kilts, wife & harleys

[Kid Cossack]

McVarmit:

Any room for peaceful negotiation there? I mean, is she simply dead set against it? Kilts may be the national dress of Scotland, but good ideas can come from anywhere. (Do we restrict the use of paper to people of Chinese or Egyptian descent?) Have you explained why you like kilts? (Comfort and style, not just heritage?)

Best of luck with this . . .

[ronstew]

Frankly, my marriage is more important to me than any clothing or any machine. I am lucky that my wife shares or tolerates most of my interests. Negotiating kilts and motorcycles seems to be a no-win scenario.

Two keys to a good marriage: Communication and compromise. And with enough communication, you don't need so much compromise.

I hope that it works out for you, Slick.

[macwilkin]

good day ladies and gentleman.
the wife really dislikes me wearing kilts, her belief is that i'm swedish and that i have no business wearing the national attire of scotland. she may have a point? anyway she made me an offer, if i quite wearing kilts, she would buy me a new harley sportster. what a deal huh. told her i'd think about it. i have to admit it is a tempting offer, what would you do?

semper fi

slick

Show her these web sites:

http://www.calsoc.se/ (The Caledonian Society of Sweden)

http://www.sackpipa.com/eng/ (The Pipes & Drums of the 1st Royal Engineers)

http://www.electricscotland.com/sweden/index.htm (Electric Scotland's Sweden page which documents the historic and cultural links between Scotland & Sweden)

You might also mention that a number of Scots did serve as soldiers-of-fortune for the Swedes during the 30 Year's War.

See, plenty of connections.

T.

[Tattoo Bradley]

Nope. ESPECIALLY for a Sportster. SCOFF!

[Riverkilt]

Hmmm, wonder if she could imagine her reaction if it were back in the 50s and you were making her a similar deal to keep her from wearing pants...?

A friend of mine got his Harley by first visiting hang glider shops and bringing home brochures on hang gliders...going to the library and checking out books on how to hang glide...he let that sink in deep and then sort of wondered aloud if maybe a Harley would be a better way of feeling the wind...his wife URGED him to buy the Harley.

I'm lucky, my lady met me kilted and has never seen me in pants other than old photos.

Ron

[Kiltedfirepiper]

at least hold out for a nighttrain or maybe go full out and get an ultra classic full dress! ( stereo, cruise control and everything else under the sun......roughly 31K but hey .....how bad does she NOT want you wearing kilts?) if her only reason for you not wearing a kilt is its the dress of scottish men, tell her she needs to talk to my hispanic friend that plays the bagpipes, and let him know what he's doing is wrong.

is there something deeper going on here? how often do you wear it out? do you get female attention when you wear it? does that possibly bring out some insecurity for her? if you wear it out again ( before this deal goes through), my advice is that you lavish attention on her.. make sure that any women who might see, and or comment on your apearance know that you BELONG to her. men need to feel good about themselves too, and I dont know why but when I wear my kilt out for a night on the town, I FEEL more masculine, and that 9 times out of 10 translates to me........ umm...... for lack of a better phrase.....showing my wife how I feel so much so that
the encourages me to wear it out more often, as she will reap the benefits!

good luck and tell us how it goes ( maybe showing us pics of that that ultra classic! )


KFP

[Panache]

...the wife really dislikes me wearing kilts..., anyway she made me an offer, if i quite wearing kilts, she would buy me a new harley sportster...

I would ignore the offer of the Harley regardless of if I was going to continue wearing kilts or not.

what would you do?

I would work out the issue with my wife.

For some perspective:

The woman you love vs a garment.

Good Luck

Jamie

[Big Paul]

Make it a Fat Boy and we might be talkin'.

[Dirk Skene]

Not being a Scot is about as relevant as not being a baseball player so you can't wear a baseball cap.

[Robinhood]

What you need to do is buy yourself a
Harley (a real big one). Then buy an
8 yard tank.

Then if she says anything, tell her
you're going to start playing bagpipes.