Originally posted by: SwatStar_Arshi
You nailed it with your analysis, the last line is out of stadium sixer... This is exactly what I concluded too... And even Learntowrite, Rano and Coderlady had fabulous points pushing my thoughts in same direction...
My thoughts as follows -
Please NOTE this is not the Arnav / ASR from IPKKND, that Arnav was fierce loyal in relationships and loved his family and stuck with them no matter what. This Arnav is a completely different person.
We all got so emotional after Khushi finding out abut Arnav and La’s affair that too on her anniversary, we all missed a major hint. As Rano pointed out, the pics were a dead giveaway of Arnav’s new found passion for La. The pics description - He is holding La in his arms, Arnav’s arms possessively draped over her shoulder. Lavanya in his arms, his lips pressed firmly against hers, hands splayed on the small of her back. Lavanya pushed against a wall and his face buried in her neck. Arnav is doing EVERYTHING, period.
I feel this was an intense sexual affair from his side with whatever minimum emotions required to carry on. Any other conclusion is out the window, it was definitely not ONS justifying his calls / texts to La; the length of affair doesn’t matter. Then why he abruptly broke up is also a very interesting angle considering he was free to do whatever after applying for the divorce. It made me think and find a pattern as to what an astute and extremely talented businessman was trying to pull off….
I was reading Times of India online and came across an interesting article and you can find many such articles. What a coincidence! The article is - "5 Weird ThingsMen Do When They Aren't Happy In Their Relationship" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/relationships/love-sex/5-weird-things-men-do-when-they-arent-happy-in-their-relationship/photostory/101629418.cms?picid=101629574, Arnav has done all these things in this FanFic. He went into extreme silent /other person doesn’t exist treatment along with extreme case of adultery to annihilate their marriage. All the signs exactly match.
All these years Arnav was the center of Khushi's universe but her demand for a baby made him assume that Khushi's first choice now is baby, not him and hence she was unhappy with him. He became unhappy with this assumption being reality and baby discussions / pressure by Khushi as well as his own parents, but he could avoid meeting his parents which he did... Khushi being staying with him, wasin front of him and ended up facing his wrath as well as his cruel actions. The usual control freak and decision maker Arnav could not make Khushi agree to his demands of 1. not visiting parents to avoid the baby discussions 2. make her accept what he has chosen for them ie. not to have a baby 3. Like / enjoy their new life in Mumbai (Ch 10, In 2011, he tells Khushi he likes their life in Mumbai, and she says she likes her life with him). Her denial to abide by his decisions made him feel extreme anger to the point of becoming a sadist, and he chose to sabotage where it hurts the most. He knew Khushi considered marriage as lifetime relationship (after reading her love note, He thought he had an idea about Khushi’s commitment for this marriage). She had cried when he shared his physical affair before marriage with Anamika; so, boom,he also knew her take on infidelity. No wonder he cheated on Khushi with La first and wanted to use this to get divorce. Believe it or not, now this all makes sense… He is a suave, astute businessman who exactly knew what he was doing. And he was prepared for the no point of return hence he planned to talk /explain Khushi about the divorce. In Prologue, his own thoughts, his 10 years long relationship deserved respectful explanation and not anti-climactic ending. And of course, he was seeking closure for his own sake if not for her...
He is right when he tells La that his divorce has nothing to do with her. He just used La for his physical needs and mainly to hurt Khushi and damage the marriage. He threw La after his purpose achieved and had never planned long term relationship with her, has no respect and love for her. La too is an opportunist wanting to be physical with a married man and hence deserves no credit or sympathy in spite of waiting for 6+ long years….
Bottom line, did Arnav really love Khushi for almost 9+ years, yes, he did. Was he a good person, yes, he was. Just because he was a responsible, great guy before, did the cheating episode happen by mistake, hell no. He knew what he was doing, committed adultery knowingly and was prepared for the consequences. Did he knowingly disrespect his marriage, behaved gruesome with Khushi,yes, he did. Did he purposely cheat to hurt Khushi knowing her thoughts on marriage, its sanctity and damage relationship enough to bail himself out of the marriage, yes, he did. Did he expect to get away knowing she loves him enough to overlook his sins? No, he in fact wanted out of so-called domesticity and did everything to qualify. Was he a womanizer, scoundrel all his life, no, he is not but he turned into the worst, spineless, coward cheating, abusive husband for Khushi. Why he chose not to come clean about La to Khushi, because he was neither guilty during the act nor fully regrets his affair thought he is ready to talk about it now. He still has behaved in character when angry / control freak/ unhappy in relationship.
He panicked when the results of his actions were not as he anticipated; Khushi accepted divorce easily, he started missing, worrying for her beyond words and couldn't sleep, went nuts when he realized someone else can be the center of her universe after her second marriage.
Upon realizing the foundation on which he based his assumptions, perceptions itself was wrong, the righteous man in him feels extremely guilty, small, and shameful now. He wants to amend things for Khushi… Will Arnav come clean to confess his side of blunder as is without making Khushi feel guilty about her choices? Maybe never. Especially this man is selfish enough to care for his own image and since the author has written story from Arnav’s perspective, he will get away with sympathy and bias. The story is not feel good, I agree but Arnav's character is not flawed, he changed over the years, behaved to suit his own agenda.
Does he deserve a second chance? Hell no, absolutely not. How much ever he now acknowledges the trauma he put Khushi through by his actions, doing such level of heinous behavior to one’s own benefit is completely a sin not redeemable.
But the most CRITICAL issue here, will Khushi read through Arnav’s façade now and realize why Arnav did what he did. She has worked in NGO; she has seen enoughvictims and their abuses to recognize Shyam and his mother’s filth. She had seen through Arnav’s pretense of wanting a baby too.Will she remove the blindfold from her eyes to realize Arnav fell out of love, has moved on, involved with Lavanya knowingly, not wish her on anniversaryor say I love you and the crass treatment he gave her purposely to further destroy their relationship, he was calculative, manipulative and toxic beyond measure before applying for the divorce. Will Khushi accept Arnav has become so self-centered that he never looked at things from her perspective, the impact on her of not having baby (being labeled as infertile woman for life is a big stigma in society and especially when she can have a baby), or to explain why he didn't want babies and directly imposed his decision on her without considering her feelings or desire for baby since teenage. Will she recognize the final signs, he offered her heavy alimony to compensate for her years of companionship and reduce his guilt, said Thank you and sorry but never I love you or wished her on anniversary and finally he was ready to courier her things left behind..
Will she remain the naive, the simple girl in love to still overlook? Or practice what she preaches, "Any person is better off without the family that abandoned them so cruelly". Arnav acted as if she didn’t even exist so she should not exist in his life.
Khushi is down and beaten right now but she should realize she deserves every happiness she ever dreamt of but without this man. She must come out of this toxicity around her by moving away from him, be independent, heal herself, marry a good man and have dozens of kids that she loves so much! Zero compromise for her desires especially knowing she is a noble soul who is worth it. She has enough love to give to her new partner and kids! As Arnav says just because they didn't work out, she should not give up anything!
After knowing everything, Khushi still cannot love someone else is a myth, she will never be able to love Arnav properly again is the truth!
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