I was reading some posts about S1 confession, and the concern that whether they will show similar here. I too have similar worry, but such sequence will make less sense here because,
1) S1’s Ram thought his mother cheated on his father, hence his abandonment issues were of very specific variety. He definitely didn’t have much trust in the sanctity of marriage, according to him both his father and mother led dual lives, he couldn’t show his frustration to his dad as his father died as he came to know of Niharika, so all his anger was directed at his mother. Niharika treated him worse than how Nandu treats S2 Ram. S2 Ram has abandonment issues due to his parents dying, so the idea of ‘dhoka’ shoudn’t have the same effect on him
2) S1 Ram had inferiority complex because of his physique, he thought (before marriage) if any girl comes forward to marry him, it is because of his wealth and status and also Priya taunted him many times about his physique (during early stages of their marriage). It was always a sore point, so when he sees his wife (whom he had fallen for) openly admiring & complimenting another man’s physique, it triggered the past insecurity, hurt, etc (not defending his behaviour, just making sense of it). S2 Ram doesn’t have this problem at all, he was always considered handsome by one and all. And S2 Priya would never do what S1 Priya did in any circumstances. I don’t see S2 Ram getting triggered to that level.
S2 Ram wants his wife to take the first step, not because he wants her confess first, but because that will make her most comfortable. There might be some small amount insecurities, but not to that extent what S1 had shown,