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What are boyfriend dreams about?

The DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon insights from 1,200 dream symbols in over 200,000 dreams. Let’s see what the data has to say about boyfriend dreams.

The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with boyfriend dreams. These are the words that make boyfriend dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of boyfriend dreams can be illuminating about show boyfriends affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example boyfriend dreams at the bottom of the page.

The circular bar chart above shows how boyfriends in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that boyfriend is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that boyfriend is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, boyfriend dreams have more romantic partners than 99.8% of dream symbols, more family than 99.3% of dream symbols, and more sex than 95.6% of dream symbols. On the other hand, boyfriend dreams have less fantastic beings than 97.3% of dream symbols, less natural places than 97.2% of dream symbols, and less animals than 94.9% of dream symbols. Notably, boyfriend dreams are sexy! Dreams of boyfriends are more related to sex than 90% of all of the other dream symbols. Sex in a dream can be great, confusing, digusting, or be just sex. It all depends on the context. Don't assume anything about dreams of boyfriends. Explore what is there. Furthermore, boyfriend dreams contain a lot of love. Love is a wonderful human emotion! Even if love occurs within a dream, it is still love and it can feel wonderful. Since love is such a powerful emotion, it is best to be curious about it. Also, dreams of boyfriends tend not to 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. This may be for any number of reasons. Perhaps the actions of the dreams are intense. Perhaps the characters take the focus in the dreams. Furthermore, dreams of boyfriends are very social! Boyfriend dreams contain more characters tan 90% of all other dream symbols. Dreams, in general, are very social. There are people or characters in almost every dream, so it is notable that boyfriend dreams have are so social. Finally, dreams of boyfriends are family oriented. They 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. Dreams help us to process our emotions and social relationships. In a certain lens, you can think of dreams as simulations of the world. This can be especially helpful for our relationships with family. Every dream is unique. These are general patterns observed in an analysis of over 200,000 dreams. This analysis is a tool to help you make sense of your dreams. It is best to look at the differences. See how your dream of boyfriends is different than dreams of boyfriends in general.

5.2%

of dreams have boyfriends

How common are boyfriend dreams?

5.2% of dreams have the boyfriends symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 20 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is common.

Identification

How are boyfriend dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like boyfriend and bf. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols characters, family, and romantic partners.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of boyfriends?

Boyfriends dreams are notable because they have substantially more infidelity, cheating on tests, former partners, seeing a dead partner, break ups, pregnancy tests, Fiji, jealousy, relationship events, alimony, abortions than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of boyfriends?

Boyfriends dreams are notable because they have substantially less acid rain, hobbits, Hungary, Indiana Jones, indigo, inner selves, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, limousines, lizard people than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into boyfriend dreams

Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in boyfriend dreams.

Who is in dreams of boyfriends?

Who is in dreams of boyfriends?

Boyfriend dreams are more related to peers, much more related to family, and much more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are much less related to animals, much less related to insects, and much less related to unnamed people.

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What are the emotions in dreams of boyfriends?

What are the emotions in dreams of boyfriends?

Dreams of boyfriends are more related to happiness, more related to grief and sorrow, and more related to hatred than dreams in general. They are less related to fear and less related to fun.

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Where do dreams of boyfriends take place?

Where do dreams of boyfriends take place?

Boyfriend dreams are much less related to human-made places, less related to transportation, and much less related to natural places.

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What happens in dreams of boyfriends?

What happens in dreams of boyfriends?

Boyfriend dreams are much more related to sex than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, less related to friendly acts, and much less related to disasters.

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How do dreams of boyfriends related to the type of dream it is?

How do dreams of boyfriends related to the type of dream it is?

Boyfriend dreams are more related to bad dreams and more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to weird dreams, and less related to vivid dreams.

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How do dreams of boyfriends related the senses?

How do dreams of boyfriends related the senses?

Dreams of boyfriends are much less related to hearing, less related to smelling, and much less related to vision.

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How can you make sense of boyfriends in dreams?

Boyfriend dreams are common. Among other things boyfriend dreams are sexual, about love, lack places or locations, very social, and family oriented. Do you think this is true for your dream of boyfriends? How might your dream of boyfriends be different?

All dreams have meaning

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

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

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.

An interpretation of boyfriend dreams

An interpretation of boyfriend dreams

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. 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

Examples of dreams of boyfriends

Reading dreams is one of the best ways to understand dream symbols. Even though the DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon data, it is grounded in the experience of reading thousands upon thousands of dreams. We invite you to read examples of boyfriend dreams for yourself. These dreams are actual dreams people have had. As result, they may contain racist, sexist, violent, or otherwise offense language and imagery. This can be true even for boyfriend dreams. Read at your own risk.

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