before everyone pounces on me let me carify that I'm NOT AN AR OR A SR FAN. Frankly I dont give a damm which of the two jodis or even DMG remains but I disagree with the fact that this cannot be real.
Its not unreal to try and move on in life, convince yourself that you indeed have and find it all undone when faced with your past. I have had ocassions in my life (everyone does, you need to have a very simple, un eventful life i you haven't or you have super, fantastic willpower and NEVER ever succumb to weakness ;-)'which is like wow!) when what I want has been out of my reach, I've made do with what I was getting, and then when I had compromised, figured that what I've wanted was now within my reach and have cursed myself cos that was what I really wanted no matter how much I've consoled myself with my compromise. This extends to a lot of things, not just love - I'm not being uni dimensional. If it can be true for minor things, human emotions are far more tumultous and difficult to control.
Its easy to stand judgement when you're not going through what someone else is, and frankly, everyone's definition of what is acceptable or not differs- in any case what's sauce for the goose is not necessarily sauce for the gander!
Ridhima learnt abt love with Armaan, mad passionate emotions which she was alien to and she understood man woman connection as she felt it with Armaan but they both held back from physical proximity cos that was the way she wanted it. And when finally it did happen, it unleashed all those emotions that she'd locked away, brought to the surface all the longing that she felt for Armaan that she'd pushed into the recesses of her mind. And before anyone jumps on the "physical" :-) bit, physical intimacy is a HUGE part of a romantic relationship esp in the initial phase when you cant get enough of each other! Which is why a Sid keeps pushing for physical closeness, which is why an Armaan & Ridhima succumbed to something they'd always desired but defined limits for.
I'm not for a moment condoning what happened but I can understand Ridhima's confusion, her battle to do what is right and her desire to be with the one thing that her heart always desired. Yes, it is possible to accept someone else cos you think its the right thing to do, to have immense affection for someone cos you really do like them, yet be caught up in your past cos that's what you remember as being alive and the most imp thing in yr life.
One dosn't stop finding other people attractive / sexy just cos you're committed/married, its what you do with that attraction that is important. Its unfair to your partner if you went behind his back and had an affair, but I think its even more unfair to stay married and not be fully committed to the man / woman when your heart is elsewhere. The only time you need to do it is when you have a child cos you owe it happiness.
So I think its ok for her to go through a catharsis and figure what she really wants to do - be with her love OR do the right thing by not hurting Sid.
Edited by DMGFan-2b-not2b - 15 years ago