Sister In Law thinks Kilts are not acceptable everyday attire.

**zeeew** · 30th June 08, 08:24 AM

Yesterday at a family gathering I was talking to my nephew about kilts, he thinks they are ok for playing pipes but thats about it. I told him kilts were around before pants, and that (for his personal beliefs) well known people from history didnt wear pants either. Hey, cut a robe in half, you have a kilt, sorta, and a shirt. But you still dont have pants.

**Morris at Heathfield** · 2nd July 08, 04:43 AM

Originally Posted by zeeew

I told him kilts were around before pants, and that (for his personal beliefs) well known people from history didnt wear pants either.

Eh, not really. You could argue that the kilt, in the form of the belted plaid, dates back to the late 16th century, but you could also argue that denim jeans, in the form of sailors' dungarees, date back to roughly the same period. Trousers go way back into prehistory, at least in Eurasia. The Greeks and Romans regarded them as the attire of barbarians (including the Celts, you know

), but when the barbarians took over (the Germanic tribes this time), trousers suddenly became fashionable. Somehow the Gaels missed the memo; if they hadn't, this site would undoubtedly not exist.

Either that, or we'd be wearing kilts over trousers.

**Big Mikey** · 30th June 08, 11:40 AM

Just to give a different perspective, many of you know that I have a most supportive spouse when it comes to kilting. A few days ago I had to wear p@#$% due to physical reasons. When my wife saw me she asked "Is everything OK? Why are you wearing p@#$%?" Ain't life grand?

**ardchoille** · 30th June 08, 12:32 PM

Good for you, you're going to wear the kilt regardless of what others think. With all due respect to your sister-in-law, she needs to get out more and learn more about the world.

**Rex_Tremende** · 30th June 08, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by jordanjm

Yesterday we went to my in-laws house to visit my wife's sister who is in from Michigan with her three boys. ...

Wasn't it your mother and mother-in-law who colluded on kidnapping your kilts once? Sounds like you are making progress!

Regards,
Rex.

**bigdad1** · 30th June 08, 04:05 PM

If she doesn't approve of a kilt every day she must not be an every day sister in law. Time to change that girl. I'd wear one more often if my work would permit me to. Only we know how comfortable they are.

**IrishGodfather** · 30th June 08, 05:41 PM

I wore my SWK Irish Nat. kilt to a family get together this past saturday night, and I was given a hard time by my aunt, who was down from New Jersey, but she did admit that I looked handsome in it.

**gilmore** · 30th June 08, 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by IrishGodfather

I wore my SWK Irish Nat. kilt to a family get together this past saturday night, and I was given a hard time by my aunt, who was down from New Jersey, but she did admit that I looked handsome in it.

A sister-in-law from Michigan? An aunt from NJ? Gives credence to the stereotype that Yankees have no manners to speak of.

**macwilkin** · 2nd July 08, 05:45 AM

Originally Posted by gilmore

A sister-in-law from Michigan? An aunt from NJ? Gives credence to the stereotype that Yankees have no manners to speak of.

Of course, a true Southerner wouldn't dare make such a stereotypical and ill-mannered comment about their Northern neighbors. (At least my Louisiana in-laws wouldn't).

:mrgreen:

Todd

**gilmore** · 8th July 08, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

Of course, a true Southerner wouldn't dare make such a stereotypical and ill-mannered comment about their Northern neighbors. (At least my Louisiana in-laws wouldn't).

:mrgreen:

Todd

Of course we would---and often do-- but not when Yankees can hear us. Hypocracy is the homage that vice pays to virtue.