Kiltmans from Holland as new member

**Kiltmans** · 21st November 11, 02:16 PM

Hello Kiltmans here,
I like to introduce myself to you all.
I am 63 years Old and live in a small town South West outside Rotterdam, NL
Since I grew 13 I have had the desire to wear unfurbicated garments.
I told my mother so, and she announced: That is TABOO. Boys wear pants,
Girls wear skirts. (In Holland Kilts were hardly known in 1960!)

A long time it was on the low burner. Recently on the internet I discovered that:

• Xmarks and its Dutch and German equivalents exist
• Kilts need not be only Tartan kilts, they are also for sale in plain colors. That is more to my liking.

So now I have 2 Utilikilts and another Swedish from Blacklader arrived today.
And I decided to stop pretending.
For the few years of my life which I now have in front of me I thought it is not really useful to acknowledge taboos.
I told my wife from now on I will wear a kilt whenever I have the inclination to do so.
Also several of our friends have seen me in Kilt and we even have gone out to a museum and a restaurant with me wearing the kilt.
It feels right. The amazing thing is that I hardly get any negative remarks.
Majority is positive and in a lot of situations there is no reaction at all. Nice feature is that the positive reactions for 90% come from women!
Sometimes they ask: Why do you wear that: My response (if appropriate): Do I ask you why you wear pants? Mostly then they stand mute. I consequently add: “I wear it because I like it”.
So I look forward to being a member of the Kilt wearing society at Xmarks.

On twitter please follow me @kiltmans

**Jackson** · 21st November 11, 02:34 PM

I, too, am a Newby, on this Forum, and enjoyed reading your story. So, Welcome from the Rocky Moutains of Colorado.

Jackson

**davidg** · 21st November 11, 02:49 PM

from West Lothian, Scotland.And good on you

**cruiser348** · 21st November 11, 04:40 PM

Hello and welcome from Ohio, USA. I am glad that you are finally getting to embrace something you have wanted for so long.

**dougle** · 21st November 11, 05:01 PM

Welcome from Worcestershire England

**Spartan Tartan** · 21st November 11, 05:23 PM

from Oklahoma, USA!!

**CDNSushi** · 21st November 11, 05:44 PM

Yokoso from Japan, Kiltmans! Glad you joined us.

Just always remember, the wise words that one of our members wrote recently in another forum:

Those who matter don't mind; those who mind don't matter.