I totally understand Mahnoors choice tbh. Makes sense to choose Taimoor over Shehram currently.
Shehram has a lot going on. Once he really starts believing what's up with his step mom- there's going to be a civil war in that family. Mahnoor was already dragged into it when mom spread rumours about Mahnoor spending the night at the haveli. She also takes every opportunity she can to zaleel Mahnoor. No matter how right Shehram treats Mahnoor- he can't balance out how his step mom treats her, and he can't justify his step mom treating her like that at all. He's also in no position to take a proposal into her house bc of the mom. As it stands- this is love. But that's it. He can't even get her respect in that haveli as it stands. Let alone bring her into the haveli with respect and make sure she isn't disrespected by the family members. ( except the youngest brother)
Mahnoor definitely felt pressure by her father to pick taimoor- mostly because its a decent proposal brought to them in a decent manner. There's no drama to it. The guy is educated, family seems nice. Shehram is the complete opposite. There's so much drama he can't bring a proposal. Any father would want their daughter to chose the life partner that is more likely to give them a stable life. Not just financially- mentally too. He may not know if taimoor is the right guy for it- but shehram is definitely not the right guy for it right now.
Mahnoor is so far making the right calls for herself- is it selfish? Sure. But we romanticise the concept of 2 lovers vs the worlds far too much anyways. Neither of their families are in agreement, his mom hates her. Her dad has some very valid concerns. Mahnoor & her family have suffered a lot of humiliation in society already- she's aware enough to realise that staying close to shehram will add to it. It's good to see a FL actually think through what's going on here. Love isn't enough. Shehram has to sort out alot of these problems on his own. And it's not love if he drags Mahnoor into it. And mahnoor has to think of herself & her family- it's not love if she has to compromise on her & her family's respect for it.
The only problem I foresee is Mahnoor not honouring her engagement as she should be. The way she reacted to the proposal was cold and she was definitely making faces at it. I definitely see taimoor trying to get close to her but her brushing him off. She's made the choice she should in this situation- the mature choice. I just don't see her acting as mature as she should be. She's going to be upset about having to keep distance from shehram. Some scenes in the ost hinted at it