I’m am 50 and in a very happy marriage. Just lately I have been having vivid dreams about my first love . He was my first heart break when I was 19. The first intoxicating and utterly gorgeous relationship I ever had. He broke my heart when he finished it but over time I went on to meet now DH who I adore and would never want to leave. However last night I had such a vivid dream about my first love that it left me quite unsettled. The thought that we are getting older and would probably never see each other ever again felt disturbing.
I have no wish to break up my marriage and have some sort of affair but nostalgia and the thought of never ever seeing him again hit me like a tonne of bricks.
I guess it is a sign of age and looking back at my lost youth but blimey it’s unsettling.
I just wondered whether this is a common thing 🤔