Could people really stay in love with the person they love even when they can never be with them?

Our Personal Stories: We all feel many things. We label our feelings based on what our bodies experience, what situation we're in, what memories get triggered. Once we have language ; memory skills, we can come up w/ stories 2 tell about these feelings. Sometimes we don't want 2 -or feel that we can- re-write the stories we tell ourselves... Change the way we make sense of what we feel ; experience. Talk 2psychologist?

Yes: What people feel towards others is based on their values and their personal experince. Hence love though has some acceptable societal norms may mean different things to different persons. People can love others even if the it is not mutual or possible.

Sure: People can feel romantic attraction for others they've never even met, but it's based on fantasy of what the other person is like rather than actual experience. Actual experience can increase connection, or break the romantic "spell." romantic yearning is a widely experienced phenomenon, though -- witness all the movies and tv shows inspired by it! example: http://tinyurl.Com/35lede.