Talk:Creddie/@comment-3541132-20140211054528/@comment-2032682-20140313142931

> Is the premise of this that because they are trying to force the relationship to be BF-GF and, in your terms, "the romantic relationship is invalid", then they don't have romantic love for each other?

Yes. That is specifically my premise. They both mutually agreed that they were forcing a relationship where it didn't fit, in the same way that Spencer & his girlfriend were doing.

''>Is unrequited love not really love then because a romantic relationship doesn't occur? ''

Sam & Freddie were in a romantic relationship, and then realised it didn't work. I don't believe either of them could be considered to have 'unrequited' feelings for the other, they entered a relationship and then realised it didn't work out. That question doesn't apply to them.

To specifically answer the questions regardless of the show, love has more than one form, and takes on multiple meanings for that same word. Unrequited love is different to family love which is different to friendship love which is different to love a couple have for each other during a romantic relationship.

And when Carly says that Sam loves Freddie in "iCan't Take It," is your argument that I should assume that Sam means that platonically?

That episode comes before iLove You, and also contains the opinion of a third-party. Regardless of Carly's viewpoint, and if it means 'true love' so to speak, or merely just the usual context in iCarly where love means "crush" or "really likes" doesn't particularly matter as the next episode rendered that irrelevant.

Are you arguing that because Sam and Freddie broke up, they did not love each other romantically?

Yes. They had a mutual break up as a result of coming to the conclusion that their relationship was 'forced' and 'wrong'. If they did love each other romantically they would not have believed their relationship was forced and/or wrong.

''Are you also saying that Freddie would not have gone back to Carly if Sam and Freddie did love each other romantically. ''

I'm saying they never would have broken up in the first place.

Even with the breakup however, whatever feelings Freddie may have had for Sam weren't strong enough to make him stop kissing Carly, or for him not to celebrate their kiss in iGoodbye.