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Chris Stratton
10-10-2005, 10:54 AM
Had a fairly gender balanced group, collegiate and alumni ballroom people, gathered at a birthday dinner for a member of the group the other night. Plan was to go to a social afterwards.

By the time we finished dinner and made it up to the social, we'd gone from balanced to seven men and one woman... two if you count the partner of one of the guys who arrived seperately.

This doesn't seem unusual... but why?
Katarzyna
10-10-2005, 10:57 AM
Oh and I don't count?
Chris Stratton
10-10-2005, 10:59 AM
Oh and I don't count?

Not in terms of the "losing people on the way" statistic.
Katarzyna
10-10-2005, 11:00 AM
Oh and I don't count?

Not in terms of the "losing people on the way" statistic.hm.. so why would you mention the other person that came separately?
Chris Stratton
10-10-2005, 11:02 AM
Would you mention the other person that came separately?

I see your point... but because she was connected with one of the guys from the dinner group.
dTas
10-10-2005, 11:03 AM
humm... i've always experienced the opposite. usually is the men who cut out when it comes time to head to the dance venue.

even if the women have never danced before they usually want to go just to check it out. but the men want to go out to a sports bar or some place where they can get a beer.
Katarzyna
10-10-2005, 11:04 AM
humm... i've always experienced the opposite. usually is the men who cut out when it comes time to head to the dance venue.

even if the women have never danced before they usually want to go just to check it out. but the men want to go out to a sports bar or some place where they can get a beer.Funny you mention this, because I believe Chris mentioned his partner won't come to social because of some sports game...
lynn
10-10-2005, 11:15 AM
humm... i've always experienced the opposite. usually is the men who cut out when it comes time to head to the dance venue.

even if the women have never danced before they usually want to go just to check it out. but the men want to go out to a sports bar or some place where they can get a beer.

me too..... all the guys i know are not dance-friendly....
Chris Stratton
10-10-2005, 11:56 AM
This was a dancing group at dinner...
lynn
10-10-2005, 12:50 PM
maybe it's an one-time, isolated incident??
Chris Stratton
10-10-2005, 12:53 PM
maybe it's an one-time, isolated incident??

No, fairly typical.
dTas
10-10-2005, 12:56 PM
so what are the ladies excuses for not going out dancing?
lynn
10-10-2005, 01:12 PM
too much dancing already?? ie, it's like people who work in movie theatres don't want to see movies during their spare time??? bad example, i know....
DancePoet
10-10-2005, 01:16 PM
I once had a b-day dinner with a bunch of dancing friends, like 2 dozen or more, and then most of us went dancing together afterwards. There were a few of ladies that opted out, but most of the men went.

Don't really have an idea, and this one evening isn't enough to form a strong opinion on.
tsb
10-11-2005, 02:03 AM
if this is a common experience, perhaps there's a person in the group that the women prefer to avoid?

i run a ballroom related email list & the phenomenon i experience is that the younger women will not respond to a "some of us are going to this place on this night" type of email but will go if i invite them directly.

before y'all starting tuning up, yes, part of it is that they enjoy dancing with me - but as i've found that a big factor is that younger women tend to avoid going w/o an escort because they tend to get hit on by (usually older) guys who don't dance particularly well but think that they do!