I despise and avoid dancing for a lot of reasons. Social trauma of my teen years is probably not a major issue, though. I have little natural rhythm, but what I do have is completely absent from my lower extremities. It's not that I am uncoordinated; I can punt a football or climb over a rock without tripping. It's just that I can't make my feet stick to a beat for more than a few measures, and even that takes extreme concentration.
Dancing's not fun for me. I can't be clever while dancing. I can't learn anything while dancing. To me it's just a contest to find something goofy to do with your hands and feet for a while, but one that isn't TOO goofy. It's dull. There are no important choices to make. There's no "win condition" to it (unless you count "getting laid," and there are plenty of other ways to play THAT game).
It's socially uncomfortable, but that's not self-consciousness; I'm quite comfortable speaking or singing in front of a crowd. It's just that I'm doing something I don't enjoy and am not good at, with people who are better at it and who do enjoy it.
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Date: 2005-07-26 08:53 am (UTC)Dancing's not fun for me. I can't be clever while dancing. I can't learn anything while dancing. To me it's just a contest to find something goofy to do with your hands and feet for a while, but one that isn't TOO goofy. It's dull. There are no important choices to make. There's no "win condition" to it (unless you count "getting laid," and there are plenty of other ways to play THAT game).
It's socially uncomfortable, but that's not self-consciousness; I'm quite comfortable speaking or singing in front of a crowd. It's just that I'm doing something I don't enjoy and am not good at, with people who are better at it and who do enjoy it.