Originally posted by: priyapak
I think Imlie knows where she stands. She will not expect any support from the Tripatis. Remember where she is now - she is not thinking she will ever be accepted by Aditya - it's not like she expects him to fall in love with her - so she has written his part in the relationship away. And she expects the truth will never come out. Not if she can help it. So no illusions here. What I find confusing about Imli is what you just mentioned...she is not thinking long term. She needs to be thinking of how she can be self sufficient and get out of Tripati's and Adi's lives. If she is serious about not coming in between Adi and Malini - that's where her thinking should be - yet she seems strangely content - coasting. They don't show her questioning her future. Maybe the courses she is taking with bade kaka is for correspondence and she is already on her way - and its not clearly communicated.
@bold: That wasn't really the point I was making. I'm not saying she is expecting the Tripathis to support her or expecting acceptance from Adi. My point is that she is making more of her current status than it really is. It's fine if she just wants to maintain status quo....but she is actually imagining the current status quo as her getting so much affection and support from Adi and his family.....that is what she told Dev yesterday too. This shows that these are Imlie's coping mechanisms cuz she doesn't want to face the bleakness of her situation. She consoles herself by telling herself she has so many people around her who give her affection....the elephant in the room is that all this affection still doesn't grant her any real respectful social standing beyond being considered a maid.
The writers choose to not show her or anyone planning her future from an education perspective, fine.....but I think the bigger problem for her long term will be when the marriage that she has accepted mentally won't get any validity, so her character will be questioned on that basis. Yes, she doesn't want to come b/w AM but simultaneously she is also not going to deny that Adi is her husband.....she's just not trying to claim him at this point. But in the future, when her very character is put on the line if the validity of the marriage is questioned in the city....what then?