Originally posted by: Josupra
Imlie built all her relationships with everyone at one to one level, not just with Tripathi’s but every single one, be it Sundar or Pallavi before wedding and we can all see sundar and Pallavi as her biggest supporters now. Pankaj Tripathi is upset right now because his wife is upset, otherwise, he by himself didn’t object much to Adi and Imlie, because he knows Imlie and how much she thinks about family. Aparna is upset right now because her wish for a show piece bahu is not reality anymore. When it comes to her own self, Aparna knows that as a bahu it is her job to make sure her family respect should be upheld but bahu should be someone who keeps the family together, but she didn’t had some the expectations from her own bahu, she only wanted someone who is praised by the society.
Imlie kind of hit of that perspective couple of times already in today’s episode without realizing. First when she said, the same women passed comments that Aparna hit a jackpot when Adi was marrying Malini and now commenting that Aparna’s daughter in-law is poor, so no matter what these women just don’t have any work other than poke their nose at others personal things. You can see Aparna wiping her tears after Imlie reminded her about this and that is when she found her voice back, first to send Imlie inside as though saying, now your work is done you can go inside 😆 and then she shooed off the society ladies. Second, when Imlie said saas is ‘Devi samaan’ because she gave birth to you jeevan saathi. Aparna might have considered her saas the same way. By the end of this competition, irrespective of whether Imlie wins the competition or not, i think Aparna will realize that Imlie is more like her, when it comes to family and will realize the things that are more important in a bahu, which she did not put much thought to till now, in the need to have a bahu that she can show off to everyone.
@bold: Yes, I got the same sense from Aparna's reactions in these scenes too.....Imlie has the same value system as her at her core in terms of putting the family above everything else.....you could see both Aparna and Radha again getting grudgingly impressed by Imlie's thought process in terms of how she views relationships😆.....kaise woh rishton ka maan rakhna jaanti hai and know how to fight for her family's honor.
But they still can't accept the PACKAGING those values are coming in.....lol....that is their mental roadblock.....Aparna ke liye bahu ki actual samajh of rishte is last on the list of expectations....before all of that, she wants a bahu that LOOKS the part of bahu....saji/sawri in sari, bade khaandaan waali that she can display to society......it's again all about appearances and how even otherwise well intentioned people succumb to the desire of wanting a pretty face beside them to display to the world.....lol.....Aparna ke liye it's like a "nice to have" if Malini also had an understanding of rishte like that.....but it's not a deal breaker......lol while in Imlie's case, Aparna can clearly see that Imlie understands rishton ki gehraai but she is unacceptable to Aparna since she comes in rough packaging and looks like a "naukraani". Different "acceptable" standards for different people based on the social class they come from. Harsh truth of this world.
It's definitely interesting that Aparna had different expectations from her own bahu rather than the ones she probably herself grew up with vis a vis how she was with her saas.....btw that makes me wonder - Tripathis ke Mummy-Papa bhi kabhi dikhaayenge? lol Aparna ne bhi kabhi best bahu competition jeeta kya?😛🤣
The other lingering issue for Aparna I feel is that even as she can see that Imlie has all those values of a good bahu in terms of managing ghar ke rishte with samajhdaari, she still also holds Imlie responsible for bringing all this humiliation upon them publicly with the revelation that she is Adi's wife.......this is similar to the way Adi could also see Imlie's goodness all along but resented her for being a reminder of the humiliation he experienced through the forced wedding even though it was never her fault. So Aparna will continue to do the same.....even if she sees Imlie's goodness, she will still keep holding the grudge that Imlie has caused them to feel humiliated in society.
I was also finding it funny when Aparna was complaining to Pankaj that Adi ne ek baar bhi nahin socha ki hum pe kya beetegi in society if he reveals Imlie to be his wife like this😆.....arey Aparna ji, aapko KYA pata ki KITNI der se yeh debate chalaa hai between Adi-Imlie about what will happen when everyone learns the truth....you have NO IDEA what all they have struggled with in terms of feeling the weight of these consequences.....lol but koi baat nahin....aap apna hurt sambhaalo abhi ke liye😆