Spanish club sponsored a salsa dance on Saturday. And I didn’t go. “I think I’m getting too old for these,” I said.

Ignoring the fact that at 16 I’m not too old for anything except under-12 prices at putt-putt golf (which my fake middle school ID can cover), this seemed like a legitimate claim. Grinding ban aside, who wants to stand around in a roomful of people two-to-four years younger than you trying to form conga lines for three hours (two hours actually, because only subbies show up before 9)?

But I seem to remember that it wasn’t always like this. Upperclassmen used to come to dances, right? Maybe my memory from my subbie year is distorted with the grandeur of dances that were actually fun.

In all honesty it’s not surprising that people aren’t coming. Most of the guys I've talked to don’t feel like it’s socially acceptable to dance with other guys, or they just don’t want to, and with the grinding ban preventing them from dancing with girls, the “activities” to participate in are severely limited.

And who wants to go to a dance of all girls?! That would be so statistically unbalanced.

I hate to drag this dancing issue up again, and I guess things really aren't so bad. We still have movie nights, and there's going to be an ice-skating party (anyone who can form a "ho line" on skates wins the coordination award … maybe not).

But next time there's a dance you should try to drag your friends. Even with the grinding ban, wouldn't you go to a dance if all of your friends attended?

Or maybe I should just give up on the dances like a normal person and find something more important to complain about.