The same also applies when you want to but a new leotard. If you're already wearing the tights, then you can try the leotard on, and this appears to be more normal. I always say this, and it seems to help.
Changing the subject slightly, I've always been the only boy in my class - since Mummy started taking me. I passed all the Primary Examinations for ballet doing the girls' syllabus, and the certificates all state 'Girls Syllabus'. The certificates will live to haunt me.
One of the worst things I think, is having to do a courtsey at the end of the class. I feel such a fool, and I always go bright red. I lot of the mothers say that I do a lovely courtsey, and I shouldn't worry about it. That seems to make me even more embarrassed.[/i]