| Does it matter if he can dance?
Posted: 9/28/2009 11:04:28 PM | (Not like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtjqxZMqMTA  )
I'm just wondering what you ladies think. If he can dance, does it score points? Does the kind of dancing matter?
(Yes, I can dance. House/techno.)  | |
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| Does it matter if he can dance?
Posted: 9/28/2009 11:12:48 PM | I dance ballroom- swing, salsa, tango, etc.
Yes, he has to be able to dance.
House/techno wouldn't work for me. | |
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| Does it matter if he can dance?
Posted: 9/29/2009 1:47:05 AM | To me it matter if he can dance ballroom, or if he's a trained dancer in serious dance forms.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl074-Caw9Y
If he can dance techno it's better than nothing.
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| Does it matter if he can dance?
Posted: 9/29/2009 1:55:17 AM | | Dancing definitely scores EXTRA brownie points. But it's not in my top 5, or even top 10 list of things that I look for. | |
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| Does it matter if he can dance?
Posted: 9/29/2009 2:22:09 AM | If it's on a table with a lamp-shade hat, sure, that'd be worth some extra points in my book.
At my age, though, the more classical forms of dance are too rough on ski-torn knees. I prefer a man who dances like the stiff-legged robots with whom I slow danced during the 8th grade graduation party.
Queue violins, dim the lights: "If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me. Woooooo, no, baby please don't go...."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1ykMNtzMT8
(*HAD* to include this!)
Edit: magikarp
surprising to read your post. of the few dance classes I've taken, all were open and always DESPERATE for more men. Try community service or community college offerings? | |
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| Does it matter if he can dance?
Posted: 9/29/2009 2:23:34 AM | | I tried learning to dance (I'm interested in learning ballroom), but I was turned away after it was explained the lessons offered locally were couples only :-/ | |
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| Does it matter if he can dance?
Posted: 9/29/2009 2:31:18 AM | I tried learning to dance (I'm interested in learning ballroom), but I was turned away after it was explained the lessons offered locally were couples only :-/
I'm moving where you live to teach ballroom to singles because clearly this is a good business opportunity.
I find it hard to believe that a ballroom teacher wouldn't be willing to take your money and teach you alone. Maybe that particular *class* you've tried was for couples only (again, unusual). | |
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| Does it matter if he can dance?
Posted: 9/29/2009 5:42:34 AM | | It doesn't matter to me even slightly, but then, I have about six left feet and have been known to trip over them several times a day. Him being able to dance might actually be a downside, if he expected me to go dancing with him. | |
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| Does it matter if he can dance?
Posted: 9/29/2009 6:05:11 AM | I once had a Spanish boyfriend who scarred me for life by dancing in front of the mirror on an empty dance floor. I mean really going for it: kicking, spinning etc. It was the most excruciatingly embarrassing sight I had ever witnessed and he was with me! Oh God, just thinking about it makes me cringe so badly that I'm now really worried if a guy says he loves to dance! I know it's an expression of individuality, but sometimes it can be down right pitiful....sorry guys.
I like a man who is able to dance without being showy, like he just enjoys the music and feels like moving. He doesn't need to look like he's really 'into' it and 'getting down with the groove' and being all showy, as if he's thinking "I bet everyone thinks I'm a really great dancer and really hot".
Remember the movie Hitch? Take a lesson from that. | |
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| Does it matter if he can dance?
Posted: 9/29/2009 6:21:13 AM | Hey magikarp,
If you have one nearby, check out Fred Astaire Dance Studio. I wandered into that place one day on my own and they took me right in, no "couples only" policy or anything. I HIGHLY recommend ballroom dance classes. You'll meet a lot of people, you'll be about the only guy in the whole place, the Ladies in your class will fix you up with their friends, and the best thing of all...
doing the tango with your boss's wife at the company Christmas party while all the other Ladies glare at their significant others and say,
"How come you never do that with me?"
So do it, my friend. Do it today!!! | |
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| Does it matter if he can dance?
Posted: 9/29/2009 7:16:57 AM | | I don't know how to dance so I really don't care. Dancing means nothing to me - the only time I feel compelled to have to do it is at weddings, and I don't go to too many of them.... | |
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| Does it matter if he can dance?
Posted: 9/29/2009 8:31:43 AM | There are a million and one little things I look for in a guy. Dancing isn't anywhere near the top of the list.
It would be a positive thing, but it's not that important. | |
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| Does it matter if he can dance?
Posted: 9/29/2009 8:46:02 AM | | OP: It's not a deal breaker, but hopefully he's open to learning/taking classes with me!!! I love music/dance, and it is a part of my life! | |
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| Does it matter if he can dance?
Posted: 9/29/2009 8:47:35 AM | | To me dancing isn't something I do with a boyfriend anyway, outside of the occasional obligatory slowdance at some event I usually dance alone or with friends when I go out. So it doesn't matter to me either way. | |
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| Does it matter if he can dance?
Posted: 9/29/2009 8:51:16 AM | | Well it will matter long term. So if he can't dance, hopefully he is willing to learn...more than willing to teach... | |
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| Does it matter if he can dance?
Posted: 9/29/2009 11:51:35 AM | I love to dance, all kinds from freestyle to ballroom to salsa. So that would be a plus for me, but by no means a requirement. If I met Mr. Right and he was perfect in every way, but couldn't dance, that's fine. Still, as motto bella says, it would be nice if he were just willing to try. I've tried various hobbies that were important to my previous s/o's. Sometimes it worked, sometimes not, but I think it's worth making an effort, assuming you are physically capable.
p.s. TX Jeep Guy, love your post, and if you were in my area, I'd ask you to save me a dance! | |
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