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Raymond's Dream,
STARRING:
Raymond, his father, Melanie, Ana Gasteyer, Jeanne Co____, my brother, Sammy (De__'s friend)
There was not a clean narrative throughout the dream, but here are a few random parts, followed by the couple scenes I do remember clearly.
-- Trying get from one place to another without getting wet (torrential storms were occurring), so I and several others cut through people's yards and houses, specifically their dining rooms while eating some sort of holiday meal. It sort of felt like the scene at the end of Being John Malkovich when they were chasing each other through Malkovich's head.
-- Driving in the rain and having to pull off the road. Problems with traffic.
-- Sammy cancelling his part-time physics class which was being taught at my house, because he couldn't keep up with the curriculum. Then him and me and MelRo watching TV in the den, and I found a box with old toys of mine, but mostly the tiny accessories that went with the Playmobil, Lego and doll sets.
-- My brother coming in the back porch after riding his bike in the rain and being covered in mud.
So here's the weirdest part. I was married to Ana Gasteyer and also just gotten married to Jeanne. My father was old and sick, and it was customary for me to get married to more than one woman. It was also traditional for them to take care of him, because he was older. I wasn't really interested in the custom of being married, so my two "wives" just lived with my dad and were sort of live-in nurse types. But they weren't totally their against their will -- it was sort of like a job, because I remember being thrilled that Jeanne had "signed on to the whole operation" or whatever. She had become one of my wives while I was away (I didn't live in the same town as my father), so I was excited to be visiting and see her (sidenote: in real-life, I had a longstanding childhood and adolescent crush on Jeanne). When I was visiting with Ana, she was putting laundry away in my bedroom, and I suddenly felt really guilty that these women had to take care of my dad who was an ass and probably treating them like they were his wife and his property. I was talking to Ana, and remember coming up behind her and hugging her, and asking how she was doing, and saying that she should stop doing all this work, and I'm sorry she has to put up with my father. And I suggested we go to my room and lay down and talk, and she was like, oh, okay, we can have sex if you want. And I was like, no, no, I wasn't just trying to get you in bed that way. So we're laying down, and she's like wow, this feels so good and so relaxing, and I told her she's always welcome to sleep in my bed, whether I'm home or not, and that she shouldn't feel compelled to sleep with my dad, no matter what he says.
Fast forward to me in the kitchen with MelRo, and we're preparing food, and I'm telling her about my guilt and ambivalence about the whole marriage situation, and how I'm not being a good husband or making sure they're getting taken care of. And I told her about the sex part, and she made some sarcastic comment about it, and I realized that she thought I had some sort of group sex arrangement with my dad and these women. So I had to explain to her how the whole arrangement works, and that I've NEVER had sex with my dad. She was relieved to hear that, but also confused by the whole mandatory marriage but me not really particiapting deal. Then she asked what would happen when my dad dies, and I was like, I dunno, I guess they'll come live with me, and she was like, so am I just going to become one of your wives too? I kept trying to explain that is wasn't this mandatory oppressive behavior -- that the women did choose to become one of many wives. But it was hard to explain, particularly since I didn't totally understand it myself.
I also just remembered, that in my dream my brother seemed sort of angry and sullen with me, and I wondered where his wives were. I assumed since he was older he'd have them too.
STARRING:
Raymond, his father, Melanie, Ana Gasteyer, Jeanne Co____, my brother, Sammy (De__'s friend)
There was not a clean narrative throughout the dream, but here are a few random parts, followed by the couple scenes I do remember clearly.
-- Trying get from one place to another without getting wet (torrential storms were occurring), so I and several others cut through people's yards and houses, specifically their dining rooms while eating some sort of holiday meal. It sort of felt like the scene at the end of Being John Malkovich when they were chasing each other through Malkovich's head.
-- Driving in the rain and having to pull off the road. Problems with traffic.
-- Sammy cancelling his part-time physics class which was being taught at my house, because he couldn't keep up with the curriculum. Then him and me and MelRo watching TV in the den, and I found a box with old toys of mine, but mostly the tiny accessories that went with the Playmobil, Lego and doll sets.
-- My brother coming in the back porch after riding his bike in the rain and being covered in mud.
So here's the weirdest part. I was married to Ana Gasteyer and also just gotten married to Jeanne. My father was old and sick, and it was customary for me to get married to more than one woman. It was also traditional for them to take care of him, because he was older. I wasn't really interested in the custom of being married, so my two "wives" just lived with my dad and were sort of live-in nurse types. But they weren't totally their against their will -- it was sort of like a job, because I remember being thrilled that Jeanne had "signed on to the whole operation" or whatever. She had become one of my wives while I was away (I didn't live in the same town as my father), so I was excited to be visiting and see her (sidenote: in real-life, I had a longstanding childhood and adolescent crush on Jeanne). When I was visiting with Ana, she was putting laundry away in my bedroom, and I suddenly felt really guilty that these women had to take care of my dad who was an ass and probably treating them like they were his wife and his property. I was talking to Ana, and remember coming up behind her and hugging her, and asking how she was doing, and saying that she should stop doing all this work, and I'm sorry she has to put up with my father. And I suggested we go to my room and lay down and talk, and she was like, oh, okay, we can have sex if you want. And I was like, no, no, I wasn't just trying to get you in bed that way. So we're laying down, and she's like wow, this feels so good and so relaxing, and I told her she's always welcome to sleep in my bed, whether I'm home or not, and that she shouldn't feel compelled to sleep with my dad, no matter what he says.
Fast forward to me in the kitchen with MelRo, and we're preparing food, and I'm telling her about my guilt and ambivalence about the whole marriage situation, and how I'm not being a good husband or making sure they're getting taken care of. And I told her about the sex part, and she made some sarcastic comment about it, and I realized that she thought I had some sort of group sex arrangement with my dad and these women. So I had to explain to her how the whole arrangement works, and that I've NEVER had sex with my dad. She was relieved to hear that, but also confused by the whole mandatory marriage but me not really particiapting deal. Then she asked what would happen when my dad dies, and I was like, I dunno, I guess they'll come live with me, and she was like, so am I just going to become one of your wives too? I kept trying to explain that is wasn't this mandatory oppressive behavior -- that the women did choose to become one of many wives. But it was hard to explain, particularly since I didn't totally understand it myself.
I also just remembered, that in my dream my brother seemed sort of angry and sullen with me, and I wondered where his wives were. I assumed since he was older he'd have them too.
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