Dance etc.
Dear Slinks,
The world of belly dance is not for sissies!! Re gossip: I love gossip and am quite the accomplished gossip myself. However, you really want to indulge in such behavior only with your close belly dance friends. Then, next week when you do something to make them mad, they will go to the other dancers you talked about and tell them everything you said plus make up some stuff, but leave out the stuff they said! This cycle repeats itself endlessly nearly as I can tell from the last 33 years.
My second teacher was Jordanian. She said the best thing ever when I complained that other dancers were spreading nasty and untrue gossip about me. She said, "They're talking about you? Who cares what they're saying as long as their talking". That put it in proper perspective. Famous, infamous, whatever!!
Regards,
A'isha
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