What part of my comment makes you think that I missed the point of the character? This was the first musical that I ever watched as a child and remains one of my absolute favorites. I know that it's the point of the character.

But apparently a ton of people up-thread think that Eliza should have absolutely chosen him and would have been happy with him. Which just blows my mind entirely. Eliza was vacation to Freddy. Great because it's new and shiny but you would absolutely get sick of it after a while. I don't see how anyone would want Eliza to commit to that.