THE DREAM - I was watching a mother. She had lots of children. But they were telling me how she behaved. She was a loving mother but liked her children to grow up fast. She had twins and they were very young. Yet one of them was not getting close hugs.

GUESSWORK The dreamer was very close to a woman. She was very caring towards him. But she was encouraging rather than touching. She did not want to get too physical.

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ASSOCIATIONS AND SYMBOLIC MEANINGS
1. The dream featured a mother. The dreamer felt as if a woman he knew was like a mother to him. She was behaving in a very caring and maternal way.
2. The dream was about touching. The mother was not wanting to be too close with her children physically. She loved them but did not want to be cuddling them too much. This mirrored real life where the dreamer was female friend was not wanting to get too close. She was in a relationship so felt touching another man may cause problems.

DREAM ANALYSIS In guesswork the dream was linked to the dreamers relationship with a woman. Its easy to see how the dream deals with the following themes:
- A maternal relationship
- Touching and hugging

If you weave together the different themes then you find that the dream could easily capture this following feeling - "I know she cares about me. Its a very maternal relationship. She does not want to touch me too much. She just wants to encourage me rather hug me though. "