My husband might literally be the nicest person in the world. Yes. Literally. He is so nice to everyone all the time. He’s even nice when I’m being annoying. And I am annoying a lot. I haven’t met everyone in the world yet, so I could be wrong… and he’s no saint, but when it comes to being nice, he’s at the top of the nice list.
Which makes it odd when I have dreams like the one I had two nights ago.
Dreams where my Mike is mean to me.
I’ve had them at least once every six months since we’ve been together – so going on 8 years now. And, because Mike is so nice, he actually feels guilty about the actions of Mean Dream Mike and desperately tries to find some way to make it up to me for his evil dream twin. When I tell real life Mike about my dreams, he seriously feels bad about it and apologizes!
The subject varies, but it’s always ridiculous. This most recent dream was one where Mean Dream Mike bought a house and paid cash because he wanted to live in a house separate from me and not pay for the mortgage. I sobbed hysterically and he tried to calm me by saying “I don’t want a divorce; I just don’t want to live with you.” SO MEAN! RIGHT!?
Another time I had a dream that we were at a party and he kept making fun of the stories I was telling, so I threw my punch in his face and ran and cried in another room. Another one I remember was that he went on vacation… WITHOUT TELLING ME!
SO MEAN!!!!
(And also, I cry a lot in my dreams. Wah wah wah)
Why do I do this? Why do I dream that he’s mean to me? I never dream that he cheats on me, or that he physically abuses me, but I totally dream up scenarios where he’s such a mean guy! In the morning, I’m so relieved to discover that nice Mike is real life Mike that I’m overcome with joy and want to hug and kiss him to death and make sure he never leaves my side. Is it because his real life persona is so nice that my subconscious has to make up for it by making him evil in my dreams?
Why can’t I dream that he’s a superhero and then be able to tell him about that in the morning? He would be so pumped instead of depressed! Usually when I dream about superheroes, it’s just me with the awesome skills. Come on sub-conscious, cut the husband a break… how about cranking out an awesome superhero dream for Mike sometime?
