Dreaming about your real-life significant other can mean that person is on your mind for a particular reason right now. Pay attention to what’s happening in the dream for cues about your thoughts and feelings toward them or the relationship right now. In a dream where someone is your significant other who is not in real life : The dream person may simply represent your significant other and is portraying certain characteristics that you are noticing in them right now Your subconscious mind may be exploring what it would be like to be closer to the person in the dream (not necessarily romantically), or perhaps you just like this person, think they’re nice, find them interesting, or you’ve noticed qualities you admire in them