It really is a massive joke. According to manjiri and abhimanyu, the adult mother-son duo can't live without each other, but for their insecurities and happiness expect a small child and his mother to live without each other.
People who were asking the difference between these two mothers? The difference is manjiri considers only her own rights as a mother and her son's happiness above every other mother and son whenever it suits her, then conveniently forgets the rights of a mother and the emotions of a son towards his mother when it comes to her own grown-ups adult son and her own motherhood.
Truth is manjiri only cares about her ego in the guise of motherhood and thinks only her son should be happy, even at the expense of her grandson. Her adult son's happiness is top priority for her but in actual that small child's happiness is very low on her list of priorities and she's more than happy to look the other way when her grandson is pining for his mother so that she can continue to be satisfied with her own son getting what makes him happy.
Thinking about manjiri and abhimanyu is not akshara's responsibility anymore, but it sure as hell is manjiri's responsibility to think about her grandson instead of just her son, but her selfishness lies in that she treats abhir like a trophy or toy that should be possessed only by her son, rather than thinking of her grandson as a child who needs his mother.
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