I woke up about an hour ago from what was a terrifying nightmare. I logged onto the internet and saw my boyfriend was on AIM and told him what happened. This was our exchange:
BF: “Oh no. Do you want to tell me about it?”
Me: “The earth was attacked by space aliens and I had to protect this little boy from them but the only weapon I had was a flute.”
BF: “Ok, so it’s a rational nightmare.”
Me: “Shut up, it was scary! :)”
BF: “What kind of aliens?”
Me: “Big green aliens and one of them gave me the finger in a menacing manner.”
BF: “I think we’ve found our Halloween costumes! :)”
When I was asleep I was absolutely terrified and I woke up all clammy and frightened. His being silly about it helped me calm down a bit, to be sure, but I hate it when I have a nightmare that, when explained to someone else, encourages laughter instead of sympathy. Does anyone else ever have these kind of dreams?