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There has been a theme, in the last few months, albeit interrupted, about that see-saw, that balancing act of invitation and acceptance, of equal desire: the right person in the right place at the right time.
In the milonga, the classic lament one hears upon someone being rejected for dance is: “they’re snobby”, picky - or their tone says it instead.
People who say this have not been in the position where they don’t want to dance with someone. Or, they have, but they fail to extrapolate that when the boot is on the other foot. Or maybe that person doesn’t want to dance with someone but submits to pressure and therefore wrongly expects that everyone else should make the same mistake.
Empathy includes respecting other people’s choices even if you don’t understand them. It means accepting a rejection or a lack of interest and moving on.
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