You Know you are Addicted to Dancing when...

[Sally757]

Dance is a best to enjoy full heartedly.I think every body should try.

[etp777]

Welcome to DF, Sally

[nc]

You go to five dance classes a week and come home exhausted, but the first thing you want to do is practice .

I was at a party on Saturday, feeling exhausted I told the host I just need to go home and snooze for about an hour and come back. What do I do when I get home, I reviewed a dance video, did about an hour and 30 mins dancing, took a shower and came back to the party energized.

[nc]

You know you are addicted to dancing when...

you're in church and notice that so many of the hymns are Waltzes :rolleyes:

Too funny. My sister is part of the worship team at my church and I usually sit in the front. She told me, "Everytime you raise your hand in worship, I expect a "New Yorker" coming, can you please stay in the back?. I've also started to count the beats.

[DancingMommy]

@nc - MUAHAHAHAH TOO funny. I resemble that remark. Or rather, our choir tended to polkas... :shock:

You know it's bad when you're counting 123& uh123 while you're supposed to be singing...

[Fred&Lily]

When you puzzle out the steps needed to dance a cachucha, fandango, bolero.....

[Silveralsa]

1 - You plan your social life around it (including missing your tv shows that aren't recordable)
2 - You plan your vacation to make sure you don't miss any dance events
3 - You start decorating your car with a customized dance license plate or stickers
4 - You hear a song and immediately your feet move of their own accord when at the grocery store or in other public places
5 - When you're looking for a significant other, you start to check off ones that can't dance or at least appreciate it
6 - You've gone to the cheap hussy stores to find appropriate ballroom/WCS outfits, even if you wouldn't be caught dead wearing it anywhere else
7 - Orange skin starts to not look so bad
8 - You consider a second job in order to make all the conventions and take privates
9 - You've friended all the pros possible on facebook just to see what they're up to
10 - You search youtube for any videos possible and spend hours watching and attempting to recreate the moves and styling

[Terpsichorean Clod]

When you puzzle out the steps needed to dance a cachucha, fandango, bolero.....
:uplaugh: Yay!! Another G&S fan! Gondoliers is my favorite. I love all the music, so well suited for dancing, but especially the waltz, "When a Merry Maiden Marries".

[DancingMommy]

You buy your children their Holiday dresses, get home and suddenly realize "Hey! I've got 20 gross of Swarovskis that would match that PERFECTLY!!! Now where'd I put my E-6000??"

~apologies if I've misplaced this post. I thought I saw a similar thread but my search-fu is broken.

[etp777]

http://www.dance-forums.com/showthread.php?t=179

Believe you were looking for that. :)

[DancingMommy]

Can someone please merge?

[DancingMommy]

Never mind the merge, lol. I'm a dork.

[DancingMommy]

Another one: you know you're a ballroom dancer when...

Buying shoes for your child turns into an exercise in "Which shoes would be most appropriate for ballroom class"...

http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs154.snc1/5734_1223547547455_1191978295_686838_4708837_n.jpg

See what I mean?

[latingal]

Actually DM, I wanted to merge your posts but we need a mod who mods in the General Dance forum to merge it. Hopefully one will be along soon.

[liz]

when you are looking in your purse and see a shoe brush, mole skin, and blister bandaids...

[NonieS]

Regarding shoe brushes...

When you have a ghastly wound on your hand from reaching inside said purse and unexpectedly coming upon said shoe brush.... OUCH!

[fascination]

when your husband buys you swarovski earrings while in London...and you think they are a bit small

[DancingMommy]

You know you're a ballroom dancer when...

Good grades on your kids' report cards = more dance lessons...

And they're psyched about it. 8)

[fascination]

when you are currently excited to have all of your toenails and no blisters

[DancingMommy]

When you watch "Fight Quest" and think the MMA guys are wusses because *boohoo* they got blisters and calluses on the balls of their feet when you LIVE with them on a daily basis.

[The Trippmeister]

...when the balls of your feet are covered in blisters, so you dance on your heels and the sides of your feet because you can't stop dancing ;).

[dlgodud]

...when the balls of your feet are covered in blisters, so you dance on your heels and the sides of your feet because you can't stop dancing ;).

Welcome to DF! 

[BR-folk-square]

You are SERIOUSLY addicted to DANCING when you've done International Folk Dancing, Traditional Contra/Square dancing, ballet, jazz, clogging, English Country Dancing, Irish Set dancing, Scottish Country Dancing, Modern Western Square dancing (including at the Advanced and Challenge levels), Round Dancing, Belly dancing (extra points if you are a male), Scandinavian Turning dancing, Irish Caeli dancing, Ballroom, Latin, Swing, Country & Western Line, pattern and freestyle dancing....

OK, I haven't done C&W Pattern dancing (yet, and just barely freestyle), nor modern, tap, Irish Step dancing, Sufi dancing, probably a few others.

--Carey

[Silveralsa]

Your dreams start to include dance people, even pros that you've NEVER MET....

[DWise1]

When you're knocked out-of-commission with a torn hamstring and you still can't help tapping time with the foot of your bad leg.

I'm just glad I didn't try walking while a song was playing. If a break had come up I would have tried to hit it and who knows what would have happened.

