I've read these posts and I really can't believe what some are saying. A spouse or partner should be a compliment to their other half, it's not a contest but some make it so and that has been accepted by some. I can't accept it though. My wife is a compliment to me, what I lack in my life she has plenty of, I'm not much of a conversationalist but she is I'm not much in the looks department but she is. There is no contest between us and there never was. When I hear that someone's wife must have a Kilt if the husband is going to get a Kilt I can't see where that's anything but competition where there should be none. My wife knows her place, she never questioned it since before we married. Her place is at my side guideing me and supporting any decisions that I make and my place is paying heed to her suggestions
because I've learned that she is generally right. In other words, my wife navigates but I steer. My wife would never question the fact that a Kilt is a mans garment and that her kilted skirt opens to the left.
My wife is happy in her role in life and is happy to let men be men without trying to interfere with the nature of things. I myself have no problem doing the dishes and the laundry or cleaning the house when it's necessary. 21 years in the military showed me that I can take care of myself not only in a ruckus but also at the kitchen sink, today I am a truck driver and my wife is a radiologist so you know who has more brains and it's not me but in 18 years she's never made that an issue. I guess what I'm trying to say in my ramblings here is that if there is competition between men and women over a garment or anything then there is something very wrong.

Chris.

P.S. I am not afraid to say that my wife wears the pants in our family...but I take them off.