Retirement party

**parpin** · 9th August 06, 03:02 PM

Hi all,

Last fall I did myself a retirement gift by buying a complete jacobean kilt outfit with the province of Quebec tartan and decided to wear it at my retirement party held last january.

I enjoy wearing the kilt even if I have no scottish origin, Maybe in an other life I was a Scot. :-)

My working companions and my beloved boss had mixed feeling looking at me and I wondered after if it was tacky to do that.

To get the feedback of my website visitors I ran a poll to get the right answer and here are the results :

Yes it's tacky : 61 %
No : 27 %
Not sure : 12 %

I accepted gracefully the verdict but I disagree with it, but I would do it again anyway.

In fact the greatest resistance about wearing a kilt comes from my own family.

**cessna152towser** · 9th August 06, 03:06 PM

I think if you conducted the same poll here you would get a very different result.

**bubba** · 9th August 06, 03:13 PM

Aw heck, it was a retirement party. You don't have to care what they think anymore.

**mbhandy** · 9th August 06, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by bubba

Aw heck, it was a retirement party. You don't have to care what they think anymore.

EXACTAMONDO:::::

MrBill

**starbkjrus** · 9th August 06, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by mbhandy

EXACTAMONDO:::::

MrBill

Indeed I agree with the above. And NO is was not tacky! You apparently worked with some closed minded cretins. In some cases I can see not wearing one to the office but for a retirement (or any kind of) celebration?? Ignore them and enjoy life!!

**Blu (Ontario)** · 9th August 06, 04:51 PM

Stay with the program... we've all had a few bruises along the way. For the price of a good eyepiece you could get yourself a custom R-Kilt with the big honkin' pockets to hold your lenses, flashlight, and stuff.

Also you might want to read

http://www.kiltmen.com/objections.htm

Good advice anytime.

Have fun!

blu

**Livingston** · 9th August 06, 06:01 PM

I wore my kilt at the request of a young lady that was retireing. Don't worry, be happy!

You would get great reviews here and it was entirely appropriate.

**Roan Carter** · 9th August 06, 09:49 PM

I love to hear it when non Scottish people are wearing the kilt. I don't personally think it was tacky, but an excellent choice in fashion and taste.

The greatest resistance in my situation comes from my family as well. Our family has been in the states for centuries and I think they want me to be a more homogenized American. But it's my personal decision to wear it regardless.

I had a lady friend at school who told me this great advice. "If they don't like it, (terrible expletive) them."

Of course, she was a biker chick. ^_^

**David Dalglish** · 9th August 06, 10:18 PM

What do they know--As a Scot-I am happy that you wore the kilt to your retirement party & do not think it tacky at all.
Welcome from Carlisle England

**davedove** · 10th August 06, 04:32 AM

Originally Posted by parpin

Hi all,

Last fall I did myself a retirement gift by buying a complete jacobean kilt outfit with the province of Quebec tartan and decided to wear it at my retirement party held last january.

I enjoy wearing the kilt even if I have no scottish origin, Maybe in an other life I was a Scot. :-)

My working companions and my beloved boss had mixed feeling looking at me and I wondered after if it was tacky to do that.

To get the feedback of my website visitors I ran a poll to get the right answer and here are the results :

Yes it's tacky : 61 %
No : 27 %
Not sure : 12 %

I accepted gracefully the verdict but I disagree with it, but I would do it again anyway.

In fact the greatest resistance about wearing a kilt comes from my own family.

Since it was a Jacobean outfit, perhaps they saw it as too much like a costume. It might have been different if you had been kilted with a nice tweed jacket and other modern accessories.

That being said, it was your retirement party. Who cares what they think anymore?