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Originally posted by: VeiledWords

No guys, that kart is definitely for Lavanya. He is not thinking in terms of present. He is thinking of all the stress he has gone through in last couple of months and up until Aman told him, he did go through the guilt of ruining Lavanya’s life.

ok thanks for clarification arpita. so he was not feeling sad for lavanya in feb 2026, he was just thinking about the whole stress of last few months and how that made him feel vulnerable or in his words Unsafe

Originally posted by: Ashviniv

I still think this part was for khushi or someone else. but definitely not lavanya...in this whole musing he never thought about her in feb 2016. If this would have been before revelation i would agree but i tend to go with your first assessment that another woman is khushi, first being Anjali

No it was la (another women) but he is talking in past. No present.

Ps- oh sorry didn't saw arpita already clarified.

My first thoughts when I read the chapter were almost in tune with what you have explained, I have already written that in my comment.

But there were things that still bugged me and mainly his sense of guilt made me irritated. This guy puts too much pressure on being righteous on himself that he ruined one relationship which was most important and even that person who was his anchor.

But guess that’s why we are humans. Sometimes we do make grave mistakes.

Thanks a ton for the clarification.

Originally posted by: bakwas_serial

Like I said no emotional attachment. So it is not care.

It is playing God. His priorities are messed up.

If la was a young inexperienced woman I can understand. He knows that she is not..plus he has additional information about La past. So it is about him being a good man. If it was just him, i get it. It is not..it hurt Khushi. But to him. It is. khushi who?

Even when he finds about the photos send to Khushi..it will be Manali only. Based on how he mused today

That’s a different take for sure.

he had no info on Lavanya’s past when he decided to support her during the pregnancy though. He cut off contact right after having Aman get on with Manali personally because Aman found no link of pictures to Lavanya. He cut off contact after Aman told him of Lavanya’s history.

2. I don’t agree that he’s a misogynist. An opposite may be true because la’s stature as a modern woman who is capable of raising a child on her own should have given him a free pass. Even if we keep Khushi aside at a moment he had a panic attack at the thought of having a child and he still resorted to do the right thing. Which was offer his support in a condition he thought he was half responsible for.

Coming to divorce, it has been months of misunderstanding from his side. He was sure Khushi would not agree to divorce and remain unhappy with him for life. His reasons for divorce were clear in his head. Of course they were wrong. But they did not emerge from the place of not caring for Khushi. Because before the Lavanya shit went down, he did decide to talk to her about this distance between them and why they should spectate.

I thought the last two chapters cleared it. But Arnav never took the decision of divorce alone. He wanted to talk to Khushi. He had lawyers to safeguard something else. He was sure that he will convince Khushi to choose what is right for her. Earlier he even thought that he may give in to Khushi’s tears and continue the marriage. It was after Lavanya’s fiasco that he became sure divorce was the way to go through and yet he needed to talk to her first. His lawyers responded to Khushi’s. He never had papers ready.

Just that she received pictures, agreed to it and things went south pretty fast.

Originally posted by: Ashviniv

When he cried in front of his building he mentioned he ruined his life and another woman's life and as tashi mentioned he was only thinking about Khushi

The career part is initially when he got the photos and he didnt know the truth of pregnancy

I just saw Arpita tag..let me respond there,Ashvini

Originally posted by: tashi26

My first thoughts when I read the chapter were almost in tune with what you have explained, I have already written that in my comment.

But there were things that still bugged me and mainly his sense of guilt made me irritated. This guy puts too much pressure on being righteous on himself that he ruined one relationship which was most important and even that person who was his anchor.

But guess that’s why we are humans. Sometimes we do make grave mistakes.

Thanks a ton for the clarification.

I agree! Guilt can make people do horrible things! "Always do the right thing, Chhotte" the words that have forced him to go above and beyond even at the cost of messing his own life up!

Regarding his reaction to Lavanya, i feel when he agreed to go to doctor that was immediately when he got the news. like in 30 mins or so when lavanya told him that she thinks she is pregnant. Though he was clinical in his responses he only wavers when lavanya breaks down and she is very afraid. He was feeling guilty, was nearly having panic attack and just got the worst news in his life.

After that he was always clear on his stand with lavanya. i dont think he behaved differently because she was modern and sophisticated

I also remember few comments initially where people even said he used lavanya and then casually break things off with her after the divorce part is done. especially the new year party's conversation irked few. now looking at hindsight we see how that is so not true.

