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What are boyfriend dreams about?

This symbol is identified by words like boyfriend and bf.

Boyfriends in dreams is a common dream symbol, occuring in about 5.2% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 20 dreams.

What are the major highlights of boyfriend dreams?

Boyfriends is a normal dream symbol. Having boyfriends in a dream changes the dream in the same way as most other dream symbols.

Boyfriend dreams might be sexual

Dreams of boyfriends are more related to sex than 90% of all of the other dream symbols. If boyfriends is in a dream, this dream is far more likely to contain sexual symbols. Other symbols that are like this include talismans, bird cages, undressing, best friends, characters, animas, boyfriends, testicles, campuses, and psychologists.

Boyfriend dreams seem to lack places or locations

Dreams of boyfriends frequently do not mention places or locations. The dream may or may not take place in varying locations. But dreams of boyfriends simply do not mention the location, places, or settings occuring within the dream. Other symbols that are like this include frogs, foreshadowing, social media, pregnancy tests, hyenas, wasps, masturbation, abscesses, parasites in body, and boyfriends.

Boyfriend dreams are very social

Dreams of boyfriends contain more characters than most other dream symbols. While dreams are often about other people and social relationships, dreams of boyfriends are especially related to having lots of characters. Other symbols that are like this include uncles, monster, seeing a dead father, bears, girlfriends, birds, sharks, children, worms, and general animals.

Boyfriend dreams are about family

Dreams of boyfriends are more related to family than 90% of all other symbols. In other words, dreaming of boyfriends will increase your chances of dreaming of a family member. Other symbols that are like this include kitchens, childhood homes, brides, spouses, dissecting, laundry rooms, embracing, wives, Jamaica, and family homes.

Boyfriend dreams are about love

Dreams containing boyfriends are more related to love than 90% of all other dream symbols. Of course each dream is unique and this does not mean that all dreams of boyfriends are about love. It simply means that if you dream of boyfriends, this dream has a greater chance of being about love than most other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include cheating on tests, El Salvador, abscesses, Chile, unemployment, Denmark, Malaysia, break ups, best friends, and deluges.

Boyfriend dreams focus on vision

Dreams of boyfriends have more words related to vision than 90% of all other dream symbols. In other words, boyfriend dreams involve sight and seeing objects. Other symbols that are like this include Voldemort, avalanches, weddings, boyfriends, Nepal, Bahamas, incest, abortions, embarking, and turtles.

What are the symbols that help define boyfriends?

The symbol of boyfriends in dreams is highly related to romantic_partners.

How does the dream symbol of boyfriends affect the different aspects of a dream?

Explore different elements related to dreams of boyfriends

Who is in boyfriends dreams?

Overall, dreams with boyfriends are much more related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of boyfriends are more related to close people, much more related to family, and much more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are much less related to animals, less related to insects, and much less related to different roles.

Animals

much less than usual

Insects

less than usual

Different roles

much less than usual

Fantastic beings

much less than usual

Distant people

less than usual

Close people

more than usual

Family

much more than usual

Romantic partners

much more than usual
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What are the emotions in boyfriends dreams?

Overall, dreams with boyfriends are aren't really related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of boyfriends are more related to happiness, more related to sadness, and much more related to grief and sorrow than dreams in general. They are less related to fear and less related to fun.

Happiness

more than usual

Sadness

more than usual

Grief and sorrow

much more than usual

Embarrassment

the same as usual

Confusion

the same as usual

Fear

less than usual

Pain

the same as usual

Hatred

more than usual

Fun

less than usual

Love

much more than usual
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Who is in boyfriends dreams?

Overall, dreams with boyfriends are much less related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of boyfriends are less related to human places, less related to transportation, and much less related to natural places.

Home

the same as usual

Work

the same as usual

Human places

less than usual

Transportation

less than usual

Natural places

much less than usual

Magical places

much less than usual
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What happens in boyfriends dreams?

Overall, dreams with boyfriends are aren't really related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of boyfriends are much more related to sex than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive interactions, less related to friendly interactions, and much less related to disasters.

Aggressive interactions

less than usual

Friendly interactions

less than usual

Sex

much more than usual

Disasters

much less than usual
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How do boyfriends in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?

Overall, dreams with boyfriends are less related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of boyfriends are much more related to waking life than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to nightmares, and less related to recurring dreams.

