I thought I would spend this "special" post on a question, call it a doubt if you like, but a thought I had today.

Let me first say that like many of you, my committment to the kilt has been growing considerably of recent times.
There was a time just a few months ago when I thought it special and wonderful that I managed to spend a whole day in a kilt.
Of course it is still as special, except that now the days have grown to many days kilted, to the extent that the times I spend out of a kilt are quite rare and brief.

This forum has been a huge part of the encouragement to do this and I am more comfortable than ever in myself being seen in public, by clients and in most situations kilted.

However, I am human and the greatest resolves and committments are occasionally interrupted by doubt. Our Lord Jesus in His human form also doubted for a time before facing the agony of the cross. For this reason I feel justified in occasionally asking myself this question:

Am I eccentric?, lot the plot, a weirdo, a misfit...enough nasty terms for now

How do those who are close to me see me when they find I wear a kilt most of the time? It's easy to say 'I don't care what others think' and in many ways that is true, but I do care for people I love.

My wife still has some concerns about me, she's used to me doing whacky things, but this has her worried now and then. she cares what others may say about the one she loves.

I'm not saying that eccentricity is wrong or bad. Some of the worlds most amazing people have been considered eccentric.

What kind of person makes this decision to depart from the norm of our society and go to some length (and expense) to appear very different to everyone else?

So after one thousand posts, some long some short, discussing the many aspects of kilts, a subject I feel I have some considerable knowledge on thanks to this forum, I thought I would just stop and look back and think about this whole wonderful, challenging, motivating, thrilling, adventure that is....

wearing the kilt.

I'm now having a dram to mark the occasion and I lift my glass to you all, my kilted brethren!