View Poll Results: Is it ok to say no to someone who:

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  • Boring to dance with

    15 10.27%
  • Exhausting to dance with

    26 17.81%
  • Wrong type of dancer

    16 10.96%
  • Far too good/intimidating for me

    7 4.79%
  • Sleazy/ smelly

    112 76.71%
  • Often leaves me feeling battered or dizzy

    62 42.47%
  • Often leaves me feeling depressed

    38 26.03%
  • Once caused me a serious injury

    82 56.16%
  • I don’t know him/her

    4 2.74%
  • I ‘just don’t get’ him/her

    19 13.01%
  • Special song for someone else

    64 43.84%
  • Other

    32 21.92%
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Thread: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    Quote Originally Posted by Wouldbe View Post
    If I'm not wanting another dance/ not wanting a dance with a certain punter I'd make a beeline for the door in all the confusion that ensues at the end of a song so that no one got the chance to grab me!
    *Mental note - don't chase after Wouldbe begging for a dance when he is running away!*

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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    Acceptable reasons for refusing a dance

    1. They smell horrible
    2. They are drenched in sweat
    3. They are pervs who touch and look in all the wrong places
    4. They have been dancing for 15 years and still have 2 left feet and only know 5 moves.

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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    Quote Originally Posted by Double Trouble View Post
    3. They are pervs who touch and look in all the wrong places
    Talk about one rule for you and one for everyone else!

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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    Quote Originally Posted by Gav View Post
    Talk about one rule for you and one for everyone else!
    In your dreams cowboy

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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    Quote Originally Posted by Double Trouble View Post
    In your dreams cowboy
    A good reason to refuse could be if someone keeps getting into your cowboy dreams!

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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    Quote Originally Posted by Gav View Post
    A good reason to refuse could be if someone keeps getting into your cowboy dreams!
    Is that why you refuse me Gav?
    Last edited by Lee Bartholomew; 25th-June-2007 at 05:49 PM.

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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    Quote Originally Posted by woodface View Post
    Is that why you refuse me Gav?
    damn you got me, my secret's out. Can't rep you for it either.

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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    Quote Originally Posted by Double Trouble View Post
    Acceptable reasons for refusing a dance

    1. They smell horrible
    2. They are drenched in sweat
    3. They are pervs who touch and look in all the wrong places
    4. They have been dancing for 15 years and still have 2 left feet and only know 5 moves.
    Actually five moves is enough, but I know what you mean.......

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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    Waltham Abbey needs better teachers.

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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    Quote Originally Posted by MartinHarper View Post
    Waltham Abbey needs better teachers.
    Actually...it wasnt the locals I was thinking about

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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    Quote Originally Posted by Double Trouble View Post
    Acceptable reasons for refusing a dance
    4. They have been dancing for 15 years and still have 2 left feet and only know 5 moves.
    Oh well.. Guess we'll never dance then

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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    Quote Originally Posted by TiggsTours View Post
    Another "other" is that I already have an injury, or am recovering from surgery, or similar, and am only dancing with people I know at the moment. I would always accept this as a reasonable reason to say no.
    I had a double hernia operation over xmas and since then have only been dancing with people i know, or whos style is gentle and do not hurt me. On another note the operation has made me rethink my style and as a result i have been told i am a much smoother dancer, with massive help from trouble as well. So if i have refused you a dance in the last couple of months please ask me again and i will dance with you , hopefully as a better dancer xxx xxx

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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    Quote Originally Posted by dave the scaffolder View Post
    I had a double hernia operation over xmas and since then have only been dancing with people i know, or whos style is gentle and do not hurt me. On another note the operation has made me rethink my style and as a result i have been told i am a much smoother dancer, with massive help from trouble as well. So if i have refused you a dance in the last couple of months please ask me again and i will dance with you , hopefully as a better dancer xxx xxx
    thats his excuse and he is sticking to it.

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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    How about "last time we danced you looked at me in disgust when I told you I was a beginner, so just cause I'm the only woman sitting down doesn't mean I'll dance with you!"

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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    Well, up until now I made it a rule never to always refuse anyone. If I have a reason to refuse, such as shirt change, drink break etc, that's fine. However, I now have the first person for my list of people I will not dance with.

    At Ceroc on Monday I picked up a minor injury from a lady who's been dancing about the same time as me, but more often. However she's still a hand-bouncing backleader who cannot stay in time with the music.
    Dancing with her is always difficult, but I make it a rule never to refuse without good reason and I always tell her to let me lead.

    Anyway, I was in the middle of the man's bit of a catapult and for whatever reason, she decided that yanking on my right hand as I passed under it would be a good idea? It wrenched my back and I had to stop, but I was up and dancing again in no time with no residual pain.

    It started to hurt on Tuesday night and got worse through Wednesday so that by the time Tango came around, I wasn't sure if I should be doing it. Thankfully it's easing off again now and may be OK for Southport this weekend.

    Having suffered from 24hr back pain for 6 or 7 years, but having been completely pain free for the last 2 years or so means that I'm not taking the risk again.

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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    Quote Originally Posted by dave the scaffolder View Post
    So if i have refused you a dance in the last couple of months please ask me again and i will dance with you , hopefully as a better dancer xxx xxx

    How about you asking some of the people you have reffused.

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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    Quote Originally Posted by fletch View Post
    How about you asking some of the people you have reffused.
    Blimey, glad to see you've mellowed post-Southport

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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    I refused a megastar this weekend because I was tired and my feet hurt - I was told I was the first female to turn him down ever I am now wondering if I did the right thing


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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    Quote Originally Posted by Minnie M View Post
    I refused a megastar this weekend because I was tired and my feet hurt - I was told I was the first female to turn him down ever I am now wondering if I did the right thing
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    Re: Refusing a dance - is there ever a good reason?

    Quote Originally Posted by Minnie M View Post
    I refused a megastar this weekend because I was tired and my feet hurt - I was told I was the first female to turn him down ever I am now wondering if I did the right thing
    So who was the spurned deity, then? Don't leave us in suspense!

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