[DancingMommy]

:uplaugh: I resemble that remark as I sit here with a knee brace on to "help" my sprained MCL.

[Silveralsa]

:uplaugh: I resemble that remark as I sit here with a knee brace on to "help" my sprained MCL.

Me too, I had dislocated my knee and tore the ligament... was on full leg brace and crutches for a couple months, but since I was an officer in the dance group I kept coming to class. My teacher had to literally "command" me to sit on the chair and not try to dance early. I got so impatient!

[DancingMommy]

You can't face someone head on because your head is stuck slightly up and to the left!

TRUE story! My head/neck are ALWAYS aimed left no matter what. I feel like I'm looking *right* whenever I look straight on.

[Sylph]

You are SERIOUSLY addicted to DANCING when you've done International Folk Dancing, Traditional Contra/Square dancing, ballet, jazz, clogging, English Country Dancing, Irish Set dancing, Scottish Country Dancing, Modern Western Square dancing (including at the Advanced and Challenge levels), Round Dancing, Belly dancing (extra points if you are a male), Scandinavian Turning dancing, Irish Caeli dancing, Ballroom, Latin, Swing, Country & Western Line, pattern and freestyle dancing....

OK, I haven't done C&W Pattern dancing (yet, and just barely freestyle), nor modern, tap, Irish Step dancing, Sufi dancing, probably a few others.

--Carey
Hey BRFS! Ever tried volkspele? (Check it out on You Tube)

[jjs914]

when your husband buys you swarovski earrings while in London...and you think they are a bit small

When you are looking at regular every-day jewelry and can't seem to figure out why there's something missing (clearly, not enough sparkle).

[jjs914]

7 - Orange skin starts to not look so bad


Even your mother starts to admit that your tan actually looks fairly normal. ;)

[gracie]

You wear your new Latins with bobby socks while cooking dinner to stretch them out and no one thinks it's odd.

[DanceAngel]

You can't face someone head on because your head is stuck slightly up and to the left!

TRUE story! My head/neck are ALWAYS aimed left no matter what. I feel like I'm looking *right* whenever I look straight on.

That happens to me too! LOL!

[j_alexandra]

You wear your new Latins with bobby socks while cooking dinner to stretch them out and no one thinks it's odd.

That's impressive.

[dlgodud]

Walking on the street and thinking ' I am a ballroom dancer. I have a nice posture. I am gliding. Hey! Move out of my way. I am dancing right now!':D

[Silveralsa]

You look at the guy's shoes first before dancing with them to gauge what level they are at...

[Silveralsa]

You constantly find your new music by asking the DJ what song he just played instead of typical radio...

[Silveralsa]

When looking for a new place to live, you're a little overly excited at having wood floors that you'll be able to practice on.

[DancinProf]

You look at the guy's shoes first before dancing with them to gauge what level they are at...

WORD. This probably doesn't make me a better person, but I absolutely do it.

[DWise1]

An iPod can also be dangerous with a leg injury. Half-way through Swingtime in the Rockies I started to wonder why I was repeatedly saying "Ow!".

[Chiron]

You see a pretty young thing and you first thought is...
"That fake tan looks really good on her."

[etp777]

I definitely haven't reached that level of addiction yet. :)

[Bushytail3]

I think I've spilled my drink! :lol:
Yes, a shopping cart is especially good for practicing rumba walks as well as open breaks. I also like to do twist turns and (solo)pivots while maintaining a consistent distance from the cart.

The broomsticks on the cleaning supplies aisle also make excellent partners! :)
I am soooooo glad I read this because now I don't feel so weird. I usually go to Walmart at midnight to do my shopping and practice Rumba walks down the aisles regardless of who is watching. Also, at this time of night the Walmart staff is usually restocking the shelves so there are lots of obstacles in the way....GREAT for practicing floorcraft!

[WorksForShoes]

You walk away from DH, only to realize he is still speaking to you, so you turn back to pay attention. The first thing he says is, "Nice heel turn."

[Lorelei]

...you run over timings of your routine in your head while driving...

[AMeader]

You have two resumes: your typical ho-hum day job resume, and your DANCE RESUME!

[drejenpha]

When having multiple random partners every day becomes routine and (almost) noone thinks badly of you because of it.

[samina]

When having multiple random partners every day becomes routine and (almost) noone thinks badly of you because of it.

hear, hear... ;)

[j_alexandra]

When having multiple random partners every day becomes routine and (almost) noone thinks badly of you because of it.

It should only happen to me... ;)

[drejenpha]

It should only happen to me... ;)

It should happen to everyone that wants it.

The one downside is that there are times when it feels like an endurance race... Thursday will be fun, final in ballroom class, two partners confirmed (maybe 3 depending on how many groups the teacher splits class into).

[Nate F.]

When you prefer to tango or foxtrot instead of actually walking......

[j_alexandra]

When you prefer to tango or foxtrot instead of actually walking......

Oh, dear. Yup. Got me again.

[Nate F.]

:) :)

[j_alexandra]

When you're entering dollar amounts into a calculator and have one for $23.41 and the next thing you know, you're doing rumba!

[fascination]

lolz....when my first thought after that is not "now THAT is really bad"...but rather, "international or American"

[j_alexandra]

lolz....when my first thought after that is not "now THAT is really bad"...but rather, "international or American"

LOLZ yourself!

