User blog comment:IFangirl/Did Freddie ever really LOVE Carly?/@comment-3553219-20110919202743

I actually don't think the answer is that clear cut. I am a Seddie shipper but I think it is possible that he did really love Carly at one point.

Freddie in the first episode didn't love Carly. He barely knew her (they had known each other for a long time but never really hung out). That was infatuation. Freddie by season 2? Carly was his best friend and also someone he was very attracted to. He knew her flaws, he knew her good side, he loved spending time with her, and he wanted to date her. What is love if it isn't that? Freddie by Season 3 was a far more mature guy who had girls interested in him and was mature enough to know what love is. By then he and Sam would often even tease her. Freddie in Season 3 did not act like a guy infatuated with some ideal. And he still claimed to love Carly, up until he stopped claiming that. At some point, after all of that time, I am inclined to believe him.

I think at some point, Sam became the person he most looked forward to seeing when he walked across the hall. I think, at some point, he started to enjoy being with Sam as much or more than Carly. And he never said anything to Carly that was as sweet as telling Sam her liking him was worth the hearing loss. And none of Carly and Freddie kisses were as convincingly sweet. But that doesn't mean Freddie didn't have real feelings for Carly, at some point. And they faded away.