[misse]

Hey all! Last night I had a rather bizarre dream - I'd like to know what everyone thinks about this:

I was back at my old workplace and it was my birthday, and everyone had put together a gift hamper for me- you know the sort, a big basket with lots of different choices of exotic things inside like foods from overseas or expensive wine etc. And I opened it up and inside there was a blue slip of paper which said on it : Massage from Jack.

Jack is a guy I worked with, and who I have liked for a while, and who quite a few people know I like. But when he was single I wasn't ready for him and now he's in a serious relationship. I tend to think he's out of my league anyway, but I really don't know how to gauge that. As far as I know he doesn't know how I feel (and its more like lust/like at this stage than love anyway, I don't know him that well) but some of my friends at work do.

I wondered if the blue note was a joke, but I picked it out and took it around to his office. I said to him "hey Jack, did you hear about the gift basket everyone made for me. I found this in it, what's the deal with that?" And he said to me "yeah I've been taking massage classes and so I thought that would be a nice thing to offer."

So then the dream fast forwards to him giving me the massage. It was not an x-rated one, just a regular back massage, and I remember lying there completely naked, on my front side, and feeling completely relaxed and thinking I really liked him. I don't remember anything about where this massage took place nor even if I had a towel on (I guess so?) the focus was entirely on me and the sensation of how it felt, and how I felt about him. I was just there in the moment. I don't even remember seeing his face in that part of the dream.

Anyway this was a nice dream ;-) but I'm confused about what it is supposed to be telling me. (I don't often remember my dreams but I do like interpreting them!) I mean I already knew I liked Jack, but he's in a relationship, so dating him isn't really an option right now. It seems weird to have such an elaborate dream to tell me something I already know? Do you think I am missing something here? Usually my dreams are not so literal as this one seems to be... And as for the friends at work, I would be surprised to get such a gift for my birthday (its not the tradition, and i don't work there right now anyway) but that really wasn't the important part of the dream. The main issue I think was around Jack.

Any thoughts? I'm curious to know what y'all think!
thanks!

[Rhapsody]

I would not say that your dream is telling you some thing that you all ready know, but rather your dream is using your sleep mode to deal with some thing you cannot have..... our body releases and heals while we sleep & dream.

BLUE - did you know that the color blue in a dream can represent sadness... maybe you are sad that you will never have Jack, hence the basket you know your coworkers would never give you as a gift in RL (and) the note is written on blue paper.

I'm agreeing with Rhapsody (again)....

I think your dream is telling you what you already know and feel in your waking hours with Jack.

[Perna]

Thank you for shariing your dream! I think if it were my dream I'd feel better about how I felt/feel about Jack, that it was/is "okay" to like him, even though he's in a relationship. That's not to say "do" with him :-) but our feelings are our feelings and are always okay. I "enjoyed" the backrub and felt good.

I once had a dream where I had to cross a stream on little stones and slipped and fell but landed mostly on the deck I was aiming for (on my back :-) When I woke I was thinking about it and realized that I had crossed the stream, not perfectly but good enough! It was a success!

It could be you were thinking about and berating yourself a bit for liking Jack even though he's in a relationship now as if those two things are related. They're not! Jack's relationship doesn't have anything to do with how you feel. You like Jack and would like to try a relationship with him. That's okay. That you didn't figure it all out until after he was in a relationship is okay also. You can't know the future, there might come a time when you can get to know him better, when he won't be in a relationship but you should feel good about yourself for figuring out how you feel and making yourself feel good about it by giving yourself a massage from Jack in your dream :-)

[misse]

hmmm thanks guys! i'd never realised dreams could be a way of coping with what you already know too - I'm always so focused on finding a meaning (cos they are usually very metaphorical) and its a good thought about the blue- I didn't think of that!
anyway thanks for the food-for-thought!

[scoobywho]

hello
I love interpreting dreams as well, and the blue is indicative of sadness of what you might be missing out on and I think the basket of food would represent how you treat yourself in real life food is sustanance and its good food that your getting. Then maybe the dream is telling you that the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
That's my interpretation anyway let me know what you think.