Kissing
Kissing in dreams often carries a strange reversal — what feels tender may hint at misunderstanding, what feels intimate may precede distance. Perhaps the dream asks you to notice where affection and awkwardness live side by side, where closeness sometimes breeds the sharpest words.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for kissing, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Fontaine, 1862
(See Stranger.) Dreams of kissing work curiously: if a girl dreams that she is kissed by a young man in whom she takes no particular interest, it may be a good omen, and it may not; for if he happens to be a silly fellow who imagines that she is in love with him, it is a sign she will be slandered in a way that will make her unhappy; but if he has no such sentiment, then the sign is exactly the reverse—that is, some one will speak well of her to those whom she esteems highly—perhaps to her lover. If a girl dreams she is kissed by her lover, it predicts that he will say something unpleasant to her at their next meeting; if a lover dreams that his sweetheart kisses him the sign is similar.