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Dancing with your husband, yea or nay?

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Daddima Sun 13-Sep-20 12:22:42

Watching a couple on telly yesterday dancing in their living room reminded me of a colleague who danced with her husband ‘ all the time’. Now, though the Bodach and I would take to the floor at functions, we would never have dreamt of dancing in the house.

( Incidentally, I am talking not talking about ‘ proper’ ballroom dancing, just ‘ bopping’ !)

ginny Sun 13-Sep-20 12:34:13

Hard enough to get him to dance at anytime. He certainly wouldn’t bop or dance around at home. I do.

vampirequeen Sun 13-Sep-20 13:52:57

We often dance.

Willow500 Sun 13-Sep-20 13:55:54

Not us - dancing at a party or dinner is the most we ever did and in later years more and more reluctantly. My mum and dad would often put music on and dance in the living room though smile

flump Sun 13-Sep-20 13:58:38

Why not dance in your home? No-one else to see you and gives you a bit of exercise. The time you have to question whether you are happy about it or not is when your husband takes hold of you and dances in the supermarket!! I just went with it and laughed. grin

Jane10 Sun 13-Sep-20 14:02:44

There's nothing like a bracing 'Strip the Willow' up and down the hall!

Smileless2012 Sun 13-Sep-20 14:08:37

A definite 'yea'smile.

Lisagran Sun 13-Sep-20 14:48:55

Jane10 grin. Is that like strip poker?

Chewbacca Sun 13-Sep-20 14:50:21

grin I'd love to be a fly on the wall Jane10!

Froglady Sun 13-Sep-20 14:51:59

Jane10

There's nothing like a bracing 'Strip the Willow' up and down the hall!

That brings back memories of being in my junior school and dancing 'Strip the willow' in the school hall. And I think we enjoyed doing it. That was back in the early 1960s.

TrendyNannie6 Sun 13-Sep-20 14:52:31

Yes all the time, we often boogie on down

paddyanne Sun 13-Sep-20 16:18:28

A wee smooch around the living room of an evening is a regular occurence here .My OH doesn't like dancing but hes quite happy to cuddle and slide around the floor to some good music .

Sparklefizz Sun 13-Sep-20 18:01:49

Froglady

Jane10

There's nothing like a bracing 'Strip the Willow' up and down the hall!

That brings back memories of being in my junior school and dancing 'Strip the willow' in the school hall. And I think we enjoyed doing it. That was back in the early 1960s.

Yes, I remember doing Strip the Willow in the early 1960s. Loved it.

Lucca Sun 13-Sep-20 18:07:42

Jane10

There's nothing like a bracing 'Strip the Willow' up and down the hall!

Strip the willow with just the two of you could be a bit dull....you’d need to get the neighbours in

Spangler Sun 13-Sep-20 18:12:20

Dancing with your other half? But old people don't do that, do they? But if they had the temerity to do so, it might be seen.
remotecards.blogspot.com/2009/07/old-folk-dancing-like-they-were-young.html

MissAdventure Sun 13-Sep-20 18:15:31

I had a friend who went out dancing regularly with her husband, and often her children.

They all loved rock 'n' roll, would all dress the part, and spent the evening jiving.

smile
She also said that having a night out with her husband, dancing, was an aphrodisiac.

silverlining48 Sun 13-Sep-20 18:18:04

Just remembering the Gay Gordon’s. Now those were the days..grin

MissAdventure Sun 13-Sep-20 18:21:48

I can remember my mum talking about them.
I don't know what they were.

EllanVannin Sun 13-Sep-20 18:56:33

Or the Strathspey.
I used to give concerts to mum and dad, mainly Scottish dancing to Jimmy Shand----until one day I slipped on the polished lino round the edges and nearly vanished under the sideboard. Ended up with a sprained ankle.

Come to think, I often entertained them. We had no TV in the early 50's .

Dad and I often danced to Nat King Cole on Family favourites.
H didn't dance, he had two left feet.

silverlining48 Sun 13-Sep-20 18:57:09

The Gay Gordon’s or the days Miss A. smile

MissAdventure Sun 13-Sep-20 19:11:26

The days or the gay Gordons.
I'm off to google now. smile

silverlining48 Sun 13-Sep-20 19:23:39

They are doing the GG’s on google MissA. Always great fun in those far off innocent days. hmm

kittylester Sun 13-Sep-20 19:33:14

Gay Gordon's was the first dance I had with dh at a works Christmas Party.

Our children kill themselves laughing if we mention it.

silverlining48 Sun 13-Sep-20 19:41:26

Yes i am sure they do kitty smile

threexnanny Sun 13-Sep-20 19:43:41

OH can develop SEVERAL left feet at the first suggestion of a dance.