Originally Posted by
Blu (Ontario)
It's important to appear comfortable, confident, and natural in a kilt just as one does in trousers. If making eye contact and smiling at passersby is what you do in trousers, do the same while wearing a kilt. But a kilt does not suddenly require an individual to display exagerated or unatural mannerisms in order to appear confident. Prolonged or unatural eye contact can be taken by some individuals as aggresive or challenging. Smiling and looking people in the eye when it is natural to do so is, I think, the better approach and likely to be more acceptable to Jane or Joe Public. There is a subtle difference.
cheers,
blu
Oh, I quite agree Blu. It may seem strange with the way I come across here and as I am with folks I know but, with strangers, I am still - even at my age - very shy. This has nothing to do with my being kilted, I have been the same since I was a child. If anything, it is easier for me now because being kilted 365 days a year for the past 6½ years has worked wonders for my confidence. I am far more outgoing now than I was - but I still have difficulty with meeting strangers and looking them in the eye, even when talking to them face to face.
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