Originally posted by: LadooCandy
It is rather his free will to go behind Ak. Desiring to be a part of his son's life anyhow , he is free to attempt make things in his favour, given abhinav is dead too. However if he chooses to walk away from this , he can't be deemed unsentimental. It's not his duty to go look after abhir akshara given that they were a family unit with abhinav and didn't even want abhimanyu in their lives as well.
Stating it as a DUTY of divorced person to look after the estranged family who separated from him long before , would inevitably imply that the people who chose to start a new life after divorce are insensitive to their kids , which isn't the case. It's just that one can stretch only till a point . People who give up in these situations know that induging further would lead to agony of the highest order. It's completely fine if parent chooses own self and respect over the kid, given that the kid is inclined towards and happy with other parent. Parents aren't obliged to give up mental peace for their undeserving kids.
I think you misunderstood me. I am in no way saying he should have waited for Ak. But the kid thing I don't agree with. Parents are obliged to put their kids above themselves in all situations. Even if the kid rejected him, he is still obligated to be there for him. In that he is doing everything right in my opinion.
Divorced or otherwise, parent child relationship is a different equation, something Ak never understood. But Abhi does and he also knows that what Abhir needs right now is peace and stability. Most parents wouldn't care about their own mental state in these situations and that is alright. And no kids are undeserving yaar, that is going too far.
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