Before all the dancing can muddle your mind further, perhaps it is best to take a quick break. You indicate this to your partner (though not the reasons), and he nods, albeit reluctantly, and leads you toward the edge of the dance floor, near the door.

Perhaps you can head to the kitchen and grab a drink to steady yourself, at the very least, leaving the ballroom and shutting the music behind you may help clear your mind and restore your senses, otherwise you fear that you could very well spend the rest of the night dancing -- and worse, perhaps, to enjoy it. Having no desire to spend eternity as a girl in a gown, you duck out of the ballroom.