Just my 2 cents
This is where I am confused, There is a similar story line in Kuch rang, and it was handled beautifully and there was a male character there aswell but never called Papa though he helped raise the child. There were never any lies and here it's all the more risky considering how 1 lie of Mannat destroyed her life and took away Shruti. Wouldn't she be scared to lie again that too the same trauma she & Vikrant faced and now doing the same to Dua?.
It's probably me who can't understand lies, since I have seen many of my friends/families whose dad wasn't living with them nor have they even met the dad. They were living with their families, however they never went on to call other male relatives in the family as papa and infact they were told from a very young age they were separated and in 1 case deceased.
I don't understand how lies are going to help any child , Truth shouldn't have a right time to reveal. If Mannat would have corrected Dua when she was young she wouldn't have to keep lying daily. Sure, she would ask for her dad but by now she would have understood the situation and she would have still gotten the same love from DK. Mannat is not only deceiving Dua but she is prepping her for a worst heartbreak. She will have only herself to blame once Dua finds out different versions of the truth and having Vikrant's genes is a danger sign already.
I think Mannat has turned into Shruti. Shruti told lies but given the kind of person Aish was, Mannat has viewed those lies in a positive light. It was lies told to protect her and they allowed her to have a good childhood. So to protect her daughter she has been fine with telling the lie. She knows the truth always surfaces but i don't think she is counting on it surfacing when Dua is still so young.
Mannat will only regret her decision when it backfires and it will only backfire if DK turns negative. Vikrant pointed out to her that she gave his place to DK and this point never sunk through in her mind. The moment her and DK started keeping secrets and deciding what was best she effectively gave Vikrant's position to DK granted the reasoning was they were doing it for Vikrant but still it wasn't right. This is what sealed her fate for the breakup with Vikrant.
She has carried on with that position. She never understood the point then and this will remain a sore point. Vikrant was wrong on the CA but wasn't wrong on the closeness part. Now she took it a step further and gave the fatherly position of Vikrant's child to DK. How is she going to fix the mistake when Vikrant comes back and she realises he didn't disown his child and meanwhile she has given full rights to DK.
. I would have bashed him by now if I heard this dialogue and no you are not intolerant


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