The Laundry Service — A Boundaries Message from My Subconscious to Yours

(First posted Feb 2021)

“If someone throws a fit because you set boundaries, it’s just more evidence the boundary is needed.”

– Unknown

I was just about to jump in the shower when the doorbell rang.

In my dream, I was in the same house I grew up in…a bi-level split. I was in the basement, wearing only a towel, when the doorbell rang. I peeked around the corner and looked up the stairs to see if I could see who was at the front door. A man and a woman, both in white uniforms, were standing on the front step, on the other side of the glass door.

The man saw me and called out, friendly: “I can see you down there, peeking around the corner! Come open the door…we just want to talk to you.”

Stupidly, I went upstairs, holding tight to my towel, and opened the door.

The woman, who was very sweet, started off the sales pitch. The company they worked for was a laundry service. They would pick up my dirty laundry on a weekly basis, then return it, cleaned, for a reasonable price.

“No thanks,” I said.