What does it mean to dream that you see a dead ex-boyfriend walking in toward you and smiling.?

this has happened to me as well. I'll tell you my story and interpretation, hopefully you can get something from it (sorry this is gonna be a little long winded). my ex boyfriend had died in a horrible car crash where he was torn in two and also decapitated. At the time we had already been broken up for quite some time. I think, even though I didn't know it at the time (as we were only 15 when we dated), now that I look back I believe I was very much in love with him. The problem is I was scared and unfaithful and started dating another guy(the same guy who I cheated with), who turned out to be not the person I had thought. A few years later while I was with this wrong guy, my ex died. I felt horrible because I never had the chance to say how sorry I was because I think I broke his heart.

I had always regretted my this other guy because he had manipulated me into cheating, not to say I wasn't At Fault. Anyways, the dream. It had been months after his funeral which my then boyfriend hadn't allowed me to go to, because again he was a jerk. So my dream was weird because I saw Aaron, (my ex) and he was smiling at me and coming towards me. I was freaked because I knew he was dead. I kept asking "but I thought you died in that car accident" he wouldn't answer me, all he did was smile. I started to cry and beg him to just talk to me. I told him I was sorry about everything and he nodded and smiled. I woke up feeling relieved, because this seemed so real, i knew it was a dream but then again maybe it wasn't. some people have tried telling me that it was just my subconscious dealing with his death. However, I disagree due to another dream I had about an older friend of mine that died of cancer and before her funeral she came to me in my dream and again I was crying telling her that I missed her and she actually spoke and told me everything would be okay and that she was okay, and not to be sad. Now take in mind, I am an atheist on top of all of what I'm saying. I don't believe in God and I don't believe in an afterlife. But these two dreams are hard to ignore. I've digressed, the point of all of this is, I believe that in both dreams both people we're trying to comfort me and let me know they were okay. And in the case of Aaron, he was telling me that we were okay and that he had forgiven me for the past. I don't know what kind of terms you and your ex had been on, but it sounds like he was letting you know that what ever had happened was okay now, and that he is okay. Other people may tell you it was subconscious, others may agree with me. I always hope for another night when Aaron or my other friend will come and visit me again, but maybe those were a one time thing, who knows. Anyways I hope this helps somewhat.