[Tango-L] Milonga Codes and weird anecdotes

[Maria Olivera]

-Basically, us men (at least in the U.S.) simply are not smart enough to
pick up on hints like you listed (sad but true).  You have to communicate in
a way that is so simple, that even WE can understand it.  

-If you say something about the heat, we think you want to talk about the
temperature, or if you talk about the concrete floor, we think, "Wow, she
can tell how different floors feel, I wonder why I can't do that".  

-BTW, I've had the pleasure taking classes (and privates) from Maria (and
Gustavo) in Vermont, and let me just say that both of them are two of the
nicest people you would ever want to meet (and excellent teachers, too).

David


David!

You've made me laugh too...you might be right about me having to be more
direct, but there's something I've learned when I was involved in
politics..."don't ever underestimate the people you're talking to". 

Nevertheless, I appreciate your advice, and next time I'll go straight to
the point.

Thank you very much for your comments on us and our classes, we also had a
great time with you two, and that weekend in Vermont was magical. Hopefully
we'll be able to see you somewhere next year.

Abrazos,

María

---- tango-l-request at mit.edu wrote: 
> From: "Maria Olivera" <ma_olivera at yahoo.com.ar>
> Subject: [Tango-L] Milonga Codes and weird anecdotes
>
> And finally, the strawberry of the cake: The next tanda comes, a guy
invites
> me to dance, I was not on the mood any longer, but I said yes again.
Between
> songs I said all the indirect sentences I could think of to try to lead
him
> to say "if you want to seat...please, do it"...but he would reply in the
> most selfish ways I could imagine: 
> 
> - "I'm tired, this concrete dance floor makes my legs weight a ton"
> - "For me is OK, I work on concrete floor everyday"
> - "It's really hot here, isn't the air conditioning working, how does
> everybody keeps dancing?"
> - "Oh, I'm used to this weather, it doesn't bother me at all"
> 
> And so on...
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