Actor Parmeet Sethi went on to admit in a recent conversation that initially he was a ‘very bad father’
Actress and judge in realty shows Archana Puran Singh and Parmeet Sethi solemnized in private in 1992 and welcomed their first son Aaryamann in 1994.
In a recent vlog on Archana’s YouTube channel, the couple opened up about how Parmeet was conspicuously“absent” after their first child’s birth, leaving Archana feel alone and overwhelmed.
When Parmeet shared that he had no idea how drastically his life would transform following having a child, Archana immediately countered him, asking, “How did his life transform? Because for the first few years he remained ‘absent.’
He also opened up that both pregnancies were unplanned, though Archana clarified that she never wanted a second child. She recalled turning a mother at 36 and having her second child at 39, calling it “very old for a mother”.
For Parmeet his perspective transformed amidst Archana’s second pregnancy, when he noticed Aaryamann sensing a shift in attention.
Adding that he saw Aaryamann realising that the conversation had shifted from him to someone else. That’s when he realised that he will not get as much attention, and decided will take him under his wing. That’s when she started spending time with him, playing with him and emerged as his father in the true sense.
Adding further he was so weak then, and you were missing’
Archana reminded Parmeet that just as he was unaware of what fatherhood entailed, he was equally oblivious to the struggles of a new mother.
Archana recalled just like him were not aware of what he was going through during my pregnancy, you didn’t pay attention to what a woman goes through after the baby. She was so weak amidst that time and he was missing adding that she would wake up at least six times every night to feed and check on the baby.
She further recalled
She thought, why isn’t Bittu sharing her load? Then he convinced her ‘What can be done? can’t feed the baby,.
Parmeet acknowledged this bluntly: “I didn’t help you. At least for the first 3 years of Aaryamann’s life, I didn’t help you at all. I just changed his nappy a couple of times, I am admitting it.”
Parmeet admitted that he had no understanding of post-partum struggles. Archana added that even she did not fully recognise what she was going through at the time.
“But he felt she was alone. was powering through everything but was so fragile then she said.
Archana also recalled an incident from their anniversary, when Parmeet got upset following her refusal to go out for dinner owing to sheer exhaustion.
She remembered it was their anniversary and was putting the children to bed. They were 3-4-5 then. And she was ready to go but was so sleep deprived because would feed them, get their homework done, and take care of them. She said the table was reserved and he was so angry with her she said.
Parmeet remembered that phase as one where Archana repeatedly declined outings with him. He could understand that she wanted to be with the kids but does the husband also exist or not?” he asked, calling it a “balancing act” and admitting, “she didn’t balance it, and that’s a fact.”
“It was a very touch and go situation amid them he added.
Motherhood was a bigger responsibility then’.As the discussion continued, Archana questioned why Parmeet could not understand the position she was in while juggling multiple responsibilities.
She said he himself said that he didn’t know what fatherhood was so obviously did not know what motherhood was. She didn’t know what all a mother has to do,” she said, as Parmeet responded, “What about wifehood? You didn’t understand wifehood.”
Archana stood her ground, acknowledging that Parmeet may have been hurt, but emphasised that motherhood took precedence at that stage of her life.Get the latest entertainment updates from the Times of India, along with the latest Hindi movies, upcoming Hindi movies in 2026 , and Telugu movies.”
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