So arnav atleast in case of lavanya was between rock and hard place. if he tries to do the right thing by supporting lavanya for his mistake he has sympathy for lavanya and not khushi aise sochana galat hoga,. If he just washed off his hands then he would be the worst human being to get a wooman pregnant and leave her

We have to remember he did the divorce thing because he though khushi wanted baby the most and he is making her unhappy. yes we know that was the most idiotic and worst mistake of his life and he should suffer for it. I am all for khushi raining hell on him. But we have to remember he 'thought' he is doing right by her as he considered himself unworthy or her

Originally posted by: VeiledWords

That’s a different take for sure.

he had no info on Lavanya’s past when he decided to support her during the pregnancy though. He cut off contact right after having Aman get on with Manali personally because Aman found no link of pictures to Lavanya. He cut off contact after Aman told him of Lavanya’s history.

2. I don’t agree that he’s a misogynist. An opposite may be true because la’s stature as a modern woman who is capable of raising a child on her own should have given him a free pass. Even if we keep Khushi aside at a moment he had a panic attack at the thought of having a child and he still resorted to do the right thing. Which was offer his support in a condition he thought he was half responsible for.

Coming to divorce, it has been months of misunderstanding from his side. He was sure Khushi would not agree to divorce and remain unhappy with him for life. His reasons for divorce were clear in his head. Of course they were wrong. But they did not emerge from the place of not caring for Khushi. Because before the Lavanya shit went down, he did decide to talk to her about this distance between them and why they should spectate.

I thought the last two chapters cleared it. But Arnav never took the decision of divorce alone. He wanted to talk to Khushi. He had lawyers to safeguard something else. He was sure that he will convince Khushi to choose what is right for her. Earlier he even thought that he may give in to Khushi’s tears and continue the marriage. It was after Lavanya’s fiasco that he became sure divorce was the way to go through and yet he needed to talk to her first. His lawyers responded to Khushi’s. He never had papers ready.

Just that she received pictures, agreed to it and things went south pretty fast.

this has been the one consistent theme in his musings. he was sure khushi will remain unhappy but will compromise for his sake, how khushi will not live her life with what she wants, how she will give up everything

Except for that letter and when khushi refuses to meet him after the 2 days since his anniversary he gets bit petty regarding khushi but he immediately dispels those thoughts. Even Akash asks sarcastically and 'u think u dont love khushi'

yes sure his thinking is twisted, he is controlling and took decision in his head but he wanted to discuss this with her.

Otherwise in the course of all the chapters so far its his care for khushi that comes through. he never once blame khushi for his mistakes

Thanks Arpita, for clarifying and elucidating what I wanted to say. I think my words were more ambiguous, but what you clarified, was exactly what I took from the update!

Arnav may be egotistic and dominating, but not one of his actions have been started with the intention of hurting Khushi, even subconsciously. I absolutely do not agree he is a misogynist. I said it earlier too, the only woman he speaks of with contempt is Lavanya and Manali and they deserve every bit of it. He has never once disrespected/blamed any other women in his life, even in his musings.

I cannot imagine the toll of things he went through in a short period of time. Yes, he was mulling over divorce for a while, but everything that unravelled after Lavanya episode was just too much to deal with. So yes, if he smoked more and had one too many drinks, I do not blame him. Like I said before, readers have hindsight so we have the knowledge that he is making wrong decisions, but being in Arnav's place and making the decisions he made, I am not sure I would have done something different!

One more thing that came to my mind is when Arnav agreed to go to the doctor with lavanya, he did not know that Lavanya had already told Manali. I think the first time he knows about Manali is in the restaurant. For him, at that point of time, Lavanya is just a woman he had somehow wronged despite her coming on to him. And she is pregnant, and she has no one else to confide in (atleast according to Arnav)! If he had turned her away, I wouldnt have had any respect for him!

As for this action hurting Khushi, I don't think Arnav needs to externalize any blame about hurting Khushi onto Lavanya or Lavanya's episode. He already considers himself the worst of the worst for what he did to Khushi. If we look at the information Arnav already had at the time he supported Lavanya, not one of his actions (regarding the Lavanya's pregnancy and how it was handled by him) is questionable to me!

Originally posted by: VeiledWords

“I am sorry for coming on to you! Arnav, both of us were drunk. Not a big deal!” He heard Lavanya say and looked up to her.

“I have a wife. I’m MARRIED!” he said in disbelief and then threw his hands in the air. “Well, this is not the right time to remember that, is it? It was LAST NIGHT!”

In fact to add to my earlier post, look at who he blames when he wakes up after the ONS. It is himself. That he should have remembered it, not Lavanya.

In the light of these words, is there any doubt that this guy thinks this episode his all his fault?