Regrets

[porrick]

What GMan and McClef said - wish I'd started wearing kilts when I was younger.

I totally agree with these statements

[BEEDEE]

Like most of the others, my only regret is that I started late in life. Saving for kilts is difficult when you are retired and on a fixed income.

Brian

[acstoon]

My family is of scots descent, and kilt wearers, so it's never been a big deal for me.
I just simply never got into a kilt until recently... THAT I regret.
Wish I had started years ago... but my small-minded, ex-wife (who strangely enough, was of celtic descent) would've nixed that.
Besides, I've always been walking to the beat of a different drummer...

[Perldog007]

I too regret waiting until my 46th summer to put one on.

[ScottEPooh]

I think my biggest regret is that my kilt "wish list" is always a LOT bigger than my kilt fund.... and, like others have said, I didn't start soon enough.

[McMurdo]

I regret the fact that some people who I thought cared about me can not wrap their heads around my choice to wear a kilt. Can I do anything about it, I really do no think so I will continue to dress how I want, hopefully they will come around.

[KiltedPilot]

My regret is not having access to online kilt forums at an earlier age, as most of my knowledge and confidence has come from them.

[Ozman1944]

No regrets in the least, and at 63, I'll wear what I like, when I like and where I like! (Always wondered what the bonus was about the Golden -or is it Rusty?- years). Now I know.

[Mael Coluim]

I don't give a hoot what my relatives make of it (though most don't consider it a big deal - just strange, as none of our line have ever been anywhere near a kilt). I always insist it's mostly for comfort. At 60, I'm surely old enough and ugly enough to set my own rules now. I do regret not having started kilt wearing a lot sooner in life. They possibly think I've an interest in the various tartans I wear as well, so should I ever resort to a plain kilt one day, that thought will also be shot down, and they'll probably think it even stranger.
I always enjoy being kilted when I go out - no regrets there - and being so prominently clothed has not lost its magic so far. I have excellent hearing and find the various comments passed between people, who are assuming I'm out of earshot, fascinating. None yet have been offensive in any way. But I'm always labelled Scottish in their comments. It would be a bit good if folk could one day recognize that not all in kilts come from Scotland. But the image is too deep rooted.
Just out of interest, are those who wear plain kilts dubbed Scottish just as much?
A woman in a tartan kilt is not always assumed to have Celtic origins, but a man in one is. Whatever happened to equality? Still, I suppose if you go around looking like your from that neck of the woods, people can be reasonably excused for believing it.

Love your Avatar!

I'm collecting dandelions and drying them to ensure I have some for my crest badge for the upcoming Highland Games I'll be attending this fall. Now if the Wizard of BC will just get some XMTS kilt pins!

And apologize to you all in getting off the topic. And yes, I regret not wearing the kilt sooner, but I'm making up for it!!!!

[Archangel]

I guess I regret getting too big to wear the kilt I got married in thirty years ago. Also that I had a period of time, before ebay, when I couldn't afford a good kilt (and R-kilt wasn't around).
That's offset with the knowledge that I now have the resources to splurge pretty well whenever I feel like it.
And I should be thankful that it was never a problem at home (birth or married). Even my brats thought my kilt was a better choice than what I usually wear.