I'm allowed to say that I'm rubbish

[Dilbertian]

I'm at a folk-dance class with a friend. It's the fourth class we've attended. My friend is getting the hang of the steps, but I'm still struggling. Others also find bits tricky, but I'm by far the worst. I think Covid has made it trickier because there's no holding hands, so you don't get pulled along in the rhythm and have the closeness of bodies turning in the correct direction to guide you.

I've had enough of being so stand-out wrong tonight and I'm sitting out the rest of the dances - but if anyone asks why I'm giving the excuse that my feet hurt, because I know that if I say I feel utterly embarrassed to be so crap at it they will just try to reassure me that I'm fine. But I'm not.

So here is my AIBU:

AIBU to wish people could respect a person's discomfort and not feel obliged to try and pretend it's unwarranted?

If you say you are crap people will say “oh no you’re not” because they want you to feel better about yourself.
It’s okay to be crap at things though, own it and just have fun doing the best you can.
It must have been a bit depressing to be sitting there knowing that, regardless of you saying your feet hurt, people knew you weren’t dancing because you felt you couldn’t do it.
Good for you going and trying something new. Go next time and hold your head high & if you miss a few steps, so what? It isn’t brain surgery, no one will die -laugh it off and have fun

Nope. Definitely not allowed.

It's certainly okay to feel frustrated that you aren't picking up the steps immediately, if you feel tired, achy, stressed, distracted etc. These are all normal feelings that everybody experiences. But people asking after you care about you, they want you to join in and have fun! So what if you're not getting it right away? You're all there to enjoy yourselves, and people just want to help you achieve that. Be kind to yourself.