Originally posted by: Tiptione
I agree with a lot of your points, all of which are valid. My own view is that he has mistreated Sai, misjudged the entire situation particularly as regards allowing PK to interfere and continues to make these mistakes, but I do not agree he is emotionally cheating on Sai with PK for the reasons I gave in my initial post. His lack of realisation is his biggest character flaw because he lives with a ridiculous and warped black and white and white view that everyone moves on and believes according to what he determines and understands at a point in time. To me, he has to have those feelings or those traits bearing PK in mind, which he does not. He thinks nothing of PK and does not seek her out. Where he falls into the trap of talking to her or even seeking comfort (which he does not positively seek out) is out of his desperation and part manipulation by PK. This is compounded by the fact that PK is the only one he has honestly conveyed his feelings to and he stupidly (living in his black and white world) believes PK accepts this and understands him. It's why we get surprised reactions like yesterday when she brings up green tea - he cannot believe she has not moved past it when he has. I think the key fro me is that Virat never once, since having feelings for Sai, has ever sought PK out to talk about anything, or sought comfort from her or anything else. Where she provides that is where she has interjected herself into the situation, including at the hospital, and then seeks to tell him what he wants to hear. As an emotional Neanderthal that Virat is, where everyone misunderstands him due to his own actions, she plays that game thinking it will bring him closer to her.
You are absolutely right about emotional cheating though. In many ways it is much worse than a physical affair, not least because of the intimacy that is usually there in an emotional affair.