As much as a person might overthink how their partner had a dream about someone else, people generally have very little control over what they dream about.
They have even less control over what they might say if they talk in their sleep, much to their loved ones' surprise and amusement.
Curious, Redditor syler345 asked:
"People who have partners that sleep talk, what all have you heard?"
But Is the Recipe Good?!
"I can tell when my wife is sleeping well when she rolls over and starts talking about casserole recipes. It's always casserole recipes. She doesn't cook."
- ItsAllKrebs
Now We Know How Hills Work
"My girlfriend once loudly proclaimed, 'I am going to explain to you how hills work!' and then snored loudly."
- Hylash
That's Just What the OP Was Going to Ask
"We recently had a baby, and in the first couple weeks, my husband got really into 'Stardew Valley,' which helped him stay awake to hold the baby since he wouldn't yet sleep in the bassinet."
"One night during my shift, the baby was crying, and my husband turned to me still asleep, and said, 'Do you need help? I can till the soil and water the plants.'"
- megthegreatone
Rubbies Are Important
"Mostly incoherent mumbling, but one night, she said, 'Give me rubbies.'"
"I rubbed her arms, her legs, and her forehead. She let out a big sigh and said,' Those were like the rubbies you gave me when we first met.'"
"After 30 years of marriage, that put a smile on my face."
- MadLintElf
Never a Day or Night Off
"Mine sells things."
"When he worked at a shoe store, he sold shoes in his sleep. When he sold cell phones, he could list plans in his sleep."
"Now he is a manager and tries to coach my sales in his sleep."
- No_Dragonfruit_9556
Like a Window to the Soul
"My partner talks in his sleep. The two things that stick out for me are..."
"'Oh for f**k's sake, Andy,' at full volume and really angry."
"Andy is his brother they no longer speak."
"And, 'Where's PJ? We have to save PJ...'"
"PJ is a really good friend of ours. To this day my partner and I have no idea what he was dreaming about but PJ was relieved to know that in a moment of crisis, someone was coming to save him."
- SparklePenguin24
Trouble Sleeping
"My wife was a high school teacher and she would talk to me as if I was a student. It was confusing because she appeared awake, so it would take me a moment to realize she was dreaming."
"She also had night terrors and would scream her throat raw at 1:00 AM."
- antonimbus
Random Talk Is the Best
"We’ve been together six years now. One of the first times I slept at her house, she woke me up saying, 'There’s a wombat in the room, look!'"
" I looked around for a bit and then realized what had happened and went back to sleep."
"To this day, she does it quite a bit. I have a whole Notes page on my phone with stuff she’s said written down but that one sticks out."
- KermitTheFraud92
"Some of you asked for other examples I've saved. Here are a few of my favorites:"
"'The goat!! Do not put the goat up there!! Oh mmmmyyyyy…'"
"'Cmon… cmon dubby days!!'"
"(Rolled over and nudged me with elbow) 'Woah, Jesus christ, what the h**l have you done to this joint?'"
"'But what are we doing with our butts?'"
"Those are a few I got on a quick skim."
- KermitTheFraud92
Seriously, Use Your Head!
"'You can’t put hats on penguins.'"
"Evidently, I was coaching a football team of penguins and had decided to put them in knitted hats. My wife was not happy."
- Fuzzie_Lee
Dude Was Flopping for His Life
"He said, 'Oh my GOD, there's a MOLE.'"
"Then he flopped around for like 10 seconds."
"And then, 'Oh my GOD.'"
- notmentallyhereanymore
An Important Part of the Relationship
"Oh boy, my time to shine! My husband sleep talks a lot."
"In fact, our first date, he made this disgusted face and said, 'F**king jello' (yes I put out on the first date. He was supposed to be a one-night stand but he never left)."
"Some memorable ones are: 'They are gonna beat the Chicago bears. They've got machine guns but the bears have chainsaw hands.'"
"'Discount Spooderman.'"
"'This is a worm!' while aggressively shaking my dog's limp paw (who was looking at me, clearly OVER it)."
"And most recently, 'We are hiding behind a car and Bigfoot keeps throwing rocks at us. He ran away. Bigfoot is a little coward a** b***h,' followed by about 15 minutes of why... Bigfoot was a coward a** b***h."
"He often likes to talk about gardening in his sleep too but it never makes sense. 'We gotta go to the potato man! The quality is out of this dirt.'"
- cottagelass
Well, DID You?!
"She rolled over, opened her eyes for just a minute, and asked me, 'Did you let me encounter any bad bread?'"
- adamant2009
A Valid Concern
"I'm the sleep talker, and one that always cracks me and my wife up is this:
"We have two cats, and I was having a dream that one of them was pregnant, and apparently in the dream, I was very stressed about it."
"My wife said I shot up so I was sitting in bed and yelled, 'OH MY GOD!' out of nowhere."
"My wife, being the light sleeper that she is, woke up scared and asking, 'What's wrong?! What's wrong?!'"
" To which I replied, 'There's gonna be a looooooot of cats in this house.'"
" I then laid back down and went to sleep, leaving my wife utterly baffled."
- FlyingHellfish87
The Last One Sounds Like a Warning at Work
"I have been unknowingly waiting for this post. His sleep-talking brings me endless amusement, so I've been keeping a journal of them. This is just scratching the surface."
"'Don't misjudge your clouded misguidence of your tea time with my majestic holiness.'"
"'Your mots are fighting over the fruity tots of Taiwan.'"
"'You smell like butter chicken flyballs.'"
"'You need to deactivate these things in the presence of unsolicited lightbulbs.'"
"'We shall rope your grossness. Your galabean contosis.'"
"'Now you're talkin' the right chipmunk.'"
"'You're walking deep in celery juice.'"
- xxxSnowLilyxxx
Priorities We Can Approve Of
"She said, 'I love you, but I really want a Tyrannosaurus Rex.'"
- TheBat3
Sleep talking can be a really strange and creepy experience if you're not expecting the person next to you to start talking, but once you get used to it, it can be utterly hilarious. Some of these were so surprising and easy to laugh along with.
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