User blog comment:XxiOMGxx/Why Freddie is NOT settling for/pitying Sam!/@comment-3569728-20110817170946/@comment-4196911-20110817172145

It's not that he couldn't place his feelings, it's that he wasn't willing to tell Carly what they were. He needed confirmation from Sam before he'd be willing to make a decision, and he didn't get that until he visited her in her room and she admitted that she liked him.