I was thinking of 'asking Cameron Keys' but she's probably inundated with questions so I thought I'd just put it out there.
So i'm hoping to start dancing again when I move to Canada. Biggest problem I have with this is my Ma.
First off, I'm a terrible liar.
Last time I was dancing I spent the first few months saying I was bartending in the SC. Basically I didn't have the balls to tell them what I was really doing even though they are very accepting and encouraging of personal expression.
The only family member I told was my brother and we ended up having the only real argument we've ever had over me lying to my parents. So I told them. My Da was cool with the dancing but we had words about honesty and we spoke very little for a while. My ma was different, she tried to accept it but couldn't manage to get her head around it. Not so much the getting naked part but letting go of all the preconcieved ideas she had of the 'culture' of the industry. I tried to help her with this and even took her to the miss nude Victoria comp (bad idea) and after a while, she kind of accepted what I was doing and that she didn't like it but I was going to do it anyway. Part of the reason she found this so hard was because of the lifestyle I was living at the time, lots of drugs and booze and an older man with a motorcycle. Needless to say, she was relieved when I quit.
So, skip to 4 years later. I have a university degree and have managed to travel the world with my professional job. I'm healthy and happy after an amicable breakup with a nice boy (my own age) looking to move in with a different boy she's always liked. She's very happy with my life as it is, but I want to dance again.
I brought the subject up with her and she wasn't too happy, after expressing her concern at the 'sleazy' nature of the business she said she couldn't speak to me about it. I tried to explain that I would get just as much sleaze walking through piccadilly circus on a saturday night but she can't hear it. I haven't broached the subject with my Da yet.
It would be easy to hide because I'll be on the other side of the world but i suck at lying and I hate hate hate doing it. I'm veeery easy to read, especially to my mother, even from so far away.
So what do I say? How can I help her to be okay with it? I really don't know what to do![]()
Sorry this was a bit of a rave. Any and all help is appreciated.
XXXS



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