• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    I couldn’t get over my high school girlfriend until my thirties. One time, I had a dream in which she told me that my obsession with her was unhealthy and that I needed to move on. It didn’t help.

    (I do think it’s hilarious that she rejected me even in my own dreams.)

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      4 days ago

      I still think about someone I liked in high school, even though I’m happily married and wouldn’t change anything about what happened. In fact, I think I’d have more problems if I ended up with that them than my SO.

      I think most people have that “one that got away” that they think about, regardless of their current relationship status. And I don’t think it has anything to do with that specific individual, but the circumstances that made them stand out to you at the time, like that favorite video game that doesn’t hold up today but you still want to replay (or maybe have replayed multiple times).

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      5 days ago

      My dreams are brutally realistic sometimes too lol, which makes me grumpy. Shouldn’t we be trying out other ideas, ya dork ass brain?! Isn’t that a lotta the point of dreaming at all?!