Wedding Dreams....???
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Wedding Dreams....???
| Wed, 05-03-2006 - 12:32am |
This is strange. At least once a week, I will have a dream about getting married. It is the strangest thing because I have finally come to terms with being single. I actually enjoy my singletom status and can appreciate it for what it is... So why now am I having all these dreams? I cannot say it is completely wish fullfillment because I am not even sure I am ready for marriage, so what gives???? Why now??? Anyone else having the same thing happen?

Dreams are merely answers to questions we haven't figured out how to ask yet.
Dreams are confusing but they do have strange and hidden meanings and it may not just be the fact that you are getting married or at a wedding but it may be what happens at the wedding that matters.
What specifically do you remember happening in these dreams?
I had a dream last night that I can't shake. It was one of those dreams that is so powerful that it hangs over you all day. I don't want to get into the details, but suffice it to say that it involved the ex who broke my heart so badly.
I never dream about marriage but I know that I am feeling lonely when I dream about the ex. I sometimes wonder if he will always haunt me a little. I hate that he has any power over me all of these years later but some emotional events in our lives are so strong and so defining that they color and change the people we are. I try to tell myself that this is why I still have the dreams. That they are more about me and how I am feeling than they are about him. But it still has the power to hurt. That's for sure.
One interpretation from http://www.dreammoods.com/dreamdictionary/w2.htm :
Wedding
To see a wedding in your dream, symbolizes a new beginning or transition in your current life. Dreams involving weddings are generally negative and highlight some anxiety or fear. It often refers to feelings of bitterness, sorrow, or death. Alternatively, wedding dreams reflect your issues about commitment and independence.
To dream that you are getting married to your current spouse again, represents your wedded bliss and happiness. It highlights your strong commitment to each other. It may also signify a new phase (such as parenthood) that you are entering in your life.
To dream that you are planning your own wedding to someone you never met, is a metaphor symbolizing the union of your masculine and feminine side. It represents a transitional phase where you are seeking some sort of balance between your aggressive side and emotional side.
That's an interesting interpretation, because I am going through a transition. Going back to grad school in order to change my career which means a lot to me. Although in my psych. classes, we were always told that dream interpretation books and websites are just a bunch a bull. So this makes me wonder.....
To answer the previous question, what are the dreams like... They're usually good or nerve wrecking because I usually jump right into my wedding dreams caught off guard. Like one day I am single and the next I am getting married. This week's dream was kind of bad because I had five minutes to put my make-up on. Kinda like I jump from my current life into the last five minutes before I was walking down the isle and I was not prepared. I had mascara all over my face and hair because I was rushing. I was so mad that I only had five minutes to put on my make-up and fix my hair. I was going to be an ugly bride because of it.
When I think about it, maybe I am nervous that marriage would screw up my plans right now. Maybe I am a little worried that if I were to meet my dream guy and get married, it would screw up my life right now, which I am happy with and I would have to make sacrifices I am not ready to make. That is the only thing that makes sense.
"Anyone else having the same thing happen?"
Yes, actually, I keep having a recurring dream that I am pregnant and due any moment and I am all alone. No family, no friends, no doctors. I can't reach anyone on the phone and the baby is coming. It's horrifying.
And I am NOWHERE ready to have a baby but this one keeps recurring though the setting chnages. Sometimes I'm out of state, sometimes at home. It's unsettling and I don't like it.