Phew. My sons last cotillion was last night and we survived. He was never very thrilled about it from the beginning but since he didn't find an agreeable activity providing either exercise or social value we found one for him. We called it an "Opportunity". As much as he dislikes it, he was still pretty good at picking up the dances. We did not know about about the cotillion until last year so he was only able to go for final year offered. I know that starting on the last year didn't help things - knowing almost no one and doing activities you don't really like. I still think it was worthwhile and hope that someday we will find that it made a positive change in him. I am proud of him for putting some effort into it even if it wasn't always with a happy heart.
We did get one funny bit of his dry humor out of it. I had looked over the railing at the the start of their intermission and yelled down "Smiling is contagious" which is one of the statements from the folks that run the cotillion. My sons response was "Glad I was vaccinated"! I sighed a bit but had to laugh a while too.
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