Originally posted by: tptwi
@Bolded: Yes, because to him, his intentions are pure and he cannot look past that. All of these instances that you have described have not been ill-natured on his part. Never once has he even thought about Pakhi in that regard since his marriage with Sai. What makes these actions "wrong" is that they are unfair to Sai, his wife. And again, he is unable to look at this entire mess from Sai's POV. When it comes to his expectations from Sai, that is all his insecurities. I don't think he would be acting this way about her male friends if he knew she felt the same way about him as she does about him. Just look at the difference in which he views Ajinkya now. Before, he couldn't stand the thought of Sai even talking to him, and now he is asking her to buy him a present. Yes, the reason for this is the accident and how close he came to losing her due to his own unacceptable actions... it is unfortunate that that was the trigger required to shake him up from this behavior. But, at the end of the day, he becomes possessive not because of what he expects from Sai, but because of his own fears of losing her and not being enough....with time, this will go away...and in fact, it already has largely due to the severity of the consequences of the Ajinkya kaand. I agree that all of this appears to be hypocritcal on his end, but I think it is a bit more complex than that...
Virat's actions are always complex...But this particular aspect - his over familiarity with Pakhi - has always bothered me.
Let us forget Ajinkya for the time being. Virat now has strong feelings for her and he was very insecure - that was the reason behind him being not okay with Sai talking to him.
But Virat has had this problem since the initial days of their marriage. Case in point - Ameya. Amey was a scoundrel and Sai was only fake flirting with him. Virat got so mad at her. That time he didn't have any strong feelings for her.
I'm not saying that his actions wrt Pakhi were in any way motivated by any remnant feeling. Or that his intentions were anything other than innocent. But it doesn't change the fact that he did cross the line of decorum.
Sai on the other hand has always been mindful of maintaining that decorum - the expectation that comes with her married status. How would Virat have reacted if Sai had invited one of her male friends into her bedroom - even while her intentions were pure? Even if it was early into the marriage, Virat would not have liked it. So when he has that kind of expectations from Sai - of preserving the dignity of whatever relationship they shared - should not he have maintained his part of the bargain too? Again, I'm not questioning his intention, just his actions.
On rethinking this stuff again.....in a way he has unintentionally wronged Samrat too and not just Sai. For example - yoga lovers having emotional phone conversation with Pakhi on Samrakhi wedding night. Not to mention their other moments together. If Samrat had seen Virakhi interactions, just like Sai, he too would have been very hurt, suspicious even. Because their interactions did cross the line a lot of times.
But then Virat does love and value Samrat a lot. And yet, he is totally oblivious to the impropriety of his actions towards the same much-loved brother's wife. So are we to assume that Virat is just too dumb? or that he is a hypocrite?
Edited by nethraa_99 - 4 years ago