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Very true, especially in the United States of America, and possibly even Canada, too if I'm not mistaken. In China, India, Germany, etc, the guys usually do all of the asking. But in the USA, it's the ladies' job to make the first move.
Very true, especially in the United States of America, and possibly even Canada, too if I'm not mistaken. In China, India, Germany, etc, the guys usually do all of the asking. But in the USA, it's the ladies' job to make the first move.
I have seen a lot of questions and confusion about people not getting asked to dance on the dance floor at American nightclubs. My assumption is that many of those people came to America from different countries where it is normally the guys' job to ask the ladies, countries like China, Japan, India, and such, and then they become confused.
So I would like to make it clear that, etiquettly, at nightclubs within the United States of America, it is the ladies' job to ask the guys to dance with them on the dance floor. More often than not, guys who ask the ladies at the clubs get not only rejected, but also even complained against and ordered to leave the club.
This is a ridiculous assumption to me. I don't go to nightclubs anymore however, it was not that long ago when I did frequent them. There were quite a few guys who asked me to dance. I would have danced with some of them had I not been with someone else.
I think it really all depends on if the person you ask is not with a date, is attracted to you, and/or is drunk enough to dance with you and not too picky at the time you ask. To say that all women who go to nightclubs will not dance with any man that asks and it is up to the women to do all the asking is absurd. You may be waiting a long time.
This post reminds me of my high school days....I went to a few dances without a date. I was among the girls who would line up against the gymnasium wall waiting for a guy to ask me to dance. The guys were lined up against the other side of the gym either waiting for a girl to ask them to dance or working up enough courage to ask someone.
I get the feeling that explorerman1 is pulling our leg here...
I'm having a hard time taking his posts in this thread seriously. And lol @ "etiquettly" and "earthwise".
In my experience, women have asked me to dance more often than I've asked them. But I've never heard of that being a rule, and I've never heard of any guy being thrown out of a club or bar because he asked a woman to dance (unless he had other obvious issues - e.g. being too pushy, acting creepy, etc.)
If you want to dance, then just dance. Otherwise, don't. Most people don't care...they'll enjoy themselves whether you get on the dance floor or not.
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