When you think about taking lessons from a burlesque diva. And that's all I have to say about that.

[NURDRMS]

LOLZ yourself!

When you think about taking lessons from a burlesque diva. And that's all I have to say about that.

Have done that....really worth it and fun to boot!

[samina]

When you're entering dollar amounts into a calculator and have one for $23.41 and the next thing you know, you're doing rumba!

oh, that's hysterical. you are totally hooked, aren't you. :cheers:

[samina]

lolz....when my first thought after that is not "now THAT is really bad"...but rather, "international or American"

mine too! roflz...

[j_alexandra]

Have done that....really worth it and fun to boot!

Ain't it just?

[j_alexandra]

oh, that's hysterical. you are totally hooked, aren't you. :cheers:
About a year ago, at a show, someone asked me to show her where something was across the hallway of a large lobby, and instead of just turning and pointing, I made a lunge to the side, with a grand arm styling gesture, to point the way -- without thinking about it, just simply did it. God knows what she thought, but I knew right then: I have swallowed the kool aid.

[Nybz]

About a year ago, at a show, someone asked me to show her where something was across the hallway of a large lobby, and instead of just turning and pointing, I made a lunge to the side, with a grand arm styling gesture, to point the way -- without thinking about it, just simply did it. God knows what she thought, but I knew right then: I have swallowed the kool aid.
... I would pay to see that... dearly
:uplaugh:

[j_alexandra]

... I would pay to see that... dearly
:uplaugh:

Can be arranged... mwahahahahahah how dearly? mwahahahahaaaa :twisted:

[Anchovynist]

I'm a middle-aged suburban married guy, a couple of kids, van in the driveway, the whole works.

But I have to tell you, that's a nice looking shoe!

A guy like me saying something like that - that's when you know you're addicted to dancing. Somebody please put a foot in that thing and let's rumba!

Another one: you know you're a ballroom dancer when...

Buying shoes for your child turns into an exercise in "Which shoes would be most appropriate for ballroom class"...

http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs154.snc1/5734_1223547547455_1191978295_686838_4708837_n.jpg

See what I mean?

[Nybz]

Can be arranged... mwahahahahahah how dearly? mwahahahahaaaa :twisted:
I'd be willing to give you the like one cookie I have left :rolleyes:

[samina]

Somebody please put a foot in that thing and let's rumba!

felt some relief when you got to spelling that out... was getting the impression mebbe you wanted the shoe for yourself. :cool:

[Anchovynist]

felt some relief when you got to spelling that out... was getting the impression mebbe you wanted the shoe for yourself. :cool:

Well actually, ..., no, no that would be wrong.

[samina]

Well actually, ..., no, no that would be wrong.

was having visions of nathan lane in the bird cage, lolz.

[j_alexandra]

I'd be willing to give you the like one cookie I have left :rolleyes:

Excuse me? Eat my own poison? You're trying to BRIBE ME with MY OWN BAKING? Try again.

[Nybz]

Excuse me? Eat my own poison? You're trying to BRIBE ME with MY OWN BAKING? Try again.
No, no, that is not how I meant it. It was a sign of How much I'd be willing to give up. :D

[j_alexandra]

No, no, that is not how I meant it. It was a sign of How much I'd be willing to give up. :D

Nice save, NYBZ.

[Peaches]

Well actually, ..., no, no that would be wrong.
Not that there's anything wrong with that. ;)

[samina]

Not that there's anything wrong with that. ;)

ah-ha-ha-ha... that's what i whispered to self immediately after posting...:)

[wonderwoman]

...you're wondering how much it will cost to travel 400 miles to see your teacher because you had to relocate for work.

[fascination]

when you aren't crying out loud exhausted and weary to the point of collaspe after your lessons and you begin to worry that perhaps you did not work hard enough...rather than thinking that maybe, just maybe, you're just dancing smarter

[wonderwoman]

when you aren't crying out loud exhausted and weary to the point of collaspe after your lessons and you begin to worry that perhaps you did not work hard enough...rather than thinking that maybe, just maybe, you're just dancing smarter
lol for me substitute wondering if youre doing something wrong when you dont crave a cigarette and/or a strong cup of coffe and/or a glass of wine after your lesson, usually all of the above.

[fascination]

i am fairly certain that, other than the cigarettes...b/c I do not smoke, the other two will always be part of the process for me

[wonderwoman]

Only the case with most recent teacher. Needed to unwind/clear my head somehow before beginning to take notes on the lesson. Way too much to process.... I think that is a good thing.

[wonderwoman]

You try on a bracelet and shake-test that it won't fly off if you dance.

[Ray Sison]

You know you are addicted when you use a conference room at a large corporation--when no one is looking--to practice a showcase over and over, even using the room's computer to play the music!

"If you cannot be a poet, be the poem."

[NURDRMS]

You know you are addicted when you use a conference room at a large corporation--when no one is looking--to practice a showcase over and over, even using the room's computer to play the music!

"If you cannot be a poet, be the poem."

I've even used long hallways at the office for this very thing.

[Lioness]

When you dance for two hours straight, dehydrate yourself, have slight trouble breathing, and view the night as excellent stamina practice.

