How did Salsa change your life?
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borikenSalsero
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I was a loner before salsa, still am to some extent, but when in a club I'm a social butterfly, smiling, laughing, yapping away... Plus I found out that I had a huge passionate side...
But your life is still better with salsa and you are happier, right? :wink: A salser@'s life is full of contradictions...squirrel said:It always get me in trouble...
Me, my marriage's over partly because of salsa and my finance doesn't look too healthy either (divorce is an expensive business, and all those shoes, clothes and door charges on top of it don't help either
), but yes, despite all that, salsa has made me a happier person. I've re-discovered a side of me that I forgot about, I'm more open to people and I feel younger.
Heya MacMoto, sorry to hear that your marriage is over, especially in part because of salsa. At the same time though, if you have found something in salsa that makes you happier as a person, that should not be overlooked and, ideally, is something that an SO would support or at least understand.
Best wishes in these trying times... and always.
Best wishes in these trying times... and always.
borikenSalsero
Changui
I'm sorry to hear about your situation MacMoto, best wishes on your new endevours... and a long lasting salsa happiness that will root your heart to a joyous lifetime... 
BS (Before Salsa): I mostly stayed in the same social circles – my friends that I’ve known for years and their friends plus friends from work. The problem is that these social circles are mostly limited. New people rarely enter into these social circles.
With salsa, I am able to expand that social network to lots of new people. And even though I think I have more friends who have quit salsa than have continued, I will still keep in touch with them. (I went to Las Vegas for a bachelor party for one of them just this past weekend, in fact.)
Also, it’s much easier for me to make new friends in new cities. BS, my other hobbies aren’t quite as social, and I wouldn’t make as close friends as I do with salsa.
One of my biggest obstacles in having moved 2x in the past 2 years, is starting over socially. With salsa, that transition is much smoother, and it’s not as traumatic leaving all my friends behind.
And finally, with salsa, I have found a way to comfortably flirt with strangers. I won’t continue if it’s not mutual, of course, and I will just dance friendly instead. But it’s nicer than merely trying to chat someone up at a bar.
With salsa, I am able to expand that social network to lots of new people. And even though I think I have more friends who have quit salsa than have continued, I will still keep in touch with them. (I went to Las Vegas for a bachelor party for one of them just this past weekend, in fact.)
Also, it’s much easier for me to make new friends in new cities. BS, my other hobbies aren’t quite as social, and I wouldn’t make as close friends as I do with salsa.
One of my biggest obstacles in having moved 2x in the past 2 years, is starting over socially. With salsa, that transition is much smoother, and it’s not as traumatic leaving all my friends behind.
And finally, with salsa, I have found a way to comfortably flirt with strangers. I won’t continue if it’s not mutual, of course, and I will just dance friendly instead. But it’s nicer than merely trying to chat someone up at a bar.