Friendship > Romantic Relationship

Through their constant day to day interactions for six months Higgins and Liza formed a relationship ( a soul tie). Not a romantic relationship but more of a dysfunctional friendship. It is my belief that some friendships can be greater than any physical relationship with a person. Liza came to know Higgins ways so well that she knew what he would want before he even opened his mouth. In Act five Ms. Higgins mentions how attached Liza became to Higgins. In this same act Liza tells Higgins that she agreed to the bet because they were pleasant together and she came to care for him; not to want Higgins to make love to her, and not to forget the difference between them, but more friendly like. Higgins even lets Liza know how much he cares for her but both of them are so stubborn that they can’t just squash the issue and continue to build their friendship. During their argument in his own little way Higgins tells Liza that he will miss her and Liza tells him to listen to the gramophone .Higgins response is he can’t turn on her soul. In this moment I realize that through their relationship Higgins has felt a connection with Liza’s soul and that in a strange way he doesn’t want to lose her because if he does he may lose his “soul mate.”