Coffee Shop

To dream of a coffee shop symbolizes the decision to get aquainted with something new or explore new ideas, habits, or situations. It may represent engaging in a relationship, a new experience, or contemplating various opportunities without taking immediate action. Coffee shops in dreams might also reflect feelings about reconnecting with people, old friends, or considering reconciliation. Open-ended offers to talk or get reacquainted. Engaging in intellectual or creative discussions. It may also indicate a need to take a break and recharge, or to approach a situation from a different perspective.

Negatively, dreaming of a coffee shop can represent open-ended opportunities to engage in discussions about new ideas, habits, or situations that you don't want to talk about. It can signify conversations you don't want to have, people you don't want to catch up with, or new ideas you don't want to consider.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing an old friend from his past whom he hadn't spoken to in over two decades sitting in front of a coffee shop. In waking life, this old friend wanted to speak to him about catching up to speak about a serious legal problem. In this case, the coffee shop may have reflected the dreamers feelings about an open-ended safe offer to get reacquainted.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of going to a coffee shop, but then leaving without buying any coffee. In waking life, she was having relationship stresses and didn't like the idea of trying to talk about the problem or trying to "make up." In this case, the coffee shop may have reflected her feelings about the opportunity for open communication and connection with her partner, but her reluctance to engage in the conversation or attempt to resolve the issue. The act of leaving the coffee shop without buying coffee might symbolize her avoidance of addressing the relationship problems or unwillingness to put in the effort to improve the situation.

Cold Sores

To dream of a cold sore represents feelings of embarrassment that other people are think you are a permanent failure or loser. Public embarrassment, fear that other people are talking about your behind your back, or feelings about yourself being perceived by others as someone who repeatedly makes a fool of themselves. Feelings about recurring failures or embarrassments that other people witness.

Alternatively, cold sores may reflect feelings about repeatedly embarrassing yourself in front of others making bad relationship choices. Feelings about yourself looking like you are too stupid to find the right person or that a relationship is impossible for others to succeed at with you.

Example: A woman dreamed of getting a sore sore. In waking life she was having doubts about her wedding for her second marriage. The cold sore most likely reflected her feelings about all her friends and family thinking something is permanently wrong with her if she left her fiancee at the last minute after already being divorced once.

Comic Book Store

To dream of a comic book store represents your attempt to decide how best to impress others with a incredible story of power or odds defying achievement.

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Construction Site

To dream of a construction site represents waking life situations where the focus is completely on getting an outcome completed. It may also reflect the drama involved in a sustained effort to complete a large or challenging project. A mindset that is always centered around having every single little thing needed to get something over with.

Negatively, a construction site may be a sign that you or others are wasting a lot of time working towards a goal in ways that are counterproductive. It may also reflect an intentional attempt to look busy or important so you never have to complete a goal.

Convenience Store

To dream of a convenience store represents your attempt to find easy solutions to a problem. A resource, person, or habit that makes problem solving easier. Spontaneous ideas, decisions, or interests.

Negatively, a convenience store may symbolize an unwillingness to try anything new or difficult. Always reaching for the easiest solution. Spontaneous interests that are not well thought out before hand.

To dream of having to cross a street to go to a convenience store may reflect a need try something new, difficult, or what other people aren't doing in order to try getting an easy solution to your problem.

To dream of convenience stores that are closed or not in business may reflect feelings about easy solutions to problems not being available to you.

Example: A young man dreamed of going to a convenience store that required crossing the street. In waking life he got a spontaneous idea to buy a large number of books to help him change the way he studied a hobby.

Example 2: A man dreamed of seeing two convenience stores where one was close and one was across the street. In waking life he was deciding whether it was best to solve a problem easy the usual way or to make an effort to solve it easily with a newer option.

Example 3: A man dreamed of knowing the owner of a convenience store that rushed to get him a product. In waking life someone had offered to help him fix a problem easily multiple times without any serious need until finally a serious presented itself.

Corner Store

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Cranberry Sauce

To dream of cranberry sauce represents feeling good experiencing something difficult that is being done for you.

Example: A man dreamed of eating cranberry sauce. In waking life he had solved a difficult work problem that was going to take months to slowly clear up. The cranberry sauce may have reflected his enjoyment of experiencing the difficulty.

Crime Scene Investigator

To dream of a crime scene investigator represents you or someone else that is trying to seize up how stupid or negative someone else's actions were. Knowing someone is guilty or did something wrong and trying to decide how bad it really is.

Example: A woman dreamed of being a crime scene investigator. In waking life she was trying to decide if her boyfriends behavior was bad enough to leave him.

