Ah Salsa Dancing....

I hate to admit it, I really do….but I think I’ve become a dancing snob…maybe it’s not REAL snobbery [shrug]…..but it’s some form of it, at least for salsa dancing.

Last Thursday Whit, Neubia and I ventured out to the Jazz Kitchen as we usually do on Thursday nights [and we will continue to do as long as women get in free before 10:]. And like normal, we each danced with a number of different guys…the thing that hit me as snobbery though, was that after I danced with a particular guy that had limited actual salsa skills, I attempted to not make eye contact with him for the remainder of the night. And I want to convince myself that it’s not because I mind dancing with bad dancers, I don’t usually….but when you know that there are really good dancers on the floor and around you that might ask you to dance, you don’t want to sacrifice a dance with one of them because you got suckered into dancing with the bad dancer!

And I was thinking through all of this….and the thing is, I don’t mind dancing with guys that KNOW they suck at dancing, and are wanting you to help them. But when it comes to the guys that think you want to dance with them because they are the stuff or whatever….umm, no. I want to dance with a guy because he’ll spin me around, and make me feel like a princess [I know, clique, but there’s some truth to it]. So I like the beginners ‘cause they want to learn how to be the guy to spin the princess around, and I LOVE dancing with the great dancers….but it’s the others that I don’t want to end up on the floor with. Especially because I feel like they are just waiting for that slow dance song that takes no talent and allows them to just get close to your body and act like you are intimately involved….please [rolls eyes]. If you have no talent, and don’t want to learn how to dance then just don’t ask me ‘cause honestly….I might be a “yes” girl, but only once for that kind of dance partner.

Anyway [smile]. Not to discourage any boys from asking. You should ALWAYS ask. But if you happen to be in it just so that you have a chance at going home with a girl….give it up. We know who you are and we think you suck at dancing….Go to some other club and try to pick up the women who are dancing for the same reasons you are…hmm.

And lastly…I miss our Springfield boys…. Andrew, Jason, Mat, James, Yemi ….you guys are great. There are some amazing dancers here…. so amazing there are times where I wonder if I can actually keep up with them on the cramped dance floor…but none of them are as fun as you guys were [smile].

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*maike rinaye*