Quote Originally Posted by jrmiller View Post
I think the reason my wife was worried is she thought something bigger was going on with me and didn't want to loose me to a new life.
This is an interesting point John made.

In my situation, my wife has known that I wanted a kilt since we first met (we were stationed in Italy and I was heavily into Irish and Celtic History). Shw also has known my desire to learn the bagpipes our entire marriage, so none of my adventures in these areas caused her to raise an eyebrow. She even enjoys it enough that she bought her own utilikilt (my wife did not wear dresses until I bought her some and doesn't wear skirts).

However, my family was a bit surprised when I actually bought my first kilt (County Cavan tartan), but they finally figured out that my attitude is that other's opinions be damned, I'm going to do what I want. Hell, my dad even bought a utilikilt at the recent Irish Fest in Pittsburgh.

Matt