I had a dream the other night that I was with an old guy friend of mine and we were all dressed up in fancy clothes and attending some show at an auditorium of some sort. When we got there, my friend left me alone to be with a girl that he liked, who happened to be his ex. I was drinking champagne and the glass I was drinking from broke in my mouth. From that point on I was pulling glass shards out of my mouth, thin pieces of glass but painful all the same. - Lori 24, Indianapolis, IN

Lauri: Pulling things out of your mouth means there is something in waking life you need to say, even though it may be painful, just as it was painful in the dream. Physical pain in a dream is connected to emotional pain in waking life. The champagne suggests that something is going on in real life that you ought to be in a celebratory mindset about but you aren’t because you must be feeling left out in some way. The broken glass is mostly symbolic of shattered hopes or perhaps a broken heart. Your dream is showing you that you’ve got to move past the pain so you can partake in the happiness that is around you.

Lori replies: It does make sense. Recently I found out that my office is relocating. It’s great news, however I will be traveling twice as much as I already do and will be the only employee that it affects that way. I’ve asked my boss for compensation as it will be more gas and maintenance on my vehicle. He has told me that I will not be compensated. It’s a good move for my company and I love my job, but it’s hard to be excited. I’d like to be able to talk to my boss more about the compensation or at least explain the situation it puts me in with an already struggling economy, but I’m worried that it will get me fired.