SNS has always managed to do that.. For around a year and a half we suffered the atrocity of Rashi and her mother who were probably the cruelest to Gopi but all Rashi got was a few days at RN. Gopi almost died and then brought Rashi back.
The same applies to every tormentor of hers. Ahem, Kokila.. Neither apologized for their ghastly behavior. In reverse, they feel that they have given Gopi everything she did not have and hence she should be grateful.🤢
There are 2 reasons while Gopi's goodness never works IMHO.
1) Her need to satisfy and keep everyone happy.
This is never going to happen. Gopi can stand on her head but there is no way that everyone will be happy at all times. Even now, Gopi could have avoided all this heartache if she had just stayed with Vidya at MM without doing anything around. But Gopi had to make Hetal and Baa happy, even if it meant taking the abuse. Gopi is a good person. She is just naive to think that she has to agree and accept everything others say to keep them happy.
2) Gopi will never put her own happiness in front of others.
This may sound selfless but it actually does nothing to help. There are times when we have to put others in front of ourselves and do things that may not probably give us joy but one should'nt make a constant habit of it.
If we are not true to ourselves, then we are not being true to anyone in the longer run. Imagine...
If Gopi had only been true to her happiness right at the beginning of her marriage and instead of taking all the abuse, had one day told Ahem and Koki that she has had enough, that she will do her duty but not the demolition of her self respect.. If only she had stood up to Rashi and told her on the numerous occasions she took the blame that she will not do it, for Rashi's own good... things would have been different.
One sometimes has to be true to be kind and a little bit firm. Gopi lacks that quality. She will never ever tell her abuser that enough is enough. She will never put herself in front of others because it is 'selfish'..
People hence trample all over her and call her selfish anyway. It makes no difference because at the end of the day, they know that even if they are wrong, Gopi will forgive in no time. She actually will not even complain.