get a clue...

random man: you owe me a dance
me: what? how do you figure?

random man: you owe me a dance

me: i don't dance 

(i grab my chair in a death grip and wrap my legs around the chair legs)

random man:  let go of the chair
(places his hand on my mine)

me: uh, don't tell me what to do

random man:  let go of the chair
(firmer grip on my hand)

me: you can't tell me what to do

random man gives up and walks away.  

human behavior never ceases to amaze me. in his defense, i never said no.  instead, i chose the classic seattle-passive-aggressive strategy.  obviously he wasn't picking up what i was putting down.  but, seriously if i wanted to dance with this random man, i would have jumped out of my chair to do so. 

this may come as a surprise, since i come across as pretty outgoing, but i don't like making a spectacle of myself.  when i said, "i don't dance" it is pretty accurate.  i dance in my house, in my car, in a chair where there is music, but getting up in front of people to dance, uh no.  it is along the same lines as singing karaoke, it's not happening.  

there have been a handful of times when i have danced with a stranger and i'm telling you it hasn't gone well. several years ago, at the casino, some old man asked me to dance.  he seemed harmless, he was so old.  he turned out to be the handsy-est man i think i have ever come in contact with, not to mention the song was hella long, and he propositioned me half way through.  i did not take him up on his offer to "see" his room. 

there was another time, my friend shreddie and i, got roped in to dancing with two gentleman to yet another looong song.  i swear we swayed back and forth for a good five minutes.  we danced so long, we had picked up the cd the band was selling and read the back.  no we were not interested in the dudes that had asked us to dance, but once you start you are kind of committed to seeing it through. 

anyhow, i've never understood men like the random man above. commanding a strange woman, wouldn't be the tactic i would use if i were a man, but it must work because i have encountered enough men who use this tactic. did he really think that i was going to have a change of heart and say oh my goodness, yes, let's dance!  well i didn't, but i did enjoy the music and did plenty of dancing in my seat.