Seeking experienced advice on wearing and caring for the kilt

[Father Bill]

Ha! Advice you want, advice you'll get - this is sure the forum for that!

My own take is that a good quality heavy-weight kilt should not be worn to paint the bedroom or to muck out a 62 year old stable. Other than that, it should stand up pretty darned well!

Having said that, just take out the basting (!) and your wife's advice is actually not bad for a whole different reason. By wearing it around the house you'll discover how high / low to wear the sporran, how to keep your sgian from sliding about, how to keep the kilt from sliding down your belly, how tightly you like the buckles done, and... (especially this!) you'll receive advice from SWMBO on how to sit in the darned thing on chairs, couches, stools, car seats, etc. etc. etc. It's a learned skill, and her own advice and example (good excuse to get her to wear a sexy short skirt for the next few weeks) will help you to learn how to do so gracefully, modestly, and with masculinity.

(Hint: take a look at Rocky's videos, http://www.usakilts.com/information-...education.html and learn to pull some material forward as you sit, shove it down between your legs, and dump the sporran into the "slot" to keep it modest.)

Cheers, and congratulations!

Mmm. Post scriptum: the other reason for asking her to wear that sexy miniskirt is that you want her advice about when she thinks you're ready to take it out for a "field trial" to the corner store or the office.

[Andrew Breecher]

I've worn my "tank" for both mountain climbing and carpentry ( ) and it still looks fresh. I've worn it as part of a 5-kilt rotation for three years of kilt-only daily wear and it still looks fine. Think of it as a suit - you'd wear a suit to work for years, and still wear it to an event that you'd want to look dressed-up for. In fact I would go so far to say that if you wear it more often you'll look more comfortable during the wedding, because you won't be wearing it as a "costume" but as simply something you're used to wearing.

That said, you have to pick your battles with SWMBO. I'm also married to a redhead, so I feel your pain^H^H^H^H good fortune!

[Macman]

I hear what you're saying and agree with the other posters. I will, however, tell you my story. I owned my first kilt for 30 years before I got my second kilt. I then decided to get a new kilt to wear to my wedding when got engaged 12 years ago. I gave my dad my old one. This was my second marriage, and my friends and family were all older and more responsible than at my first, so my "stag" consisted of a nice dinner at a local brew pub. I was dying to wear my newly-received kilt to the dinner, but my dad convinced me not to because the wedding was only a few days away. Good thing! I was sitting at the end of a long table, and when one of the attendees (I think it was my eldest son) got up to go to the washroom, his legs accidentally lifted the table and I ended up with a couple of pints in my lap. Take from this what you will.