(Big) Robby attended the orientation for the new Management Ph.D. students at the university yesterday. One of the "get-to-know" you activities involved mingling with everyone and telling them one interesting thing about yourself which they would write down. Well, Robby decided that he would use something interesting about me to tell everyone, and he said, "My wife is a ballet dancer."
Robby told me that things were a little loud in the room with everyone chatting together, and all seemed to be going well until... he was telling one of the professors, "My wife is a ballet dancer." Robby sensed that she had not heard him right so he clarified again and said, "No, she's a ballet dancer, not a belly dancer."
At the end of the activity Robby discovered that this professor was not the only one who had heard him wrong. As Spencer, the MC for the activity, was reading off each person's statements he read, "Robby's wife is a ballet dancer," and some of the people responded, "No, she's a belly dancer." Luckily, Spencer knows us so he clarified by saying, "No, ballet," but Robby was wondering whether everyone was paying attention. So, now he wonders whether anyone in the department still thinks I am a belly dancer. Oh, great!
When he told me this I tried to insist he send out a department wide email clarifying that I am a "ballet dancer" NOT a "belly dancer." He said that it would seem kind of weird, so now I think that if I ever show my face at the school again, I am going to have to introduce myself, "Hi, I'm Robby's wife, Sharon, the BALLET dancer, in case you were wondering."
The funny thing is that when he was talking to that same professor after the orientation she said that she thought he had said, "My wife is a belly dancer." And then when he clarified she thought he had said "No, she's a belly dancer, not a jelly dancer." She said that with Robby's "accent" ballet sounded like belly.
I can only imagine what they were all thinking!
4 comments:
That's a good story for posterity. :)
I could slip in a witty reference to Neefa Feefa the famous eyeball dancer, but I'm too tired. Someone else can think of one. :)
Maybe next time he'll remember to say 'My wife is a ballerina'.
It's not that bad. I could think of a worse dancer to be. At least he mentioned that he had a wife. I guess now if anyone calls you to dance you'll just have to make sure they know you are BALLET dancer before you show up! :) Robby, don't feel bad. You tried! Sharon, don't be too hard on him. I'm sure he is just as embarrassed as you are.
How funny. That will make a good story for your kiddos.
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