[QUOTE=rollerboy_1979;441629]

I find it amazing that someone would address a 6'1" 210lb. fairly well built dude like me and say "Nice skirt!". It usually comes from a friend because a stranger wouldn't have the gonads to say it. I think it's best to ignore the comment when it comes from friends because, eventually, they'll realize that it's not a joke and that you're going to wear it despite their juvenile comments. For strangers it's always good to use the "It's actually called a kilt because that's what I did to the last guy who called it a skirt", and if you simply can't ignore your friend's comment, "No, it would be a skirt if I were wearing panty hose and high heels", followed by "moron!".
Cheers!
RB
Yeah. I have the same experience with strangers. I'm a 6ft, 290 pound hiker and martial artist My legs are huge. I have to get my flashes made with an extra inch of elastic because my calves support my weight in the mountains on a regular basis, and they support my weight in karate class 3 nights a week, and they support my weight the other nights when I take my mile to two mile walks. I actually have to get my SWK kilts altered at the hip buckle to keep it from pulling the pleats apart. The waist on a 50 is perfect, but the hips are too snug. I'm huge. my legs bulge. I don't get a lot of snide remarks from strangers. I had one guy at a restaraunt last night tell me that all I needed was a claymore to complete my look. I told him that I actually prefer broadswords and educated he and his girlfriend on the different types of swords, the use the ricasso, the fact that there is no such thing as a blood groove on a sword, and what a fuller actually is. It was really a very interesting conversation. Those are the kinds of things that usually happen with myself and strangers. I had one say to me "I thought I was going to say 'Nice skirt', but you're big and scary, so I'll just say- that looks really good on you!" That made me laugh. Of my friends, they're all very accepting. Most of them wondered why it took me so long. My friend Jaime calls it my man skirt, but she's so in love with the Scottish culture that it's obviously all in fun. The most interesting comments I get are from my female friends, actually. Amber whistles at my legs. Otherwise my friends all love the fact that I wear kilts, as does my wife.

Sorry this ended up being so long. I hope it was at least entertaining!