Basically, I am a 17 year old girl and prom is coming up soon.....it seems like all that girls and guys do these days is grind, but I don't really get what the point of grinding is or why thats the only way we dance.....anyhow: do you have any tips or advice for me.....because I'm really shy and don't necessarily want to be all up on a guy....if ya feel me....
Additional info, added Sunday February 10 2008, 1:54 pm: Umm, I don't particularly like rap music and would never do something I didn't feel comfortable with....I was just curious to know that others thought about grinding.....I've never done it before but promised a friend I'd try something different....and "get away" from my good girl angelic habits....Thanks for all the advice yall have given me...
Its actually kinda funny. If you look at music trends, theres been a huge dumbing down of music. Look at Soulja boy. He is terrible, his lyrics are repetitive and mean nothing, and the "music" in the background while he flows is something that you can cook up with a 35 dollar music editor downloadable off the internet.
And yet, this trash is incredibly popular.
Grinding is the dance equivalent. No one learns actual dance moves or anything like that, they just grind and gyrate. No pride taken in it, its just an attempt to grab attention (as stated by someone else below)
What should you do? Its probably way too short notice to do this for this prom, but take some dance lessons at some point. A friend of mine was very into dance and she went and took ballroom, tango, salsa, and breakdancing lessons with her boyfriend during the semester before senior prom.
When the night came, she and he basically put on a 20 minute routine of dancing and wow'ed everyone, because of a class of over 700 with about 1000 people total at prom, they were the ONLY ones who really knew how to dance. [ WittyUsernameHere's advice column | Ask WittyUsernameHere A Question ]
orphans answered Saturday February 9 2008, 12:34 pm: They dance like that to get noticed. They want attention and by acting like a whore, they also get a reputation...unless yuh know, it's your boyfriend or something your grinding with, but most likely, they just want everyone to look at them. And it's not the only way we dance, girls just like grinding [and boys don't mind it either] because yuh know, hormones and everything haha. If you don't feel comfortable grinding, than don't, just dance normally, or ease into it, don't get down and dirty right away, it won't help your ego.
Good luckk and have funn. [ orphans's advice column | Ask orphans A Question ]
orphans answered Saturday February 9 2008, 10:55 am: well I felt that way before people taught me how to do that. But for me it's just dancing. Unless in w/ my bf. But I understand ur point of view. Just dance to have fun, belive me not everyone grinds...I dance all dances. Just DON"T get chaught in a rind train. If you do, be in the front!!-lol [ orphans's advice column | Ask orphans A Question ]
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