Originally posted by: NoraSM
In real life, any woman would go back to her family, she doesn't have to live with them if she doesn't want to, she has a huge amount of inheritance to her name from her mother, grandmother etc, she comes from a family of generational wealth. She could have moved to another city and delivered her child there, met Abhinav and could have married him for love
Running away from family when you are pregnant, risking your child's life again and again, the fact that she didn't even have proper vehicle to reach a hospital tells you about the life she chose for herself. They glorify this to an extent that I wanna bang my head because people are prepared for situations like this. She was pregnant, hospital should have been the first thing in her mind 😆
After delivering a child, most women goes through something called postpartum depression. There's a scene in FRIENDS where Rachel agrees to marry Joey because she panicked and didn't think anything through and told Ross that she would have said "YES" to anyone and Ross told her that he doesn't want to be "ANYONE". One has to understand psychology of a woman who is in that situation, Abhinav took advantage of the situation knowingly or unknowingly and got a family for himself which he always wanted. He is benefactor of the situation not a victim. His life changed from working in a tourist company to owning one, having a wife and a child to come home to, someone to call your own and live a happy life with them.
Rachel instantly realized her err and backtracked.. If Akshara continued to rely on Abhinav there must have been a reason, then how is Abhinav the one to take advantage? He has always maintained stance to let Akshara and Abhir free if they ever need to go away from him.
My understanding has always been that Akshara did not decide to make him give dad's name out of blue, it did seem well thought decision, no matter how stupid it sounds, but she did get enough evidence before calling him father.
She refused to acknowledge child had father.
She observed Abhinav seeing her sonography images emotionally
He SAVED her child and her. He held on to the baby for good 3 days while she laid weak! He gave her baby back as soon as she was up.
Nurse came by who told Akshara that this was first time where child held dad's kameez and slept...
Personally, I think it was a journey and not a decision based on single event or point!
Rachel - she had all the resources to grow and handle a child but she still stayed with Ross till things went awkward, in India staying in similar way wouldn't be taken too positively, I mean it was bold even in Friends era, but in the show their relationship was already questioned by landlord who asked them to leave and Abhinav was shown to face a lot just to help a stranger.
I still feel writing and execution was pathetic but they did try their best to show that journey!
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