[Tango-L] Invitation and refusal

2009-06-08 Thread Nussbaum, Martin
I agree with Melina, she nailed this topic. Use the cabaceo, people, it works, everywhere, even in America. Its human nature. The only exception is where milonga organizers keep it so darn dark you have to use radar instead of cabaceo to find partners, which is unfortunately becoming more common

[Tango-L] Invitation and Refusal

2009-06-09 Thread Mario
""In a setting where men are allowed to invite directly, why should women be not? Hey! We're living in the 20th century. Why should women not be allowed to invite a man, rather than sit around all night, because they're not noticed or unknown or because nobody knows how to use the Cabeceo in

Re: [Tango-L] Invitation and Refusal

2009-06-09 Thread Jack Dylan
> From: Mario sopel...@yahoo.com >  In other words..please, have > patience and wait, ladies. > Just one or two questions, Mario. Firstly, has any woman at a milonga, ever asked you to dance? If yes, how did you reply? Jack ___ Tango-L

Re: [Tango-L] Invitation and refusal

2009-06-09 Thread Gary
On 09/06/2009, at 3:23 AM, Nussbaum, Martin wrote: > If a woman turns > down the invite, whether verbal or cabaceo, in a definitvely cold > manner, such as slowly shaking her head no, why would you ever want to > ask that woman again ? Let her dance with Gary Barn. But that was not what I was ta

Re: [Tango-L] Invitation and refusal

2009-06-10 Thread johnofbris...@tiscali.co.uk
> But that was not what I was talking about. There were people here saying that if a woman says no (for any reason, in any way), then they blacklist her. It's not a question of blacklisting, but of taking no for an answer. If a woman didn't want to dance with me 10 minutes ago, or last week,

Re: [Tango-L] Invitation and refusal

2009-06-10 Thread Gary
John said: > > It's not a question of blacklisting, but of taking no for an answer. > If a woman didn't want to dance with me 10 minutes ago, or last week, > or in November 1962, I assume she doesn't want to dance with me now. I suppose I have less absolute settings. There are some women where