[Ecclesiastes3_4]

How about if you dance a rumba to the tech support hold music?

[fascination]

when you are glad you have your fake comp nails b/c you know it will make you type less and practice more

[wonderwoman]

How about if you dance a rumba to the tech support hold music?
Better yet: When you can't listen to ANY music without trying to figure out what you would dance to it. :tongue:

[DWise1]

I've even used long hallways at the office for this very thing.

More than a decade before I started dancing (I've been at it for almost a decade now), our company secretary was doing just that. As she was approaching me backwards, I scuffed my foot on the floor to let her know I was there. Next thing I knew she had me pinned against the wall.

Never mess with a dancer! We know things.

[DWise1]

When your Quicken annual report tells you that you had spent $2500 on dance lessons during 2009. And you had had to cut back considerably mid-year (major medical).

[fascination]

um....when that is more akin to your monthly dance budget

[j_alexandra]

$2500 for a year? Piker! One of the reasons I pay cash for so many dance related things (lessons/shoes/etc): the dollar amounts never go through Quicken and I simply don't have to acknowledge how much I'm spending. But I know full well it's more than $2500.:oops:

[NURDRMS]

yeah, I don't even want to know how much I spend. All I can say is that it's a good thing my dance budget doesn't have to get spousal approval. Hubby thinks it's a complete waste of money.

[dancemominaz]

You know you are addicted to dancing when you spend almost as much on make-up and eyelashes as you do on food!

[Lioness]

When you categorize the music on your iPod into Cha, Rumba, Salsa, Tango, Waltz, and useless.

Useless being that which is non-danceable, of course.

[Ray Sison]

When you categorize the music on your iPod into Cha, Rumba, Salsa, Tango, Waltz, and useless.

Useless being that which is non-danceable, of course.

Not unlike how I had my older (Nano) iPod arranged!

[hold]

When dancing becomes a need instead of a want. I keep asking myself why I dance, and the only valid reason I can think of is I can't get the dance out of my head.

When I have to read posts on DF to pull me through the time between practices.

[sambanada]

When you do rumba walks from your kitchen to bedroom...just because...

[Ray Sison]

When you do rumba walks from your kitchen to bedroom...just because...

I do that, too, sometimes!

[wonderwoman]

when after a long day of work and going to the gym you still go out dancing til midnight even though you have blisters and you have to get up at 6am... i mean honestly, you have a problem, stop.

[Lioness]

when after a long day of work and going to the gym you still go out dancing til midnight even though you have blisters and you have to get up at 6am... i mean honestly, you have a problem, stop.

I did that yesterday. Killed me.

[wonderwoman]

And I wonder why I have huge puffy ankles right now.

[Tenehill]

Better yet: When you can't listen to ANY music without trying to figure out what you would dance to it. :tongue:

And you get angry when in a song the promising beginning with time signature 3/4 changes first to undefined, then to ubiquitous 2/4. You ask yourself: was it so difficult to continue in 3/4? Why doesn't the composer think about us the dancing sisters?

[wonderwoman]

I get annoyed when I hear a great song and can't figure out what I'd dance to it but I know it has to be something ballroom or latin.

[TangoRocks]

...when you seriously consider buying professional grade DJ software because that's the only thing that can really do the tempo/pitch changes you need to massage a good song into a great song to dance to...

[singndance]

...when you actually are happy when it pours in the summer so you can justify spending hours in the studio practicing...

[Lioness]

Major chemistry exam tomorrow? No reason to cancel the dance lesson. To dance we go!

[TangoRocks]

...when you start checking if there are any dance events going on at your destination, every time you take a trip out of town...

[j_alexandra]

...you're happy that your feet hurt, b/c you've been using them...

[TangoRocks]

...when you take a day trip to just watch a competition 200 klicks away, even if it means driving back home at 2 am...

[j_alexandra]

...when you seriously consider buying professional grade DJ software because that's the only thing that can really do the tempo/pitch changes you need to massage a good song into a great song to dance to...

<looks in mirror>

+1

[fascination]

when you have a ballroom laptop that does all of those things :)

[Terpsichorean Clod]

...you bruise your hip on the kitchen counter, but you're just happy because you were in CBMP.

[TinyDancer109]

... although you would normally be quite excited for it, you are not looking forward to going on vacation with your family because you are waiting for a new dress to arrive at your doorstep and cant wait to try it on! *sigh*

[fascination]

I feel ya...we are going on a quick vacay w/ my brother btwn now and my next comp and I am deeply struggling with what theat means for my dance progress

[TinyDancer109]

ooh that would worry me too! luckily (or unluckily, depending how you look at it), my next comp isnt for a while.

[DWise1]

... at work you encounter that awkward situation of suddenly coming face-to-face with somebody else after rounding a corner or starting to enter a doorway and you handle it with a check-step and a grapevine out of the way.

Then you do a mental forehead-slap when you realize, "I could'a done a jazz square!"

[Lioness]

The thought of no lessons for three weeks sends you into severe withdrawal.

[fascination]

... at work you encounter that awkward situation of suddenly coming face-to-face with somebody else after rounding a corner or starting to enter a doorway and you handle it with a check-step and a grapevine out of the way.

