Could someone help me with this dream??

[wondergirl75]

Heh, sorry I posted this originally in the wrong place : I just had a very long dream in which, among other things, I walked around the campuses of my undergraduate (typical state university) and current grad school ("public ivy", and the school I've dreamed of attending since I was a child) campuses. In my dream, I suddenly realized that the two campuses intertwined and were both urban campuses comprised of large brick buildings. It was very pleasant, and everyone was very helpful, just as is the case at my current grad school. At the end, I was shown into a beautiful white southern plantation style nursing home with large white columns. As I was entering through the white picket fence three elderly women came running out chasing after an elderly man and giggling. I laughed and thought to myself "at least I don't have to worry about being one of those women as I get older!" When I got to the steps of the building, I was introduced to myself as an older woman, sitting on the stairs outside. There was also a guy from my grad school sitting on the stairs with her, except that in the dream he was the age he is now and had worked for my future husband. He explained that the reason he hadn't gotten older was because of the problems he'd had with my future husband and his business problems. I shushed him since I could see where he was going and started talking to my future self. She started telling me about how I'd wound up with the guy I've known and had feelings for for years, and then started listing off all of the problems we'd had (his business failures, his mental breakdowns, etc.) While she was talking, I saw him coming up the drive on a motorcycle with what seemed like an army of people (all except him in silouette) behind him. I finally broke in because I knew I was running out of time and said, "But did he love me?" just as he was stopping in front of me. Then I woke up. If it helps, this is how the dream compares to my real life: My college was a large state school with an urban campus. My grad school is in a small city with lots of green space. It's actually a tourist attraction because of the beauty of the campus. The guy in the dream is someone that I've known for 10 years. I'm almost certain that he has feelings for me too (possibly even stronger than my feelings for him,) but we have yet to get together. However, the reasons we haven't dated have recently disappeared and I would predict that we will start dating over the next few months.

[Luminous]

Ah, this seems as the typical "what if" dream. I've personally had a few of them. Whether these thoughts are only subconscious or if you do ask yourself what being with him will be like, it seems that these thoughts are materialising themselves in your dream. It seems that you think that your future life will be good, at least in the end (the beautiful nursing home), but you might be worried about being hurt one way or the other (the problems that were decribed).