# Do you dance? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 16, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920 "2012-09-16T23:02:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/1 "2012-09-16T23:02:55Z")
Well, do you? 🙂 I am 56 years old and I still dance a bit. It’s always by myself, but I still enjoy it. I dance when we have concerts at the deli and I dance at home when I’m doing housework. So, at least twice a week, I dance. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/2 "2012-09-16T23:37:50Z")
Yes, but only when I have a regular partner. Started at 14, now I’m 51. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/3 "2012-09-16T23:54:15Z")
I do, but not in public for a long long time. 🙂 on my bucket list is learning Swing Dance. so far, all I know is there are different kinds and to learn any of them I’m going to have to drive a long way. or move. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/4 "2012-09-16T23:59:18Z")
I have in the past, but not recently. I’m definitely looking forward to picking it back up after I finish grad school. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/5 "2012-09-17T00:01:47Z")
All the time, tho not for long. Have to rest then it’s right back up again. Alone and in public, with or without a partner. I do it like I read and breathe air; it’s what I live for. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![\_Olive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/4af34b/32.png) [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/6 "2012-09-17T00:02:32Z")
Sometimes I go katchi katchi dancing. I also go bon dancing during the season. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/7 "2012-09-17T00:17:48Z")
I am [katchi katchi](http://www.amazon.com/Katchi-Music-Makawao/dp/B000YMY3AW) dancing right now, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/8 "2012-09-17T00:37:04Z")
Love to! I started with ballet classes when I was 3 and have taken just about every type of dance class you can take since then. Going out dancing with friends is still one of my favorite things to do. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/9 "2012-09-17T00:43:53Z")
most people wouldn’t call it that but will try in the right situation. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/10 "2012-09-17T01:01:12Z")
Yeah, I still dance. I dance at weddings and on the rare occasion I go out with friends some place where dancing is going on. I dance in the house, too. What is miss is ballroom dancing. I was really into it in college and took classes and lessons with the same group of friends for several years. ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/11 "2012-09-17T01:07:48Z")
Only if - I’ve been drinking and - think that it might lead to sex ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/12 "2012-09-17T01:09:30Z")
-I do -Whether I can, or SHOULD be, is something only the cats, lately, have been able to judge. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/13 "2012-09-17T01:32:25Z")
I do, alone, and on very rare occasions in public. My fiance doesn’t “get” dancing in the same way that Hornblower doesn’t “get” music, so this wedding thing is a “thing”. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/14 "2012-09-17T01:58:00Z")
Not as much as I used to, or as much as I’d like to. I was a professional belly dancer for years, I like to move to music. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/15 "2012-09-17T02:25:38Z")
Can I? Yes. Will I? No. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/16 "2012-09-17T02:31:13Z")
I do dance around my house once in a while, but I gave up dancing in public in the '90s. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/17 "2012-09-17T02:58:57Z")
41, and I dance, but very, very badly.😃 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/18 "2012-09-17T03:15:16Z")
I have in the past, before my heart problems. Now that I’ve had the heart surgery, I’ll be dancing again in a couple of months. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/19 "2012-09-17T03:15:22Z")
> [@Critical\_Mass](#): > > Only if > > - I’ve been drinking and > - think that it might lead to sex I hate dancing so much that even under those conditions I’ll pass. I’ll dance with my daughters at their weddings. But other than that, I expect I’ll be able to avoid it for the rest of my life. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920/20 "2012-09-17T04:02:56Z")
Yes, at home with my daughter, by myself, sometimes with my guy. We’ve talked about going together to learn different types of dances. We’re yet to do it though. I like it when he just randomly takes me in his arms when when we are listening to music. The moment may last less than a minute, but I find it romantic and it makes me smile and feel good. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dance/634920.md?page=2)