Love is a strong emotion that makes two people stay together. In case of romantic relationship passion is also strong a component. Love is more about how YOU feel when the other person is around you.
Committment on the other hand, is a decision to be with someone through their good and bad times. Committment needs consistency. It includes being with the person when they make mistakes as committement involves accepting the person with their flaws.
Love is like a Roller coaster ride giving you adrenalin push whereas committment is like freight train. In roller coaster ride, you need to safeguard yourself all the time as there are high chances of injuries but the freight train even though looks boring has the ability to carry huge weight for long distances.
AbhiM can love... No doubt about it..He loved/ loves AK, he loves Ruhi and now, he also loves Abhir. But, he loves people because he feels 'GOOD' when they are around him. When they start making him feel not good, he would forget them or worst push them away. Hence, he is not consistent in any of his relationship except with his Mother. AbhiM is very poor on committment.
People who start sharing life with him become the victim of his non- committal nature. Their are highs where you are world to him and next you are nobody to him.
His first victim was AK. She has been through this roller coaster ride.AbhiM showering love on her on some days and abadoning on others. I remember a scene where AbhiM was making AK wear bangles during a contest and he was so upset with her that he did not even realize that she got hurt.
His next Victim is Ruhi. He is non- committal with Ruhi as well. He has made that little soul go through so much pain due to that. Saying not marrying, then marrying and again not marrying. I feel her pain and tears but AbhiM does not. He wants the little child to accomodate his newly developed love target.
AR is his latest victim. He does not even remember that she is his fiance now. His going to be life- partner ( eventhough it is for Ruhi's sake). He does not make AR party to any of his decisions. Just like he took AK for granted when he made decisions, he is taking AR for granted in his decisions. Neither AK was his companion nor AR is... they were and are his subbordinates..
AK and AbhiN relationship is just the opposite. They have started the relationship only with committment. Committment to be Abhir's parents and they have fulfilled that committment for 6 years. They have also fulfilled social husband- wife relationship as they committed to.
Only once, AK broke this committment during AbhiM's accident and soon realized that she was wrong. She prioritized committment over her heart. Even when AbhiN was in pain, was feeling that he is not needed in this relationship, still he never left. He expressed his agony during the outside tea night scene but still stayed. Even AK stayed. She made every possible effort to make this relationship work.
Today, both AK and AR are in similar challenging situation but you can see the difference between them. AK, being in a committed relationship, can face the situation with lot more emotional strength wheras AR does not know what's going to fall on her and her dear daughter the next moment. Kairav was so right for not attending her engagement with AbhiM.
Everyone responds to the non- committal relationship with AbhiM differently. AK felt hurt, scared and moved away, Ruhi, the child is getting jealous, angry and in destroyer mode. Now, AR will resort to anger, accusations and manipulations...
Their responses may be different but they are victim of the same person, Docman, a doctor who hurts more than cures!
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