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Wonderful analysis Swasthi. You have decribed Ahem's state of mind to the T.
He is very much in love with his wife and today he has shown us where Ahem wants Anita to be, in his past where she belongs.
He loved the way Gopi scolded him gently like a typical wife and when she put the bandaid on his finger his words, "it is fine now," was as if he were saying her love and care made it fine. It is as if she had kissed the injury to make it better.
Having said this, instead of taking action he is muddling things more by not being honest with Anita, he is going to make the situation worse before he makes it better.
He loves Gopi yes, but he was not firm enough with Anita when he refused for her to tie his tie. He saw how Gopi felt by Anita's familiarity with him, he could see Gopi was feeling inadequate compared to Anita, yet all he did was look on and felt uncomfortable.
If Ahem doesn't put his guilt aside soon, Gopi is going to end up hurting badly.
Koki's idea of teaching Gopi to be assertive is good, but let's face it Gopi won't learn this overnight and there will be times when she will be unsure.
Anita will keep undermining Gopi's position in his life and he needs to be firm with Anita and let her know in no uncertain terms what Gopi means to him.
Both Gopi and Ahem are too worried about Anita's state of mind and not realizing what this could do to their marriage.
I hope Ahem starts being active instead of passive with Anita. Because if he keeps treating her with kid gloves god help them all.
Edited by sbp1971 - 13 years ago