Should people apologise for their dream actions?
Before you say anything, of course this question makes sense. What I am talking about is those dreams where someone you know has done something to you in a dream. For instance, this morning I woke up to a persistent, annoying and exasperating dream in which my partner not only explained my toilet habits to his co-workers but then refused to apologise for doing it. He then went on to act very rudely indeed and even when I threatened dis-engagement, he didn’t care! At that stage of the dream some tropical fruit cake arrived which was delicious. But that didn’t make me feel any better when I woke up. I still feel cross that he didn’t say sorry. Unfortunately redress cannot always be pursued in the dream state.
But it’s not their fault I hear you say, it’s happening in your head. But I would suggest there is a reason that it’s happening in your head. There is obviously a reason why your sub-concious is so annoyed as to make up convoluted stories about the person in question. In reality, most of the times when we are offended by others when awake, it’s not how a comment was given but how we perceived it.
So in a word, Yes, dream offenders should apologise in the morning, preferably with a slice of delicious tropical cake.