REAL LIFE:
So I see this guy about twice a week. I don't really know him, he's just an acquiantance. I say hi to him sometimes and that's about it. We've never engaged in any conversations. He and my husband aren't friends...my husband knows him as much as I do. There have been times that I've made quick eye contact with him as a coinsidence and he just stares right back at me for a few seconds and then looks away. I never knew what that was all about but I would usually just brush it off. I've been married for 10 years and my husband and I have been going through some difficulty in our marriage. We've talked about our problems and have kept nothing inside. I know how he feels and he knows how I feel. Just lately, we both can't seem to get along. There are some scars that he and I both have from past experiences together and I think those scars are affecting our marriage. I feel like I've hit a dead end. There's been a lot of stress and pressure lately but we are both still together and trying to work things out. We have a son together and I am 5 months pregnant with his baby at the moment.

THE DREAM:
I've dreamt about the acquiantance I mention above at least 5 or 6 times, maybe more. I've lost count. I usually just tend to forget about it but this time, I can't. The reason why this dream stands out from all the others is because this was sort of a lucid dream. I felt "awake". I felt like I knew what I was doing in the dream, to a certain extent. I woke up feeling like crap because I have these dreams about him so often. Anyway, about last night's dream, I dreamt that I was in a relationship with him. He would look for me, hug me, call me on the phone, I just feel so HAPPY in my dream. I always feel so content when I'm dreaming about him. But those feelings I have in the dream do not exist in my waking life. This person always looks exactly how he does in real life, so that doesn't help. Also, I was pregnant with my husband's baby in the dream, just like IRL, only my husband was completely out of the picture in my dream. And every time I dream of this person, I am driving somewhere.

I never think or daydream about this guy I am having the dreams about. I have no desire to leave my husband and he is the one I want to be with for the rest of my life. Why do I keep dreaming about this guy I barely know? What does it mean? I feel so guilty for having these dreams Help!

It could be that the acquaintance represents something new, adventurous, or even forbidding. You could be stuck in a funk right now and the responsibilities you have are mundane, routine or even burdensome. The dreams may be escapism to something new and exciting---a counterbalance to your reality.

The hormones of pregnancy can also trigger dreams of a romantic nature.

Unconsciously, the pregnancy may be making you feel trapped (not that you don't want to be pregnant; your unconscious is just looking at your pregnancy in a different way), which goes with Sweet Slumber's idea that you may feel stuck in a funk.