Monday, October 13, 2008

Dancing Men Wanted

A friend, in her mid-80s, recently moved into a lovely assisted living situation. She has a large two bedroom unit which permits her to have an office/computer room.
Unlike most of us, she is savvy about the computer.

So far, her only complaint about her new home is the lack of men partners at the dances they have each week. There are some couples who live there but the ratio of single women to single men is about fifteen to one - or so it seems to her.

Of course, at our age, most of us don't qualify for sessions like the television stars, not being particularly skilled at the South American moves. But we are still pretty good at the fox trot, the quickstep, the fancy waltzes. These are not particularly spectacular when your partner is another woman!

She would like to propose to the management that they hire some younger men - gigolos, in fact - who could come in at least once a month and dance a couple of hours, making a few old ladies happy. She suggests that maybe college fraternities could use this as a fund-raiser, especially if they offer the same service to other assisted living communities.

Any one interested?

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