:: laughing :: Third party makes some things so.....simple to see. Okay, so there's still this theme of a romance. In fact, I think loving and being loved is probably the very thing your subconscious is trying to point your attention to. There's an old addage, though...and it fits perfectly here. "In order for you to love others, you must first love yourself."

In psychology there is a belief that how we interact with others is based wuite a bit on the projections we subconsciously apply to other people. We dislike others because we see the things within ourselves that we detest, and we like others because we see our best traits in them. So I have to ask - what traits in this woman do you place a high value on, and what of them do you have within yourself? You may not think it so, but the clue is if other people have acknowledged these traits to be there. This is a dream about self love...about the relationship you have with yourself, and the connection you have with the female part of your personality. So you look into something she likes...as you look at yourself...and you consider what it will take to get her to love you. A closer look shows that you are evading the task of loving one's self by putting your focus on things...on time. Are you putting showing yourself affection because you don't have enough time in the day? More importantly, your dream shows that you are trying to be in a place where the world is effecting you, instead of you effecting it ("making -her- love -me-"), when in reality the only thing you have control over is yourself. The irony is that you need to be opening yourself up to loving yourself. That means you have to be the one making the effect.

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Most might call this a surface dream, reflecting that you are trying our different interests, and are afraid of losing support over the changes. I challenge that, though. I think it's less about what interests you, and more about who you want to be as a person. Others might be thinking that you're not doing it for yourself, and that's a fear that could be valid in the dream. This is simply your subconscious asking "Who do I want to be?"