Then you do a mental forehead-slap when you realize, "I could'a done a jazz square!"
when this sounds sensible and not weird :)

[Peaches]

When you have your data customer call and ask for the encryption password, and then you realize that you'll actually have to confess...out loud...to a professional colleague...that your password is "Ilove2dance!"

*sigh*

[OleCoot]

When you have your data customer call and ask for the encryption password, and then you realize that you'll actually have to confess...out loud...to a professional colleague...that your password is "Ilove2dance!"

*sigh*

LMAO that's hilarious..

Going to sleep at night and the last thing you remember is quick quick, slow slow or was it slow quick quick..:cool:

[ballroomdancertoo]

1. going to sleep with an mp3 player
2. carrying around a shoe brush
3. trying to spot a dancer in a crowded street
4. have a screen saver of Micheal and Joanna

[Lioness]

*points*

http://www.danceforums.com/showthread.php?t=179

:)

[HCMikeC]

1. going to sleep with an mp3 player
2. carrying around a shoe brush
3. trying to spot a dancer in a crowded street
4. have a screen saver of Micheal and Joanna


5) "So this is what my real skin color is supposed to look like?"

[fascination]

TC...can this be merged with "you know you are addicted when?"...

[tunape]

1. going to sleep with an mp3 player
2. carrying around a shoe brush
3. trying to spot a dancer in a crowded street
4. have a screen saver of Micheal and Joanna

spends more time at the studio than sleep.

[Terpsichorean Clod]

TC...can this be merged with "you know you are addicted when?"...
Done :)

[fascination]

I adore you :)

[Yana]

The thought of no lessons for three weeks sends you into severe withdrawal.


Just reading that sent me into withdrawal!!! :(

[Yana]

When you go into your kitchen to get something and the next thing you realize is your significant other yelling from the living room "Are you dancing?!?" and you have no idea why you came into the kitchen in the first place.

[Yana]

When you're so focused on finding a Latin costume that can't even sleep without dreaming about one! :rolleyes:

[wonderwoman]

lol I had a dream that involved either a latin or smooth dress just the other night, and I don't dance anymore (except social salsa).

[Lioness]

...when you have heel protectors in your handbag.

[Andreth]

When the cost of a dance lesson becomes your unit of monetary measurement. "$800? That's like, 11-12 lessons!"

[fascination]

when you know at least five people whose name is julia and you are accustomed to pronouncing it with a "y"....

when the most important item in your house is your jacuzzi and the most important item in your car is the seat warmer

[Joe]

Ah, but do you pronounce your most important item "yacuzzi?" ;)

[fascination]

:)...not that bad....yet...though I have grown fond of pronouncing voltas with a "w"

[Dots]

… when you wake up in the middle of the night because you just did a cross body lead with your blankets instead of simply turning on the other side (and now you’re freezing too!).

[nucat78]

When the cost of a dance lesson becomes your unit of monetary measurement.

Not uncommon hereabouts.

[Ray Sison]

When you take 8 or more private lessons and 5 group lessons in a week, as I occasionally did a few years ago...

[Lioness]

All your dreams are dancing dreams.

[Ray Sison]

All your dreams are dancing dreams.


I would love that!

[wonderwoman]

"Maybe if I drive very slowly and very carefully I can go downtown to dance even though it's snowing bad... It's only five miles."

[fascination]

similarly...maybe if I drive very slowly I can make it to indianapolis even thoug it is snowing very badly...it's only 5 HOURS round trip....btw, this may be the point at which spouse institutionalizes me if I attempt it...am thinking I might have to re-consider

[Ray Sison]

"Maybe if I drive very slowly and very carefully I can go downtown to dance even though it's snowing bad... It's only five miles."

If you do, please take care...

[nucat78]

similarly...maybe if I drive very slowly I can make it to indianapolis even thoug it is snowing very badly...it's only 5 HOURS round trip....btw, this may be the point at which spouse institutionalizes me if I attempt it...am thinking I might have to re-consider

Porter and Lake are in a state of emergency. I-55 southwest of Springfield in Illinois was closed yesterday...

Kamikaze Caddy?

[fascination]

didn't go

[pygmalion]

Glad to hear it. From what I've heard, it's just not safe to drive right now. However, just in case you were wondering, the fact that you even considered taking the trek qualifies you as a dyed-in-the-wool addict.

Just sayin. :wink: *grin*

[fascination]

sigh...wish I could say that makes me feel better...but all I really wanted for christmas was 4 open smooth routines...and it is not happening...there are much bigger problems in the world and I have a great life... but today, with my mom gone and one of my kids in africa, I was looking forward to that one selfish pleasure...it was important to me in ways that I reckon alot of people can't and maybe even shouldn't understand...I'll be over it in a few hours ( I hope)...but I intend to have a pity party before then

[pygmalion]

Oh! :doh: I'm so sorry. And I do understand. *crossing fingers that the roads clear quickly*

[fascination]

it doesn't matter now...today was the last available opportunity of the year

[pygmalion]

Oh no! :-(

[nucat78]

it doesn't matter now...today was the last available opportunity of the year

D'oh! Sorry, Fas!

