Sister In Law thinks Kilts are not acceptable everyday attire.

**Splash_4** · 30th June 08, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by Howard Clark

The more you wear it, the more they all get used to it, and the better off everyone is. There will always be those with difficulties, but how you react to them is up to you.

Smile, wear the kilt with confidence, and people will be fine with it the vast majority of the time and places. It gets easier to ignore them all the time you wear your kilt.

Reminds me of a quote I learned in India.... "offense is not given, it is taken" I think this is the same with kilts. If you're happy, who the heck cares what those around think.

**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.

**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

**ixxo** · 2nd July 08, 12:12 PM

I'd argue the case for getting a new sister in law..

**IrishGodfather** · 2nd July 08, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Splash_4

Reminds me of a quote I learned in India.... "offense is not given, it is taken" I think this is the same with kilts. If you're happy, who the heck cares what those around think.

Well said sir, well said.

**davedove** · 2nd July 08, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by Splash_4

Reminds me of a quote I learned in India.... "offense is not given, it is taken" I think this is the same with kilts. If you're happy, who the heck cares what those around think.

Very true. We have no real control over what others say or do, but we have complete control over how we react to it.

**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.

**macwilkin** · 8th July 08, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by gilmore

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

So I guess you're not a true Southerner after all.

T.

**gilmore** · 8th July 08, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

So I guess you're not a true Southerner after all.

T.

No, I have lived in Atlanta far too long.

**Dukeof Kircaldy** · 8th July 08, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

So I guess you're not a true Southerner after all.

T.

Every time I am in the Southern US, I find the people are incredibly polite. In fact, now that I have traced my family tree and found that I had ancestors from VA, SC, and GA and mention this, I am treated like a long lost relation. In fact, I went to the Great Pedee River area and met a Martin (my family from that area) who did indeed call me cousin.

Wow!