Background

What are romantic partner dreams about?

Romantic partners are people you choose to relate with in romantic ways. Some romantic relationships are quick and focused on temporary interactions and some are long term and focused on committed partnership. Romantic and domestic partners often act as mirrors to reflect our own thoughts and feelings, which is a term psychologists call 'projection'. 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 romantic partner dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how romantic partners in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that romantic partner is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that romantic partner is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, romantic partner dreams have more family than 99.6% of dream symbols, more love than 97.3% of dream symbols, and more sex than 96.8% of dream symbols. On the other hand, romantic partner dreams have less natural places than 93.3% of dream symbols, less fantastic beings than 93.1% of dream symbols, and less animals than 91.5% of dream symbols. Notably, romantic partner dreams are sexy! Dreams of romantic partners 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 romantic partners. Explore what is there. Furthermore, romantic partner 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. Additionally, dreams of romantic partners are full of grief and sorrow. Of course not every romantic partner dream is sorrowful, these type of dreams have more grief and sorrow than 90% of other dream symbols. It can be heart breaking to experience grief and sorrow during a dream. This can remind us of painful events in waking life. Alternatively, the grief and sorrow within a dream can feel so real. Also, dreams of romantic partners are very social! Romantic partner 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 romantic partner dreams have are so social. Finally, dreams of romantic partners are family oriented. They are more related to family than 90% of all other symbols. In other words, dreaming of romantic partners 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 romantic partners is different than dreams of romantic partners in general.

15%

of dreams have romantic partners

How common are romantic partner dreams?

15% of dreams have the romantic partners symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 7 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is very common.

Identification

How are romantic partner dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by the presence of other dream symbols such as boyfriends, fiances, girlfriends, husbands, lovers, wives, spouses, crushes, and twin flames.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of romantic partners?

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

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of romantic partners?

Romantic partners dreams are notable because they have substantially less Congo, Princess Leia, Aquaman, Ethiopia, Laos, Nepal, magnifying glasses, Estonia, Gimli, pheasants, emaciation than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into romantic partner dreams

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

Who is in dreams of romantic partners?

Who is in dreams of romantic partners?

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

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What are the emotions in dreams of romantic partners?

What are the emotions in dreams of romantic partners?

Dreams of romantic partners 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.

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Where do dreams of romantic partners take place?

Where do dreams of romantic partners take place?

Romantic partner dreams are more related to work than dreams in general. They are 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 romantic partners?

What happens in dreams of romantic partners?

Dreams of romantic partners are much more related to sex than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, less related to friendly acts, and less related to disasters.

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

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

Dreams of romantic partners are more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to nightmares, and less related to weird dreams.

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How do dreams of romantic partners related the senses?

How do dreams of romantic partners related the senses?

Romantic partner dreams are less related to hearing, less related to smelling, and less related to vision.

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How can you make sense of romantic partners in dreams?

Romantic partner dreams are very common. Among other things romantic partner dreams are sexual, about love, sorrowful, very social, and family oriented. Do you think this is true for your dream of romantic partners? How might your dream of romantic partners 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 romantic partners 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 romantic partners in dreams. See how you feel about romantic partners now, in your waking life.

Examples of dreams of romantic partners

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 romantic partner 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 romantic partner dreams. Read at your own risk.

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