A Lovely Compliment

**Riverkilt** · 7th August 10, 07:42 PM

So, I'm on the road again. Drove across the rezlands today wearing my brown leather Utilikilt. Got the usual comments.

Then rolled in to Cortez, Colorado and stopped at the visitor center to browse. On the way back to the car a lady about 50 something with an East European appearance and accent stopped me and said, "You look lovely. You look like a lot of fun!"

I do so love my kilts!

kiltedwolfman · 7th August 10, 07:53 PM

I had a similar experience while shopping today, a lovely lady came over and told me a wore the kilt proudly and looked quite "regal". Comments like that always brighten my day.

**bchunter** · 8th August 10, 11:23 AM

I too have received comments similar to those above, but almost always from real women, not young ladies or girls. Nothing against the younger of the fair gender, just that it seems that with maturity comes an honesty and open offering of such.

**Colin MacBean** · 8th August 10, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by bchunter

just that it seems that with maturity comes an honesty and open offering of such.

Same goes for men a lot of the time

**MacBean** · 8th August 10, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by bchunter

I too have received comments similar to those above, but almost always from real women, not young ladies or girls. Nothing against the younger of the fair gender, just that it seems that with maturity comes an honesty and open offering of such.

Well perhaps mature folk feel more confident that you won't take it as a come-on.

To be honest, compliments, though gratifying, aren't too useful. Most people won't tell me "you look silly"; I have to figure it out myself. That said, the "you look like a lot of fun" is out of the ordinary, and sounds pretty authentic! Nice compliment!

**azwildcat96** · 8th August 10, 02:48 PM

I like a good compliment now and again...From older or younger, it doesn't matter one bit!

**Mike in Dayton** · 8th August 10, 03:53 PM

I was in the grocery yesterday when I passed a lady. I heard her say "I wanted to go to Scotland and now Scotland has come to me". I turned around and she complemented me on the kilt (American Heritage semi-traditional from USAKilts). She made a comment about talking to a friend at her 35th reunion and they both wanted to go on a tour of Scotland. If the reference was to a high school reunion then that would have put her around 53. She looked younger than that. We chatted for about 15 minutes. She got a kick out of my "good girls don't ask t-shirt" I had on.

**Gryphon noir** · 8th August 10, 05:34 PM

Sometimes complements are a bit roundabout.
I was walking [kilted] along Commercial Drive with my lovely lady when out of one of the sports bars staggered a large, very inebriated man. We exchanged glances: I could tell he was thinking hard through the fog and after a couple of failed attempts to connect the various body parts to the speech centre, he blurted out "Takes BALLS to wear THAT!" My partner flashed him a smile, which was met with a drunken chuckle and a thumbs up: "Right on!"