WAGs and Kilt wearing

[KiltFitz]

Appreciate this might not be available to you in Australia, but if you can, maybe take her to a ceilidh or other event where lots of men would be wearing kilts and impressing the ladies? Or maybe put Mel Gibson braveheart posters up everywhere while walking around the houshe mishpronounshing your eshesh like shir Shean? Sex appeal's the key.

[Aussie_Don]

Appreciate this might not be available to you in Australia, but if you can, maybe take her to a ceilidh or other event where lots of men would be wearing kilts and impressing the ladies? Or maybe put Mel Gibson braveheart posters up everywhere while walking around the houshe mishpronounshing your eshesh like shir Shean? Sex appeal's the key.

Actually, we were at the National Folk Festival last
year and did a couple of dances together at the
"Chaotic Ceilidh" run by a mob from Sydney calling
themselves "Scotch on the Rocks"[1]

And more recently, we were at the Celtic Festival in
Port Arlington, Vic, where there were quite a few kilts
in evidence, including mine.

So I am trying...

I think that it's more of a blokes in"skirts" thing
for her, but it's hard to get her to talk about it. Also,
she's only met one family of my Gregory relatives and
there were "issues" with that experience, so I suppose
that she might not understand the connection that I feel.

-Don

[1] the Rocks is part of the district in Sydney where the
first part of the city was settled -- now more or less an
historical precinct.

[KiltFitz]

Ah, then if it's a positive kilt experience you are looking for I suggest a Scotland v Australia Rugby match. It'll cost you a pair of return flights but I'll be happy to introduce her to the Caledonian Tourists:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-2013-a-78441/

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...ourists-78210/

After your SO meets us, you'll never be allowed to wear trousers again!

See you in November?

[Aussie_Don]

Ah, then if it's a positive kilt experience you are looking for I suggest a Scotland v Australia Rugby match. It'll cost you a pair of return flights but I'll be happy to introduce her to the Caledonian Tourists:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-2013-a-78441/

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...ourists-78210/

After your SO meets us, you'll never be allowed to wear trousers again!

See you in November?

As a former tight head prop for the Melbourne Harlequins, I'd
love it. But she's only minorly interested in sport, and Aussie rules
at that.

-Don

[KiltFitz]

As a former tight head prop for the Melbourne Harlequins, I'd
love it. But she's only minorly interested in sport, and Aussie rules
at that.

-Don

Do you see any pictures of us actually at a rugby game?

[Aussie_Don]

Do you see any pictures of us actually at a rugby game?

Ahh, sorry, should have realised that the p**s-up is the point,
not the side-show.

-Don

[Jock Scot]

Ahh, sorry, should have realised that the p**s-up is the point,
not the side-show.

-Don

Now, come, come Don, I thought EVERYONE knew that!

[WillowEstate]

Hi Don,
hmm, sounds like you have a bit of an uphill struggle there but don't give up, time is a great healer. My Better Half was a bit sceptical when I started going to conferences in my kilt but, maybe, out of sight, out of mind. And the first time we went out together with me kilted, was a bit "stiff". It was to an Antiques show in the UK but a couple of positive comments from stallholders helped lighten the atmosphere.

Then there was an incident that brought home the "stand out" advantage. When we were selling out house in the UK, prior to coming here, there was an urgent call from our property lawyer that needed an answer that day - a day I happened to be at another technical conference. My BH phoned the venue and got through to the conference reception and explained the problem. They said they would try to find me but it would be hard among 300 delegates. That was until BH said I was wearing my kilt. The receptionist found me within 10 minutes and the lawyer issue was solved in time.

Since we moved down here, she's warmed to it a lot more. She sees the practical value of being able to wear it whatever the weather, cool in summer, warm when it gets chilly and the church she attends has a lot of Islanders in the congregation and most of the guys wear sarongs to church.

I think she was initially concerned at the reaction of other people but having seen that the vast majority take no notice and the ones that do have always been positive, she's relaxed about it. She still sometimes refers to it as "Sav's skirt" but now, that's just a tease we both laugh about!

So my advice is take it slowly, don't, whatever you do, make an issue out of it - any insecurity on your part will be seized upon in a heartbeat. Try a casual approach first, maybe a home BBQ, perhaps a trip to the coast or somewhere else you aren't likely to run across anyone you know.

Good luck!

[Riverkilt]

Well, it ain't you....someone preprogrammed her to be "dubious/slightly hostile" towards kilts. You could ask her to think about where that opinion may have originated in the past....maybe her mother made a snide kilt comment....

As for changing her mind....humans are a difficult mammal to train....very difficult....

[planemaker]

Have her read any of the Diana Gabaldon books. It seems to peak the interest of the ladies in having their man in a kilt.