Lata, the only thing i don't understand is idealism....what you expect from Akshara is fine and she might just be like that but in reality, things don't work this way...it's just not practical..it's not 1 day but your whole life you have to spend with your MIL ! you end up spending more time with ur MIL rather than ur husband
lat55 and charu,with MILs idealism never works,for that matter i am not complaining that we cannot live harmoniously. we can but like i said the timing , way u put it across matters .not having lot of people when u talk and also not involving u're husband unless it is a serious issue works in an arranged marriage.like charu said u spend a lotof time with sasuma than u're husband so some amount of delicate handling is required