Really bad evening at dance class last night

[Petal]

Ah so sorry Lace, id be very annoyed too, fit to burst with anger I reckon!!!

Its so rude of them to sit and talk about pregnancies the entire lesson, really hope they have calmed it down and that you are able to enjoy your dance class again x x

[LacePrincess]

Thanks for all the support ladies! I have class tonight, we'll see if things will change. People need to learn sensitivity and tact. Too bad it's not infertility awareness week or I'd post something on FB.

[mommymachine]

Hey, you don't need a daughter to have a dancing kid! Two of my boys dance. DS2 got accepted into an audition-only pro ballet program starting this fall. And it's awesome to have boys in ballet, they get huge discounts in tuition!

Alas the ladies are going to be there awhile yet. One is due in Dec, the other not till Feb. And unfortunately the one that likes to yak is the Feb one. Ugh.

I am going to pop in here because I agree completely. DS2 has been in dance for 3 years. The first time he did ballet, the second year he did ballet and tap and the third year he did ballet, tap, and jazz. He will be starting his 4th year in a month and this year he is going in to jazz/hip hop. He is awesome at it and I hope he does it for years to come!

[LacePrincess]

Mommymachine - that's awesome! DS2 did jazz, tap and ballet for years before settling seriously on ballet. It's great to have boys in dance, they stand out since they're the minority and people get envious of my boys for once!

[LacePrincess]

Well just got back from class, good class but no preggo people. Thurs is usually the class with the preggo ladies in it. I haven't decided if I'm going yet.

[1+2+3boys]

I did jazz ballet as a child and it was cool seeing the few boys who did it. I know someone whose twin boys dance and I think it is so cool. I'm just scared of the teasing. New Zealand culture is very over the top trying to be manly. It's a homophobic rugby obsessed nation IMO.
I really think my DS1 who is 4.5 would love it though. He is not a typical boy and loves to sing and dance. Not sure what DP would think of it though. The one boy in our ballet class got all the big parts in shows of coarse as he had no competition

[LacePrincess]

I did jazz ballet as a child and it was cool seeing the few boys who did it. I know someone whose twin boys dance and I think it is so cool. I'm just scared of the teasing. New Zealand culture is very over the top trying to be manly. It's a homophobic rugby obsessed nation IMO.
I really think my DS1 who is 4.5 would love it though. He is not a typical boy and loves to sing and dance. Not sure what DP would think of it though. The one boy in our ballet class got all the big parts in shows of coarse as he had no competition

I think our family was the envy of most of the dance studios we've been to since DH is often the one ferrying the kids to dance. So yup, dad brings sons to ballet class. Pretty awesome.

And many times boys are the star! It's always been DS2 and a whole horde of girls in his classes. He got solo parts in his recital dances because he was the only boy. And, he gets all the girls, LOL!

It's only negative if you make it negative, there's no reason why boys shouldn't be encouraged to dance. Similarly, there's no reason why girls should be discouraged from playing hockey, soccer, rugby, whatever. DS2 is quite proud of his dancing, and he inspired DS3 to follow in his (literal) footsteps.

[Adia]

Lace, glad the pregos were missing last night...that makes it easier to concentrate on dancing, which is such a great stress release!!

[LacePrincess]

Yeah it's usually the Thurs class (tonight) that has the preggo people in it. I haven't decided if I'm going yet. I'm off to do my AFC in an hour so I guess it'll depend how I feel after that.

[LacePrincess]

So I did end up going to class tonight after all. I had a pretty good AFC (7 follies on the left, 14 on the right! Whoo!) so I decided to go.

The good thing was, the teacher was clearly making an effort to keep the class on track. The negative is that preggo lady #1 was there tonight and she is just the type to MILK it. UGH it is so obnoxious!! She'd stand at barre and rub her baby bump during barre, she'd moan and groan to draw attention, she'd make comments about how oh, her belly's so heavy now that her balance is off and her hips feel so funny now.

ARGH. It is so obnoxious omg. But at least the teacher isn't indulging her 'look at me!' crap.