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I Love You...Not (S&D)

by Anonymous
(Stanford, CA)

This dream is definitely one of those dreams that reflect inner desires. I've been in a long term relationship, and this dream demonstrates what things I've had in mind.


I'm on a date. It's actually a very sweet date. We are walking on the beach and the air is warm on my skin and we are holding hands. You're telling me and joke. It's hilarious I am really happy. I look up, and you're not my boyfriend. In fact, you're this really cute guy who I see around all the time. I feel a jolt of excitement when I realize that this is so, SO bad of me. I start crying and I turn around. I see him there. I feel terrible.

I run after him, and he speeds away like freaking Flash. Of course, as all dreams go, I am running as if I am under water. He disappears before I can reach him and tears are streaming down my face. I fall on my knees and cry as hard as I can because I made a terrible mistake.

I wake up suddenly, and the pit in my stomach grows lighter. It was just a dream, yes. However, it is only a matter of time before that dream becomes a reality. I really need to end things or cut off these desires for good or else someone is going to get hurt.

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Aug 22, 2011
 Love nad desire
by: Hawkmoon

First of all, the dream you had doesn't make you unfaithfull or bad person. Dreams are just extensions of our mind desires or untested variants of life. In your dream i see much more guilt and sadness that come from "cheating" then joy from being with that cute guy. I would definitely say that you're deeply in love with your boyfriend because you care for him so much it reflects in your dreams. Yes, you seem to regret the fact that you haven't had "enough" boyfriends in your life and that part of your mind is still curious about other possibilities, but still, even if there is actual chance that someday you will be tempted to try out some new guy, i really believe you will choose not to go into that direction, so you should't feel so "it will happen sooner or later" fatalistic.

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