User blog comment:Sockstar1/Creddie Is Canon/@comment-5736608-20121127001104/@comment-1976613-20121128171338

What do you mean it can't be both? Of course it can be both. You can't have a close friendship with anyone if you don't love them. It doesn't mean that you have to date them or want to be in a relationship with them, it just means that you are going to be friends with them for a long time. I mean Carly and Freddie are best friends and have been for 6 years, how can you be friends with someone that long and not love them? Those terms aren't mutually exclusive and never should be. I'll use a real life situation, my best friend is a girl and I love her dearly, but that doesn't mean I'm going to date her. His words make perfect sense if you understand that love and friendship can't exist without each other and are connected, or if you just understand that love isn't that powerful of a word and shouldn't be seen as an automatic lead into a relationship.