I think it depends on the depth of friendship and relationship. Like you said family is something that we are tied to unless that family sucks( abuse, disrespect, or anything else) but friendship is different. Not everyone is your best friend with whom you share your life and it's ups and down and not every friend is trustworthy.
Mauli and Nandini are childhood friends and from what I have seen Mauli was Nandini's pillar of strength. Mauli's personality is very strong and opinionated whereas Nandini looks confused about everything. I remember one episode where she says to Mauli that you are my sister my family and I have right on you, and Mauli reciprocates that feeling, and therefore she blindly trusts her. She has no reason not to. There aren't any marital problems, her friend according to her is a kind loving and gentle person.
Other side of the coin is the affair, it happened and regardless of the reason( I don't know why Kunal fell for her) it is there. I am willing to buy that too because in reality that happens as well. What I can't understand is that this love is shown to be deep, intense, God's wish, divine connection, and was meant to be. All good, then why hide?
Losing your husband can be devastating but losing your best friend whom you have known longer than your partner is heart breaking. I personally don't believe in sacredness of marriage and neither do I think there is one true love. But I do believe in loyalty and honesty. Humans are selfish and there is nothing wrong with that but how that affects other has to be considered. I can be selfish and tell my husband that I don't want to watch his choice of movie but if i were to meet another and keep him in dark is not right.
Nandini easily let Mauli go to be with Rajdeep. If he was a good husband she probably would have never thought or cared about Mauli. Now it's Kunal, I have never known a woman who will say she is happy to be a mistress. Or a woman who wouldn't mind her husband having an affair. In prince Charles and Diana case he loved camila before Diana but sympathy were always with Diana because he was committed. Similarly, here onus is on kunal, he pushed and pushed and finally he has Nandini but now what?
I don't find that Nandini is not to be blamed - she is wrong too and her sin is sadly ( and it hurts the feminist in me) grave then kunals because Mauli and her has a deeper bond. Kunal is despicable and I don't find him nice and kind but Nandini trying to be nice to Mauli and feeding her is just not done. That is fake and not fair to the one who has been by your side more than your new love.
My best friend and I trust each other implicitly and we respect that trust. Her husband once asked her that if we ever had the same crush, and we both said never. Both of our husbands were confused as we are best of friends and love what the other loves so why not with crushes? And her response was perfect, she said, V( meaning me) loves Christian Bale and I am mad for Ben Affleck. Simple, we know what we have is precious and no way either of us will jeopardise that. When I had asked her (after her ex boyfriend tried to say false things about he and I) why did she not believe him( I knew she wouldn't but was curious to know) and she said that she knows me inside out and even if I did fall for her man, I will talk to her first no matter what and she was right. That is trust and I would never ever break it and I know neither would she. I trust my husband too because we have one rule in our marriage- no matter what the minute we feel more than platonic for other we first tell each other and regardless of the outcome we be respectful towards each other for the sake of our kids.
Edited by evenjleena28 - 7 years ago
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