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mmcirvinSomebody asks:
Granted, that mostly happened in high school. I think that lots of people are working through social trauma experienced at a youthful age when most of their peers were completely horrible people, often in spite of the best intentions.
In a very different vein, when I was in graduate school I got snookered by some female hallmates into participating in a ballroom dance class that was desperately short of male partners. I could do all those ancient stiff-backed European dances pretty well, though I think I've forgotten all the steps by now, and I could even do some of the basic swing moves OK. But the Latin stuff was just not happening. There is some kind of sexy brain node for doing Latin dances that is missing from my head.
I think just maybe it's all the people laughing at me and pointing and occasionally taking me aside to give me heartfelt advice to please stop before I embarrass myself any more.Question for Men Who Refuse To Dance
How come?
Granted, that mostly happened in high school. I think that lots of people are working through social trauma experienced at a youthful age when most of their peers were completely horrible people, often in spite of the best intentions.
In a very different vein, when I was in graduate school I got snookered by some female hallmates into participating in a ballroom dance class that was desperately short of male partners. I could do all those ancient stiff-backed European dances pretty well, though I think I've forgotten all the steps by now, and I could even do some of the basic swing moves OK. But the Latin stuff was just not happening. There is some kind of sexy brain node for doing Latin dances that is missing from my head.