[TinyDancer109]

sorry to hear fasc :(

[kckc]

sigh...wish I could say that makes me feel better...but all I really wanted for christmas was 4 open smooth routines...and it is not happening...there are much bigger problems in the world and I have a great life... but today, with my mom gone and one of my kids in africa, I was looking forward to that one selfish pleasure...it was important to me in ways that I reckon alot of people can't and maybe even shouldn't understand...I'll be over it in a few hours ( I hope)...but I intend to have a pity party before then


Hang in there Fasc.

If it takes a selfish pleasure to make it through rough times, it aint' nobodys business if you do...(and there are much more destructive ways to indulge those selfish pleasures than dance! So sorry you couldn't make it to Indy though).

And you are right- we all have our reasons for doing (or wanting to do) every little thing we do, whether it makes sense to anyone else or not. And it doesn't matter, as YOUR reason is the only one that counts.

Now go forth and (pity) party on if you need.

[Ray Sison]

Hang in there Fasc.

If it takes a selfish pleasure to make it through rough times, it aint' nobodys business if you do...(and there are much more destructive ways to indulge those selfish pleasures than dance! So sorry you couldn't make it to Indy though).

And you are right- we all have our reasons for doing (or wanting to do) every little thing we do, whether it makes sense to anyone else or not. And it doesn't matter, as YOUR reason is the only one that counts.

Now go forth and (pity) party on if you need.

kckc, very well said. Each of us has a right to feel what we are feeling--and not have it dismissed as, say, trivial...

[fascination]

thanks all ..and I rather doubt that anyone on the site would trivialize another person's pain...but, at least for me, an important part of being healthy is to be able to keep issues in perspective...this was not a real problem... :) and I am over it

[Indiana_Jay]

Fascination:

I am just glad you stayed safe.

For those of you who don't live on the lee side of a great lake, lake effect snow storms are a bitch.

-IJ

[musicchica86]

...when you've started tanning for a comp and the guy you've been dating comes over that night (he's a former bodybuilder, so he understands the insanity), and you tell him he might not want to get too handsy since you've got tanner on from the neck down. He proceeds to kiss your neck anyway and immediately starts coughing and hacking and spitting--"It's like licking 100 envelopes at once!" ROTFLMAO, I warned you dude...

I almost fell off the couch I was laughing so hard.

[sambanada]

you're retired, yet still follow it daily

[Ray Sison]

I'm not addicted to dance now (as other things have captured my focus, including school). But during the stretches of time that I was addicted, I wanted to do social dancing every day that I could; and I took as many private and group lessons as feasible. At one point, I had a couple of coaches, too, as well as multiple instructors...

[fascination]

when your husband, that hottie, is off for memorial day and you still leave a beautiful sunny day by the lake to go dance gold paso and intl FT...and spend the night alone in the comfort inn...I am so deeply grateful to have a spouse who understands this lunacy and is happy to let me make it up to him...and I will

[Ray Sison]

When you're on a skateboard, snowboard, or surfboard and think "Promenade Position"... :)

[Terpsichorean Clod]

...you see your teacher at a wedding and your first thought is to go up to him and schedule a lesson.

[Joe]

Bwahahaha!

[Yana]

...you see your teacher at a wedding and your first thought is to go up to him and schedule a lesson.

:banana: :cheers:

[rbazsz]

When your wife complains that your dancing is getting in the way of doing chores!

[toothlesstiger]

....As a man, when you have 10 pairs of dance shoes (and counting)....
....When you compulsively build websites about dance...

[TinyDancer109]

when your bf sarcastically says, "thanks for the call back." and for a split second you thought he was referring to a dance heat.

[j_alexandra]

when your bf sarcastically says, "thanks for the call back." and for a split second you thought he was referring to a dance heat.

lololol that's a new one

[laucy.my]

When you have so many clothes for dance that you can't fit your regular clothes into your closet anymore and when your mother suggests you wear one of your dance shirts as a regular shirt, you roll your eyes at the stupidity of her thought.

[rbazsz]

....As a man, when you have 10 pairs of dance shoes (and counting)....
....When you compulsively build websites about dance...

It gets worse: when your wife sarcastically comments that you have more shoes than she does!

[major swing]

You sneak in dance steps while you're shopping at the grocery store when the aisle is clear. You're especially addicted if you don't care if there are other is the aisle as you dance smooth with the shopping cart as your partner. :lol:



ooh, thought that was just me and the missus..............
we get odd looks in asda sometimes.............!!!!!!

[Terpsichorean Clod]

...someone is about to take your photo and you say, "Contracheck!"

[Kipling]

Someone says "You can learn to stone yourself " and you know it doesn't have anything to do with drugs.

[laucy.my]

You go to the studio to practise every day. And you snatch whatever free time you have, to practise your routine.

[BreAna]

I'm surprised that I couldn't find a thread like this! I'll start:

You know you're a ballroom dancer when you practice arm-styling while you vacuum!

[NonieS]

wasn't there one on the general dance discussion page? I think it was a very long time ago since I just barely remember it.... paging TC... dear sweet TC...

I will add, however. You know you're a ballroom dancer when...

It feels uncomfortable not to stand up straight.

You view monetary amounts in terms of lessons. (e.g. God, those shoes are cute, but that is like 2 lessons!!! or, I made so much money today... I made 6 lessons!!)

