Some men would take a correction on this point graciously and with good humor; some would insist that they are doing the best they can; the most audacious would try to spin their tin-eared approach as a point of style: "That's just the way I do it."
On the up side, I discovered that it is possible to adjust to dancing with a man who is 7' tall (with my dance shoes on I am 5'11"). It's all a matter of figuring out how to follow a lead that's being communicated at a level up around your ears.
N.B.: Seven-Feet-Tall Man and Rhythmless Man are not the same guy. I'd have been doomed.
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What a dilemma. I have no answers, but I would think etiquette would demand silence on the no rhythm subject, perhaps pointing out the issue quietly to his instructor. You might fish for how open he is about accepting critique by talking about a rhythm issue you are working on in your own steps.
I used to spar two men who were 6'7", and I always had more problems with them because my face and their fist hung out at the same height. I found that I had to adjust my fighting style to hit them, and I found the lessons valuable. First, they were always, always, always shocked when I smacked them in the head with my foot, and I found I could do this by watching a mid-point on their chests or their eyes - they always signaled because no one had taught them no to signal - everyone was too busy being intimidated by the height. I don't know if this will help you, but the tall guys usually have an almost exaggerated signally style due to some awkwardness with the height. If you can figure it out for one, you'll see that even the more graceful guys at the height have some similar version that you can work with. Good luck.