Oh boy!! Ken just told me he had posted on the board this morning. I thought I might have to do damage control! :lol:
Here's the real story...
I don't know what caused it, but I had a nightmare! In the dream I was in the back of an open pick up truck with a much younger woman and there was a woman driving the truck. It was getting dark and we were driving across some open pasture like terrain. We were being bounced around a lot.
Then suddenly there was this huge bear chasing us. It came along my side and was swiping at me. I was trying to hit it with something and it grabbed my shirt and I started screaming........."Help me!!! Help me!!!
As it turns out I really was screaming and woke up DH. The only indication the dream was real was the taste in my mouth....(you know the saying)
I am surprised I was able to go back to sleep easily. I went on to have other crazy dreams, but I guess my screams scared the bear away for the night!! Whew!!!
As to my DH....We do laugh a lot together, sometimes at each other and often at ourselves!!! :D :D :D

ROL.....that was good. My girlfriend had a dream one time that someone was on her back deck. She didn't want to yell at them to get off so she thought if she barked like a dog she'd scare them off. She started barking. Unfortunately, her face was within inches of her husband's face and he had a RUDE awakening. ROL!!! Glad you're okay Ditter!

dreams can be so funny sometimes and scary also

thanks for your story, rofl

We figured it out-although not in that much detail I'm sure!

My mom had a dream one time that she was trying to park a semi or 18 wheeler in a garbage can! LOL

Dreams can be so much fun!

Now I have two of you to make my day! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

No damage control needed! Gave me a good laugh and the one about a friend pretending to be a barking dog put me over the edge and am rolling on the floor laughing. This is an incredibly healthy place to be.

LOL!!!

I have done that. Usually my DH will catch me before I actually scream cause I get real agitated and it wakes him up. However I have a couple of times belted out a blood curdling scream and scared him half to death. We laugh about that. Latest was only a week ago.

I've been waiting for your response. Now smack him upside his head for me. I really thought something had happened to you just by the title he put up there. My heart sank and then I was laughing.

Oooh! I have had dreams like that. I have screamed in my sleep and also hit my DH! Hard! Poor guy! Once my dad had a dream that my mom and the neighbor sat down and ate all of Daddy's grape jelly. He woke up mad at them both and stayed that way for two whole days even though the jelly was still there and intact! Silly.

Took me a while to figure it out this morning! Totally something my husband would do!! Had me going for a while!

lol enjoyed both versions :thumbup:

My husband is the one that has the funny dreams. He use to wake me up to tell me about them. We've had a few laughs over his dreams.

Your dream is very interesting, so I did a little googling on what bears are supposed to symbolize in dreams. None of this is considered scientific, I'm sure, but I thought you might like to see what others have speculated about the meaning of a bear in a dream:

"You may find yourself in a threatening situation."

"The bear is symbolic of introspection and self-reflection. In mythology, it also refers to the great mother figure."

"They may actually symbolize something that one is having to "bear" or something one fears "bearing." ...Bear puns may also play with the sound of the word - as in feeling "bare" or exposed. This bareness may be freeing or it may feel like a space of vulnerability. The key to deciding which meaning works for you lies in the emotions that accompany your dream bear. "

The last one seemed to be the most convincing. It was from this site: http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art13548.asp
Sorry, I lost track of the other sites, but they'd probably come up for anyone looking. Maybe I should have looked for trucks, rough rides and young friends in dream, too.

I've always liked the idea that dreams are a symbolic way our brains try to work things out. Maybe a lot gets accomplished when we're asleep. I know I sometimes wake up knowing where lost objects are that I could not find the night before.

I hope your DH does not retaliate with a noisy nightmare of his own. Mine does that now and then - scary! And then he tells me he was dreaming about basketball or some such.

I have heard that all the people in ones dream are oneself. Different aspects of oneself that one is in conflict with. I am not sure if that is true, unless it only applies to strangers in ones dreams. What I mean is sometimes my family members and friends are in my dreams and I know that they must be themselves, but other people in my dream that I don't recognize by appearance or feel, may be other aspects of me? Strange.

I do this too - started shaking in the bed and DH wakes me up. Of course he gets back at me by asking questions in his sleep and waking me up to answer them.

I dream like that too!!I started keeping a log of what I dream. Would you believe I have dreamt the same thing over a few times with different endings! It's amazing how our minds work! As long as hubby doesn't to upset you waking him up....Keep dreaming!!!! ;)

You two are such a perfect match. It's wonderful that he felt comfortable enough to get on here and tell the story. Sounds like you guys have the perfect marriage. Sense of humor goes a long way! Blessings to you both. Cheryl