Preeti and KT's personal lives are very important because their past bad experiences were part of the reason they started the company. While career is important, so is marriage, whatever the circumstances are. They both need to heal on the personal side. Otherwise, no matter how professional they try to be, problems on the home front will distract them and affect their performance at work.
Also, Preeti's lack of self-esteem in the past stemmed from being ill-treated by the men in her life. She let them do what they wanted to and stayed silent when she was younger. Now, she needs to re-live her marriage the way she deserves it and should be in control of her own life. This isn't something she can change overnight. Yes, she's trying to become more open to new ideas and navigating things herself. Kusum isn't there to guide her at her in-laws' so she will have to figure out how to deal with things. Also, with things already unbalanced, she won't want to take on her mother-in-law and create more disruption at home. Plus, a wife cannot be at loggerheads with her husband's mother, especially when her relationship with him isn't on stable ground.
Sure, we know she needs to take a stand for herself, and she will. But before taking action, she needs a bit of time to understand the people she lives with and their circumstances. It's a learning process for her. Already I think the pace of the story changed suddenly when they changed the actress and the character seemed to grow a bit too suddenly but it's still a long race and a lot is yet to happen. Also, Nandini is a smooth-talking vamp; it's not easy to defeat her. Preeti's character is one of quiet strength not fireball, so she will find a way to show people their place when the time comes. She won't always succeed or get things 100% correct - she's human and error-prone. All this just means we'll see her grow.
One thing I want to add here is that a person's success is not just about their career achievements. No matter how awesome things are at work, if things back home are hell then you won't have mental peace and your professional success will not feel complete. This applies to both men and women. Before Preeti entered KT's life, he was happy at home but aimless professionally. As soon as they started the company he seemed to have a purpose in life. Now that Nandini is back, he's struggling on the home front and won't be so effective at work.
What I like about this show is that they don't shy away from showing how men can be vulnerable and completely blindsided and self-destruct when betrayed by their wives. Toxic masculinity often makes people think that men should just get up and move on as if nothing happened to them. 17 months or 17 years - there's not fixed duration for recovering from traumatic experiences. It depends from one person to another.
What Preeti and KT both have in common is that previously, their lives revolved around their spouses, so when the spouses were out of the picture there was a void they couldn't fill. This is why it's important to have your own sense of identity and purpose in a relationship. This is why it's a learning curve for both of them - they need to see other facets of life. They need to have other things to fulfill them beside domestic affairs so that their lives are well-rounded.
KT associates love with marriage - he thinks he loves Preeti (or tries to convince her and himself that he does), because he married her or vice versa. He doesn't have the experience of growing together as friends in a relationship before falling in love but he'll learn all about this with her. I suspect that when he really falls for Preeti he will think that what he felt for Nandini was infatuation and not 'true love'. Preeti, on the other hand, is overflowing with gratitude for KT because he always stood by her, and thinks of this as a rescue mission to save KT from his inner demons. She's so used to taking care of others that neither does she stop to think that she deserves to have a husband who focuses on her needs nor does she demand anything from him. I hope she will learn to exert her rights over him as a wife once the time comes and she gains more confidence in the future of their relationship.
I am loving that the men of the house are giving her so much support, respect, and genuine affection. It's great that the new phase in her life started with her seeing honorable men like KT's father, uncle, and cousin - total contrast to her late husband, Tarun, and that obnoxious brother-in-law of hers in the village.
Well said 👏
My thoughts are in same line but I cannot express so well 😳
Thanks for this post 🤗
