The Boy Child and I love the arrival of Autumn … because it means the return of Strictly Come Dancing to the Saturday and Sunday evening TV schedules. This year, we have enhanced our viewing pleasure by holding a WhatsApp conversation during the Saturday show with friends who live 200 miles away.
We spend the whole show offering up a live critique/commentary. We also pass comment on the dresses and whether they would pass the test of being wearable on the supermarket run … they usually don’t … ![thumbnail[2].png](https://thiswestlondonlife.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/thumbnail2.png?w=1100)
For the length of the program, we become, you know, experts.
Sometimes, there maybe be a screen shot included of one of the male pro dancers* … just because.![thumbnail[1].png](https://thiswestlondonlife.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/thumbnail11.png?w=1100)
Have you ever ‘watched’ a TV program with someone who in reality is miles away? You should try it … it’s a lot of fun.
* The male pro dancer featured is Pasha Kovalev.
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Oh yes! Every weekend! It’s fun to share your opinions with someone else who shares your enthusiasm. My husband is normally in the same room as me but doesn’t have *quite* the same interest as my friend Dani so is rubbish at commenting on routines, outfits or six packs 😉
I saw Pasha on stage a few years ago when he came to our local theatre as part of his nationwide tour. There weren’t an awful lot of men in the audience!
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My friend and I bitch-text to Strictly most weeks, usually slating the costumes and lack of proper ballroom and cheering on the underdog/older contestant and switching allegiance at a moments notice. It makes it much more fun! Pasha’s tour came to our tiny regional theatre last Spring, so my daughter and I went along to see him. He was very sweet with his interaction with the predominantly older, female audience – any men there seemed to be there as the family taxi driver and were very tolerant of the fan-girling going on around them!
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That’s funny & a great way for connection. I’ve never watched Strictly. My friend(s) & I don’t watch the same shows … plus with the 2 hour time difference it would be hard to comment at the same time.
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