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Never one time did I even consider going to a high school dance. I never was one for crowds and never liked being a spectacle for doing what was expected of me. When I made a spectacle of myself it was always for stepping outside the box.

Evidently George Washington knew this and was the guy all the ladies wanted to dance with, and used it. Of course being tall, confident and commanding might have aided a bit too.

He ended up with Martha, a looker with money.

Some guys......

Washington was famous for his dancing ability. However, he lived when the waltz was just getting popular and he was a minuet man. The minuet type of court dances were much more complex and took a lot more training to be good. He was.

Even though I never went to dances, I met my wife, indirectly, through dance lessons at a country/western bar in Dallas.

I love going dancing, the people that hate it are the ones that won’t take the time to learn.

I don't know about that Beaumont area. Last time the wife and I went to a dance in that town, they were all line dancing. We were the only two steppers on the floor.

Right there with ya.

Why would one take time to learn something they have no interest in or possibly even repulses them?

Repulsive? Yes!

Participating in a group activity in a crowded venue is repulsive to some of us. Might have forced oneself to do so as a mating ritual in one's youth. Before we ever heard of AIDS, and anything you might catch was curable with a shot of good antibiotic.

Liking the heavy girls probably played a big role, as well.

While I never went out with any real toads or belugas, I found that the girls a step down from the school beauties were the most fun to be with. They were more relaxed and didn't worry about keeping up appearances. They weren't the school bitches.

Our school had dance lessons in the gym Sat. nights starting in 7th grade. Went to every dance they had after all the football and basketball games in HS. then enjoyed them in college.
All the misfits, greasers, oddballs, and dorks that stayed away made the dances so much nicer, thank you.

Jock with handy hands. I liked to dance but I also liked to DJ. I would do the feelemups in the DJ booth during slow dances. There were a lot more dances in the 80s. Not like it is now.

Don't dance, hate crowds.

Had two girls I knew ask me to the prom. I went away turkey hunting instead.

women are narcissist.

What a bunch of panty waists held a job since 16 and always had time for hunting fishing and school activities.

You didn't want to let your girlfriends go to the dance unaccompanied when I was around.

Never went to a single extracurricular school function.

back in the day, dancing was, as others have mentioned, just not done on campus. There were several venues though where live bands played, and we mingled on the dance floor. I usually went alone, and danced with those that either caught my eye, or I had designs on previously. I taught Lothario some moves.

Date, dinner, dance, hotel room. The good old days when you just left the key on the bed.

Me neither. Didn't miss a thing, IMHO.