Example: I was on board a pleasure cruiser with my wife. As I stood on a high deck I looked down and saw her sitting below with very tight knickers on and nothing else. As a man walked towards her the knickers came off or slipped down.
The man was sexually aroused and started attempting to penetrate her. She only put up a token resistance, mewing a bit, but not fighting him off. I rushed towards them and kicked him off’ (Andrew P). In this dream Andrew’s fear of his wife’s desire for another man is being expressed, but the dream really depicts Andrew’s feelings of sexual inadequacy. Adultery dreams may also express release of sexual feelings; desire for another partner, desire for one’s partner to have sex with someone else.
See Also: sex in dreams; last example in dark.
African This may refer to one’s own feelings about coloured people or racial prejudices; Africa may have been the birthplace for the human race. In dreams we still use primitive Africans or Australian aborigines to represent our own natural inner life.
See Also: aboriginal; black people; native.
[1]Gives gender-specific: When a woman dreams of an affair, it is likely that she has registered that connection before becoming consciously aware of it.
A man will tend to be more physically attracted before dreaming of an affair. Men tend to be better at analyzing systems while women tend to be better at reading the emotions of other people. They have an increased ability to bond and be connected to others.
For further clarification you might like to read the entries for family and people.
[2]If you dream of cheating on your boyfriend, it means you will be entangled in a situation that is not in your best interest, perhaps even illegal. You may have behaved in a way that compromised your values.
To dream that you are cheating with your boyfriend’s friend means you are feeling neglected by your boyfriend.
To dream that your sweetie is cheating on you, means you are scared of being abandoned. You may feel some lack of attention in the relationship.
[3]We need to come to terms with our own sexual needs and desires for excitement and stimulation.
Dreaming of an affair allows us to release such feelings. We may feci the need to do something naughty or something which means we have to take emotional risks.
We could be actively seeking emotional satisfaction in a way that is unacceptable in our waking lives.
We arc seeking an integration of opposite polarities male/female, drive/receptivity, good/bad.
[4]Psychological / emotional perspective: We could be actively seeking emotional satisfaction in a way that is unacceptable in our waking lives. In dreams, to be having an affair with someone we don’t know suggests that we should perhaps reassess our own needs and desires.
If the affair is with someone we know but would not normally consider in that light we are perhaps looking for different sorts of satisfaction.
[5]Dreaming of an affair shows we are seeking to integrate opposite polarities within ourselves: male / female, drive / receptivity, good / bad. Such integration and an understanding of the dynamics leads to wholeness and an ability to access hidden aspects of our personality.
[6]If having one, one is not completely happy in one’s current romantic relationship.
[7]1. Sharing your spouse with work, church, or a hobby. See Also: Adultery. Hos. 2:5.
[8]See Also: Adultery; Sexual Intercourse.
[9]See Also: Infidelity.
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