When a vegetarian finds meat in his dinner

[rock_dinosaur]

I woke up suddenly at 10:30 this morning from a dream in which I was eating food at a restaurant with outdoor seating and tables. After I'd got about half-way through what was on my plate, I discovered there was meat in it (I've been vegetarian since 1983), and in my anger and revulsion I flung the plate over the parapet of a nearby bridge and it

Comments

[suzanna_o]

Theory: you’re rejecting some influence or authority to maintain your individuality.

[rock_dinosaur]

I certainly think there could be something in that.

To be honest, I tend to doubt that dreams really have any meaning. Mine (or at least those that I remember in detail, which tends to be very few of them) always seem very random and confused. At the same time, they are often related in some way to real-life people and places, so they aren't entirely random.