Originally posted by: Apsvenky
Adi never prioritised his relationship with Malini ever and that was noticed even by AC. Him leaving to pursue SK lead rather than be present for the marriage convo, leaving his engagement to follow a lead, leving his marriage mandap to save Imlie, leaving his HM to go to PD with Imlie, leaving Malini and saving Imlie, even though he knew that Malini was also trapped there somewhere, going to see Imlie at PD despite pleas from Malini that she "neeeds him", and many more. This was before he even realised that he had any feelings for Imlie apart from a zimmedari type one.
For Adi, Imlie has always been a priority after she came in his life. Many examples of that - cannot count them. But yes, Adi has always given lmlie that priority even more than his own life. That distinction is very clear. Issue is that Malini assumed that just being saath mein and having loving convos over dinner means love, while Adi needed much more. AC has always been right about a lot of things, which used to get pushed under the rug due to her caustic tongue. But her trying to warn her daughter before marriage was correct as she is actually able to sense the motivation behind people's actions quite well, be it Adi or even Malini.