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Dreaming About An Old Friend
What it means
Dreaming of an old friend often brings back not the person but the version of you that existed around them — a quality, a freedom, or a warmth you may be missing now.
In more detail
Ask what that friendship stood for: ease, mischief, being fully known. The dream may be a nudge to reconnect — or to invite that quality back into your present life, with the people who are here now.
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