A night downtown with friends presented the opportunity to initialize a conversation with someone on the dance floor at the Dizzy Rooster.

As my friends and I danced, I noticed as one guy dancing next to us looked like he was dancing with his friend 2 yards away from him.

Amused at the fact that he seemed to pull off this long-distance dancing, I asked him, “Are you dancing with someone from all the way over there?”

Telling me, “Yeah,” he continued telling me that he was there for his friend’s bachelor party.  We danced for a few minutes then took a break at the side of the bar, where he introduced himself as Ron.  As we talked, I found out that he lives in San Diego and was visiting Austin for his friend’s wedding.  Ron also told me that he works as a financial consultant for companies.

I figured that it would be pointless to number close, but we did email close.  However, I think Ron asked for my email address for networking purposes.  Even so, opening the conversation at the beginning was not as difficult as I always worry it will be.