# Have you ever had a dream about someone...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 9, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238 "2018-01-09T14:07:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/1 "2018-01-09T14:07:51Z")
Have you ever had a dream about someone (who doesn’t exist in real life) and been disappointed when you wake up and discover they are were only a figment of your dreams?
Last night I dreamed I stayed in a hotel and formed a close bond with the receptionist. When I woke up it took me a moment to realize she wasn’t real. I felt like I’d list a friend. I’ve had a couple of dreams like this in my lifetime.
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### Author:  [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/2 "2018-01-09T14:29:44Z")
In my late 20’s and early 30’s I had a lot of dreams where I would meet my dream girl. Always disappointing to wake up.
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/3 "2018-01-09T14:37:56Z")
Yes, his name was Frank and we were in love. I’ll never forget you, Frank!
The dream was connected in some way to a short story I had read the day before, and reading the story afterward reminds me of the dream feeling. Nice. 🙂
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/4 "2018-01-09T16:45:37Z")
I dreamed I had a baby, and when I woke, childless, it was sad and confusing till I was fully awake.
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### Author:  [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/5 "2018-01-09T17:13:33Z")
Once or twice. I remember once dreaming that I was married (way before I actually was married), to a woman I didn’t know, and my feelings for her were so real, it took several minutes after I woke up to realize that it was all a dream.
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### Author:  [@Phila444](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phila444)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/6 "2018-01-09T18:08:20Z")
I’ve had this happen a few times that I know of. I can never recall what they looked like, but yes, there is some kind of bond formed and then it’s all gone. I tend to think they are composites of people I know or have known and have had positive experiences with.
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### Author:  [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/7 "2018-01-09T18:48:21Z")
Yes, quite recently. And it was quite disappointing to find out they weren’t real.
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/8 "2018-01-09T18:54:51Z")
I have had recurring dream of an American indian. He is a very handsome young brave. As I have aged he has stayed the same. It is strange because I feel like I know this person. I dream often of cooking food for him. I know what his favorite foods are. And what he going to say, before he says anything. Of course, I am writing the script, so to speak. But, anyway, I like to think he is my friend. I always wake up feeling like I have had a visit with him. It is pleasant.
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### Author:  [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/9 "2018-01-09T20:02:10Z")
I had a dream where I fell in love with the girl. In the dream, we both some how knew we were dreaming. And we swore to each other we would look for each other when we woke up.
We never found each other. Not that I actually looked, but still. ������
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/10 "2018-01-09T20:10:15Z")
I imagine that everyone has, at some point or another, dreamed of nonexistant romantic partners.
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/11 "2018-01-09T20:11:50Z")
> [@Grrr](#):
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> I had a dream where I fell in love with the girl. In the dream, we both some how knew we were dreaming. And we swore to each other we would look for each other when we woke up.
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> We never found each other. Not that I actually looked, but still. ��
But you swore! Hey, your name’s not Frank, is it?
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/12 "2018-01-09T20:12:26Z")
Oh, Grrr!, that is so sweet! You should keep looking. Maybe she is really out there, somewhere, pining away.������
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/13 "2018-01-09T20:15:07Z")
The ?? marks are heart eyed smilies! How depressing that you can’t see them, bah!
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### Author:  [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/14 "2018-01-09T21:12:36Z")
Yah. Dream the other day of opening my front door-and there, lying on her side, is this petite befreckled brunette, laughing uproariously (with me, not at me, note).
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### Author:  [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/15 "2018-01-09T22:03:50Z")
once, and yes it felt very realistic, left me feeling slightly discombobulated emotionally the rest of the day after I woke up.
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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/16 "2018-01-09T22:43:56Z")
I’m disappointed every time I wake up, dream or not.
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/17 "2018-01-09T22:46:18Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> I’m disappointed every time I wake up, dream or not.
Me too.
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### Author:  [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/18 "2018-01-10T00:41:14Z")
To lower this discussion to the point of crass consumerism: When I was on my own after high school I had a small B/W TV set (this is 1968). We did not have a TV at all when I was growing up, dad wanted us to study (it worked). So a COLOR TV was just something a few friends had.
I awoke from a dream about having a glorious color set, and was bitterly disappointed to find it was a dream. I can still recall that feeling of disappointment\*\*
\*\*As I watch my plasma HDTV that covers half the wall.
Dennis
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### Author:  [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/19 "2018-01-10T00:51:01Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#):
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> But you swore! Hey, your name’s not Frank, is it?
Lol. I wish Dung Beetle.
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-about-someone/806238/20 "2018-01-10T03:57:32Z")
My dreams are pretty much the only places lately where I meet single men. sigh. I was particularly disappointed that the chef I “met” while hiking a few years back wasn’t real.
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