I had the most unsettling dream.  I dreamed that my boyfriend (who I am considering moving in with) gave me a pet alligator.  I didn't really want an alligator, but it was a gift from my boyfriend!  i kept in a big fishtank.  It grew and grew until it could barely move in the fishtank.  I felt guilty about it -- it wasn't in a good environment but I didn't know what else to do with it.  It was so large that it couldn't always get to its food.  And then the food started hatching into hundreds and hundreds of round, black spiders.  The spiders scared me because they could get out of the fishtank, while the alligator was trapped!  And, I was afraid that the alligator would eventually break the fishtank and escape.

I would very much appreciate your thoughts!  thanks.....

It sounds like you are the alligator, confined, feeling constricted and pressured in some way and feeling guilty probably because of the way you are feeling.  Do you have reservations about moving in with him, or taking it to the next level?  Mind you there is nothing wrong with questioning if it's a good idea or not, it's a scary step for some especially if it's the first time you are living with someone or you've been hurt before. You need to step back and ask yourself what those reservations are and why you are having them. As for the spiders (I have a bad case of arachnaphobia), I would imagine that this is something "bugging" you so to speak. If it's not the move, or him, it is something important to you that is weighing on your mind that is making you feel this way.

Hope this helped.