Originally posted by: fria319
Oh I don't think it'll go that far. Raghav still shows up drunk at D house to take her home. If there's one thing I have assurance of is Raghav will not turn his back or let Pallavi go unless she wants him to. And this is why he was so taken aback and angry during kheer kaand bc to him it now appeared that she wanted someone else or was starting to care for someone else - which played to his deepest insecurities. I still maintain she holds the upper hand in the relationship and she always will because that's the kind of lover Raghav is - he's willing to take a step back and let her take over. That's a-okay by me until she starts to, unintentionally or not, take advantage of it.
*That doesn't mean Pallavi knows or is aware of the fact that she has the upper hand. I don't think she does at all or is intentionally using it to get her way. She's not like that whatsoever. And maybe it sounds a bit crass to even say she has the upper hand but that's just human dynamics. Its rarely ever equal footing all the time.
I totally get what you're saying...that's something I've also felt time and again in the past, but I'm on the fence on whether or not I agree. He's totally happy to let her take the wheel on their relationship, that I agree. I also think that's a spillover from the fact that he seemed to have fallen a bit harder and faster than she did- understandable, since there was nothing he was forgiving her for in the first phase of their marriage, while she obviously was, so while they both clearly had both attraction and an emotional investment in each other, I understand why he got there faster, and waited patiently for her to catch up.
I do think that needs to change now though- let him let her take the lead, but also I want him to express his own wants and expectations from the partnership too. Which is why I loved his outburst on the phone that day- it was the first time he did so! And with Pallavi, the writing for her in the last week has been disappointing to say the least, but if I do look at her as what we've seen throughout, she's the kind of person who seeks out love so much, she'll give back what she receives 10-fold. Unfortunately, that's what led her into this mess with the Deshmukhs- she can't break out of the feeling of gratitude for the scraps of love and affection they gave her. Pair that with the kind of immense love Raghav is capable of (without the 'ehsaan' of the love like others have), it will make for a beautiful, and I'm pretty sure balanced relationship- they just need to work themselves out of this current mess, and learn to talk to each other.