Today is my 'one full year of only wearing kilts out and about' anniversary

[GMan]

Good for you. A grand feeling is it not?

[BruceBC]

Well done and well said.

[auld argonian]

Good on ya' for having the persistence to go the full year...these days, I've gotten to be a very occasional kilt wearer so you have my admiration.

Yeah...how can people look at a kiltie and think that he's strange with all the "fashion statements" going around these days? I've seen guys wearing plaid shorts that were so baggy that I had to take a second look to see that the shorts weren't a kilt. Yesterday I saw some young guy wearing shorts with too-short pajama pants under them and some cutesy little stocking cap with animal ears on it....tres chic, no? Mentioned to my ma that I was going to try to remember to wear the kilt downtown one day so I could check out some of the jackets and vest at the newly opened branch of Hot Shop that we have here now..."Why can't you just carry it and put it on at the store?" Because, ma, those of us who wear the damn things are actually happy to wear 'em and if somebody has a problem with it, it's their problem and not ours!

Carry on, sir...you are acquitting yourself well.

Best

AA

[RogerWS76]

Those baggy plaid shorts you saw were just bifurcated kilts! They are everywhere these days!

[Clockwork]

I can totally relate you on this, OP. Life is what you make it; if you find common traditions or trends illogical, you'll be happier not following them. Instead, live life as you feel is logical, regardless of whether or not people end up viewing you as eccentric. Like you, I found unbifurcated clothing more logical from an anatomical perspective than bifurcated clothing as they exist today, and that lead me to purchase my first kilt. I've not gone back pants or shorts since then, unless I'm required to wear them or a particular activity calls for them. For instance, working around heavy machinery, especially any of which has exposed moving parts, would be much safer if one was wearing close-fitting clothing as opposed to loose fitting clothing. Same idea for many sports (could you image the amounts of skin lost from kilted baseball players sliding about on dirt? Ouch ). I know what you mean about our civilization too. So many everyday activities really make no sense. I still haven't figured out how we came to the conclusion that consuming milk (note: milk from cows, specifically designed and intended for consumption by cows, not humans; we already have milk designed and intended for us to consume) long after infancy is okay. It's just one of those things we're mindlessly raised to do.

Anyway, congrats on not only wearing your kilt regularly, but also for taking that initial step to purchase one in the first place.

Cheers,
-Jake

[plaid preacher]

Congratulations on your one year anniversary. And remember that famous Celtic blessing:

May the road rise to meet you,
May the rains fall softly on your fields;
May the sun shine upon,
And may a gentle breeze blow up your kilt.

[Chas]

A Year! Well Done! Here's to the next and the next and the next ...

Regards

Chas