Cruise Ship

To dream of a cruise ship represents a relaxed approach to uncertainty or negative situations. Taking it easy during a troubled time. Feeling confident while you "sail through" a difficult or unpleasant situation easily. Effortless navigation of troubles. "Cruising" through problems as though they didn't matter.

Alternatively, you may be enjoying deep self-reflection or exploring your problems. You may have an interest in what your problems are, but aren't really concerned about fixing them or making serious changes.

Negatively, a cruise ship may reflect overconfidence or a laid back attitude during a dangerous situation. Feeling that someone else will take care of your problems that you can just "sail" to success. Optimism during a crises or difficult time that is absent of critical thinking skills. Feeling confident that problems will solve themselves.

People in problematic relationships often dream of cruise ships because they are aware of the problem, but may be too afraid to confront or break up with their partner. They don't want to stop feeling good in the relationship. Cruise ships may also show up in dreams when you show interest in your dreams or in deep self-reflection about your problems.

A cruise ship is a sign that there is are issues in your life that you need to make a more serious effort to improve or change.

Example: A young man dreamed of seeing himself looking over the side of a cruise ship into the ocean. In real life he was spending a lot of time thinking about his problems and examining his dreams. The cruise ship reflected how enjoyable it was for him to study his dreams.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of being on a cruise ship. In waking life she was heavily pregnant, but trying to be as relaxed about it as she could.

Date Squares Dessert

To dream of a date square dessert represents feelings about indulging in being down to earth about enjoying yourself without a problem without going all the way because something else might happen.

Death Sentence

To dream of a death sentence represents feelings about an inevitable failure or loss. You may be experiencing a crucial deadline you feel you can't meet, experiencing an untreatable illness, or a unbearable wait for an embarrassment you feel can't be avoided.

Alternatively, a death sentence may reflect feelings about the worst kind of punishment you could imagine. Your fear of the worst consequences imaginable. The ultimate sanction. Losing your job or being fired. A ruthless ending. Feeling permanently ostracized.

Department Store

To dream of a department store represents intelligent fulfillment of goals, needs, or wishes that you have. Asking questions, doing research, or negotiating what you want. Not feeling any pressure about a choice you are considering.

Example: A man dreamed of standing outside a department store that he was about to enter. In waking life he was about to begin negotiations with a radio station to get an ad placed on the air. He was asking a lot of questions about price options before ever making a serious choice and didn't feel pressured into having to do anything just yet.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of shopping at a department store with her husband. In waking life her husband wanted a divorce when she didn't. Shopping at the department store reflected her wish to take her time or keep considering any options possible to save the marriage. Wanting to feel no pressure while they considered reconciling.

Example 3: A woman dreamed of shopping in a department store for a baby thermometer. In waking life she was deciding whether or not it was a good idea to keep her baby after she discovered she got pregnant.

Dollar Store

To dream of a dollar store represents feeling that a person or situation intentionally gives you a lot of easy options. Intentionally being given easy options to confront problems. Not feeling any sense of urgency or pressure to make a choice because it's easy. Something being so easy to have it's almost pathetic to you.

Negatively, a dollar store may reflect a feelings that something in your life has no significant value or will always be easy. Exploiting someone else's good nature because it's easy to do so. Feeling that you are intentionally being given too many cheap or easy solutions to a problems when you need a more serious solution.

Example: A man dreamed of being in a dollar store. In waking life he was running 3 web businesses that required only a small amount of work each day to update.

Example 2: A young man dreamed of being in a dollar store with a mirror sitting on a table with jewelry. Someone in the dream was pressuring him to buy the mirror, but he didn't want to. In waking life he was being pressured into having regular casual sex with an easy girl by a showoff friend and he didn't feel it was good idea. The dollar store represented his feelings about having sex with the girl being something easy that was always available if he wanted it.

Example 3: A man dreamed of shopping in a dollar store. In waking life he was required to do something he didn't want to do in order to solve a problem quickly and instead choose to get involved in a number of smaller side projects to wait out the bigger problem.

Drive-by Shooting

To dream of a drive-by shooting represents feelings about insensitive powerful decisions that cause failure or end something, and move on. Lethal choices that move on. Fear that someone would be so empty or cold that they would want to ruin you before moving on. Embarrassing someone completely before moving on with your life.

Example: A woman dreamed of believing that a drive-by shooting might happen. In waking life she had an std and felt that dating anyone may result in embarrassment by the people she attempted to date resulting is insensitive comments, telling other people, and abandonment leaving her single and feeling like a loser.

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Ear Studs

To dream of ear studs represents a wish to be recognized as exceptional. You or someone else that wants to be viewed as being "special" or more interesting than someone else.

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