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Just finished watching the episode...my first emotion-- my heart was distraught for Aru today. Very Very distraught. This is the same Mukhi with whom she used to banter and fight day and night. But back then she didnt care if he insulted her, or laughed at her or put down her opinions. But now..he matters to her...a lot. And now, she is clinging to every word of his, every expression..she wants to see him very happy with her.
She is telling herself she wants to say "thank you" for all his efforts towards her...but in reality she wants to do much more...she want to feel what it means to be his wife..his number one confidante in life.
But she does not know how to go from this point A to point B. And she is in this journey alone..Mukhi does not even consider her his wife in the true sense as yet and he has not expressed any pangs of love toward her. But he could still have been more sensitive and humane towards her...rather than making it clear to everybody that he valued Saanvi's friendship more.
I found Saanvi also to be at huge fault today...when Aru apologized to her, and asked Saanvi if she made pakodas for Mukhi, Saanvi said no, and she did not divulge that she makes Halwa for Mukhi on each of his birthday. She should not have hidden that from Aru. Telling Aru that upfront would have saved Aru's embarrasment in front of all. The problem here is not that he has a good friend who makes him halwa. Maybe its Saanvi's birthday too...but whatever it was , it should not have been hidden from Aru. The problem is ARU IS KEPT IN THE DARK COMPLETELY ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN MUKHI AND SAANVI. Neither bothers to inform her about any of their regular ways of celebrating their friendship. No wonder, Aru will feel as if she is coming in between Mukhi and Saanvi. And sorry, this does not add up in Mukhi's characters. He is a simple down to earth guy who thinks and speaks openly..and has nothing to hide. The fact that he never mentioned to gaurani whether before or after their marriage that his and Saanvi's wedding was considered 15 yrs back, or that he still has a great friendship with her to the extent he can share the dairy with her, and demand halwa from her on his birthday...it just does not add up in Mukhi character at all. Mukhi is an emotional guy and wears his heart on his sleeve...his love for Mishri, trust on Rami were made very evident.
What are the limits of a platonic friendship?
There are, and should be some limits. No matter how great friends a guy and girl are. Saanvi went overboard today when she told Aru that she knows Mukhi and understands Mukhi so well and she is sure he will not like the cake hungama. She, a good friend of a guy, is telling the wife, that " hey I know and understand your husband better".
NOT DONE SAANVI, SO NOT DONE. Even own sisters do not behave with such possesiveness when they know that the new wife is trying to adjust and make a place in her husband's life. I would dare not say those things to my own brother's wife, even though she is younger than me, because its her prerogative to know her husband and understand him, differently than me. The understanding required in every relationship is different. Friends are people you hand around with, share things with. Spouse is someone you live with, sharing a lifetime with. And there are duties and honour to be abided by. The only good things Saanvi did today were trying to hide her halwa , though instead she could have taken the wife in confidence , told her she makes this every year and jara chakke dekho. Has she made Aru an confidant, Aru would not have felt so left out. Saanvi also pointed out that Aru should think about why she got angry..good point here..Aru needs to get to why.
I had a close friend at work who worked with me for 2-3 years before I was married. Platonic..friend in a group type. He came to my wedding reception and actually had the nerve to tell my husband ( who knew me for about 3 months , arranged marriage)...you know her just for few months, I know her for years.!! I was so embarrassed and shocked, cause I didn't know what he was trying to imply...but luckily for me, my husband had a great comeback. He told him, boss, it does not matter how long you know her, she is now my wife and she will be with me for a lifetime"...😆😆..us friend ki bolti band hogayi. Friends..SHOULD AND MUST KNOW THEIR LIMITS WHEN DEALING WITH A MARRIED FRIEND AND HIS/HER SPOUSE. Beating drums about ur great friendship and how well you know ..does not do any good. No friend has a right to make the spouse feel small or bad by trying to lighten the marriage in front of their friendship. Its never about how long you know each other, its about if your personalities are right for each other for bring life partner, its about compatibility. A friend who knows you for 30 years may not be as compatible as the guy you met yesterday...completely possible right.
And this is a village for god sake, not a hi -fi city like Mumbai or Delhi where man-woman friendships are a norm. This is Amboli gaav, and in villages even platonic friendships are doubted.
Agreed, ArMu dont know where they stand with each other...they have not accepted each other as husband wife. So Mukhi is fine in thinking of all this as excessive hungama by his city wife. But the halwa thing absolutely disturbed me. I would say even halwa he should have fed Aru first...rather he took Aru's cake and will feed it to Sanvi first. There will be reasons from his side...not to satisfy Aru.
All three, Mukhi, Aru and Saanvi were twisted out of character today. But more so Mukhi and Saanvi were totally out of the line. Aru could have asked for his favourite food and cooked instead of cake, but she is city born and is used to celebrating birthdays with cake , so thats what she made. If she could eat Mukhi's chat and chana chor garam and chay ki chuski because thats what he likes, he could eat the cake and feed her nicely because thats what she likes ...and he should have done that. He could have told her later that its too much of hungama for him.
This actually is also a battle of their lifestyles. How they spend each day and how different it is for the other is a very true problem in a marriage. Me and my husband even use different peelers and knives in the kitchen, we have different ways of working, and god forbid if we cook together we are going to spend that good amount of time bickering about which way is better. This is after 15 years of marriage. Ofcourse, we have a good laugh about it, and it ends there .But Aru and Mukhi are so different, even with lifestyles that this gap of cake Vs halwa is much bigger than it seems.
Saanvi eventually will play cupid, I think she will make Mukhi understand that Aru loves him. But "I want Mukhi to show some brain and heart himself.
One more thing..I had a feeling after Aru told him she got dressed for him and he is making fun of her makeup, he has realized Aru is doing certain things for him..getting dressed for him is not a small thing. He is probably realizing she is getting attached...and therefore purposefully he is being obtuse...deliberately...so she can go away in peace and not be attached to him. This might be going on in his mind.
Remember that ArMu make up very well after fights and after each fight their relationship becomes more sweeter and stronger..so waiting for the fights and then the patchups...those are must right.!!
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