Lucid dreams

less than usual

Nightmares

less than usual

Recurring dreams

less than usual

Recurring nightmares

the same as usual

Sleep paralysis

the same as usual

Sleeping

the same as usual

Waking life

much more than usual
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How do boyfriends in dreams related the senses?

Overall, dreams with boyfriends are less related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of boyfriends are less related to hearing, less related to smelling, and much less related to vision.

Hearing

less than usual

Smelling

less than usual

Taste

the same as usual

Vision

much less than usual

Touch

less than usual
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How can you make sense of boyfriends in dreams?

Boyfriend dreams are common. Among other things boyfriend dreams are normally interconnect, sexual, lack places or locations, very social, family oriented, about love, and focus on vision.

Do you think this is true for your dream of boyfriends? How might your dream of boyfriends be different?

All dreams have meaning

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

Look for the differences

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience boyfriends in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Return to the feelings

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about boyfriends in dreams. See how you feel about boyfriends now, in your waking life.

What are possible meanings for dreams of boyfriends?

A dream about your boyfriend can connect with some aspect of your relationship—the good, the bad, the ugly. Romantic relationships affect people deeply and will be the subject of dreams. However, avoid the common trap of automatically assuming the dream character represents the person. Usually, it doesn’t.

Of course, you can dream about having a boyfriend when in reality you don’t have one. It has to be symbolism, perhaps for something that makes you happy or excited, or something to which you’re committed. It can be a way of characterizing a relationship with a male friend. Your feelings for the dream character will connect with how you feel about something in your life and provide a trail of clues to follow.

You can dream about the dark side of a boyfriend relationship, too, so again, go by how you feel about the boyfriend in the dream. For example, dreaming that you are bound to an abusive boyfriend can symbolize being bound to a job or person that makes you miserable. After being abused by a boyfriend, it’s common to dream about being back together with your ex, unable to get away. It shows how you’re still bound to the relationship inside yourself. See: Former partners

A dream about a boyfriend can be a sort of dress rehearsal for finding one and thinking through what you want and what you’ll do when you get him. People can get very specific images in mind of what they want in a boyfriend and exclude other possibilities, then dream about a man who doesn’t look at all like what they expect, yet he still intrigues them. For example, instead of tall, dark and handsome, the man in your dream is kind of short and redheaded, but boy does he light your fire!

Be careful, though, because parts of yourself personify as dream characters and are made attractive to promote internal bonding, or the characters represent something attractive to you in another sense of the word. See: Animuses, Beauty

For people with a boyfriend, cheating is a commonly reported dream theme—him cheating, or cheating on him. These dreams can result from fears that it will happen again because it happened in the past, or from suspicion that he really is cheating. Oftentimes, though, cheating is symbolism. See: Infidelity

Another common dream theme is that you break up with your boyfriend. That can express fears that he’s going to find something undesirable about you, or it can relate to other fears and insecurities. You fear you aren’t good enough for him. You can’t compete with rivals. Or you are doing something that will drive him away, like being overly dependent or suspicious.

You can recognize that a breakup is inevitable. Perhaps something is amiss, and you have no future together, and you just know the end is near for whatever reason. Receiving balloons from your boyfriend is a strong sign that a breakup is inevitable, or that the relationship is kept aloft by false hope. See: Balloons

Dreaming about your boyfriend hurting you physically can relate to his hurting you for real, but probably not physically, or even advertently or consciously. Instead, he might hurt you emotionally or psychologically. He might not be doing anything at all; the hurt stems from your reaction to something he doesn’t do.

For example, maybe it hurts you to know that he doesn’t think you’re the prettiest girl in the world, or he’s not an animal lover like you are, or he has different aspirations for the future.

If he acts like a jerk in your dreams but that’s not how he really is, it can be an exaggeration of little annoyances or complaints you have about him. It’s also possible that you’re seeing the way you act in the relationship, projected onto a dream character. What you actually see in the character’s behavior is yourself and how you act toward him.

Dreaming about not being able to find your boyfriend can mean that an emotional or personal connection is missing. Maybe you feel that he is holding back something from the relationship, or part of his mind is elsewhere. Or maybe you are holding back, or your mind is elsewhere. It’s very important to remember that your boyfriend in a dream is a character, an actor playing a role. The role might be based on how he actually is, or it might not.

