Bold 1- She did arrange on the first night after returning from Savvy na? But then Dadi interfered.
Bold 2- six month jobless, house-less and mental health affected. That's as much of going out of comfort zone as can be! Not to mention, taking Mayank's hit on the head đ
Everything Ahaan does will pale in front of that six month period. Which is perhaps why our banda is breaking every comfort zone- he knows nothing can match the sacrifice she did.
But I do agree- Ishqi can probably live without Ahaan, but not the reverse.
I think she arranged that only to get away from her disappearance.
I think those 6 months were not just for Ahaan but more for Sonu. Ishqi is like that who thinks about others before herself. She feels the pain of women victims like Sonu, Savitri and now Rhea as well. She sacreifices for others. She saved Ahaan and put her life in danger but at the same time she was ready to jump from building with Sonu and die with dadi in their sucide attempt. So it was not specific to Ahaan.
On other hand Ahaan changed only for Ishqi. There is character growth in him. The writers did not show that growth in Ishqi. As a woman/individual Ishqi is very good and much better than Ahaan. But as a lover/wife she lacks few things and did not change much for the sake of partner. But again that also goes with her character as she did not expect Ahaan to change much either. She told Kartik/Sonu that she likes Ahaan the way he is.
For me, as an Individual Ishqi >>> Ahaan
as a partner, Ahaan > Ishqi
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