If you meet someone in a dream can you meet them in real life?

Answer 1

Because dreams take place within the mind of the dreamer and are formed from the experiences, emotions and memories of the dreamer, it is very unlikely that two separate individuals could each be aware of meeting in a single dreamer's thoughts.

A dreamer could dream of meeting a real person, such as a celebrity, or a person seen from a distance, without having met that person in waking life. The other person, though, would not share that dream experience.

Answer 2

The answer is a qualified "yes." There is no magic in the dream itself revealing anybody who will appear in real life. But it is quite possible that the dreamer has already seen someone in a crowd, at a distance or on the media, and that person's image remained in the dreamer's subconscious mind, later appearing in a dream. In this case, the dreamer might meet that person in real life, although the dream does not guarantee such a meeting.

More often, the subconscious mind creates an image of a "perfect lover," and later, when the dreamer meets such a person, coincidental similarities cause the dreamer to feel as if that person was seen earlier in dreams. This inevitably leads to later problems as the dreamer discovers the reality in the person who was mistaken for the dream lover.

Many, many old superstitions claim that girls can have dreams of their future husbands. For example, a popular myth claims that after attending a wedding, a girl can place a piece of the wedding cake beneath her pillow, and she will see her future husband in a dream. Such tales are fun, but they have no truth.