her in getting her business off the ground while she tried to distance herself from him more and more.
I like to imagine that Kunal was the first person Kuhu broached the subject with, saying that she wanted to find a way to support herself once the shaadi was over, so not to be a burden on her family. She tells him she's been planning parties all her life, and recently, her friend gave her the idea to do it professionally. They were on cordial terms at the time (from the flashback scene where she tells him about the grace period and he holds her hands), so I imagine he got her set up with the right accounting software, and referred her to books and blogs etc, on event management from the business side. Through all this, she is very formal and grateful the whole time and Kunal starts to miss fighting with her.
I got the impression that Neha was a family friend who needed a wedding planner so Abir referred Kuhu to her. The family's involvement and investment was mostly to support Kuhu, but also because they knew Neha from before. When Kuhu got the project, she was really nervous so Abir got the whole family involved and did a lot of the work himself (because he also needed a distraction and hanging out with Kuhu made him feel a little lighter). Once the entire family was on board, Kuhu spent less and less time interacting with Kunal (a conscious effort on her part) and he got more and more desperate to get her attention, therefore the new suits and the new diet. 😉
This is the HC I have in my head anyway 😆