"I Wish I Had the Courage"

[fluter]

Another thought... tell him to ask the next 3 women he sees what THEY think of the kilt. THAT could help change his mind.

"My friend, I have two words for you: babe magnet."

[sharpdressedscot]

Another thought... tell him to ask the next 3 women he sees what THEY think of the kilt. THAT could help change his mind.

Unless they're negative thoughts, but I think there's a better chance of positive than the negative.

[saecoman99]

I have had several conversation with others when kilted one guy working at target thouht it was really cool but he said i'm not scottish. I told him you dont have to be and where to look to buy .

we wer out tonight for dinner and a young girl was asking me about mine
and thought it was cool and ask that question I get a lot why are you
wearing it and I just then because I like to and have several and wear
them all the time

[rollerboy_1979]

Courage comes from within and you can't GIVE them courage... they have to find it for themselves, within themselves.

Just ask the Cowardly Lion............

Unfortunately, that fellow probably never had the courage to do much of anything. It's part of that "victim mentality" that plagues some people....he thinks that if he wore a kilt everyone would be out to get him. I think that those of us who wear the kilt have no fear. I feel sorry for him because life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving (thanks for the quote Auntie Mame). Kilts are not for cowards.
RB

[Raphael]

If buddy needs courage to wear the kilt, he is not ready yet.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Rex is totally on point with his nine questions-- to which I would humbly add a tenth: "Would you and your wife like to join my wife and me, and a bunch of us, at one of our local kilt nights?" It says three things which he will possibly consider important:

1) you are not trying to pick him up.
2) wives & girl friends approve of men wearing kilts.
3) there are other guys out "there" wearing kilts.

You might also want to refer him to our presence on the web...

Also, and I guess this is a general question: how many of us, when out and about in our kilts, carry cards with our name and phone number, along with an X MARKS THE SCOT logo and the web address? Seems to me that this could be a fairly subtle recruiting tool.

[Drillagent]

I sometimes give my fellow soldiers the statistics I read about the Black Watch in World War I (The Ladies from Hell). These were all attributed to the uniform the Black Watch wore. Kilts. That usually stops the chuckles and wipes the grins off their faces.

The Black Watch
had the fewest casualties due to trench foot of all the allies
had the fewest cold weather injuries of all the allies
could march farther in one day than all the other allies
could march the fastest than all the other allies

[Drillagent]

Rex is totally on point with his nine questions-- to which I would humbly add a tenth: "Would you and your wife like to join my wife and me, and a bunch of us, at one of our local kilt nights?" It says three things which he will possibly consider important:

1) you are not trying to pick him up.
2) wives & girl friends approve of men wearing kilts.
3) there are other guys out "there" wearing kilts.

You might also want to refer him to our presence on the web...

Also, and I guess this is a general question: how many of us, when out and about in our kilts, carry cards with our name and phone number, along with an X MARKS THE SCOT logo and the web address? Seems to me that this could be a fairly subtle recruiting tool.

Where can we get these? I'd definately pass a few of them out.

[TheKiltedWonder]

I think the key to this is the fact that he seems to really like the kilt. So while Unfortunate Looking Bear can't force courage upon this fellow, Bear's example (and any other Kiltie's example) can help him view the kilt as a more socially acceptable garment. If "courage" is what he is lacking, then this could be the first step to him trying out the kilt.

[Livingston]

Another thought... tell him to ask the next 3 women he sees what THEY think of the kilt. THAT could help change his mind.

Ideally redheaded women. They just seem to be programed to like kilts.

Where can we get these? I'd definately pass a few of them out.

If you do a search on cards you will find that several of us design and print out our own cards.