Ya sorry, I messed up the timeline. Arshi kaand happened during nutan track when Anishi weren't married. You are right. I've never justified her act dibya. And will never do that. See for me both jhanak and Arshi were brutally wrong in what they did and since its a fictional story, I simply cancel out their blunders..
Sorry! Arshi apni pati ke sath so Rahi thi! They were not married! Neither ritually nor legally! Please do not justify a criminal act! And most of the fd was pissed with Jhanak when her pregnancy was revealed and she didn't reveal intimacy the next morning in Kashmir..and she suffered for that a huge CA...forgot that? And ofcourse Runak were wrong in not taking actions for their relationship on time...and that's why they are in current situation...none of these justify Arshi's incessant abuses and r*pe..
...and the story was about Jhanak and Anirudh, after whose marriage, Arshi automatically became the third angle ..just because she was the gf, doesn't mean she will get upper hand...in real life also long term relationships break...and people move on...none of us go and r*pe our ex partners using his current love interest's name and influence of alcohol...most importantly, loyalty alone cannot be considered as the yardstick of a good human being, when in general someone is vile, insecure, jealous and abusive by nature.. Arshi was justifiable and worthy of sympathy till she became increasingly abusive towards Jhanak and finally she lost the last drop of sympathy from fd when she slept with Ani with the motive of impregnation.
I believe you are someone who gives utmost weightage to rituals while for me legalities matter. When leads themselves never cared for those rituals until one fine day why should I.
You correctly pointed out it's jhanak and Anirudh story, I might come across as a hater but trust me I'm not. It's just that I'm beyond annoyed by the way Leena has shown runak. Honestly I'm not someone who enjoys infidelity being served as romance. Initially it was all unintentional so it didn't feel wrong. But after a point Leena should've ended it at least after J had 7L. She should've shown her moving on focusing on career while Anishi split on their own. They could've then turned Arshi a vamp but makers kept dragging and showed runak in bad light. Openly claiming someone as your sister's fiance but secretly going on a date with him or saying she'll never give be a homewrecker but giving puppy eyes to someone might seem normal to you but aren't for me.
Regarding the last para, agree with you.. but atp all three are completely dual faced hypocrites so despite having a pl syndrome I've long back given up on justifying Arshi's actions.. since J is the titular character I want her to have a happy ending with or without ani but sadist Leena won't even give that so just here to troll this show..
not like Ani’s bday date time 
he wants atleast J to be happy & smiling cause she has gone through too much .. he wants her happiness .. he knows he can’t be happy but atleast J needs to be happy atleast this time 
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.. I love reading all you people’s analysis too… like we all have same opinion on this show 
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