I'll not dwell on the merits of confidence training, I've always thought that those of us who are interested in that sort of thing do it anyway, least ways that's what I've found true from riding a bull, to jumping off perfectly good and supportive cliffs with nothing but a wee tad of rope.
Last night I was in Linens and Things, dragged in by the wife due to the going out of business sale, and I met up with a friend and associate who happens to be the local wig in the SASSA (single action six gun shooting association). This guy is a Marine, a hunter, a re-loader and a military historian. I think his moniker for SASSA is Rancid Roy, so he is not a lightweight by any means. His first reaction to seeing me Kilted was something like "very cool, you wear that well", the second was " I've always know you were crazy...but in a good way" the third was "you've got a bigger set then I do", this from a guy who was a FAC in 'Nam.
The point is he went through several stages very quickly; Admiration (here's a friend wearing a warrior's garb) to rationalization (but he's always been a little off), to justification of his perception of why society allows one person to do something another will not (bigger stones).
None of this had anything to do with my confidence, but rather his perception of me through his frame of reference. My guess is that most people (men) would wear a kilt if they viewed it to be with in their societal comfort zone. And of course, there are those of us who don't care what society thinks, we are going to do what we please as long as it is not illegal, immoral, or too fattening...
Originally Posted by BroosterB1
I'll not dwell on the merits of confidence training, I've always thought that those of us who are interested in that sort of thing do it anyway, least ways that's what I've found true from riding a bull, to jumping off perfectly good and supportive cliffs with nothing but a wee tad of rope.
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