Would you be happy for DH to take part..Strictly come dancing

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Watching strictly on Saturday and seeing how close the celebrities get to their dancing partner and I remember reading some celebrities had gone on to leave long term partners to go on to marry and have babies with their partner.

It got me thinking I wouldn't be happy for my DH to take part in SCD. I wouldn't be comfortable with them getting so close, spending so much time together, even though I 100% trust DH. discussing in work a colleague said I couldn't trust him if that's how I felt 🤷🏼‍♀️

Well he’s a shit dancer and has limited use of his arms, so he would need an extreme amount of public votes to last beyond the first week. But I wouldn’t mind, he will often have a dance with other guys on a night out, theres nothing wrong with a bit of flirting.

You do get VERY close when dancing. You’d think that the Latin dances were more intimate with the hips and all, but dancing ballroom gets you incredibly close - literally thigh to thigh. When two women dance together it can get quite uncomfortable, particularly if one or both of you are blessed in the bosom department!

Lolz- he would make Tony Adams look like Fred Astaire- still laugh about the Goggleboxer’s comment on Tony’s waltz “ he looks like he’s trying to shift a wardrobe”.

There is definitely an “x factor” about a man who can dance, regardless of size/looks etc. I’ve shared a video on the Strictly threads over the last few years of Shirley Ballas dancing a Rumba with former championship dancer Michael Chapman, who is, shall we say, no longer at his peak of fitness, and the dance is beautiful to watch.

That video is lovely! It looks very calm and gentle compared to some of the rumbas on Strictly.

The dances on Strictly often bear little resemblance to what the dance should look like! Despite Craig R-H saying he loves a "filthy" Rumba, that is not how it is supposed to be danced! It is supposed to be sensual rather than sexual and fairly understated.

And don't get me started on the Salsa's on SCD! It is a dance developed from crowded night clubs so the movements are supposed to be contained - definitely no lifts! If you pop over to the SCD Videos thread in Telly Addicts you'll see a video I posted of what a Salsa should actually look like!

Would that routine have been choreographed, @CaveMum or do the steps sort of flow in a prescribed way, IYSWIM?

@TheLonelyGoatTurd no that was purely on the hoof, if you'll pardon the expression! Certain dances like Rumba, Cha Cha Cha and Jive can flow very naturally if they are led correctly but other dances like a Samba or a Paso Doble need to be choreographed. Same goes for the Ballroom dances, some can be led/followed if you are of a certain standard whereas others either need choreographing or a quick "we're going into an xyz next!" whispered into the partners ear!

All of the "main" dances have fixed syllabus' that you learn when you take classes and those syllabus are split up into Bronze, Silver, Gold and Gold Star. You take medal tests at each level and then if you want to compete the competitions are split by grade level so you are always against people of a similar standard.

In theory you could put two people who have never met together and providing they know what level each other is at, you could stick on a piece of music and off they go!

I can see why the celeb would develop a crush. But the professionals have been dancing with opposite-sex folk since they were 7 years old so it’s weirder to think that they would fall for their partner. But many do!

The pros who got involved with their celebs tended to be single I think? Not all, but Pasha, Kristina, Kevin, Gio are examples of single people where the people they started dating ….Rachel R/Ben C/Stacey D/Georgia May F …..had spouses/partners at the time on whom they allegedly cheated.

What gets me (and I don't watch strictly) is how close the dancing partners seem to be the rest of the time. In interviews, they are draped all over each other like wide eyed teenage couples. Giggling flirting and soppiness seems to be expected off stage and for the media. I get the dancing itself is intimate but why this other stuff? It's that that I wouldn't like or understand.

Weirdly I thought the exact same last week and I googled it but couldn't find a thread like this.
I would not be happy at all. The dancing is absolutely fine but it's everything else. I have ALWAYS found it odd that they have to stand in a cuddly pose after their dance when waiting for the comments. Their faces are pressed right up together.
This does not happen in any other dance scenario. The partners would stand next to each other like friends.
Then there is the midweek romantic couply things that they do, like snuggle up and watch a film and buy each other flowers. Are they dance partners or love island contestants?

I would not be able to participate in this because of the closeness of the partnering. Not during the dance, but the forced hugging during the judging. I wouldn't want my personal space to be invaded like that. I wonder if there has been anyone who has had an issue with that.

It always looks really really awkward when you can tell one of them fancies the other too. No wonder they have affairs.

That's exactly how I feel. Tbe actual dancing closeness wouldn't bother me, because it's artificial acting. But the closeness sitting down, hugging, faces together, holding hands or thighs is too couply. Most real couples that I know aren't that close and touchy feely (in public).

This is exactly what I think but after reading this thread thought it was just me. There is no way I could act that close to anyone other than DH

I can't believe no one has shared this link yet

I’d love my bloke to be on it. He’d be the John Sergeant contestant. It would be truly hilarious.

I noticed that with giovanni. Also all his routines with Amanda seemed to have there faces right up close together.

That made me laugh :-). My husband was the same - I'd go as far as to say he'd have been out after first rehearsal! However, the situation would not have arisen because he wasn't a 'famous' person so wouldn't have been approached to compete.

Had he been an actor/presenter/singer/sportsman or otherwise high-profile person and wanted to go on the show, it wouldn't have bothered me that he was getting cheek-to-cheek (or similar), with a female professional dancer.

People have affairs whenever they work closely together not just when they are dancing. I could 100% trust my husband. Frankly, he never noticed when other girls were flirting with him and wouldn’t notice if a dance partner made a move on him.