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One of my active forums is Dance Forums, which focuses mostly on ballroom, but also other partner dances such as, swing, salsa, Argentine tango, country, etc. About every two weeks or so, a new user will post in the general category something along the lines of, "I have a school dance coming up and I don't know how to dance." Normally people are very nice and make the points that A) neither do most of the people there, B) unless you're a great leader or happen to dance with one of the rare teenagers who knows how to do actual partner dancing, the knowledge wouldn't help you anyway, C) if you really want to learn, you need to take a class rather than try and find directions on a website, and D) just relax and enjoy the event.
Today we got this post:
Or how about the lying. What in the world made you think that was a lie you'd be able to get away with? Did you just figure it wouldn't come up? That your date wouldn't dance with you? You honestly didn't expect to get called out on this? Or maybe you thought you'd have more time to learn to dance but then you got hit by the surprise prom.
You: Well, I told her I can dance well, and I'm taking classes every day. I'm sure I'll look decent when prom rolls around by March 2010.
Prom: Surprise! You dance now!
You: Oh noezzz!
You're lazy. And you're a lying sack of shit. You could have told your date you didn't know how to dance. You could have asked her to teach you to dance. That might have actually been fun. Instead you dicked around until mid-May while lying to your girlfriend. I hope you trip in the punch.
Today we got this post:
Prom is TONIGHT!!???!!Really? Prom is tonight? And you didn't know this was coming? This was a surprise? No one told you about prom at all? You just realized you didn't know how to dance? Seriously?
My Senior prom is TONIGHT! And i need some pointers for dancing. I told my girlfriend/date that I wasn't bad at dancing but frankly I have no idea how good I am. I've only ever danced at a fast pace at parties and gatherings with my friends and we've only danced in a big circle and just messed around and had fun. We made moves like "the bus driver" and "the windshield wiper" etc. But I don't know how to dance WITH a girl at a fast pace. And for slow dancing, I always trip over myself because I don't know where to place my feet in relation to hers... She is a good dancer and I just dont want to look like a fool in front of her. Please help meeee..
Or how about the lying. What in the world made you think that was a lie you'd be able to get away with? Did you just figure it wouldn't come up? That your date wouldn't dance with you? You honestly didn't expect to get called out on this? Or maybe you thought you'd have more time to learn to dance but then you got hit by the surprise prom.
You: Well, I told her I can dance well, and I'm taking classes every day. I'm sure I'll look decent when prom rolls around by March 2010.
Prom: Surprise! You dance now!
You: Oh noezzz!
You're lazy. And you're a lying sack of shit. You could have told your date you didn't know how to dance. You could have asked her to teach you to dance. That might have actually been fun. Instead you dicked around until mid-May while lying to your girlfriend. I hope you trip in the punch.
