[sooty]

Yes, Charlie looks so relaxed now.

Yko is my best friend (I know her since mid 80s). She sold her flat but paper work was delayed, she could not move in to the new flat she was buying when she sold hers. She is waiting for exchange/completion dates at the moment.

She moved in on 2nd August to my house with 100 boxes (her words) and furnitures which are in my living room, two spare bedrooms (one is for her to sleep) and study. Luckily we have two bathrooms and TV for each of us, there is almost no stress between us luckily.

But the other day, at a café, we almost had a row/tension.
Before I retired, I was a regular Mail reader. These days, I buy it occasionally. Then when BB is on, I buy Star without fail.
Recently we take for a walk in the morning, then would go to a café and read papers Yko is also a Mail reader so she would read the paper.

That particular morning, when I bought the Star and started reading it in a café, she was really upset. She also dislikes BB. She would say she was embarrassed having a friend (me) who would watch BB also read a paper like Star/Sun.

Normally she says jokingly she dislike people (me) who watch BB as she knows I watch BB, but that morning, she was really upset. It may be because there were another customers around us and made her embarrassed.

Well she is all right now, but do you remember she did not talk to me for a year when I was.....

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by sooty

Yes, Charlie looks so relaxed now.

Yko is my best friend (I know her since mid 80s). She sold her flat but paper work was delayed, she could not move in to the new flat she was buying when she sold hers. She is waiting for exchange/completion dates at the moment.

She moved in on 2nd August to my house with 100 boxes (her words) and furnitures which are in my living room, two spare bedrooms (one is for her to sleep) and study. Luckily we have two bathrooms and TV for each of us, there is almost no stress between us luckily.

But the other day, at a café, we almost had a row/tension.
Before I retired, I was a regular Mail reader. These days, I buy it occasionally. Then when BB is on, I buy Star without fail.
Recently we take for a walk in the morning, then would go to a café and read papers Yko is also a Mail reader so she would read the paper.

That particular morning, when I bought the Star and started reading it in a café, she was really upset. She also dislikes BB. She would say she was embarrassed having a friend (me) who would watch BB also read a paper like Star/Sun.

Normally she says jokingly she dislike people (me) who watch BB as she knows I watch BB, but that morning, she was really upset. It may be because there were another customers around us and made her embarrassed.

Well she is all right now, but do you remember she did not talk to me for a year when I was.....

..aww, I guess a lot of people don't like BB in it is quite rubbish TV but it's our guilty pleasure, I joined TiBB because no one I knew watched it so I had no one to talk to about it...she's not embarrassed about you though Sooty, just about reading BB news and maybe she was looking forward to reading her Mail but you bought the Star instead, so that's probably what irritated her really...Yeah I remember you told me she didn't talk to you for a while but I can't recall why that was now...I am pleased that it's all working out well her living with you though...do you enjoy having her there..?..

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[sooty]

My friend bought her own Mail. Anyway she is all right now.

Today we went to an afternoon tea dance in Epsom. She just watched but enjoyed music. Tomorrow is a local market day, so we will do some bargain shopping.

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[Ammi]

Originally Posted by sooty

My friend bought her own Mail. Anyway she is all right now.

Today we went to an afternoon tea dance in Epsom. She just watched but enjoyed music. Tomorrow is a local market day, so we will do some bargain shopping.

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..I'd love to go to a tea dance Sooty, we don't have anything like that here but it looks quite fun..do you dance..?...I think my dream would be to learn ballroom dancing from one of the professionals on Strictly...

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[sooty]

Yes, Ammi, I do dance, socially. I met my husband at tea dance, Empire Ballroom, Leicester Square in 1974.

Because I do not have a partner (now), it is difficult specially there are so many single ladies.

Unless you are really keen on dancing, population on tea dancers average ages are, I guess, 75~80, you would get shocked if you enter the room. Even I would feel rather young among them.

It would be lovely to be able to learn dancing from Strictly dancers.

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[Ammi]

Originally Posted by sooty

Yes, Ammi, I do dance, socially. I met my husband at tea dance, Empire Ballroom, Leicester Square in 1974.

Because I do not have a partner (now), it is difficult specially there are so many single ladies.

Unless you are really keen on dancing, population on tea dancers average ages are, I guess, 75~80, you would get shocked if you enter the room. Even I would feel rather young among them.

It would be lovely to be able to learn dancing from Strictly dancers.

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..I wouldn't really mind them being older Sooty, I love being around older people and listening to them and I bet there are some really lovely dancers and it must be such a nostalgic atmosphere...awww, so your husband danced as well... how long were you married Sooty..?..


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[sooty]

I was married for nearly 35 years till he passed away in Dec 2010.

Now I am learning "sequence dancing", lead steps (male steps). This is a sort of folk dancing if you can walk, you can dance, that type, quite popular even dancers are lot older than ballroom dancers as they are so easy. They keep repeating same steps. But I love it.
As there are so many ladies, not enough gentlemen, so I tend to take male part.

Next sequence is called "Tango Serida". This is a video I found on youtube, some group of people.

Youtube video

If you dance this "Tango Serida" properly, it will be like this, also I found in Youtube. I would love to dance like them.

Youtube video

Did you notice, Ammi? This couple was dancing exactly the same steps with other video, elderly people were dancing.
Aww bless elderly dancers .

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