Why do we dream of having sex with people we're not attracted to in real life?

[Bicoastal]

I had one last night that was very graphic. With someone I don't think of as attractive at all, and don't even really know that well, and to the extent that I DO know her, don't much care for her.

WTF? This ever happen to anyone else?

[Haole Girl]

1. No

Sorry. But I did have an erotic dream about Elvis Presley once.

:shrug:

[petronius]

2. Who is this "we" you speak of?

:shrug:

What you describe has not happened to me. As for the ludicrous and embarrassing dreams I do have... no comment.

[Richard Steele]

3. Dreams are often NOT about what they seem to be about.

You say you "don't much care for her"....
Dows she ANNOY you in real life?
In the dream, were you doing the driving?

Your dream might not have been so much about "sex"
as about CONTROL- a fantasy situation in which -you- were
the one in charge & calling the shots.

[MilesColtrane]

9. Most of the characters in your dreams are representative of parts of your self.

Just because you dream of someone you know IRL, that doesn't mean that the dream is about them.

The people and events in your dreams are symbols about your own consciousness.

The most direct way to interpret a dream is to ask yourself how it made you feel.

[applegrove]

4. Yup.

[kayakjohnny]

5. To me, dreams are part of real life.

So then all bets are off.

[rug]

6. Well, I, for one, find Leftyfingerpop attractive and disown no dreams.

[Duer 157099]

7. You know what I've noticed about this?

When it does happen, I have found that my real-life relationship with that person suddenly improves. This has happened to me more than once, and it is really freaky.

[av8rdave]

8. I don't

Anyone I've dreamed of having sex with....well, they call it a dream for a reason, don't they?

[proteus_lives]

10. Been there.

Confused the hell out of me.