Perhaps,

[Livingston]

That's not the problem at all, Glen. At your age, you just don't hear as well as you used to so you're just not hearing them.

[McFarkus]

That's not the problem at all, Glen. At your age, you just don't hear as well as you used to so you're just not hearing them.

[Alan H]

All the positive comments have tapered off for me, too. I mean, I still get them but instead of hearing something every other time I'm out and about, it's more like once or twice a week, now. I still get the "bagpipe question"..mostly from older ladies, and the "special events" question from whomever, though.

[Une]

Perhaps people are so used to seeing you out & about in your kilt, that they do not pass comment any more, & Glen take no notice that it is your hearing related to your age

[Panache]

I think a big part of it is a person's own subconscious. When a person first goes out in a kilt, there is always that voice in the back of your head saying, "Hey, I'm wearing a kilt." This happens no matter how confident you are, because you are doing something different. Other people notice this, even if they don't realize what they are noticing. :

I heartily agree with Dave here. I think Glen that you simply wear your kilts so naturally that they just don't stand out that much to people.

I do think, as has been suggested, that many of us do like standing out and drawing a bit of attention. I call it my "inner peacock."

I don't have an "inner peacock", I have an exceptionally vain "outer peacock".

Cheers

Jamie

[Chef]

I am jaded and cynical, who knows. Yet I find myself not getting the compliments on being Kilted like I used to. I go to various places around town, and to different areas of the western US and nothing is ever said.

Should I be jealous of all the compliments you guys get?

Perhaps it is just old hat to me that I really don't hear the compliments, I mean after all these years.

I think it is partially the fact that people pay less attention to what others are wearing than they used to. Wearing a kilt doesn't make you stand out in a crowd the way it used to. Also I do agree that many people talk to strangers less than they did before. This idea got me thinking though and there are times I get more compliments that others.

I don't want to hijack the thread so I started a new one The Power of the Kid

This situation is quite normal in Scotland as the kilt is nothing new and the kilt is regarded as nothing more than what a Scot would wear,should he choose to do so.The rare comments that are passed are almost invariably from tourists.I am sorry to have to point this out to some of you ,but if you insist on wearing the kilt as a costume for everyday/evening wear, you will get yourself noticed and then the comments will follow.Perhaps that is what some of you want?

I've noticed that as well with one exception, when I'm at my home on Bute I get many comments from the older ladies, mostly commenting on how nice it is to see a man in a kilt.

Of course invariably I run into tourists who want a picture especially if I am dressed formally. It seems to happen the most when I am in the Glasgow rail stations.