They say one bad apple doesn’t spoil the whole bunch and lucky for me that’s not just something your mother says to console you or the record (yes, record..it was a long time ago) you play over and over again when your prom date ends up being the jerk of all jerks. As it turns out, that one-bad-apple thing goes for randomly assigned, friendly social dance contest partners too.
The first time I entered a “friendly” social dance contest, I had the misfortune of revisiting my prom days. The experience inspired a post about my poorly behaved partner who rolled his eyes and snorted when I sheepishly confided to being a novice at cha cha. As if that wasn’t rude enough to deserve a slap, he responded in kind by asking if I could at least keep a beat. Seriously. At least keep a beat. Not to dwell – and I’m certainly no Charo – but that guy couldn’t recognize syncopation on the fourth beat if it knocked him in the cuchi-cuchi. (You can get all the gory details here if you haven’t already read the post.)
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Anyway, you’d think I’d have sworn off social dance contests after that first wretched experience (or at least ones in which partnerships are randomly assigned), but no. Call me a glutton for punishment or an extreme optimist or whatever, but I did the unthinkable and entered another friendly social dance contest a month later…and another one a month after that. You’ll never guess what happened…
On both occasions I had the good fortune to be randomly partnered with pleasantly well-mannered, gracious fellows! YAY!
At this point I’m 2 for 3 (.666) at being paired with pleasantly well-mannered, gracious, non-jerk dance partners. That’s pretty darn fantastic considering a guy who goes 1 for 3 from the plate in MLB earns himself a ticket to Cooperstown. Sadly, there’s no Hall of Fame for random dance partnering, but you’ve got to admit I’m on a hot streak (plus, I’m over that prom thing) so I suppose I’ll enter tonight’s friendly Foxtrot Contest. Wish me luck and stay tuned… I’ll let you know how it goes.
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