> It’s also a good way to find potential relationship partners, although the primary interest should be the dancing, since people can tell if you’re just there

> It’s also a good way to find potential relationship partners, although the primary interest should be the dancing, since people can tell if you’re just there to hook up and that will come off as creepy and predatory. If anyone reading this is lonely and thinking of going to social outings for the purpose of finding a partner: do it. It's ok! It's not creepy or predatory. Furthermore, reading peoples' minds is very difficult, so people actually can't tell what motivated you to go to a social outing. It's okay to go to a social outing motivated by the prospect of finding a partner, and it's okay to say that you're out to "learn to dance" or to "have a drink" or any number of things.