May be they were testing the reactions of the audience amd also they wanted to show impact of it on each family member, how everyone reacts in differently and that represented the society. But they also knew that divorce had to be done, amd also it is ITV there had to be some dragging aise hi thodi na serials saalo saal chalti hai ๐๐ But honestly for me, till the story till the actors got COVID did not feel like dragged, it kept me engaged, after that many things happened and they lost the touch due to constant change of scripts and everything, but now its back on track.
May be that's why there TRPs reduced