Rare Opportunity tonight

My kids are taking a tae-kwon-do class in the town where they live and both are testing for their yellow belts tomorrow morning. I'll pick them up after they're done, just before noon.

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One of the hardest things about being single is that, when I see a good looking woman that I might be attracted to, I can never tell if they are already involved in a relationship or not, aside from any rings on the left hand.

Which leads me to the rare opportunity I have tonight - a kid-free Friday night. Coincidentally, a local radio station is sponsoring a singles-mingle dance tonight in Manchester, from 8:00 PM - midnight.

So I've decided to go out tonight to this event, even though dancing isn't my favorite thing to do. I'll check out the scene and see what comes of it. It will be nice to get oout and socialize, knowing that the women I'll meet are definitely unattached. Who knows? At the very least I'll meet some new people. Should be lots of fun.

UPDATE: I was rather disappointed in the event. The music was good and loud, the place was packed, the dance floor was always full BUT most of the people there from what I could tell were NOT single. It looked like there were more over 50 couples there than actual young, single people. And there were many couples around my age there too, people that clearly came with a boyfriend or girlfriend.

In fact, when I first got there, around 20:15, the deejay was handing the microphone over to the owner of a local dance studio who co-sponsored the event. He went on to try and teach the group some basic Salsa steps. I ended up getting partnered with three women who looked old enough to be my mother. YUK!

The best looking woman there happened to work at the dance studio, possibly as an instructor. Man was she hot. But it looked like she had a boyfriend.

So tonight I learned two things.

A) Never go to one of these things solo.

and

B) Never go to one of these things solo.

I think the biggest reason why I don't normally go to these types of things, is because I know that I have no rhythm and look foolish when I'm pretending that I do. Seriously, all I kept thinking about was Billy Crystal's "white man's overbite" line from When Harry Met Sally and trying not to do it myself.

Before I left, I did go up to the table that the hot chick was working at to find out her name and inquire about the dance studio and lessons.

I'm seriously considering taking some dance lessons, probably after the holidays, so I don't feel like such a big dork when and if I go to these things. Plus, many women like to go dancing and it would be nice, if ever I'm in a relationship again, to actually have a good time if we ever would go out dancing. Taking lessons might be a good way to meet women and I might get on the beat...