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Tangogal, I'm sensing Tangst. It is sad men can be shallow, and that more men aren't interested in dance. I think men can be more nuanced than your posts imply, and realizing there can be other motivations can help one feel better about what is happening. I offer my opinions (worth what you paid...

My post will generalize from "intimacy" to "touch." In my early Tango journey, I was doing a frenzy of research -- posts here on DF, psychology stuff, and more. Something that struck me was reading posts that said "Dance is the only human touch I get in a week." My brain was pretty full with my...

This has been a good conversation. I do ask unhappy looking followers who are sitting, my comments were aimed at those dancing. Anyway, I realize I was rather binary on the unhappy looking follower = don't ask thing. I'll move unhappy looking dancer out of the automatic veto category. Thanks...

I'm not saying you are wrong in any way, but there are practical difficulties... I'm a visitor who knows no one. How am I to know though you look unhappy at the moment, you will enjoy a tanda with me? It seems a lot safer to ask smilers first? I might not have time to study things and decide it...

Thanks for your post, and that is good food for thought. I have multiple thoughts on the issue: If someone looks consistently unhappy across several partners, that person might just have RBF or be a bit autistic or in a bit of pain or having a tough time or something. Thanks to your post, I've...

I think I'm hitting that now and struggling with it. Before I was simple in the sense that I "needed" what was led to be followed exactly, I had trouble if the follower went off my script. I have continued to improve, and now ladies are starting to throw in some complicated and extended...

TNiSD, I'm glad to see you are still in action and making progress. For me at least, this is not monotonic. Here are 4 cases: Neither one is dancing at all. I assume there are newbies, so sometimes I'll walk up and ask "Are you two dancing tonight?" Sometimes I'll grab my dear wife (DW) to do...

I had not really thought about this: Leaders, do you prefer to ask someone who is sitting alone, or in a group? Flipping this to the OP's perspective, and her odds better sitting alone or in a group?

My experience is men seem to have no trouble, but I have often seen visiting ladies (both in my little area, and when I have travelled) struggle to get dances, particularly the first dance. It doesn't seem to, but I think the thinking should go like this: "There is a new lady I have never seen...

There are many good posts here! Sometimes I browse with the search button just for fun reading. Here is a huge thread on your question: https://www.dance-forums.com/threads/why-some-women-are-not-asked-to-dance.17711/page-53#post-1142779 Just a random thought: Have you taken Tango lessons? I...

The secret is out... Now I know what happens at those secret society encuentros...

Albuquerque has a 1 day 1/2 off sale 7 Aug. https://www.albuquerquetangofestival.com/registraton It's a huge event, 800 expected, 27 to 30 October. I'm not going, just passing along the info.

Maybe not the end ... I didn't go, but heard from a friend of a friend Burning Tango was a COVID super spreader event. Vaccinated and masked people got sick. https://m.facebook.com/groups/burningtango/

Note how effectively President Obama dealt with this issue. He pulls her right arm straight attempting to pull her free from his armpit. That fails, so he does a sudden reversal of direction while simultaneously flipping the V embrace to the other side. He then masterfully gets her into open...

... or a weighted mean, weights being the inverse of the square root of the years of experience.

Tango Distance said: Many people do car racing just one time. Very funny! Ironically, I have seen more people hurt by Tango than legal and organized car racing! If you go the next logical step and use a metric of Tango injuries per kilometer danced, verses driver injuries per kilometer raced...

Things are different here in Tangst Desertus -- maybe we are the exception that makes the rule? Our number one demographic of students is divorced women, who quit as soon as they have a nontango boyfriend (the usual case). We also have a surprising number of lifetime students who take lessons...

We have a local DJ who likes to change the speed of songs. He generally slows them down.

I thought about other motion hobbies. Many involve big, bold moves. Examples include: Wheelies on a motorcycle Skiing down a hill rather than walking down it Jump on a mountain bike Kicking as fast and far as you can in martial arts Basketball While it can be to show off to others, even if no...