Okay, so full disclosure, I think the current storyline is extremely absurd. Ram and Priya's actions don't make sense AT ALL and the scenarios are extremely unbelievable. My main aim is to not hate either Ram or Priya too much, cause I wanna watch this show.
Having said that, I'm almost equally annoyed with Ram and Priya rn. Before the shaadi cancellation track, I genuinely thought that Priya was being more unreasonable than Ram in the marriage (although I expected this, knowing how insecure she is).
But as soon as Nandini convinced Ram to cancel the shaadi, he got on my nerves. They were snatching Shivi's agency. At the end of the day, Shivi is a grown woman, not a 'bachchi', so they shouldn't infantalise her all the time. Even if her decisions are stupid, all that her family can do is advise her, they cannot forbid Shivi from marrying the guy of her choice. I didn't like the fact that Ram thought he, or anybody else had the right to make decisions for Shivi.
Secondly, this miscommunication domino effect had been initiated by Ram. It made ZERO sense to not tell Priya the real reason why he cancelled the shaadi, because he supposedly wanted her to not feel ashamed of her father. In spite of all the hiding, Priya still thought that Ram was breaking the shaadi because of her family background. So why Ram, what was the purpose of keeping this information from Priya then? I can understand Priya's frustration here, because it must've been extremely painful for her to deal with the fact that Ram cancelled the marriage for no reason. On top of this, the annullment issue. Ram didn't handle that well either, so we can't say that Priya's mistrust for Ram isn't reasonable.
I'm just trying to see where Priya is coming from, and to empathise with her a little. This is not to say that her making Shivi and Akshay run away was a good idea - it wasn't. A lot of people had already discussed how she is wrong, and I agree with them. This is just another perspective we could consider, so that we don't end up being too harsh towards either Priya or Ram
Edited by Nutella03 - 4 years ago