User blog comment:Lyrical Saint/Why I don't think iSaved Your life will be resolved/@comment-4402317-20111003063000/@comment-4196911-20111004185707

@GiantKid-

I think part of the problem is you're using your own definitions for the word "love" and trying to map them onto the show, when even people here won't agree with your own definitions to begin with.

For the purposes of this show, there are 2 kinds of love - romantic and platonic. If Freddie says "I love you" to one of the girls in a romantic context, it's the functional equivalent of being "in love." You're trying to tease out a difference between the two, and real life may be messy and have gray areas, but in this context I just don't see a difference.

It's the reason why Freddie stopped Carly from using the word "love" at the end of iSYL, even though Carly tends to be the type of character to just throw the word around. Freddie knew that saying "love" in a romantic context in that situation was a very big deal, and he knew Carly didn't really mean it - so he cut her off. It was the equivalent of "in love" in Freddie's mind, so when he decides to use the words in a similar context with Sam, it's a very huge deal.

In Dan's world, romantic love = "in love."