Would you date a dancer?

Whether the fellow and the dancer meet outside her work or during the course of her work makes a difference. That is, I would certainly date another dancer if I met her on the outside, but not again would I date a dancer I met while she was at work. When the woman’s at work, she’ll say any damn thing to keep the guy on the hook, like yes to an invitation for coffee. (That is, I dated a dancer whose endeavors as a painter weren’t as professional as she let me think while she was collecting $20 bills from me, and we didn’t have much to talk about.)

I’d be most surprised if your 18ish boyfriend could hold up his end of your relationship if you opted to work in that segment of the entertainment industry.

I dated a stripper. It’s a slippery slope; easy to go from 0 to 100 in about a season.

My concern would not be for your current or future boyfriends, it would be for you – your fortitude, in dealing with the larger things in life – like free cocaine – like unquenchable power. I think Xxxxxxx’s reserved word was “striking”. She wanted to be that more than anything in this world, and she was. And she sold her soul to become something ...supplemental, with all the trimmings.

(I swear to God I have the perfect picture to illustrate this (Barney’s Beanery, Halloween) but I don’t want to post it.)

It’s a dark path. She paid her way through college (UCLA, English major) by stripping and excelled in every category, but.., she had a metamorphosis from a cute Iowa girl to… I don’t know what.

She married a brutal young prince from Bulgaria, with broken ham-fisted English, and they live in the Valley. So I suppose it more or less worked out for her.

I have another ex-girlfriend who is currently doing “dance class”, but it’s a bunch of professional women learning pole dancing (all the rage right now in LA.) That’s a good thing. Living in strip clubs is not.

It’s not about future boyfriends, it’s about you.

I have to admit, I was as addicted to her self confidence as much as she was to giving it, but there comes a point of no return – and that point is unknown.

I say don’t do it.

If you really feel the need or have that desire to dance, do it while you can. I think the question now becomes would you still do dancing if your boy friend has an issue with you dancing?

@frdelrosario, my boyfriend isnt 18, hes 21. and @ipso, i dont do drugs and nobody can make me. I just need the money and happen to be very good at dancing. @Cruiser, if my bf has a problem, i can get a new one but i do love him and just wanted to get an opinion on this before i bring it up to him.

@ashsaintsfan I hear you can make real good money doing that! Just watch out for yourself!

Yes, but I would be concerned for her safety and encourage her to find alternative work.