from dancing? And why?
I dont take breaks
Less then a month
2-6 months
7-12 months
1-2 years
2+ years
from dancing? And why?



I've only been dancing about 9-10months switching between FT and PT. When I danced FT I started the burn out after a few months so I took about 1.5 weeks off.
took several years off while on active duty navy.
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2-6 months. I took a break when I first started, like 6 months into it because I moved out and got my first "real" boyfriend and he didn't like that I danced and I wasn't really hurting for money back then. I was in that stage of wanting to hang out with him every second of my life, and back then I was totally ok with it since my parents were paying for everything still (good 'ol days lol)
I've gone almost 2 months w.o dancing... biggest break I've taken since I started.





I'm voting based on working in a strip club as that is where I started and kinda always feel "at home" in the end no matter what I end up doing ..... I have not danced in a strip club since Valentines Day this year.
OTOH, I currently do shows however have also not had a show in a couple of weeks whereas I am doing a crap load of waitressing bookings.
Seems these days I'm a private party waitress more than showgirl.
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i think the longest break i've had in the last 3+ years was a week.




I thought I was hanging up my heels for good after college when I used my degree working for a corporation 40 hours a week, two weeks vacation a year and going into debt. I survived over two years before I put my heels back on.
Now I have a better exit plan.



SW, class, dreamweaver, and many other adobe products are consuming my time
this is my break til Jan.
2 months.
"Life and death, energy and peace. If I stop today it was still worth it. Even the terrible mistakes that I made and would have unmade if I could. The pains that have burned me and scarred my soul, it was worth it, for having been allowed to walk where I've walked, which was to hell on earth, heaven on earth, back again, into, under, far in between, through it, in it, and above."
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About 2 months when i got my boobs. One time I took off a month b/c i was cooking naked and hot oil burned my stomach and it needed to heal.





It seems like I take breaks every few months, and I'll be out for a few months lol...I'm not really a full-time stripper. I want to get to that point, I just like doing other things at this point in my life besides work, work, work.
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i took between 1-2 months (which wasnt an option in the poll) off when i was recovering from a boob job. Other than that a week off here and there when i was feeling very irritated at work.
Three months. Because I was an idiot who was in love with a guy that couldn't deal with my dancing. One of the only regrets I have... It was during season, too! Grrrrrr
About 1.5 Months b/c I was pregnant (went back after I miscarried).
One month b/c my psycho bf insisted that I quit, but I went back b/c I was broke.
I became seriously ill, bedridden at times. (Kids, this is why you save some of that green green cash when you are able to- I was not prepared for such an event.)
Luckily life is better now.
In the past year 1/2:
I've taken many week-long breaks usually due to sickness....also took one month off for boobs, as well as one month off when I was going through a rough time in my life.
However, I have taken VERY long breaks before that....for 8 months after I moved to PA from LA I swore I would never dance again after all the BS I put up with. After accumulating all kinds of debt despite working 60 hours a week as a diner waitress I decided to go back and haven't quit since!!
i just went back after 1.5 years left. I was so burned out when I quit....made great money my first night back, and wasn't sore at all![]()
About 6 months, because I was pregnant with my son. I'm about two weeks away from another 6 month break because I'm having a second son. Happy about the baby, but not looking forward to the break.![]()




In 9 years of dancing I took a month off once. it was a shitty January and this dickhead manager suspended me for smthg dumb and told me to lose weight, so i gained 5 more lbs and came back in a month.
These days I like to count my money. I like to wash it delicately and iron it. Sometimes I dry it with some bounty to make it all nice and cuddly. I love my money... did I say that out loud?



took off for 3 months because of the other job I had at the time and had dog shows and skating events to do. I was also trying to fake out a custie who had a crush on me by saying I was quitting.





3 weeks when I had my boobs and nose done.
There are many stereotypes about the industry that I work in. Sometimes they can be true but human beings are very diverse creatures and cannot be pigeon-holed into one category.
Some of the most effortlessly beautiful, kind, intelligent, successful, motivated, driven and ridiculously hilarious women that I have ever met have been dancers. I've met the best friends that I've ever had in this industry.





I'm about to end what's been a 6-7 month break. Family pressure. They don't know I'm going back....heehee.



about 2 months, i went through a horrible breakup and i had some money saved up so i just went out and got f'd up almost every single night....i have taken close to a month off here and there. in the past year i probably havent taken any more than a week off though because i otherwise ill get sick of my boyfriend and want to punch him in the throat



2 months for me too. that's just because i moved from vegas back to california & had to get kids, house etc. settled before i went back to work.
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