wow I didn't expect this thread to be what it became but I gotta reply at least once lol.
I saw the word "characterless" thrown around quite a bit, so I will start with that. Characterless is really a cheap word to use to describe any woman, let alone Prerna. Prerna is a human with emotions and sometimes she can say I married Bajaj for money and try to deflect peoples opinions of her and sometimes she sits alone in her room and talks to herself about how she has no one she can express her feelings to. I don't think she can talk to her family either, because then she's not being loyal to Bajaj. Her family won't just be like "Ohhhhhh thats why you married him, alright, keep doing what you're doing", theyll do everything in her power to get her out of this mess.
Prerna is playing tug of war with her heart and her deal to Bajaj. She is sad and depressed and when she gets a chance to be happy, aka be around Anurag, she takes it. She is soooo at ease with Anurag and you can't blame her because he's the love of her life. Anurag knows her and understands her like no one else does.
Her marriage with Bajaj, although a wedding occurred and in the traditional sense theyre married, is at the end of the day holds no merit. They married for a reason, like it happened literally like a business transaction. You can argue that Prerna knew what she was getting into but there was coercion of some type involved. No, Bajaj didnt twist her arm but he did give her an impossible choice. The options were between a rock and a hard place. So when she does agree, all her relations took a hit from a her decision. She was alone, she felt alone and Bajaj had the audacity to say that she can share her problems with him. HA. Prerna playing house with Bajaj while she is immensely heartbroken, her family trashing her, Anurags family cursing her, was literally the worst to witness. Imagine living that. And on top of that Bajaj had such a big ego that instead of taking Prerna away from the heartbreak, he took her in the same house she was supposed to live in after she married Anurag.
After all that transpired, Prerna not being able to stay away from the one person who understands how she's feeling is not that insane. Prerna reminiscing and feeling nostalgic about her feelings is fair. Prerna overcoming with so much emotions that she feels weak in the knees that she lets Anurag wipe her tears is fair. Prerna giving no second thoughts to Bajaj about any type of feelings towards him is fair. She is not a characterless woman when her husband brings her to her ex-fiances house and expects her to sit in a corner and only look after Kuki and not talk about Anurag. Prerna needs to talk about her feelings, Bajaj told her she could share her problems with him, but stops her from talking about Anurag. Anurag is affecting her so if she doesn't talk about him, her emotions will be expressed one way or another. And she shouldn't be blamed for the expression since it's the only way she'll deal with the pain.