Displaced 3rd generation Californian now residing in the "old" State of Jefferson, USA
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I get the occasional comments and pretty much ignore them now. Several years ago, while shopping with my wife, I did have a young man in his late teens/early twenties, ask me about getting such comments and how I handled them. I let him know I received far more compliments than derogatory comments, and I ignored the bad and only focused on the good. He stated he had been thinking about a kilt, but was concerned about being razzed for wearing a dress. What really got his attention was when I said the only time other women pat me on the butt, was when I was in a kilt. His eyes widened a little and he looked to my wife for confirmation. She stated it was a regular occurrence at ren faires, parties, and occasionally at the Scottish games. His response was "Man I got to get me a kilt!" He then asked us about the Scottish games, seems he had never heard of the games. We saw the young man at the Pleasanton games the following year. He was kilted and happy to be that way.
[I][B]Nearly all men can stand adversity. If you really want to test a man’s character,
Give him power.[/B][/I] - [I]Abraham Lincoln[/I]
There's a great deal of wisdom in the previous posts.
I too was a bit apprehensive at first, enough so that I chose a black Amerikilt for my first kilt in the hope that it would often be mistaken for black shorts. After more than a year of wearing the kilt daily I have become so unaware of it that I simply miss the point of people's comments unless they are quite pointed. For example, when I voted kilted and the election judge said, "Sir, this is an American election!" it took me a full three seconds to figure out that she was alluding to my kilt.
This is an example of the principle that "Those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter."
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"No man is genuinely happy, married, who has to drink worse whiskey than he used to drink when he was single." ---- H. L. Mencken
Wear your kilt proudly. im 50 and i dont care what people think. Go for it guys!
Yeah...but that's one of the things that I have a difficult time handling: the age thing.
Wearing a kilt is something that I would have most certainly done in my youth but I didn't really think of it as a serious possibility until I was in my fifties so a whole lot of people around me think that it's some kind of middle-age-rage thing and part of some kind of (non-existent) "middle age crisis". Hell, it's just a totally cool thing to do and a hell of a good time...no crisis involved.
Originally Posted by RamseytheGreat
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