Why should I wear a kilt?

[Dixiecat]

People who care about me try to make me conform. (wear p@nts)
People who don't care about me ignore me.

I'd say you got it backwards. The people who care about you will be acceptable of you wearing a kilt. People who care about themselves are the ones who try to make others conform.

[starbkjrus]

Hello new guy. You are asking us to convince you why you should wear a kilt? That's entirely up to you.



You have not searched very hard. Here are two, but if you hang out here long enough, you will learn a lot about people's motivations and feelings behind why they wear their kilts.

Here are two:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/r...914/index.html

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/w...874/index.html

Should? Would? May? You've three different modal verbs in your questions, so it's hard to figure out exactly what you are asking. Should implies imperative. Would is conditional. May is possible.

You can assume that people don't know why they wear a kilt, but you would be wrong. You pretend to ask questions, but you don't appear to be listening to the answers. They don't fit your idea of sufficient justification, as though the reasons listed above don't matter.

The reasons for wearing a kilt are as varied as the people who wear them. It's not our job to persuade you to wear one. We can tell you the history of kilts, or we can tell you the benefits, or we can tell you the impact it's had on us, or personal meaning behind why we wear one, but you either want to, or you don't.

BruceBC has the best answer: it is your own.

You came here out of some sort of curiosity, I gather. Rather than us tell you reasons that don't fit your paradigm, why don't you tell us why you care at all?

Otherwise, I think it best for us to follow this advice:

Regards,
Rex.

Rex said it well...

Gentlemen, I think it's time to let this thread die. The OP is likely just trying to stir things up and we don't need that.

[Steve Ashton]

This guy joined at my invitation. He is a young computer programmer that I was talking to today and he said that not only had he never worn a kilt but had never seen anyone in his part of Orange Co. NY in a kilt.
He asked why would someone want to wear a kilt so I suggested he ask the rabble.

I don't really think this young man is a troll. Just a young person with an honest question.

[CDNSushi]

This guy joined at my invitation. He is a young computer programmer that I was talking to today and he said that not only had he never worn a kilt but had never seen anyone in his part of Orange Co. NY in a kilt.
He asked why would someone want to wear a kilt so I suggested he ask the rabble.

I don't really think this young man is a troll. Just a young person with an honest question.

Neat... That just makes me wonder what an OCC-made XMTS kilt chopper would look like... If we all chipped in a few grand we could find out, I'm sure.

[Larry124]

...I don't really think this young man is a troll. Just a young person with an honest question.

[KiltShot]

I'd say you got it backwards. The people who care about you will be acceptable of you wearing a kilt. People who care about themselves are the ones who try to make others conform.

That hasn't been my experience. People who seem to care may be trying to save me embarrassment from the people who don't care and tease or insult. Confidence and a sense of humor help when around those people. I have noticed that courage can be a byproduct of kilt wearing. Perhaps knowing that courage will follow the wearing can help those who are nervous about how they will be received first time out?

[NewGuise]

People who seem to care may be trying to save me embarrassment from the people who don't care and tease or insult.

There is often an honest, caring motive behind telling someone not to wear a kilt, or come out of the closet, or date someone of another colour or ethnic/religious background, or study medieval literature (to cite a few of the "please don'ts" that those who love me have uttered), but that motive is always sadly inseparable from a sense of personal preservation: when it comes down to it, folks are most worried about their own reputation, not yours. And they tend to come around when they discover that your reputation doesn't actually suffer, or simply that what you've done actually makes you (and/or others) happy.

[KiltShot]

There is often an honest, caring motive behind telling someone not to wear a kilt, or come out of the closet, or date someone of another colour or ethnic/religious background, or study medieval literature (to cite a few of the "please don'ts" that those who love me have uttered), but that motive is always sadly inseparable from a sense of personal preservation: when it comes down to it, folks are most worried about their own reputation, not yours. And they tend to come around when they discover that your reputation doesn't actually suffer, or simply that what you've done actually makes you (and/or others) happy.

In your comment I sense an understanding that comes from experience. Thanks for the insight, and yes, there is a happiness radius around me when I wear the kilt. And I thought it was just another article of men's clothing!