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i had a dream that had nothing to do with me. i dreamed that there was a grand hotel room somewhere, more like a grand suite, that was being rented out by a company in order to celebrate the achievements of an older member who would not be unable to attend it. even though he would not be attending they had still planned to have it anyway. instead of himself he decided to send a younger relative of his, a young man, to be the guest of honor in his place. in my dream, the boy found the hotel room early, and went inside to find that it was completely decked out in party gear (decorations, champagne, a cake) and that there was another member of the company there to watch the place and make sure it would be ready at the appropriate time. he was a kind-hearted, pudgy, balding middle-aged man, and he was very upset about the boy arriving earlier than they had planned. he was also very nervous about getting in trouble, but the young man said he would not. the younger relative was pretty closed off and detached and didn't really care about his family members success or the company or anything like that. at first the middle-aged man thought the boy was a brat, and that they were unlikely to get along. but as time went on they got to talking and ended up doing a lot of fun things like clogging the fancy toilet with party streamers and trash the bedroom with champagne. it was a form of stress relief for both of them, and soon they opened up to each other and ended up being great friends. when the party finally started, the boy came in and pretended to be surprised, and he and the man had a great time- partly because noone had yet found out what they had done. when it was over and everybody was saying goodbye, they found themselves alone, and the young man gave the older man a kiss, which really surprised him. it surprised me too, because i woke up.