You off-handedly use terms like "comp" and "stoned" around your non-dance friends and don't understand when they look at you funny.

You don't have any non-dance friends.

[jjs914]

It's called "You Know You Are Addicted To Dancing When..." in the General Discussion section:

http://www.dance-forums.com/showthread.php?t=179

Maybe someone can come along and merge them for us!

[Ray Sison]

When you are on a skateboard, surfboard, or snowboard and think, "Promenade Position"... :cool:

[Terpsichorean Clod]

.... paging TC... dear sweet TC...
:kissme:

[dlliba10]

When you practice the position of your feet during New Yorkers on the subway.

When you use bus pit stops to practice routines on the gravel.

When you rate new music you come across by how danceable it is ("I can do a mean samba to this one...").

... Not that any of this is based on personal experience or anything.

[hiddendancer246]

When your lesson gets canceled like mine did tonight so you read all 218 pages of this thread while listening to your latin round playlist on itunes to avoid losing your mind.

By the way, I've been a lurker here for about...3 years. O.O. So...-waves shyly- Hi, it's good to officially meet you all :)

[BreAna]

sorry everyone! I DID search for a thread like this, I just epic-failed at locating it. Sorry for being a nuisance!

[Ray Sison]

sorry everyone! I DID search for a thread like this, I just epic-failed at locating it. Sorry for being a nuisance!

In no way at all were you that, BreAna! :cheers:

[ajiboyet]

When your ring tone and morning alarm tone is Matthew Morrison's cover of 'Sway'

When with every musical number in Glee, you start choreographing in your head a Standard or Latin number (Lady Is A Tramp, River Deep Mountain High)

When Bryan Watson or Derek Hough or Malitowski/Leunis is the one on your laptop wallpaper.

Yes, when you realise most of the hymns in church are waltzes.

When you practice salsa shines and ronde chasses under the table WHEREVER you happen to be seated with your feet under a table.

When every time you have to step back and step elsewhere to prevent yourself from bumping into someone you realise you just subconsciously executed a checking action.

When every time the motorcycle sways or jerks, one arm executes the corresponding Latin arm styling action.

When you point your foot just because you're getting off a bus onto a considerably lower sidewalk.

When you execute the arm styling for paso doble bota fogos everytime you get up from a chair you've been sitting in for hours and stretch...

I could go on and on and on...

[TinyDancer109]

When your lesson gets canceled like mine did tonight so you read all 218 pages of this thread while listening to your latin round playlist on itunes to avoid losing your mind.

By the way, I've been a lurker here for about...3 years. O.O. So...-waves shyly- Hi, it's good to officially meet you all :)

Welcome to DF! :)

[jjs914]

When your lesson gets canceled like mine did tonight so you read all 218 pages of this thread while listening to your latin round playlist on itunes to avoid losing your mind.

By the way, I've been a lurker here for about...3 years. O.O. So...-waves shyly- Hi, it's good to officially meet you all :)

Love this!

And...

Welcome!

[j_alexandra]

When your lesson gets canceled like mine did tonight so you read all 218 pages of this thread while listening to your latin round playlist on itunes to avoid losing your mind.

By the way, I've been a lurker here for about...3 years. O.O. So...-waves shyly- Hi, it's good to officially meet you all :)

Welcome to DF! And I want you to know I did EXACTLY the same thing -- read 'em all in place of cancelled lesson. You are in the right place.

[j_alexandra]

I could go on and on and on...

Soul mate!

[pbdc]

When you think you're counting down, 3, 2, 1, go, and your friend asks you why you just counted 2, 3, 4, 1.

[TinyDancer109]

when you think you're counting down, 3, 2, 1, go, and your friend asks you why you just counted 2, 3, 4, 1.

.. <3

[mochahontas]

When you waste part of your 20-minute dinner break at work practicing steps in the nearest deserted area

[mindputtee]

When the flashing lights of a cop car in the raindrops on the mirror look like rhinestones and all you can think is, ooh I wonder if I could stone my dress like that?

[laucy.my]

When the flashing lights of a cop car in the raindrops on the mirror look like rhinestones and all you can think is, ooh I wonder if I could stone my dress like that?

Oh God, I do that too! And sometimes when I am not wearing my specs or contacts, the street lights seem to sparkle so much like stones on a costume!

[mindputtee]

Oh God, I do that too! And sometimes when I am not wearing my specs or contacts, the street lights seem to sparkle so much like stones on a costume!

I know! I've got costume fever right now though. I've been designing/planning a gown I'm going to make and since it's summer I've got nothing else to do. I really need school to start again so that I can go back to normal.

[laucy.my]

I know! I've got costume fever right now though. I've been designing/planning a gown I'm going to make and since it's summer I've got nothing else to do. I really need school to start again so that I can go back to normal.

Yeah, I guess it just happens to every competitive dancer here! I am now still trying to save up money to get my next batch of Swarovskis...hopefully soon enough! Can't wait to stone this yummy costume that I have in hand, though I'll have to lose like 20-30lbs more to wear it.

[chomsky]

...when every morning you wake up you realize you had another dance dream...

