Can I raise an associated difficulty? - Men who won't raise their arms!
I am admittedly a tall woman (5ft 9), and I will only be separated from my sparkly heels by brute force... so I acknowldege that I do contribute to the problem, but I am really getting fed up with guys who cannot be bothered to raise their arms up high enough so that I can turn or spin under them.
Almost 50% of my dance partners offer an arm raised to about nose level and seem to expect me to duck under it whilst somehow looking artistic and graceful. Usually I can feel myself taking the whole weight of the man's arm as I raise it to an appropriate level.
Now: here's the revelation: I'm not complaining about shorter gents here. If a guy genuinely can't reach - that's fine; we'll manage something between us.
However, I notice that the problem does not tend to come from the shorter guys; by and large they've worked out they need to stretch a bit to reach over ladies' heads and they make the effort. No! Its the average sized guys who are the offenders; the ones who are used to being able to lazily reach over a 5ft2 lady and don't seem to realise that additional extension is needed for taller women.
It really badly pulls you off balance if you have to start bending mid-manouever; or if the hand supposed to be supporting you from above is in fact so low that it's more like one of the hazzards on an obstacle course. Some gents also favour a little "bobble" of the hand mid-turn - and if the hand is low this just finishes the lady off with an unexpected and undeserved bang on the back of the head!!
C'mon guys... s-t-r-e-t-c-h !
