I know the people on the show are supposed to be celebrities and not like most of us peons, but they are also people, too. And most do have SO’s.
There is a lot of physical contact between the pro dancer and the celeb on the show and during the hours and hours of practice time that goes on . This continues for several weeks time. Many of the pro dancers are attractive as are many of the celebs.
How can their SO’s put up with this?
Would you allow your SO to go on “Dancing with Stars” and not be jealous?
I wouldn’t object to him being on the show, but I might get jealous from time to time. I do trust him, though, so I’d probably have a conversation with him about it just so he’d be aware of my feelings, and then I’d keep it to myself. This is assuming the contact is just part of the dancing and nobody crosses that line.
By the time my hypothetical star SO got to be on the show I’ve likely had to work through him being in love scenes, or on the road with groupies, or some other thing I’d probably be jealous of.
If my real life SO suddenly decided his destiny is a career doing close partnered dancing I probably would struggle with my own reaction to him having a partner and spending so much time with her, and all the touching and so forth. But I’ve been insecure enough to know that my insecurity mainly comes from my own head, he’s never given me reason to worry about his fidelity.
Any jealousy would be more the, “Wow, she actually taught him the rock-step. How come he never listened to me when I was trying to teach him the rock-step?”
And, you know, in my case he’d only be on there for a week anyway.
It’s work (for which they are being well remunerated). If you’re an actor, playing romantic scenes with other people who you’re not necessarily attracted to is just part of the profession. Dancing with people would be one of the mildest of them.
I don’t do jealousy, sorry. Apparently that makes me an alien (as in from outer space), judging by the responses it has caused on guys who expected me to freak out because they were going out with the guys or some such.
Any hypothetical that purports to put somebody in a supposedly “tempting” situation is missing the point. The truth is, either your SO is going to cheat or your SO is not going to cheat.
I don’t think dancing on TV is going to push it one way or the other.
I’m sure I’d feel jealous sometimes with someone’s hands all over my SO’s body. I’d still go along with her being on the show and just have to deal with it but I’m realistic about myself to know that I wouldn’t be saying “Oh, who cares!” all the time.
That kind of dancing is grueling, physical work that requires skill and concentration to do well. To the participants, it’s probably about as sexy as playing 1-on-1 basketball. Like someone said above, it’s not foreplay. Nothing to be jealous about.
No, why would I be? My SO routinely watches me dance salsa, bachata, merengue with other guys (including an ex) and has no problem with this, so why would I?
Wouldn’t bother me in the slightest. I’d actually enjoy watching her dance with someone who really knows what he’s doing, and showing her how to do it to look fantastic. I’m no slouch but I can’t compare to a professional dancer, and she knows how to move.
As for the ‘hands all over her while she’s in a sexy outfit & pressed against him’ thing? No worries at all; I think it would actually be good for her. I trust her implicitly so it’s not something we’d even have to have a talk about.
Dance is absolutely sexual. I danced for years and years and it wasn’t physical contact dance at all, and you bet your ass I wanted to fuck afterward.
And people who live a dancing life live a different kind of life. Now, could my SO and I handle it? I’d miss him, and it’d be a huge change in our lifestyle where we spend a lot of time together, so I’d be miserable and it would be cause for fights even if I wasn’t jealous.
The best way this can work is with both people doing it. Which is why professional dancers often date other dancers - they understand.
But I think the dealbreaker would be that he is on Dancing with the Stars! A reality show?
My husband and I competed in ballroom together for a while, and it was bad for our relationship. So we both had separate dance partners. The main jealousy issue I had is that it is so much easier for a man to find a dance partner than for a woman - he had a new partner almost immediately, while it took me over a year to find someone.