Should I avoid the dance floor at the office Christmas party?

Dear Aunty B,

I have been stuck in the air on a Virgin flight and was forced out of mind-numbing boredom to read the Virgin magazine and in it was a do’s and dont’s for the office party with that great Dame Ita Buttrose. She had the usual good advice about not to bitch about the boss, but then I read that it is a bad look for women to dance at the office Christmas party.

She says we should find some corner of the room far away from the dance floor and quietly chat. My God! If I can’t dance at the office Christmas party I will lock my self in the loo and macramé the toilet paper!

Honestly, what else do you do? Besides, it’s fun. Please tell me Ita is coming from another century and that it is perfectly okay to have a few and hit the dance floor.

Want to stay nice but like to dance,
Melbourne

Dear Want to stay nice,

Are you nuts? What? It’s okay for the men in your office to flock to the dance floor and wave their arms and legs around to Lady Gaga while you all cling to the walls sipping shandies? Of course she is from another century where men like Kerry Packer may well have misinterpreted what an attractive woman meant when she hopped on the dance floor and wiggled her hips.

Now I like Ita as much as the next nanna, but really. Times have moved on from when men thought anything that wobbled had to be mauled. Next she will be telling us we can’t wear skirts above our knees, chew gum and say the f-word – all of which I particularly enjoy.

Here is what you must do. As soon as the music starts at your office party fling down your glass, hop on that dance floor and yell, “This one is for you Ita!”

Be smart,
Your Aunty B

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