About Arnav trying to bring contract marriage, and getting her house locked-up, and stopping water supply and all that (I hope I understood the context, and these are the episodes you are referring to)
The guy did more harm, than damage control in those episodes.. He had lived with so much hatred towards a certain section of people, esp. poor women, who as per him, always trap rich men in exchange of money, that, it was not easy for him to start trusting Khushi, even though she did so much for him and his family..
He was portrayed more like an alpha male from the beginning, where it was nowhere about equality but more about dominance, and he always treated Khushi as his property..
It was only after the kidnapping track, and later when Shyam was brought to justice, that Arnav started mellowing down, and understood how much Khushi meant to him.. As I said earlier, from a completely red flag to a green forest, the transition was very gradual, and that's the beauty of IPK for me..
But to be very frank, the apologies never came, to the extent, which Khushi deserved.. yes he loved her.. Yes, he could have died or even killed for her.. But that guy, never learnt to apologize at least for the first 75% of the show.
Having said that, He is still the Anti-Hero/ troubled ML we have adored all these years, and Barun's good looks and that delicious accent definitely helped..
@Blue Yes. We were actually discussing the scene where Arnav tells Anjali that he only married Khushi because of her, and that he didn't love her before their marriage (this is the scene where the family walks in on Arshi hugging after Arnav misses his flight to Agra, so he comes home to woo / scare Khushi and she runs into his arms). From there, the discussion went to how Arnav was shown to be stuck between sis and wife (like typical ML of ITV 
) and I said that he couldn't balance them both and his approach towards both the relationships was wrong at that time. This led us to discussing his treatment of Khushi during these episodes (including the water cut and house locking stuff that you mentioned).
@Red That was exactly what I said . He is lucky that Anjali and Khushi sorted themselves out and the situation worked out in his favor... but if left upto him, the circumstances would've deteriorated.
@Green Which is why these scenes are more hurtful. Him being rude or inconsiderate in the initial episodes was expected but after all that mellowing down, how could he go back to being this way 
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. Put yourself in Khushi's place and think whether you would have been up for listening to any explanations or justifications after that? 
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. Arnav in the beginning... from the office track.. was probably more ruthless. But back then, Khushi was a kinda nobody for him so it was easier to accept his harsh behavior. The contract marriage itself can be justified somewhat... bcz he did confront Shyam and try to find out the truth... but Shyam manipulated him into believing that Khushi was equally at fault. This though, nope! After all that growth, they can't just take him back to zero and expect the viewers to be okay with it.
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. But the Arshi scenes were the only saving grace in the otherwise sinking ship that IPK was at that point.
. I was happy to see Khushi making Jalebis after a long time... but they ruined that too with the nightmare of hers. Worse was how Mami tried to feed Aarav Jalebis and everyone jumped in with a no.... I mean, this is Khushi... she makes sugar-free Jalebis all the time!! Why couldn't they show Arnav defending her by saying that Khushi makes sugar-free sweets for me so Aarav can have it too.. or something along those lines. Their purpose of showing Arnav-Aarav bond would have been fulfilled while keeping in line with Arshi's characterizations.
. I don't think that's true... but that is how it comes across to viewers. They had much more passion when at odds with each other... but once they actually got together, it all seemed to fizzle out.
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