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Social-ethical behaviors and protocols.
“Are there any traditional unspoken
rules at Buenos Aires’ Milongas [or elsewhere] regarding how accompanied women
…”
(Proper conduct ignored. Cultural differences?)
A very touchy and timely tread, indeed!
What I am about to relate
Dear Nicetune,
It seems to me that the lady was getting ready to hear other
tunes... and that fateful milonga gave her the chance to do so.
Sergio
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Nicetune
You start off by saying this was your ex girlfriend and you end by saying
you broke up with her two days after the improper behavior?
If she was you’re ex when it happened why would you care?
If she was you’re girlfriend when it happened why did it take you two days
to break up
nicetune wrote:
Recently, I went to a milonga with my ex-girlfriend, (an experienced
milonguera) in this city in mid Florida. We both knew most of the other
dancers and they
were familiar with us and our relationship except for few (3 or 4) new
guests. That night, I got to dance only one
Come on, Nicetune You know what message she was sending you. What you
want from the group is a condemnation of her behavior so you can go back
to her and 'reason' with her and change her mind. Am I guessing you
are an engineer or a lawyer? Reasoning with her about her feelings is a
no-win
Nicetune:
From a sociological perspective, which gender mostly said you were angry,
jealous, etc. and which gender mostly said she was tactless?
Buenos Aires milongas has codigos (codes). I haven't seen any rules at North
American milongas, except first come, first served. Women tend dance with
My observation is that a couple who dances a lot with each other (more than 3
tandas) are either:
1) interested in each other,
2) so bad that no one else wants to dance with them, or
3) so much better than everyone else that they're not really interested in
dancing with others.
As to
