tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post7903554082402860115..comments2024-03-28T21:50:12.349-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Slow dancing's death as a sign of falling trust and stunted social growthagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-84764962044573403052010-08-01T22:24:14.457-04:002010-08-01T22:24:14.457-04:00Heh, as a somewhat shy but popular with girls teen...Heh, as a somewhat shy but popular with girls teen during the eighties, I would chub like an ICBM launcher when I slow-danced with a girl. If I was wearing loose slacks, King Snake would be reaching for her.<br /><br />At one dance in tenth grade, a girl 'inexpicably' pressed herself toward me as we danced. I still remember th esong. It was "Almost Paradise" from teh Footloose soundtrack. From then on I wasn't as shy about it.<br /><br />I was a college-age during the very early 90s and that's when grinding hit the clubs. It was "cool" that girls would grind on you, but I missed the escalating tension of the slow dance.PAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-43146713833223437072010-07-31T23:58:23.693-04:002010-07-31T23:58:23.693-04:00I remember slow dancing, but I don't think vul...I remember slow dancing, but I don't think vulnerability in girls is a good thing. Neither do I feel preventing exploitation and heartbreak equals stunting their emotional/social/spiritual growth. Last school year, my then 12 year old had her first cotillion dances and her after-dance comments of sweaty hands and avoiding the chronic nose picker kept me in stitches. I think deciding no to be vulnerable is the smarter choice for girls. I do agree there is decline of trust but I am not so sure it is not unmerited.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com