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18th October 08, 09:22 PM
#11
It's a self fulfilling prophecy...
The more you wear a kilt, the more it shows your confidence. The more your confident you are, the more you'll feel comfortable wearing the kilt.
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19th October 08, 03:00 AM
#12
 Originally Posted by RockyR
It's a self fulfilling prophecy...
The more you wear a kilt, the more it shows your confidence. The more your confident you are, the more you'll feel comfortable wearing the kilt.
Well said Rocky.
[I][B]Nearly all men can stand adversity. If you really want to test a man’s character,
Give him power.[/B][/I] - [I]Abraham Lincoln[/I]
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19th October 08, 03:27 AM
#13
Gosh,I wonder if new Scots kilt wearers in Scotland go through all these agonies that you chaps go through? I am too old to remember!
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19th October 08, 05:17 AM
#14
 Originally Posted by Jock Scot
Gosh,I wonder if new Scots kilt wearers in Scotland go through all these agonies that you chaps go through? I am too old to remember!
All I can say is that wearing a kilt is way out of the norm here. So here is my X step process to the evolution in wearing a kilt out side of the UK.
Step 1) Can I wear a kilt?
Step 2) Yes, but can I wear it outside my cofort zone of my home?
Step 3) Yes, but what will others think of me?
Step 4) I want to find out (selfconfidence building)
Step 5) I will wear it outside to see
Step 6) I got a compliment from a stranger
Step 7) I liked it
Step 8) "Nice skirt" - grrrr, maybe I won't wear it again
Step 9) Ok, will wear it one more time
Step 10) Got a nice compliment from a hottie...
You have now experienced the power of the kilt and will buy more kilts.
Cheers,
Wallace Catanach, Kiltmaker
A day without killting is like a day without sunshine.
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19th October 08, 07:06 AM
#15
Last edited by Nighthawk; 20th October 08 at 04:24 PM.
"Two things are infinite- the universe, and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Albert Einstein.
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19th October 08, 07:07 AM
#16
 Originally Posted by RockyR
It's a self fulfilling prophecy...
The more you wear a kilt, the more it shows your confidence. The more your confident you are, the more you'll feel comfortable wearing the kilt.
Elegently restating my point! Have I mentioned that I like you, Rocky?
"Two things are infinite- the universe, and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Albert Einstein.
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19th October 08, 11:22 AM
#17
I don't have any self-confidence, so I don't worry about it when I wear a kilt.
I tried to ask my inner curmudgeon before posting, but he sprayed me with the garden hose…
Yes, I have squirrels in my brain…
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19th October 08, 11:35 AM
#18
Sport Kilt has a great line on their website, "A man in a kilt is a man and a half." Like others have stated, a kilt is a piece of clothing. It is though, far more cool than most of the other pieces out there. If someone is going to be a trend setter, why not me or you? Someone has to do it, and the kilt sure makes things a lot more comfortable doing it.
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19th October 08, 02:01 PM
#19
I remember the first time I wore a kilt "out," not just out of the house mind you, but away from home. It was my first Sportkilt, pleated to the gather, no tartan I could name; really an experiment for me. I wore it for what it was "intended" for, after parent/child swim lessons at the local YMCA. Another dad I had struck up acquaintance with looked at it in the locker room and asked "Is that a kilt? That's cool." I never looked back.
Bob
If you can't be good, be entertaining!!!
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19th October 08, 10:38 PM
#20
Once again brother Night is right...
I'll not dwell on the merits of confidence training, I've always thought that those of us who are interested in that sort of thing do it anyway, least ways that's what I've found true from riding a bull, to jumping off perfectly good and supportive cliffs with nothing but a wee tad of rope.
Last night I was in Linens and Things, dragged in by the wife due to the going out of business sale, and I met up with a friend and associate who happens to be the local wig in the SASSA (single action six gun shooting association). This guy is a Marine, a hunter, a re-loader and a military historian. I think his moniker for SASSA is Rancid Roy, so he is not a lightweight by any means. His first reaction to seeing me Kilted was something like "very cool, you wear that well", the second was " I've always know you were crazy...but in a good way" the third was "you've got a bigger set then I do", this from a guy who was a FAC in 'Nam.
The point is he went through several stages very quickly; Admiration (here's a friend wearing a warrior's garb) to rationalization (but he's always been a little off), to justification of his perception of why society allows one person to do something another will not (bigger stones).
None of this had anything to do with my confidence, but rather his perception of me through his frame of reference. My guess is that most people (men) would wear a kilt if they viewed it to be with in their societal comfort zone. And of course, there are those of us who don't care what society thinks, we are going to do what we please as long as it is not illegal, immoral, or too fattening...
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