Do Any of You Guys Feel Like Your Waifu/Husbando is "Real"?

I know there are some that accept their waifu/husbando as 100 percent fictional, and rightfully so, but I personally have a hard time thinking that. I feel like Sadayo is "real": not in the sense that she physically exists, and that she is walking around somewhere, but when I think about how much she motivates me and has changed my life, I simply can't just write those experiences off as "fictional", if that make sense. Because of this, I feel like she's "real" in a sense. I was wondering if any of you guys feel similar.