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Originally Posted by Frankie_4711 And thanks to you all - definitely going to bring in a '2-dance max' rule for next time! |
I ran into this "how do I get out of dancing with this guy who won't let me go" problem fairly early on (at my first ever freestyle in fact
). And some of the lovely ladies on here gave me the following strategies (sorry, can't remember where to credit them, but they are not mine). Depending on your partner...
"Sorry, but I promised a dance with ..."
"That's very flattering (
that you've asked me for a third dance), but I was told you had to marry someone if you dance with them more than twice in a row - and that would make me guilty of bigamy. Maybe catch you for another dance later" (smile nicely etc)
"No, I mustn't be greedy, let me introduce you to my friend..." (presuming the partner concerned is a nice guy, it's just that you don't want to give him the wrong idea!)
If you run into problems with someone who just keeps coming back for more "two dances in a row" and you're getting uncomfortable, line up a few "knights in shining armour" guys that you trust (or even girls that can lead!) - I did this on Sunday at Storm (thank you lovely forum guys who said they'd help
, luckily not needed in the end) ! - i.e. tell them that you might need rescuing later, and
if they are not dancing, please would they come up to you at the end of the dance and ask you. The idea of asking a few people to be white knights is that they can all get on with their own evening's dancing, not just watch out for you - but as you have a few potential "rescuers", hopefully you can catch the eye of *one* of them if you are in need of polite intervention.
And if all else fails - just be firm: "I've really enjoyed our dances thank you (
assuming you have!), but I'm just here for the dancing, variety is the spice of life and I'd like to dance with someone else now."