A quandry: woman at wedding with camera

[Shay]

she likes the kilts, but in her pea brain, they're "costumes" for ren faires and thinks that's the way it is no matter how often we explain, no its an ethnic thing, not costume

What nationality is her family? I'm just curious, maybe you can find something she could identify with and not be so nervous.

[macwilkin]

What nationality is her family? I'm just curious, maybe you can find something she could identify with and not be so nervous.

Or, if the state you live in has a state tartan, show her that and explain that the concept of US state (and Candian provincial) tartans is to provide a tartan that every person in that state can wear, and not just those of Scottish heritage.

Cheers,

Todd

[Verlyn]

What nationality is her family? I'm just curious, maybe you can find something she could identify with and not be so nervous.

The nervousness is on my daughter's part that the future MIL will show up in Ren Faire garb and not realize LIKE EVERYONE ELSE does that it is a formal affair. Her family is a mix and my daughter's fiance found a scot connection through research and got interested in wearing a kilt through the ren faire. My BIL and I have been educating the lad and he's really interested in getting his family tartan (uncommon and hard to find), but his mother is still wrapped around the axel of ren faire theme and not the fact that we're doing this formal and as an ethnic bent. The kids get it, we get it his father gets it, she's just out there.

[bubba]

Suggest she write to Sir Sean Connery and tell HIM it's a renn faire costume.

[Verlyn]

Okay Bubba, you almost made me spit water all over the monitor.

We took her to the local Celtic festival in June and its sponsored by and on the sites of the Ren Faire. Yep, she showed up in ren faire garb and wondered why none of the women were in garb and those of us that wore kilts wore them with polo shirts and casual shoes. Even though my daughter, her son, myself and one of the vendors explained to her SEVERAL times its an ETHNIC festival, not Ren Faire.

Maybe someday, she'll get a clue.