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I forgot to mention. Khushi had an accident, that too in a lift crash with a gas cylinder next her. She had a head injury. Khushi feels guilty even when she is not at fault. She took the lift after she was informed that it is not working properly. The incident must have affected her (and Arnav too) badly. I wonder if she is pregnant (result of a failed birth control) at that time. Just a remote chance.

Cheers..

Forgot. "You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope.". You quoted a favorite. Persuasion. Arnav is Wentworth !!!!!

Originally posted by: bakwas_serial

Forgot. "You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope.". You quoted a favorite. Persuasion. Arnav is Wentworth !!!!!

Originally posted by: coderlady

Shanti will be a terrible mother in law. She is too full of adoration for her son to ever think he does any wrong. Her attitude towards a daughter in law will be to push her to act like she and Shyam want.

She may have been the one to convince Mamta about not going to the doctor and looks like she may have pushed the issue even. We think Shyam was just complicit but he might have been pushing the same thing. Was there a reason they were so afraid of the hospitals and doctors? They could be trying to hide abuse.

Coming to Shyam’s wife. Her role in the tale ends here. I know I leave a lot to speculation. Giving how casual they were about it, it could be a case of negligence where they didn’t think her going to hospital was necessary. The way Shyam’s mother is dismissive of his actions, and the way Shyam runs to her with his problem despite being a grown ass man (which a lot of them do irl). It is also possible that Shyam did not stand up to his mother for his wife’s need. All Mamta’s character is here for is to serve the purpose of alerting Khushi, who is seeing through this bullshit quite easily.

Why did Arnav stop himself from dialling Anjali’s number, is something for the next few chapters :)

Originally posted by: Savera84

I forgot to mention. Khushi had an accident, that too in a lift crash with a gas cylinder next her. She had a head injury. Khushi feels guilty even when she is not at fault. She took the lift after she was informed that it is not working properly. The incident must have affected her (and Arnav too) badly. I wonder if she is pregnant (result of a failed birth control) at that time. Just a remote chance.

Cheers..

Originally posted by: BollyBabe75

Arpita, you are such a skilled writer. I look forward to Sundays and your updates. The comments this chapter elicited are really thought provoking. I am becoming less sympathetic with Arnav and am really not liking him right now. Payal is right, Khushi deserves someone much better. Much, much better! But by the same token, I want to shake Khushi in the same way you just get tired of seeing people repeat the same mistake over and over and not seeming to learn anything by it.

Even though Arnav agreed to try for a baby, Khushi realized by his behavior that it was under duress. In fact, it drove them further apart. Thank God, she stayed on the pill. But neither talked about what was happening. What their reasons seemed to be. I find the first part of Khushi’s anniversary letter particularly heartbreaking. He is talking to Lavenya about the divorce and party and their affair and Khushi is telling him she loves him and she is the luckiest woman in the world. And then the undelivered letter part just cements Khushi’s heartbreak and mine too for her. And then Arnav adds in his mind that besides the baby issue, the Lavenya affair adds to his decision for the divorce. It will be interesting to find out his strong reasons for not wanting kids. It seems Khushi doesn’t realize the deep depths of his reasons. I am not judging him as being wrong for not wanting children. Some people just don’t. But the problem is it has to be a mutual couple decision. In an arranged marriage I realize this aspect is harder to ascertain. In most marriages it is just assumed there will be children, not just in India. But, it seems Arnav may have arrived at that later in the marriage, by things that happened perhaps to his Di.

Now, Khushi. She is slowly realizing that even if Shyam has changed she just doesn’t like him. And she has changed enough that she realizes that the mother in law would be a nightmare. Shyam is probably not a bad sort now. And you can’t fault him for wanting a wife in all aspects. And while he may have incorporated some more enlightened views than a traditional village man he has just not matched Khushi’s growth. She likes the little girl but perhaps is realizing that is not enough. She is giving it a chance only for her parents. I wonder what will happen when her parents realize that Khushi can have children?

Arnav is at a crossroads. Will he take a chance, go to the village before time runs out or go to Dubai and put his business first? As one reader pointed out; does he miss her out of habit or because he truly realizes he still loves her? I’m still waiting for the Lavenya component. Infidelity for me is an almost insurmountable obstacle in continuing a marriage. But that’s me. Khushi is Khushi where Arnav is concerned.

Thank you for your lovely words as always. Even I keep coming back to the forum after a chapter is posted to see these gems of a comment you guys leave ♥️

I understand how Arnav’s action’s turn this love filled letter into something so angsty. Especially the contrast in action and words of two people in the same relationship. Khushi’s heartbreak is severe, and even though Arnav was aware he was breaking her heart, he didn’t know just how brutally he did it until he found the other part of the letter. She was still trying to save it. Not a last ditch effort. She was ready to take the necessary steps. She was just asking for a little hope that day and instead got to know about divorce. It’s bound to hurt.

Point about Khushi and Shyam is true. Khushi herself is shocked at Shyam’s action when she questions herself if she really strayed away from her hometown where she didn’t think it was a big deal to broach the topic of intimacy with someone her family literally wants her to marry. This time, she is in Arnav’s shoes. She is disliking something about her beloved hometown and is unable to make her parents understand.

