Am I losing my love affair with kilts?!

[Galician]

There might be a dynamic here which Zookeeper is not expressing. Since he lives in Chicago, I am assuming that he is in a similar urban environment to another resident there who posts here (Argonian?).

One price of being "different" in an area where the population has no connection, direct or otherwise, with kilts is that they seem REALLY wierd to people. Some of the people in these urban neighborhoods like to express their disapproval of difference by harassment, which can be physical. It is a fact of life I feel in mine.

If this is anything like what Z.K. feels, the cost of difference is a high one, and I understand his questioning whether it's worth the hassle. But, once you recognize the situation, you just take your chances and move on.

[Kilted Archer]

Thanks for all the replies so far. I think I'm just coming to the realization that as much as I enjoy the comfort of being kilted, it's just not the best way to go in some situations. I think what was bothering me was that I'd become so enamored of the idea of being kilted 24/7 - 365 (well, maybe not 24/7) that it was coming as somewhat of a shock to realize that being kilted just doesn't always work best for some situations/outings. When I first got up the courage to go kilted all the time I felt like I was living the slogans - "Down with trouser tyranny!" "Freedom (from bifurcated garments)!" "Look at me, I'm kilted, I'm different, I'm Scottish!" Yeah, I do get far more favorable comments, mostly from the ladies than I get derisive comments, but the derisive comments and stares and double-takes just get really old. Of course we all have to realize wearing kilts just about anywhere other than Scotland is going to seem strange to most folks. Some people appreciate it and others simply never learned from their mom and dad to keep their mouths shut if they didn't have anything nice to say. Actually I think I'm pretty well fine with the whole thing now that I've had a chance to air it out and commiserate with fellow kilt wearers. I'll continue to wear my kilts when appropriate and otherwise I'll bow to functionality when it rears it's ugly head and go bifurcated when necessary. I guess I should try to remind myself that my Brittonic Celt ancestors wore pants long before they wore kilts. In fact the Celts invented and wore pants when most of the rest of the European cultures at the time were still wearing tunics and other unbifurcated garments of one sort or another.

[JRB]

...the Celts invented and wore pants...

Actually, I believe the Scythians invented pants. But I digress, I think you will be much happier wearing kilts when you feel like it rather than trying to make the kilt your sole "garment of choice".

[Kilted Archer]

Actually, I believe the Scythians invented pants. But I digress, I think you will be much happier wearing kilts when you feel like it rather than trying to make the kilt your sole "garment of choice".

You're probably right. I imagine pants were common to many cultures at the same time. Parthians (a horse culture) probably wore pants.