"How long have you been dancing?"

A question that I get at almost every dance party I go to :) Usually it follows a compliment "You dance so well", "You are so awesome" or something similar...

And when I tell them how long I have been dancing, the response varies from "Reallllllllly? Only 2 months?" "Oh, a year, no wonder you are so good" :)

Thing is, I have been dancing a year, but my "level" has stayed the same :( Sad in a way... I learnt SO quickly in the first 2 months, and have not improved much since... I used to be happy to answer this question in 2012, because their reaction was usually admiration, but now they dismiss it with "oh so long..."

I preferred it when I was a salsa 'prodigy' of sorts :D haha :D