how other fashionable males view about kilts

**GlassMan** · 6th December 05, 10:26 PM

Damn, I'm gay and I still fit the Retrosexual List! Now I'm really scared.

**bubba** · 6th December 05, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by GlassMan

Damn, I'm gay and I still fit the Retrosexual List! Now I'm really scared.

See? Not enough real difference to talk about.

**Iolaus** · 6th December 05, 11:04 PM

Originally Posted by GlassMan

Damn, I'm gay and I still fit the Retrosexual List! Now I'm really scared.

It's not a gay or straight thing, it's a "metrosexual" or masculine thing. I think it's safe to say that if you're wearing a kilt, you're not metro!

**GlassMan** · 6th December 05, 11:53 PM

Oh, I am the furthest thing from a Metrosexual (that is such a dumb word too).

I like my legs hairy, my beer cold, and my old comfy chair.

And damn if I'm ever going to pluck my eyebrows.

One time I won a "Men's Treatment" at a local day spa in a church raffle. I figured I'd give it a try. I've never done anything like that before in my life. Well I go in. The sauna was a joke. I got out long before I was supposed to because I just didn't like being that hot and humid. The massage was nice and relaxing, but then came time for a facial and manicure. It was hilarious. I showed my fingertips to the manicurist (with bitten nails, callouses and ripped up cuticles) and she actually let out a small cry and jumped backwards. I guess she wasn't used to seeing real "man hands."

Needless to say, I'm not planning on having another "Men's treatment" anytime soon.

Worst part was the massage didn't even have a "happy ending!"

**78_Celt** · 7th December 05, 05:38 AM

Originally Posted by Iolaus

Pulled this out of my files; it was going around the internet a couple of years ago.

Notice #15 & #20. I didn't add anything, that's the way it was written when I recieved it.

After searching and searching for my sexual identity. I finally discovered it and I can no longer keep it in the closet. I am here to openly announce that I am a Retrosexual. My Retrosexuality is defined by the following Retrosexual code:

The Retrosexual Code

1) A Retrosexual, no matter what the women insists, PAYS FOR THE DATE.

2) A Retrosexual opens doors for a lady. Even for the ones that fit that term only because they are female.

3) A Retrosexual DEALS with stuff. Be it a flat tire, break-in into your home, or a natural disaster, you JUST DEAL WITH IT. No whining allowed!

4) A Retrosexual not only eats red meat, he often kills it himself.

5) A Retrosexual doesn't worry about living to be 90. It's not how long you live, but how well. If you're 90 years old and still smoking cigars and drinking, I salute you.

6) A Retrosexual does not use more hair or skin products than a woman. Women have several supermarket aisles of stuff. Retrosexuals need an end cap (possibly 2 end caps if you include shaving goods.)

7) A Retrosexual does not dress in clothes from Hot Topic when he's 30 years old.

8) A Retrosexual should know how to properly kill stuff (or people) if need be. This falls under the "dealing with stuff" portion of The Code.

9) A Retrosexual watches no TV show with "Queer" in the title.

10) A Retrosexual does not let neighbors trash the rooms in his house on national TV.

11) A Retrosexual should not give up excessive amounts of manliness for sex. Some is inevitable, but major re-invention of yourself will only lead to you becoming a froo-froo little pansy, and in the long run, she won't be worth it.

12) A Retrosexual is allowed to seek professional help for major mental stress such as drug/alcohol addiction, death of your entire family in a freak tree chipper accident, favorite sports team being moved to a different city etc. You are NOT allowed to see a shrink because Daddy didn't pay you enough attention. Daddy was busy DEALING WITH STUFF. When you screwed up, he DEALT with you. Buck up wuss.

13) A Retrosexual will have at least one outfit in his wardrobe designed to conceal himself from prey.

14) A Retrosexual knows how to tie a Windsor knot when wearing a tie.

15) A Retrosexual does not strip naked, get into a sweat lodge, and bang on drums to bond with other guys. That's gay.
---- However dressing in kilts, banging on drums around a campfire, and drinking heavily is just fine.

16) A Retrosexual should have at least one good wound he can brag about getting.

17) A Retrosexual knows how to use a basic set of tools. If you can't hammer a nail, or drill a straight hole, practice in secret until you can or be rightfully ridiculed for the wuss you are.

18) A Retrosexual will buy feminine hygiene products if he has to, but only under protest. This falls under unpleasant things you have to DEAL with. Get some Hagen-Daas while your at it.

19) A Retrosexual gives a lady his seat on the bus/subway/etc.

20) A Retrosexual does not order an apple martini at the bar. A Martini has gin and vermouth in it. And maybe an olive. In fact, why not just get a beer and a shot of scotch??

21) A Retrosexual knows that owning a gun is not a sign that your are riddled with fear, or are trying to makeup for a small penis. Massage and skill are the way to make up for a small penis, guns are TOOLS and are often essential to DEAL with stuff. Plus it's just fun to shoot.

Here's to being a Retrosexual! Cheers!

**Colin** · 7th December 05, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by Shay

Hey now- just because something is highbrow, affected or faddish doesn't make it feminine or gay. When I think of a man getting manicures or wearing silk shirts, I think of James Bond... and if you're saying Sean Connery isn't manly...

Sean Connery has also been very vocal in his believe that hitting women is ok. While I think the man is a very entertaining actor, he is not someone I would strive to be like. Yes, James Bond may have been a pampered charactor (in resent films at least), but he wasn't afraid to get dirty and break a nail. James Bond went downhill when Connery left and has failed to achieve the macho attitude and carisma since than. For example the new Bond is a blond. I think the Broccolli family is grasping at holding on to a dying franchise. Better to strat over (think Batman Begins) with a younger actor that can start at Bond's beginning. Dougray Scott, Gerard Butler, or Clive Owen would have been the better choices

Here's to the Retrosexuals!!!!

**bubba** · 7th December 05, 09:37 AM

Remember, there is a big difference between fashion and style. Styles tend to be around awhile but fashions change overnight and sometimes in some peculiar directions. The way we tend to wear our kilts isn't fashion, it's a style and I sure don't want to see kilts become a fashion because what'll develop will likely turn our stomachs.