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    Re: So what is worse?

    Quote Originally Posted by NickC View Post
    The dance is the worse, its totally gut wrenching, made worse if they are good dancers who obviously cant be arsed, followed by a very ingenuine thank you for the dance, at least with a rejection its quick
    You've hit the nail on the head but not to many refusals please, my poor ego.

    Quote Originally Posted by frodo View Post
    I've changed my mind about it. Depending on the quality of the track / alternative people to ask, going though the motions can be good.

    They've achieved their objective, at the cost of a track. I'm unlikely to ask them again.


    In the mean time I might as well have some fun.
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    Re: So what is worse?

    Personally I'd always prefer a so-so dance with someone rather than a refusal but perhaps this is down to the fact that I don't ask strangers that much and it is usually only a "I must dance to this track" that forces me to, in which case I expect to put in the most I can and if my partner doesn't respond then I know not to ask again. (I hardly ever ask anyone again if they refuse me).

    However, I find it really rewarding to dance with someone who appears really morose/absent and make them smile if I can, for whatever reason !
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    Re: So what is worse?

    Quote Originally Posted by Maxine View Post

    I have been told by a couple of guys (or more) that I scare them – I'm really not, honest
    Don't believe her, I've seen grown men turn to jelly!

    Back to the question..

    It all depends on my confidence levels at the time.

    When I'm on a high, everything's like 'water off a ducks back'.

    If I get refused, I'll readily accept any excuse quite happily and not even give it a second thought

    If they look like they'd rather be somewhere else depending on just how hyper I'm feeling at the time, I'll do anything from merely 'thinking'.. poor sod, I bet he's had a horrible day, a row with his girlfriend maybe? or, he can't help having a crap personality I suppose etc (couldn't possible be anything to do the fact he's having to dance with 'me' )

    To, asking him if he realises that he's making a face like he's sucking a lemon?

    BUT if I've come out feeling down, with a fragile ego (it happens ) I know I'll be looking at every sign as reinforcement of my already negative view of things.

    It wouldn't really matter if I got refused cos someone was desperate for a drink of water, as they were about to keel over from dehydration. I'd think it was cos it was 'me'
    And the same if they looked fed up, didn't smile or make eye contact.

    But one things for sure, a happy face, an enthusiastic acceptance, a little bit of banter and an occasional look into the eyes, with a genuine smile, can make all the difference in the world and can often turn the whole evening around!
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    Re: So what is worse?

    I think most of us would prefer to have a rejection than suffer through 3-9 mins (depending on song length) of the "I'd rather be anywhere else" dance. It's the old ripping off the plaster quickly rather than pulling it off slowly and infinitely more painfully.

    That being said, you don't know what's going on in your partner's head to make them act that way. Eye contact has been talked on at length on the forum, and I'm strictly in the camp that says if I'm dancing with someone I don't know, I'm not generally comfortable with lots of eye contact as it feels too intimate. (Strangely the opposite with WCS - I guess the internal counting is enough of a distraction that I don't mind)

    Most of us are also not necessarily aware of what our facial expressions while dancing look like, and how our partners will interpret it. I rememebr the chap who, after asking me to dance, spent the entire time with a face like a slapped backside. As the song came to a conclusion, he said to me (with a weirdly intense look in his eyes) "thank you, that was genuinely the best dance I've had all evening". Not something I got from his facial expression.

    (The fact he turned out to be a bit on the 'odd' side so that I now avoid him is neither here nor there)

    None of the above however counters the argument that in dancing, as in life, there are prats whose behaviour you will not like, be it in manner of refusal or in the "I don't want to be here" dance. All you can do is focus on the fact it is only one person out of how many dozens/hundreds of people are at that venue/weekender.

    (I find mentally sticking my tongue out at them helps me readdress this balance. Or phsycially doing it for special cases)

    It's all too easy to blow a single bad dance/refusal out of proportion.

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    Re: So what is worse?

    Quote Originally Posted by Maxine View Post
    after all it takes 2 to tango and MJ
    I can think of a few people who I've led and follwed who clearly disagree with you

    ... actually I think some of the chaps I've danced with have actually said that about me too for that matter!

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    Re: So what is worse?

    The rejection has to be preferable, that way its only 15 seconds of pain, not 3 minutes or more. There again if I was getting rejections all night that could change my view on things.

    Normally smiling and eye contact seems to come naturally, but can be harder to sustain if your partner has an intense look of concentration or disinterest on her face, and if its Tina Arena playing, I'm bored, but trying not to show it.