Now the letter’s impact on Arnav is yet to be seen. His mind has started to tell him that he may have just made a mistake and the letter only added to that idea. He does tell Payal that he doesn’t feel that he has any right to ask her to be back to him now. But he hadn’t read her letter till then. Even now he isn’t sure if he can ask Khushi to give up a new life because he may still not want kids. Will he overcome these doubts? Let’s see. 😊

Your replies to all the comments and little insights into what is coming is the highlight of reading this story for me. I never read comments much before and now I realize what I might have missed. Another plus in your favor is the lengthy updates. They are so satisfying because you answer everything that belongs in that chapter and don’t leave anything out. A complete chapter - am I making sense?

I think in the beginning when you are young most situations in a marriage are viewed as black and white. You need to be there more than a decade to start seeing the grey areas and seeing them for what they are. I have a close friend who fell in love with someone else 23 years into her marriage. But good sense prevailed and nothing happened. Lot of factors and complications, her children and his children and her career etc etc but her husband knew and the immediate family knew. Now everything is back to normal but is it? Is actually having a physical relationship only indefinitely?? I think the emotional one is much worse and more difficult to reconcile. But I wouldn’t have thought this way even 5 years ago. Living in a country where it is common to have multiple partners and seeing the youngsters around and the second generation Indian Americans sometimes you are like what is really right? Like Khushi how far have we come from our roots that we are able to see the opposite and also not be horrified by it? Exposure changes our perspective I guess and that’s the difference between Khushi and her parent’s perspective. You are brilliant as a writer that you are able to convey these emotions and perspectives so effectively and effortlessly.
Some of the things that are drilled into us all our life is so difficult to get over. As women a lot more is expected of us and change is coming but not fast enough.

Having said all this it’s still not surprising that Khushi parents want her married. I see it happen even now. I have a cousin in California and I found out her daughter married for 5 years is getting divorced (it’s not done yet) when I saw her profile pop up in a matrimonial site. Sigh. Sometimes the world moves backwards?? But then I do understand her Babujis point of view also. My older will be 33 this year and she is doing well in her career, I don’t push her at all to get married but nowadays I worry that she might end up alone. As capable as she is still as a mother I worry. So it might not be all about society for Khushi parents too and if I remember right in one of the previous chapters her babuji said as much that since he won’t be around for long to take care of her he wants her married right?

Also one of the time lines said April 2016 but looks like we are still in March 2016 of the story. A typo maybe ? Sorry for the long rambling.

Every chapter leaves a lump in my throat and tears for Khushi.

Your writing is beautiful Arpita.

What Mahesh told Arnav was right. One has to make time and space for family life. Else at the end, one is just left alone with no one to call their own.

If you see history, most of the famous personalities who have achieved profoundly in their professional lives, have had very bad personal lives.

Can people make conscious choices in the long run? Have no idea.

But can Arnav pause now and reflect on what he has lost? He can, but what use would it make now? He has lost the most precious soul he had in his life, unfortunately.

Anjali's life's happening surely has made a huge impact on Arnav's life and decisions is what I am guessing. The loan taken for her wedding, Arnav is still repaying it. And Anjali refers to her husband as "HE", not even taking his name and feels almost grateful that he was there when the daughter was born.

Something happened with the elevator right. I wonder what impact it had one their lives next.

Coming to Shyam and his mother, medical negligence on Shyam's part killed Mamtha right. And I am sure his mother must have supported him in whatever decision he made or she must have encouraged him to take the decision. Shyam has not changed at all and frankly it did not surprise

What Khushi's parents are not realising that trauma that Khushi has endured during her teen years cannot be just forgotten or erased. It will stay with her forever. And Shyam's reaction to her asking time to proceed with the physical aspect of the marriage shows further what kind of a man he is.

Will this incident make Khushi stand up for herself and tell her parents that second marriage is not what she is looking for now. If not Shyam, her parents will look for someone else who will be like another Shyam.

I hope this pushes Khushi to say NO to her parents.

The letter in the end just broke my heart. And Payal telling Arnav the truth, what will Arnav do next?

I can only say that with time Arnav will move on, and in all probability find love again. But he will never find a girl like Khushi who will love him unconditionally.

Also while Khushi is asking him a straw to hold onto to make this marriage not drown, Arnav has already slept outside of the marriage.

Even if this letter had reached Arnav on their wedding anniversary day, not sure how much of a difference it would have made from Arnav's perspective.

Payal knows the guys are hiding something. She will figure it out soon. Hopefully Arnav will come clean before that. If he tells Khushi after Payal knows, it will come across as he did it because he had no choice. Nothing can ever undo the damage, but at least he can own up to it. Its the right thing to do and he owes her that.

Now he knows that Khushi did not pursue what she wanted because she understood that he did not really want it. She wanted to talk to him but he did not open up to that discussion. He sidelined the discussion but resented that he did agree. Then he took away the chance for her to decide by making all the decisions himself. And he told himself that he was doing the right thing. Why could he not have that discussion? Its not that he just does not want kids, he is afraid to have kids. What brought on this fear?