dream_date nr on rare occasions, i dream of people who don't exist, or who do but are different than i know them to be in real life. there isn't always a romantic component to them, but there's often a sense of connection or closeness that i'd been looking for. sometimes it's about "ginger." that's the closest one to reality, though still not that close. sometimes it's a person i've never met in waking life, and my subconscious imagines the great person they are. who knows where it gets its ideas? sometimes it's someone i don't know well, like the person in my dream last night. i've gone to school with this person since elementary school, but never knew him well at all, other than to know that he was sadly very unpopular. i think mostly because he was a nerd and kind of a pest/annoying, and kids are cruel. in the dream, we were somewhat involved, and we were at a fair or carnival or something. i was walking around with him, feeling a bit unsure but aware that i felt comfortable around him and that the talk against him had been unfair. i had this kind of calm, pleasant sense of wanting to be around this person. i liked it, and i tentatively leaned against him for comfort. and then i wake up. 220107 ... nr i looked up this person on facebook today to see what they were up to, and he was tagged in a cute photo by his male partner. i'm glad he's doing well now. 220107 ... nr sometimes it's just dreaming of a feeling 220107 ... nr last night, i dreamt that i was staying at the place of a former friend who i was telling someone about last night in real life — a friend who i've just drifted apart with. let's call her K. in the dream, K told me she'd invited another friend to come over. when he arrived (let's call him B), he and i realized we knew each other. i got the idea that K knew we did too, but hadn't thought much of it. B and i had a connection and were attracted to each other. at one point, all three of us were hanging out on a big bed together (??), and K went under the covers for a bit. while she was there, B and i started kissing a bit. then she emerged and we broke apart, but she knew what we'd been doing and was LIVID. (it should also be mentioned that K isn't interested in men in real life.) she was tearing me a new one, and B came and sat beside me to comfort me. i apologized for crossing whatever line i'd crossed, and B retreated to his bedroom (maybe it was an Airbnb or something). K and i were sharing a room, so we hung out and eventually went to bed. i wanted to wait until she was asleep so i could go to B's room, and when i wandered in there, he was already up and ready to go to hockey practice. K joined us in there too, and i realized maybe this thing with B wasn't going to happen. i woke up and had no idea who B was. 240420 what's it to you? who go blather from