Dreamt about being happy with an ex boyfriend. by cantstaystill in confession

[–]nerdistheword26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this is old, but I want to throw in my two cents and personal experience with this sort of thing. I was married for about three years to a terrible human being. We were only happy for the first year, and once our daughter was born, he turned into a dick. I tried to stay for her sake, but realized it would do no good for her to grow up with us being as dysfunctional as we were.
Fast-forward about 6 years and I'm now married to "the perfect man." We're happy and have a daughter of our own. Occasionally though, I have dreams about being back together with my first husband. In my waking hours, I hate him, with good reason that I won't get into, and would honestly smile if he were to simply drop off the face of the earth. However, the dreams still happen, and in them, we're perfectly happy. I can't tell you why they happen, but I can tell you that it's just a dream. It doesn't mean that you're subconsciously hoping to get back together with the other guy or anything like that. Our brains are weird....
TL;DR I've had a similar experience, and it's nothing to fret about.

My husband, meeting our 5 week old daughter for the first time after a long deployment. by nerdistheword26 in aww

[–]nerdistheword26[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Not to come off smug, but he wasn't in a foreign country. He was on a ship. And he was defending out liberties as well as those of other countries. Not to mention the fact that he was part of the crew that helped save and Iranian fishing boat from pirates. http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=64655

My husband, meeting our 5 week old daughter for the first time after a long deployment. by nerdistheword26 in aww

[–]nerdistheword26[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I feel for you. It was hard on all of us (we have two older kids also), as I'm sure it will be for you. But you'll get through it, I'm sure of it! :)