Originally posted by: laksh
I know, I was quite happy about it actually 😍. This was the first time that she was pondering on these. Also, does this mean that this was the first time Virat had tried to make their marriage an official one in an open direct manner? It got me into thinking if this was the first time she has actually seen him trying to accept their marriage in a direct way 😀.
You know, Laksh, I was just watching the episode for a third time (I am a lost cause), and I had the exact same thought. I was trying to think back about Virat's words and actions. Up until this point, he has told Sai he does not want her to leave him, he is not committed to anyone anymore, he finds her different and special, that he is starting to like her, that she is his strength and not his weakness, and that he wants this marriage to be real (which I will not count here because Sai was in no state to understand or let this sink in). He has called her "meri patni" and "meri biwi" with haq in front of the entire family multiple times over and also assured her personally that she is his wife. He has fought for her education, supported her and defended her against his family members, consoled her when she was at her lowest points, expressed his love in the grandest gestures, but also taken care of her smallest needs. All in all, he has gone above and beyond for her, and she has seen that, which is why we have heard her be in awe of how much Virat has done for her time and time again. While all of these things would appear to be screaming that this relationship is real and even that he loves her, due to KBA, the vaada, and the resulting insecurities and defenses Sai has put up, she has been unable to give herself permission to label Virat's actions as that of a real husband in love with his wife.
So, then what is different about the anniversary? Well for one, it explicitly screams marriage in that all of the things I mentioned above can be labeled as a zimidari in one way or another in Sai's mind, but why would Virat want to celebrate their marriage anniversary if it was just a deal? The entire reason she got so upset to begin with is because you cannot celebrate something that doesn't exist... so, for Virat to want to celebrate might have set something off in Sai's mind. For the first time, his gesture was clear without any jalebis. And, I don't think it was just about the anniversary celebration. This is also the most honest he has ever been with her about his own feelings about their relationship. The way he was pointing to the photos and saying this is US, this is OUR journey.. acknowleding that their relationship had a rocky start, but appreciating how far they have come. She honestly looked so hurt when he was saying that, because she resonated with his words but was unable to accept them. In her monologue, she said that Virat hasn't ever told her that he feels this way about her... and to me, the reason why she even asked herself that was because today, for the first time explicitly, he kind of made his feelings clear in a way that only a husband can or would do.... so now the confusion in her mind becomes that if this is true, then why hasn't he ever told Pakhi that he doesn't feel for her? Again, this story would have been so incredibly different had she witnessed the KBA/accident confrontations...
Edited by tptwi - 4 years ago