# Ever have a sex dream about a relative? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 18, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161 "2007-10-18T13:37:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/1 "2007-10-18T13:37:56Z")
Very disturbing I admit. But I have had one. Anybody else? Or am I just a freak? 😃 No details necessary; just a yes or no. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/2 "2007-10-18T13:41:34Z")
Asleep or daydream? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/3 "2007-10-18T14:06:04Z")
Yes. And yes it is very disturbing once you wake up. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/4 "2007-10-18T14:31:47Z")
Yes, about a first cousin. I was disturbed, but also intriuged. When I was a little girl (before anyone told me first cousins shouldn’t marry) I thought I was going to marry him when I grew up. I found it interesting that years and years later, after that thought had totally abandoned my mind (or so I thought) I should have a dream about it. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/5 "2007-10-18T16:29:00Z")
Yes, about my fourth cousin, who’s a little older than me. At the time I had the dream, she was (and still is, given her age), smokin’ hawt. It was a really nice dream. ::wistful:: ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/6 "2007-10-18T16:32:20Z")
Yes ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/7 "2007-10-18T17:47:06Z")
Yes, and I promptly went for the brain bleach afterwards. Never, ever again. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/8 "2007-10-18T20:08:02Z")
I have two really hot cousins. One I had a lingering crush on for a long time. I had a few sex dreams about the one I had a crush on. Personally I don’t see the big deal you can’t control your dreams and have a limited control over your crushes as long as you keep it to yourself and don’t ummm fantasize about it deliberately what can you do but shrug? ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/9 "2007-10-18T20:12:06Z")
Yes. Ew. ---
**Author:** ![Jaochai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2acd7d/32.png) [@Jaochai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaochai)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/10 "2007-10-18T20:35:28Z")
I have. It was one of my nieces, who due to the fact that my parents are both really old, is actually older than me. Someday, this post might get tracked back to me, and one of my cousins will read it, and think, ‘ew, shit, that’s disgusting! I knew it all along, the pervert!’ But to the cousin who would suspect it - surprisingly enough, it wasn’t you. It was one of the ones who would never suspect it. You, my dear, are safe. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/11 "2007-10-18T20:50:32Z")
Yes, about my wife. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/12 "2007-10-18T20:57:21Z")
Yes, about my identical twin. I think I win the thread. Worst thing is, in the dream I was trying to get my sister’s attentions, and started to succeed, but then (in the dream) I got distracted by the family dog as he passed by and switched gears. . . nastiest dream ever. But so nasty that I just woke up laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/13 "2007-10-18T20:58:32Z")
Not a blood relative, but a member of my wife’s family. It was weird but not completely unpleasant. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/14 "2007-10-18T21:14:10Z")
yes, and it is quite disturbing I’ve had both homo and hetro dreams about very close relatives. I have no idea what that means about me. ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/15 "2007-10-18T21:33:30Z")
yes, about my brother _gag_ ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/16 "2007-10-18T23:44:08Z")
Why would a sex dream about a relative be so disturbing? A dream is just a dream. And, to answer the OP, yes, I’ve had sex dreams about my sister and there was no yuck factor at all. ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/17 "2007-10-18T23:44:54Z")
yes. Ditto eww. ---
**Author:** ![Playkcab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Playkcab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Playkcab)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/18 "2007-10-19T00:25:37Z")
Yes, about my sister. This sister’s a stripper that spends all of her money on vodka and pot and is pretty much looked on as an embarrassment in my family. We don’t talk very much because she has a volatile temper. For instance she stabbed me with a screwdriver when we were teenagers, and pulled a mini-revolver on me when we got into an argument last year. There is no chance of reconciliation. I think my dream was some sort of subconscious attempt to degrade and humiliate her. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/19 "2007-10-19T01:21:57Z")
Do sisters-in-law count? (If my wife happens to read this: **that’s a joke!** :D) …and if she’s not, err, well… ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161/20 "2007-10-19T01:55:02Z")
No, but last night Harry Truman was lecturing us on the financial jam Medicare is in. That doesn’t count, does it? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-sex-dream-about-a-relative/423161.md?page=2)