What My partner Did Yesterday

[Dancebug]

Like many other dance couples, my partner and I argue a lot during our practice sessions. Because it is almost unavoidable, my partner usually asks me what I want to argue about first when we start our practice, meaning which dance I want to start with. But something he did yesterday made me feel that it does not have to be that way.

My partner and I were practicing our Latin yesterday. There were couple figures that I wanted to practice couple more times, and my partner wanted to practice some different figures before we did mine. I told him that we should do mine first, and he told me that he wanted to do his first while he had good memory on what we needed to do to improve his figures. I decided to be silly because I had the feel that our argument was about to start. I told him I would do his first if he knelt down and begged. Mind you that there were couple more dancers practicing in the studio, and I thought there was no way that my partner would do what I told him to do. Gosh, I was wrong. My partner knelt down and begged me to do his figures. I was so embarrassed and ashamed for having told him to do that. At the same time I was very moved to find out how far my partner was willing to go for our dance.

[snubsnub]

lol nice

i'm not a beggar myself, but hey, whatever works right?

[Twilight_Elena]

At the same time I was very moved to find out how far my partner was willing to go for our dance.

At least it seems that, though you're agruing, you are both trying to find a way through your problems. Communication problems are serious in a dance partnership. Don't take them lightly, IMO.

Twilight Elena

[fascination]

bob powers says that every day you should reflect upon what you love about your partner...IMO good advice all around

[alemana]

he is kind of a loon, though.

[fascination]

he is kind of a loon, though.maybe, I dont know, but a winning loon:cool: and I know it works in marriage so why not on the dance floor?

[Joe]

I guarantee he did it entirely to embarass you, not because he really wanted to do his figures first.

[fascination]

I guarantee he did it entirely to embarass you, not because he really wanted to do his figures first.hey it broke the tension...dont ruin her fun:cool:

[Dancebug]

I guarantee he did it entirely to embarass you, not because he really wanted to do his figures first.
I know my partner. He is the least calculating person in the world. He is like an open book.

[Standard Dancer]

bob powers says that every day you should reflect upon what you love about your partner...IMO good advice all around

Agree agree agree.

[Standard Dancer]

I know my partner. He is the least calculating person in the world. He is like an open book.

Awww ... if that's the case then the whole situation is/was kind of sad/embarassing/touching at the same time ...

[Dancebug]

Hmmm...

I see that with this medium it is very hard to convey the whole feel of the situation. It was all done in a giggly and playful way. Still I thought it was so sweet of him to kneel and beg to me.

[Joe]

I know my partner. He is the least calculating person in the world. He is like an open book.
If he's so predictable you should have fully expected him to do what he did, and you have no call to be mortified for him having done it. :p

[Purr]

What's the saying...be careful of what you ask for...in case you get it...

[Dancebug]

If he's so predictable you should have fully expected him to do what he did, and you have no call to be mortified for him having done it. :p
I never said he is predictable. I don't think being honest and not calculating is same with being predictable. If my metaphor, "open book," made you think he must be preditable, my mistake.