--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: You were my favorite dream, how is it…" description: "\"You were my favorite dream, how is it that you are now my worst nightmare?\" — Anonymous" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/anonymous-1_disappointed-love_you-were-my-favorite-dream-how-is-it-tha_2497642.jpg" --- # You were my favorite dream, how is it that you are now my… ![“You were my favorite dream, how is it that you are now my worst nightmare?” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/anonymous-1_disappointed-love_you-were-my-favorite-dream-how-is-it-tha_2497642.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/anonymous-1_disappointed-love_you-were-my-favorite-dream-how-is-it-tha_2497642.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/anonymous-1_disappointed-love_you-were-my-favorite-dream-how-is-it-tha_2497642.jpg) > “You were my favorite dream, how is it that you are now my worst nightmare?” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A cherished ideal transforms into a source of distress when expectations reverse. **In simple terms:** Dream becomes nightmare. Key Takeaway Reevaluate expectations and boundaries. Themes relationships expectations disillusionment psychology Mood sad reflective Type philosophical emotional When to use this quote - personal relationships - career aspirations - creative projects Key Concepts cognitive dissonance idealization betrayal Questions to Reflect On - What expectations are causing you pain? - How can you protect yourself from future disappointment? A Different Perspective Idealization can blind us to warning signs. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Dream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dream/) [Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/) [Heartbreak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heartbreak/) [Nightmare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nightmare/) [Regrets](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/regrets/) [Sad break up](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sad-break-up/) [Teen love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/teen-love/) ## Related quotes > [“Now, this was a combination that she wouldn’t dare to dream of, even in her worst nightmare.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-barmanbek/now-this-was-a-combination-that-she-wouldn-t-dare-to-dream-of-even-in/) [B. Barmanbek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-barmanbek/) > [“No I'm not a dream, I'm your worst nightmare”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-t-todd/no-i-m-not-a-dream-i-m-your-worst-nightmare/) C.T. Todd > [Don't be afraid to dream, the worst that can happen is that it can come true… ¥](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/don-t-be-afraid-to-dream-the-worst-that-can-happen-is-that-it-can/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I'm sad it ended so quickly. I really liked you more than I thought. We were so cute everyone said and it was all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-m-sad-it-ended-so-quickly-i-really-liked-you-more-than-i-thought-we/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Whenever I find the key to happiness someone changes the lock...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/whenever-i-find-the-key-to-happiness-someone-changes-the-lock/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [S(he) (was) just ano(the)r (one).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/s-he-was-just-ano-the-r-one/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I can never be with you again, not because I don't want to be, but because losing you again would kill me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-can-never-be-with-you-again-not-because-i-don-t-want-to-be-but/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Take back that sad word goodbye. Bring back the joy to my life. Dont leave me here with these tears come and kiss this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/take-back-that-sad-word-goodbye-bring-back-the-joy-to-my-life-dont/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I believed you when you said you loved me, because we were closer than friends, but you said you'd love me forever, and forever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-believed-you-when-you-said-you-loved-me-because-we-were-closer-than/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [What am I supposed to do when the best part of me was always you... </3](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-am-i-supposed-to-do-when-the-best-part-of-me-was-always-you-3/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Its funny though, because after everything we have been through, you still up and leave with out a second thought. Left me, with tears…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/its-funny-though-because-after-everything-we-have-been-through-you-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I wrote our names on a foggy window and watched them fade away...just like we did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-wrote-our-names-on-a-foggy-window-and-watched-them-fade-away-just/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [It's not that we aren't meant to be together, I think that we're just not ready for forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-s-not-that-we-aren-t-meant-to-be-together-i-think-that-we-re-just/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I love everything about you besides the fact the you don't love me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-love-everything-about-you-besides-the-fact-the-you-don-t-love-me/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I guess trusting you was just another mistake I made. Don't worry I'll learn from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-guess-trusting-you-was-just-another-mistake-i-made-don-t-worry-i-ll/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Disappointed love quotes > [Sometimes the saddest thing in world is loving someone who used to love you...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/sometimes-the-saddest-thing-in-world-is-loving-someone-who-used-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I have had enough. I have had given up. He hasn't even seen that my love for him is endless. I doubt he'll ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-have-had-enough-i-have-had-given-up-he-hasn-t-even-seen-that-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I think a person that experiences a lot of hurt, will become more mature faster than anyone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rehn-williams/i-think-a-person-that-experiences-a-lot-of-hurt-will-become-more/) [Rehn Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rehn-williams/) > [Sometimes I wonder what makes you keep running back to me, but when I take you back, you keep hurting me. You have promised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/sometimes-i-wonder-what-makes-you-keep-running-back-to-me-but-when-i/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Falling for someone the first time is easy...it's the second time, after you have fallen and trusted someone to catch you and they didn't...when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/falling-for-someone-the-first-time-is-easy-it-s-the-second-time-after/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [U turned ur bck oN tomorw,c0z u 4gt Yestrday.i gave u my love in borrow.. bt u jst throw it away..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xresh-atish/u-turned-ur-bck-on-tomorw-c0z-u-4gt-yestrday-i-gave-u-my-love-in/) [Xresh Atish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xresh-atish/) > [I hate never knowing what to say. I hate chasing you every day. I hate never being able to tell you what's on my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-hate-never-knowing-what-to-say-i-hate-chasing-you-every-day-i-hate/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I love his eyes, his smile, his face, his laugh, and his voice.I love him but he doesnt love me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-loe/i-love-his-eyes-his-smile-his-face-his-laugh-and-his-voice-i-love-him/) Alexis Loe > [I am a strong person. I kept this wall around my heart for years, and you were the first person I let in. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-am-a-strong-person-i-kept-this-wall-around-my-heart-for-years-and/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Reading old messages and remembering how it use to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/reading-old-messages-and-remembering-how-it-use-to-be/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Today was just another, emotionless and stale. Every time I try to reach you, I always seem to fail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/today-was-just-another-emotionless-and-stale-every-time-i-try-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Even though I saw It coming. It still hurts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/even-though-i-saw-it-coming-it-still-hurts/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You feel lonely not when no one cares about you, but when someone you expect to care does not care about you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-feel-lonely-not-when-no-one-cares-about-you-but-when-someone-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I never knew it would be this hard to lose someone I never truly had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-never-knew-it-would-be-this-hard-to-lose-someone-i-never-truly-had/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Sometimes love is not permanent, but the feeling lasts forever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serdyuk-oksana/sometimes-love-is-not-permanent-but-the-feeling-lasts-forever/) [Serdyuk Oksana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serdyuk-oksana/) Browse all 267 Disappointed love quotes ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You were my favorite dream, how is it that you are now my worst nightmare?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-were-my-favorite-dream-how-is-it-that-you-are-now-my-worst/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Disappointed love" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-were-my-favorite-dream-how-is-it-that-you-are-now-my-worst/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/anonymous-1_disappointed-love_you-were-my-favorite-dream-how-is-it-tha_2497642.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/anonymous-1_disappointed-love_you-were-my-favorite-dream-how-is-it-tha_2497642.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/anonymous-1_disappointed-love_you-were-my-favorite-dream-how-is-it-tha_2497642.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You were my favorite dream, how is it that you are now my worst nightmare?” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Anonymous", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "You were my favorite dream, how...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-were-my-favorite-dream-how-is-it-that-you-are-now-my-worst/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-were-my-favorite-dream-how-is-it-that-you-are-now-my-worst/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```