I'm having a crisis! I have danced for a long time and have competed in several styles and have taken first place in most of my heats.
I've had various dance partners over the years, but I don't have one right now. I am actively searching for a partner right now. (I have an ad on this site, as well as other sites.)
The problem is, I go out to these social dances and I dance with everyone, I'm friendly and cordial and I do the waltz and foxtrot mixers. I am not having any fun dancing with anyone because most people don't know what I know.
I am not trying to be rude, I do appreciate that there are public dances I can go to and I appreciate that people will dance with me. It just seems that I end up dancing with a lot of beginners or a lot of old men.
My own husband isn't interested in taking any lessons. He knows basic stuff and he "makes up his own steps" to his own timing and I don't have a clue what he is trying to do. I have a tendency to get upset about this, but I don't want to show it.
I am very frustrated. I want to dance and I want to go out to the dances, but I just end up very frustrated and depressed. I don't want to say anything to anybody because I don't want to be known as an ingrate or a complainer. But I want to dance with someone who knows what they're doing. I want to fly around the room the way I know I can do.
I am not having much luck finding a partner to do comps with, or to just go out social dancing with. I live too far away from the hub of things I guess. I can't change that.
My qustion is, should I continue to go out dancing and feel frustrated and depressed, or should I just give up dancing altogether as if I had never danced and dance never existed?
Thanks.