Dreaming about being unable to reach your boyfriend on the phone can indicate communication issues. In some way you aren’t “reaching him.” You express yourself but don’t get the result you want, or you aren’t able to express yourself the way you want. See: Phones

Dreaming that your boyfriend is arrested can be a way of saying that you want something to stop, such as a behavior or attitude. Might be something as simple as leaving his dirty socks laying around, or something more serious such as driving after drinking. Or something in the relationship needs to stop—or even something in yourself, like stopping needless bickering or complaining. Arrest can express fear that he will be taken away from you. See: Arresting

A dream involving your boyfriend seeing you naked can symbolize seeing past the surface or facade, seeing the real you. It can connect with feelings of exposure or shyness, or with body image or sexuality. It can be a way of saying you know what he really wants. See: Being naked

Dreaming that your boyfriend is blind can mean that he doesn’t really see you. He doesn’t know the person you really are. See: Blindness

To dream about wearing your boyfriend’s clothes can mean that you wrap yourself in his identity, or your personality is changing to match his, like a chameleon. It provides a sense of security. See: Clothing

Dreaming that you push your boyfriend out of bed can indicate you don’t want him in your life anymore, or don’t want to be intimate. See: Beds

Driving together in vehicle or flying together in a plane in a dream can symbolize the direction your relationship is headed. See: Planes, Cars

Dreaming about having sex with your boyfriend can connect with your sex life. Sometimes with dreams, what you see is what you get, and you don’t have to look any deeper. But sex can symbolize connection on other levels, such as emotional, intellectual, or spiritual. And sex is a creative process, so dreaming about it can mean you are integrating something new into your personality, perhaps showing how his influence is rubbing off on you. Or you are creating something with your boyfriend—something tangible, such as a baby, or intangible, such as a feeling of connectedness.

See also: Infidelity, Planes, Animuses, Arresting, Balloons, Beds, Blindness, Cars, Infidelity, Clothing, Former partners, Girlfriends, Love, Weddings, Being naked, Phones, Pregnancy, Sex

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet.

Examples of dreams of boyfriends

Read some real dream reports of boyfriend dreams.. These real life dream reports come from the moderated dream sharing communities of Reddit including r/Dreams, r/Nightmares, r/DreamInterpretation, or r/thisdreamihad. Please note that some of these may contain graphic, sexual, or violent images and text. Use the source link for each dream to view and join the discussion of each one.

I had a dream about a very pretty girl I have a feeling that I know her but forgot who it is, so i don't think so but I would hug her every now, she sits on my lap sometimes and then do bf and gf...

I actually think I'm courting her like that but I have no confidence in myself in real life to do it like that. I don't even have a girlfriend. Does this have a hidden meaning? Pls I really want to know.

I actually think I'm courting her like that but I have no confidence in myself in real life to do it like that. I don't even have a girlfriend. Does this have a...

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Dated an ugly red haired man and cheated on him with my current boyfriend

There is a TL;DR at the end so if you don’t want to read, and

I was sitting in a school courtyard, hugging and kissing my current boyfriend, Sandy. From my side, there is a guy whining that I never hug him. The guy has red hair and freckles and honestly he looks ugly but I assume me and my current boyfriend broke up in dream but we still were attracted to each other even though I was dating someone new. In the dream I wanted to break up with the red head man, who I have never met before in my life, but I felt guilty about potentially using him so I didn’t want to break it off yet. I did not like him more than pity him though. I will call the red head, Steve.
The bell rings and the boys leave, while two of my girl friends walk me to my class. I care deeply for both, there is none of the red head “I only pity you” stuff going on with my friends. However, I rarely talk to one because she might be depressed and doesn’t answer the phone, we will call her, Sofia, while the other is my best friend, Usagi (She loves Sailor Moon). As we walk to class, the sky goes dark with clouds and as the rain falls, lightning nearly strikes us. We run to the furthest building possible, me carrying Sofia at one point while she says she’s going to vomit. The lightning nearly strikes four times before we make it to a building with cover. I keep carrying Sofia and she throws up on my back. I’m annoyed but I understand. Usagi promises to care for her on their way to class and both leave.
When I go to class, I ask for a spare sweater or jacket since my shirt is nasty. It smells awful for obvious reasons. My friend, Aaron, offers up his sweatshirt and I take it going to the bathroom. It’s a girls bathroom but it appears both men and women are inside studying French. I studied French in high school and I am afraid I can’t speak well so naturally they speak it better than me. I then lose my phone somehow while changing out of my shirt. I try to find it when an old man begins cleaning the faucet and when I smile commending him for his work, he smiles back.
I then just end up in a car in a parking lot with Sandy, my real boyfriend. I don’t remember what happened except I ended up being chased by a bull and had to find my way back inside even though I don’t remember why I got out in the first place. I can’t remember anything else so I think it ended there.

