View Poll Results: Do it alone or with your partner?

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  • It's healthy doing it alone - get on with it!

    7 21.88%
  • Always go with your partner - or else!

    0 0%
  • Strike a balance

    18 56.25%
  • Sod having a partner - go flirt with anything moving!

    7 21.88%
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    Doing it with your partner or alone?!

    Hope it's not just me and I sincerely don't think this is a comment on how I feel about my gf but do you relish the opportunity to go dancing alone or with a friend rather than always with your dancing bf or gf?

    It's not because I want to flirt with other people or that I have a jealous gf (she is lovely and very cool) I just like being able to dance with lots of other people and not worry whether I am dancing enough with her. I dance once a week with her and another one or two times by myself or with a friend.

    Space is good in any relationship I guess and keeping your individuality must be a must or am I getting it wrong? eek - going to Southport in a couple of weeks with a mate and not the gf - damn I am so dumped! (actually booked before met gf and she is cool about it!)

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    Re: Doing it with your partner or alone?!

    Academic Q for me, but:

    Non-existent option of "Always go with your partner, but try to lose them as soon as you've changed your shoes, meet up again for last dance and compare notes on evening on way home"

    Reasoning: if there are too many women then you can track down partner again and legitimately demand dance with them rather than having to sit out 6 in a row ( - I had a BAD night on Weds...)

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    Re: Doing it with your partner or alone?!

    My husband has absolutely no interest in dancing (I am a kayaking widow) but is completly supportive of me going along - he came & watched our busk the other week.

    On the plus side of going it alone, it gives us lots of new things to talk about when we get home from our respective hobbies. I think its important to have your own space especially after 12 years together otherwise life & the relationship just gets boring.

    On the minus side I do sometimes sit at weekenders having the odd lonely moment wishing he was there.

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    Re: Doing it with your partner or alone?!

    I'm with Janey on this one. My man has no current interest in ceroc and we are both happy doing our own thing - no problems

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    Re: Doing it with your partner or alone?!



    Plus you get to move beyond the "holding a pint glass sway" that many people's dancing extends to.

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    Re: Doing it with your partner or alone?!

    Quote Originally Posted by Piglet
    I'm with Janey on this one. My man has no current interest in ceroc and we are both happy doing our own thing - no problems
    I'm in the same boat as you and Jayne too and thankfully it works for us as well!

    Edit - I'd just like to add, we do share other interests together
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    Re: Doing it with your partner or alone?!

    Quote Originally Posted by Lory
    I'm in the same boat as you and Jayne too and thankfully it works for us as well!
    but when you have brought him dancing Lory, he was very enthusiastic and seemed to enjoy himself.

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    Re: Doing it with your partner or alone?!

    Quote Originally Posted by Lory
    Edit - I'd just like to add, we do share other interests together
    I've seen the photos .

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    Re: Doing it with your partner or alone?!

    Quote Originally Posted by janey
    On the minus side I do sometimes sit at weekenders having the odd lonely moment wishing he was there.
    Really?

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    Re: Doing it with your partner or alone?!

    I tried a dance weekender with a non-dancing partner (a few years ago) spent most of the weekend worrying if he was OK whilst I was dancing never again


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    Re: Doing it with your partner or alone?!

    Quote Originally Posted by LMC
    Academic Q for me, but:

    Non-existent option of "Always go with your partner, but try to lose them as soon as you've changed your shoes, meet up again for last dance and compare notes on evening on way home"
    I thought that came under "strike a balance", and this is definitely the option I'd go for!

    Quote Originally Posted by LMC
    Reasoning: if there are too many women then you can track down partner again and legitimately demand dance with them rather than having to sit out 6 in a row ( - I had a BAD night on Weds...)
    Can sympathise with that one!

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    Re: Doing it with your partner or alone?!

    Quote Originally Posted by Aleks
    I've seen the photos .
    What's the website??

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    Re: Doing it with your partner or alone?!

    My husband knows about a dozen beginners moves so if we go to a party we can have a dance, but he has no interest in going dancing on a regular basis.

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    Re: Doing it with your partner or alone?!

    I think you should strike a balance.

    Its nice having a partner that does dance but its also nice to go dancing without eachother. I find If we do go together, you end up dancing together alot and you get less dances with all you other lovely dancers .

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    Re: Doing it with your partner or alone?!

    As far as I can see, it depends a lot on whether the partner in question can dance (or wants to).

    Assuming they do and are reasonably into it like me, I think it's great to go to things together as long as you don't spend the entire time with them. A few dances through the night and the last one is a good balance I think I also like the idea of going one night a week with them and other nights without- kinda depends on the relationship/locations etc too though.

    If they're not a dancer, or not as keen on it, I'd keep it separate- it's good to have something just for yourself, and there's nothing worse than spending the entire night worrying that they'll be bored and that you should be looking after them. (and they probably would be bored if they're not really into it)

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    Re: Doing it with your partner or alone?!

    I went for "strike a balance". I usually go dancing with my wife and I enjoy dancing with her, but I wouldn't want to dance with her exclusively for the whole night.

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    Re: Doing it with your partner or alone?!

    A bit of a pointless poll, really....

    If I had a partner who didn't dance, I'd go dancing alone (I used to). But now that I've got a partner who dances, I'd rather go with him! And this seems to be the result of the poll so far - people who have dancing partners vote for striking a balance, and people without dancing partners do it alone. Surprise!

    Also wouldn't want to only dance with my partner all night (although he's fantastic! ), I want to dance with lots of different people when I'm out dancing! If I only ever danced with one partner, I think I might get a bit bored, no matter how good he is....

    And of course, as Sheepy lives in London and I live in Dundee, we have to go dancing separately most of the time, anyway.

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    Re: Doing it with your partner or alone?!

    Makes me feel better that i am single, at least i can do what i want

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    Re: Doing it with your partner or alone?!

    I prefer to do IT with my girlfriend. It is boring after a while if you keep doing it on your own.

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    Re: Doing it with your partner or alone?!

    Quote Originally Posted by Andreas
    I prefer to do IT with my girlfriend. It is boring after a while if you keep doing it on your own.
    Yeah - all those repetitive, right-handed moves....

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