You may be addicted to salsa dancing if…

Posted on 16 December 2009.

1. You vividly remember your first experience with salsa and the date it happened.
2. You never listen to the radio anymore because all you listen to are salsa cds/cassettes.
3. Salsa lessons/club cover fees are now a permanent part of your monthly expenses.
4. You say you are going shopping for a new business outfit, but you are secretly salsa shopping.
5. Your boyfriend/girlfriend does not understand the "strictly platonic" relationship you have with your salsa partner because you simply cannot wait until you practice with him/her again.
6. You watch anything that deals with body movement, (i.e. karate, gymnastics, figure skating, ballet) because you are trying to devise a new salsa move.
7. Everything you do leads back to salsa.

8. You sing songs with words you don't even understand
9. You are the only non-latino in the Musica Latina section.
10. You practice your turns when no one is looking.
11. You lightly dance your basic when you are waiting for something or when no one is looking.
12. People do not know you are secretly practicing your footwork when they are speaking with you on the phone.
13. You convince yourself you can get by on 3-4 hours sleep per night.
14. You have lost about 10 lbs. from dancing so much.
15. Start spending more on salsa clothes than work clothes.
16. Friday nights are off limits for any events because you just CANNOT miss your salsa night.
17. You can't buy enough salsa music/clothes/shoes.
18. All your "former" friends have now abandoned you.
19. You have met all new (better and more permanent) friends.
20. Your friends and family do not understand what you are ranting and raving about.
21. When you say, "I need my FIX for the week." you are not referring to drugs.
22. You start talking 100 mph just because someone shows an interest that you like to dance salsa.
23. You use to be humble and shy, but now you just have to show off every chance you get.
24. You are on the web all day long visiting salsa web sites.
25. Your shoes are worn out from spinning so much.
26. You start clearing space in your room so you can dance salsa there.
27. You start changing your screen names to "Salsa-this" or "Salsa-that".
28. You are pondering getting a license plate with "Salsa" somehow in it.
29. You get stopped (at work, in a grocery store, in the mall, etc.) by random people telling you that they have seen you dance.
30. You get desperate to practice and you dance with an "imaginary" partner.
31. You realize that the only thing you have done for the past few months is go salsa dancing every weekend and you feel you still haven't gotten enough.
32. You realize that the only thing you have done for the past few YEARS is go salsa dancing every weekend and you feel you still haven't gotten enough.
33. Ladies…You are looking for a wedding dress that you can dance salsa in.
34. You have chronic knee and back problems from all the dips, flips, and tricks.
35. You start wearing tight t-shirts.
36. You try to pass your addiction onto your other friends.
37. You take something that has no relevance to salsa dancing, but somehow you manipulate the conversation to end with salsa.
38. Ladies… Your skirt keeps getting shorter and shorter.
39. You decide that going out salsa dancing is more important than studying for that big exam.
40. You decide the only man/woman you will marry has to be a salsa dancer.
41. When someone says salsa, you don't think of chips and dip.
42. Your profile picture is, or once was, of you dancing.
43. You join every salsa-related group on facebook.
44. You turn down a date with a guy/girl you've had a crush on forever because it clashes with your salsa night!
45. When making major decisions about travel destinatons and/or relocation, one of the first things you investigate is the salsa scene
46. You've just hurt yourself badly but you have a cool salsa party organised that same night. You still go dancing, even though it means not being able to walk for a couple of days after that.
47. Guys… When you can look at a really good couple (maybe even professional) dancing and you're not paying attention to how hot the girl is, but you're focusing on the guy to see what you can learn.