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    Re: So what is worse?

    Quote Originally Posted by Princess Fi View Post
    I rememebr the chap who, after asking me to dance, spent the entire time with a face like a slapped backside.
    Oh, sorry, I really didn't know this was how my smile came across!

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    Re: So what is worse?

    Quote Originally Posted by Sheepman View Post
    ......... if your partner has an intense look of concentration or disinterest on her face .......,

    she may have been watching the England team's miserable performance in the World Cup

    Well, at least I know that it isn't me you were talking about

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    Re: So what is worse?

    Quote Originally Posted by sunnybunny View Post
    she may have been watching the England team's miserable performance in the World Cup
    In that case I'd have to check for a pulse before we danced.

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    Re: So what is worse?

    Surely, it's always good to look your partner up and down -- you can get in terrible trouble if you misjudge waist level

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    Re: So what is worse?

    If you've never danced with someone before then I think an outright refusal is much worse, because it can only be based on some preconceived notion of what a dance with you would be like. Maybe they watched you dance with someone else, or their friend gave them a review; but neither of those is really the same as actually trying it.

    Unless it's one of those awful, goes-on-forever tracks, 3-4 minutes is no big deal. If, after dancing with me, someone decides they'd rather not repeat the experience, that's fair enough, they should refuse in future, and then both of us are clear on the matter. However, I see no justification for refusing a complete stranger, you might be the one who misses out!

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    Re: So what is worse?

    Quote Originally Posted by spindr View Post
    Surely, it's always good to look your partner up and down -- you can get in terrible trouble if you misjudge waist level

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    But I get a crick in my neck if I look above your waist level.

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    Re: So what is worse?

    Quote Originally Posted by Lory View Post
    Don't believe her, I've seen grown men turn to jelly!



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    Quote Originally Posted by Princess Fi View Post

    I rememebr the chap who, after asking me to dance, spent the entire time with a face like a slapped backside.
    What a fantastic description - I must use it

    Quote Originally Posted by spindr View Post
    Surely, it's always good to look your partner up and down -- you can get in terrible trouble if you misjudge waist level

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    that's a point but what if they couple that with face like a slapped backside? or lemon sucker
    Anyway most men I know don't look below the cleavage

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    Re: So what is worse?

    Quote Originally Posted by Maxine View Post
    Anyway most men I know don't look below the cleavage
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    Re: So what is worse?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bubble View Post
    If you've never danced with someone before then I think an outright refusal is much worse, because it can only be based on some preconceived notion of what a dance with you would be like. Maybe they watched you dance with someone else, or their friend gave them a review; but neither of those is really the same as actually trying it.
    For me it's the opposite, if they've already danced with me then I've got little choice but to take a refusal personally!

    However, I see no justification for refusing a complete stranger, you might be the one who misses out!
    There's also the situation when a supercilious, bored-looking stranger condescends to give me a dance because they can't wriggle out of it but by the end of the three minutes I've managed to squeeze a grudging admission of enjoyment out of them. That always feels good.

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    Re: So what is worse?

    Quote Originally Posted by jivecat View Post

    There's also the situation when a supercilious, bored-looking stranger condescends to give me a dance because they can't wriggle out of it but by the end of the three minutes I've managed to squeeze a grudging admission of enjoyment out of them. That always feels good.

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    Re: So what is worse?

    Quote Originally Posted by jivecat View Post
    For me it's the opposite, if they've already danced with me then I've got little choice but to take a refusal personally!
    During the first dance with a stranger, I have 3-4 minutes to determine whether they're likely to respond favourably to a future request. I'll be looking at my partner for quite a lot of that time so I know how they're reacting to the experience of dancing with me. Combined with the manner in which they say 'Thankyou' and walk away at the end of the track, I have a pretty good idea whether to bother asking them again. Of course, there are reportedly some dancers who look miserable even when they're loving every moment, in that case I may not ask them again, unless their end-of-dance 'Thankyou' was unusually strong. However, they're welcome to indicate their previous enjoyment by asking me; sometimes that happens immediately when they invite me to stay on for the next track.

    Quote Originally Posted by jivecat View Post
    There's also the situation when a supercilious, bored-looking stranger condescends to give me a dance because they can't wriggle out of it but by the end of the three minutes I've managed to squeeze a grudging admission of enjoyment out of them. That always feels good.

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