Quote Originally Posted by chrisupyonder View Post
The only person who did make a nice comment, was an American tourist guy from Kentucky about in his 50's, while I was paying the bill in the cafe after lunch. He said he had been here almost a week and I was the first kilt he had seen. He asked was I on holiday and I said no, we live here. So chatted for a few minutes and he said they were going to Orkney next. I said you won't see any kilts over there, they are all Vikings. He laughed and said have a nice day. (do you guys over the pond still say that ) and off he went and looked like he was happy to actually see a kilt in Scotland.
Well, we do here in Kentucky! (And no, I have no idea who you could have met - it may seem like a small place, and people are fairly friendly - most of the time - but there's a little over 4 million people living in the Commonwealth.)

I also have a couple of social phobias (phoning someone I've never met or spoken to before is the really problematic one). I've pretty well gotten over worrying about what people think about what I'm wearing. It seems like half the time I go out somewhere, I'm either wearing my Scout uniform or my pipe band uniform. I don't wear my personal kilt very often, but that's just because I usually prefer to wear it for special occasions.