Is romantic love an idea that is nonexistent in reality and more of an imaginary concept?

I think it depends on your definition of "romantic love" since everyone's perspective is different regarding the meaning. For example, some people could think it is definitely romantic--yet has its ups and downs.

Romantic love is no more nonexistent in reality and no more an imaginary concept than our life itself and its urge for sex and companionship.... there are of course philosophical views projecting everything as imaginary and unreal, but practically speaking, everything seems to make a lot of impact on us while we live our life and to that extent everything is the reality we realize.

Emotions are not non-existent, but they're certainly also not objective. While societies try very hard to get large numbers of people to view romance and its characteristics in the same, the fact is romance is nothing more than neuro-connections (thoughts) and physiological reactions to those thoughts. Sure, many romantic people will display similar behaviors and other effects, but the fact is each person experiences what may be interpreted as romance in a unique way.

Well, it IS a subjective experience, which makes it kind of difficult to say it exists in reality. I don't think the chair I'm sitting in experiences it. But that doesn't make it any less real to ME.

And then as stated above, depends on one's definition of it. Does romantic love mean "lasts forever" or "go perfectly"? If so, I think the argument could be made that it is non-existent. But if we describe it as some intense emotions we go through in relation to a current or prospective mate, then I think it definitely exists.

No. People have been in romantic love for tens of years, while for others there may be no success in it. Its still a real thing for in both cases.

Oh it's real alright.It's an emotion,a feeling,a conviction,a blinder,a deafener,a mover of mountains,a destroyer of hearts.In my book,anything that can save,or,end your life is definitely real.

Of course it exists. People feel love all the time. All emotions are chemicals, that doesn't mean they aren't real.

"Abstract" does not equal "unreal."

Of course romantic love exists, but it's all chemical.

That one, like life itself, is what you make of it.

No more no less.,

In the reality, it is much in incidental.