TL;DR
• Two boyfriend, one I am dating in real life, one that is ugly and doesn’t exist but apparently I’m cheating on him with my real bboyfriend
• Two friends, one needs to be carried and throws up when I carry her
• Lightning storm
• I get chased by a bull
• Lose my phone while changing shirts

There is a TL;DR at the end so if you don’t want to read, and

I was sitting in a school courtyard, hugging and kissing my current boyfriend, Sandy. From my...

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Could this dream mean something or nah?

Had this dream just today.

It was night time, and I was at a fast food place with this girl I know in real life named Lexi. We were sitting on a bench outside the building that was right in front of the mic and screen that’s used to order your food. And there were bushes around us. We were both just sitting together chatting, and we were the only ones there. I don’t remember all that we talked about, but I remember Lexi saying to me that she wish she could explain things like I can because she likes my voice. And she had said that second part about liking my voice twice trying to repeat what she said. She was smiling at me while she said it, and said it in a manner that was as if she had a crush on me. The weird thing is that she did also mention something about her boyfriend (even though irl she’s single)? I don’t remember too clearly though. Anyways, it was a pretty sweet dream.

Had this dream just today.

It was night time, and I was at a fast food place with this girl I know in real life named Lexi. We were sitting on a bench outside...

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horrible dream.

i went to sleep at 11:30ish. i woke up, 12:45, after having lived five whole fucking years of my life.

i don’t even remember what i did at the start of the dream, because it was five years ago.

i went through school, i graduated. with a scholarship. i deferred it and moved out two weeks later with three of my friends, one of which i do not expect to have in my future. all in june 2020

i had a boyfriend, we got together january 2020. i’ve known him for a while, we’re in talking stage right now.

i went to college in 2021 for nursing. i dropped out because i hated it, and held a job at a strip club as a waitress.

i did so much. i voted in the 2023 election. one of my friends died in a car accident. i had a dog, named riley. and my roommate had a ferret named pearl.

it ended in august 2024, was a wednesday but the date isn’t in my head. i came home and found 4 year long boyfriend banging my roommate. i walked in and saw them, it was a fight and they insisted it was “friendly” and “okay because it wasn’t romantic”. i remember every single second of that conversation. i was screaming at the top of my lungs and so were they. i eventually got mad enough to leave, i slammed the door behind me and the hallway started looking off. i figured it was the tears welling my eyes making my vision all wonky so i shut my eyes really tight. i opened them, and there i was in the bedroom of the house i moved out of 5 years earlier.

i lived 5 years into the future in an hour. i woke up and i don’t know who i am anymore. i don’t have the same experiences that built me. i don’t have any motivation. i just DID everything i dot want to do it again.

i don’t know if this is exactly the place to write this. but i’m so disheartened and grieving and i’m terrified.

i went to sleep at 11:30ish. i woke up, 12:45, after having lived five whole fucking years of my life.

i don’t even remember what i did at the start of the...

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Sneezing blood and staining my shirt (pls help me interpret)

CONTEXT:

19F, USA. Ex and I don’t talk and I’m in a very happy relationship with my bf I’ve been dating for 1 year & 1/2. But I do think about my ex sometimes, but definitely NOT in that way. I just think about the past a lot in general.

DREAM:

I was friends with Jim Halpert and was hanging with the whole “The Office” cast. It was night and I sat near Jim and we were in some kind of hallway in a church. It was dim with blue lights. It felt like we were going to preform of some kind of musical or dance. I was talking to the whole cast like we were all friends, but across the room was my ex and his now gf with the cast of parks & rec. Me and him kept making eye contact but tbh I just felt curious and jealous he was there with me. I didn’t feel like I cared much about his gf.

I started to pick my nose and then I sneezed and a LOT of blood came out and stained my whole shirt. It looked like I killed someone. I believe it was a white shirt if that mattered, and I told Jim I was going to the rest room to change and had a whole bag already prepared to change. I put on a yellow shirt that was paired with a purple tennis skirt. I went back out and sat with Jim.

CONTEXT:

19F, USA. Ex and I don’t talk and I’m in a very happy relationship with my bf I’ve been dating for 1 year & 1/2. But I do think about my ex...

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