I happened to watch the initial episodes of Yeh rishte hain pyaar ke and knew the exact reason why Maheshwari's are far far better than Goenkas:
Kunal's rishta had come for Kuhu first but his mother changed the prospective bride to Mishti as she found her similar to Kunal.Kuhu's(who liked Kunal)heart was broken.After she was consoled,the entire family asked if they could go ahead with Mishti and Kunal,because the rishta had come to her first.She consented,only them the marriage talks happened and Mishti also said yes.Although the engagement itself did not happen,they knew Kuhu was hurt and were considerate of both their daughters feelings,unlike Goenkas,who saw how happy Akshu was when Abhi came with the rishta,but after the confusion happened,nobody even,forget asking something,did not even console her as they were busy pampering Aarohi...
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