Aibu to never dance again

[PeriMisabastard]

I’ve never danced with my partner. I’ve witnessed him on a dance floor once in 13 years and he was like a drunken puppet wizard casting spells on the others on the dance floor. It was embarrassing to say the least. Dad dancing would have been a welcome relief.

I’m a bit sad we’ve never actually danced together but I’ve no desire to be cast into the bowels of Mordor on a night out. AIBU to avoid dance floors for the rest of my life?

Please tell me other people have partners who are closet wizards on the dance floor.

I think he sounds fantastic. I love a tragic dancing fool.

Haha that's the best kind of dancing, I'm like Shakira on acid if I like the music.

Guilty feet have got no rhythm!

My husband is a horrible dancer but he gets out there and enjoys himself. Interestingly, he seems to attract lots of female attention because he doesn’t care about looking cool. I guess it helps him that he’s usually had a couple of beers. 😆

@Vodkaandballoon

Guilty feet have got no rhythm!

Beat me to it.

@Toilenstripes

My husband is a horrible dancer but he gets out there and enjoys himself. Interestingly, he seems to attract lots of female attention because he doesn’t care about looking cool. I guess it helps him that he’s usually had a couple of beers. 😆

Mine is the same. Famous for it. He has rhythm, he’s just ‘out there’. I’ve actually been moved out the way by other women wanting to dance with him. 😂

I actually find it more cringeworthy if a man can dance. I don’t know why, I just much prefer crazy shapes!

Another one who loves their dad-dancer here. It helps that I can't dance either so we just bop tragically together!

My husband is partially sighted and dances like he wants to visually impair everyone else too (limbs flailing everywhere!)

We still have fun on the dancefloor. He is kind, clever and devastatingly handsome so I can deal with the crazy dance moves.

It's one of the things that attracted me to my OH. We were friends for years before we got together and had been on loads of group holidays and to parties and he'd always get up on the dance floor and give it loads. He's quite a big fella but not a bad mover.
It's just as well as I live for le disco. I have no inhibitions and cannot wait for the next opportunity to get down with my bad self. I was busted last night for singing too loudly to the KLF while I was on the treadmill.

What are your own dance moves like? Avoiding dance floors might be for the best...

I'm shit at dancing. Any excuse to avoid a dance floor is OK by me!

Unfortunately my husband does a very creditable impression of Mr Bean when dancing, so we encourage him not to ...

I love a man who doesn't take life so seriously. I'd be proud of him getting up and dancing with his questionable moves. It's so much more fun than waltzing around the room. Unless you're visiting balls at palaces, I think you just need to embrace his moves and enjoy him!

Dance in your kitchen together instead. Life is too short to avoid dancing.

Enjoying dancing with the puppet wizard casting spells. When your on your death bed will you look back and cringe at the embarrassment of being seen with puppet wizard dancer or be sad that you never danced with him

This has given me a much needed laugh OP so thank you. I love people who don't care what they look like when they dance even if they are not good. Much better than self conscious dancers or people who won't dance at all. Get up there!

I’ve been with DH since he was a DJ in a very cool indie club in our student days, so I know how he moves — and we still go to the odd gig — but to be honest, assuming you got together after your clubbing days, I’d wonder why anyone was sad not to get on a dance floor with their OH...? I mean, it’s a bit like being sad about not ice skating with them, or skiing...?

My DH is a comedy dancer too. It's like watching a robot let loose! Everyone finds it amusing but they're laughing with him, not at him. It helps that I am an overly enthusiastic dancer with bad joints

My husband is partially sighted and dances like he wants to visually impair everyone else too (limbs flailing everywhere!)

Dh and I play the same Earth Wind & Fire song and dance like absolute fools. We don't care it's just us and it makes us laugh, I'm not sure we'd go out in public and do it though!

It's nice to see him uninhibited and free, life is stressful a good dance helps clear the fog of a shitty week.

I have witnessed my husbands dancing on 2-3 occasions.

The first few were when we were out in town, drunk and clubbing (early stages of the relationship) and the last one was our wedding.

At the wedding we did the first dance shuffle round the dancefloor and then he actually danced a lot afterwards, but both of us have zero rhythm and we are okay with that. That being said, we loved every minute of it and didn't actually care what anyone else thought because everyone else was joining in.

We were the puppet wizards of the evening. He even got challenged to a Run DMC dance off by my brother (I have full video evidence.. it was hilarious). I couldn't care less if he/we never danced together in public again because the memories of that night will haunt me forever! :D

Noooooo you can't not dance again, get on that floor and throw them shapes. My DH is like a mixture of John Travolta, Michael Flatly and a wizard on the dancefloor. Believe it or not it was what attracted me to him 🤣
Life is too short to worry about what people think. My DH is one of the most laid back, easy going men. Our marriage is full of fun and laughter. You get on that floor and throw some shapes. You'll have a great time!

Woo! Woo! get out there and embrace this lunacy , it sounds great fun

This thread has cheered me up no end 😂

He sounds so much more fun than mine who just sort of shuffles around a bit if I even manage to get him onto the dance floor (I suspect I may be the embarrassing one here 😁)