User blog comment:IFangirl/Did Freddie ever really LOVE Carly?/@comment-4184884-20110919122539

No. I don't think he ever loved her. I think he was infatuated in the way we sometimes are at young ages.

Freddie put Carly on a pedestal. He was borderline obsessive if we're being honest. He had this idea of the "perfect" girl. Carly fit that, at least she seemed to. He said in the past "how classy" she was and all these sorts of things. In a way, it's kind of like he idolized her a bit. She was this "perfect ideal" or well he made her out to be that, even though clearly that's not true. No one is "perfect". He always seemed to like her because he thought she was flawless.

But with Sam it's different. He loves her BECAUSE OF, not in spite of, her flaws. It's like in iCTI when Carly compares Sam to a wild chimp. "Sure she's unpredictable and might go berserk and chew your foot off...but she's adorable and cool..." To which Freddie replies, "I know."

Freddie knows all of Sam's flaws. She's not that perfect ideal he had of Carly when he was younger. Not even close. She's aggressive, abrasive and strong willed. She's argumentative (note that a good week for Seddie is when they only have three arguments and Sam avoids his face while hitting him.)

But Freddie accepts that about her. He doesn't idolize her or have her on some pedestal like he did with Carly. That was infatuation. A little boys idolization of the girl next door.

Sam though...he loves her. Really loves her, because of, not in spite of, her flaws. And that's why I don't think Freddie ever loved Carly.