[mindputtee]

Yeah, I guess it just happens to every competitive dancer here! I am now still trying to save up money to get my next batch of Swarovskis...hopefully soon enough! Can't wait to stone this yummy costume that I have in hand, though I'll have to lose like 20-30lbs more to wear it.

I know, I'm looking at buying fabric and stones and it's looking upwards of $500 just for materials. Good thing my mom is a seamstress! Btw, stardanceshop d o t com has the cheapest swarovski's I've found yet.

[chomsky]

you know you are a dance freak when you don't care how big your debt is as long as it covers your dance expenses

[kckc]

1. When you see a small shiny object on the bathroom floor at work and your mind immediately thinks "rhinestone" (just a few days after comp.- very normal reaction, right? )

2. Fascination and her DH appear in your dreams, albeit with short curly hair instead of long straight hair. Yes, this really happened, though the dream, interestingly enough, had nothing to do with dance. (I had just watched her video and she was in my head. Too many D-F visits perhaps? Is there such a thing?).

[fascination]

WOW...now there is an honor...though I don't think short curly hair is happneing anytime soon :)...

[chomsky]

and I thought I was the only one dreaming of dance in my sleep..

[rbazsz]

2. Fascination and her DH appear in your dreams, albeit with short curly hair instead of long straight hair. Yes, this really happened, though the dream, interestingly enough, had nothing to do with dance. (I had just watched her video and she was in my head. Too many D-F visits perhaps? Is there such a thing?).

When you hear about a video with a dancer you don't know and want to see it also! So, where is fasc's video?

[kckc]

When you hear about a video with a dancer you don't know and want to see it also! So, where is fasc's video?

Go the to "videos" sub-forum under the "Ballroom Dance" forum (look towards the top of the page). Fasc. posted her open smooth video from a recent competition.

[dancerdol]

You know you're addicted to dance when -

you stay up until 3am watching live streaming of Embassy Ball American Smooth Open Professional event.

[chomsky]

You know you're addicted to dance when -

you stay up until 3am watching live streaming of Embassy Ball American Smooth Open Professional event.

Wish I could join you... I'm afraid no such thing in Greece either. I probably need to get a sattelite dish...:nope:

[danceronice]

Wish I could join you... I'm afraid no such thing in Greece either. I probably need to get a sattelite dish...:nope:

Internet?

[chomsky]

Internet?
watching tv on the internet, you mean? Wish I was computer litterate, am afraid I'm not...:???:

[Andreth]

When you check out the other athletes at the gym and peg them for different dance styles; "That guy could make a gorgeous standard lead...perfect height for me too" or..."She looks like a rhythm dancer." My partner and I sometimes work out together and we're both guilty of this. "Hey, don't you think that guy would look great in a tail suit?" It's bad, I know.

[chomsky]

I like your game! Not at all bad!

[fascination]

when, after a seven week hiatus from lessons, you know you can't wait until monday and shamelessly call your pro and beg him to find a way to take you for three hours on thursday as well.....patiently praying for a return call on that later

[GGinrhinestones]

When, after spending exactly one day at home in the last four months, you realize you have a day off coming up...and decide it's a perfect opportunity to schedule a coaching session two hours away from home.

[Wannabee]

when, after a seven week hiatus from lessons, you know you can't wait until monday and shamelessly call your pro and beg him to find a way to take you for three hours on thursday as well.....patiently praying for a return call on that later

This is so me... Thankfully I haven't had to experience a 7 week hiatus. Pro got his dates mixed up on an extra lesson I had scheduled with him and sent me a txt on the day in question. I told him we scheduled for the following week but that I would be more than happy to come in on that day too since he was already expecting me :)

[Aura]

when everybody screams when their "song" come on at college dances, but the reason you're screaming is because the song would make a great Cha-cha.

[scullystwin42]

When you are literally jumping around the house because you haven't danced all weekend. even though your husband just got home from a business trip. So you strap on your shoes and drill in the hallway!

Also, you post on DF for dancing at the location for the THREE DAY business trip you have to go to. Sigh.

[chomsky]

apart from food, every single day you have to think of how, when, for how long you are going to dance that day, or when you are not going to, you just keep doing dance-related things all day long...or when dance puts you to sleep...either your dance posters or your dance books or your dance tape from yesterday's lesson...dance what a nice word...

[drejenpha]

You spend several months going through DT's from dance, only to go dance once then have to spend several more months going through DT's. I miss ballroom but I work during every possible lesson/social.

[chomsky]

dt? kindly enlighten me...

[pygmalion]

delirium tremors -- withdrawal symptoms

[chomsky]

thanks!!!it makes sense now!!!

[drejenpha]

I guess it would be more accurate to describe them as involuntary dance spasms in completely inappropriate places based on the music that's playing. It certainly never happened to me while I was dancing every day.

[pygmalion]

Love it. Involuntary Dance Spasms. IDS. Must use that acronym. *grin*

[bordertangoman]

Love it. Involuntary Dance Spasms. IDS. Must use that acronym. *grin*

Tourettes???

[chomsky]

Tourette's dance syndrome...he he he

[pygmalion]

Tourette's dance syndrome...he he he


I suspect a lot of us have that. Not sure it's always related to withdrawal though. :rolleyes:

[chomsky]

It's only been a year for me...I sincerely hope it's one of those incurable diseases...