I know that more than a few posts have come through this forum that talk about peoples' experiences becoming "the kilted guy" to the point where one's friends, co-workers, acquaintances, etc come to expect that you will be wearing that.

Happened to me this weekend... I arrived at church in my favorite (only pair) of blue jeans. The church pastor was taken aback and asked, "Where's your kilt?"

I mean, I've been vaguely aware of this for some time now, which is why I've scaled back my kilt wearing the past month or so... I've been airing out other garments that I used to wear.

See, rather than being happy about people expecting me to be kilted, I was not. Thinking about it further in fact, I am just a wee bit vexed by the fact that I've allowed it to get to that point. Not that there's anything wrong in being kilted all the time, as I know many of the XMTS rabble ARE, but for me the kilt represents choice in a wardrobe full of interesting items.

After this weekend's experience I've been thinking to myself, "Have I become a one-trick pony? Is this all I know? All what people know me for?"

I'm not quite sure what to do about this minor identity crisis. I don't plan to give up wearing kilts, but perhaps it's time to start varying things up a little more too.

In March, I will attend the graduation ceremony for the college students whom I teach. I was originally thinking that I would come wearing Highland formal. But now I'm torn -- I've all but decided to take a different tack on this one. I was thinking I would wear an all-leather black suit instead (as in: black leather slacks, vest, suit jacket, white (non-leather) dress shirt and a funky Italian silk tie). Still very unusual and different (that's me!) but from a distance, would look restrained, elegant, and almost conventional.

What does the rabble think? Agree? Disagree? ith: