Originally posted by: MistyDawn
@bold- not flip flop per se.. but I get the sense that you have some trust issues with her that you had touched upon in your very first post on IF.. I know you empathize with her especially when she is unfairly judged but you always feel she could've done more for Pallavi...that's the sense I get...
I agree with what you said earlier about circumstances affecting your cognitive abilities as a way to explain some of Amma's questionable actions... I extend the same benefit of doubt to Ayi for some of past lack of actions.. that's the only difference..
I've warmed up to her considerably since that first post, tbh. It's not trust issues- I trust her to act in Pallavi's best interest. The only thing, frankly, that I have taken major issue to was her anger at 'why aren't you telling me if there's a problem' because well...that responsibility, of creating a safe space for sharing, is the parent's, and she could have still stayed angry at Pallavi, but also introspected on how her constant 'Pallu, mujhe pata hai tu sambhal legi' may have contributed to Pallavi feeling too protective of her to share her burdens.
Plus, we've discussed that as a parent, you can't stop your child from falling, but you should be there for them when they fall. She believed Pallavi jumped into a fire by marrying Raghav, and had Pallavi's life actually gotten as bad as Sharda feared when she begged her not to do this, she should have been there for Pallavi more, rather than alienate her. Unresponsiveness even after Raghav told her how miserably Pallavi had missed her when very ill also upset me.
But that's literally all of it at this point, all my other previous concerns with her have been alleviated and addressed by the show itself, so I've long dropped them, and these mistakes very understandable, human mistakes, which I don't hold against her, exactly, but I would like them to be touched upon in show. It doesn't require any kind of redemption or apologies, but a little discussion and closure would be good.
I do empathise with her a lot though, her home life sucks, and her loneliness these days punches me in the gut.
Edited by aye-masakalii - 4 years ago