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18th April 09, 08:22 PM
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My wife thinks I'm off. She rolls her eyes and make comments like "a kilt, again?", as too my son, the 17 year wonder boy, who wonders aloud "why of all things a kilt?".
My family thinks I'm odd, but then they always have; I'm the only one who did any organized activities in High School or College and I Rodeoed semi pro for a while, They thought that was off as well. When I decided to pursue they ministry the really thought I had lost it. I remember my Aunt's reaction "You are going to do what?....why they don't make enough to spit at!" .....as if following a calling had anything to do with money.
I do have some supporters however, my Mum thinks its grand, she is especially fond of my Lindsay. One of my best friends thinks I'm dashing in the Kilt, and asked me to make sure I show up tomorrow to do a blessing for her earth day celebration in my kilt and formal attire.
Like Ron, I must follow the admonition "to thine own self be true", kilts are now a part of my life; like em or lump em, I'm gonna wear em! ith:
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18th April 09, 09:36 PM
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My wife prefers me in a kilt (in fact, she enjoys other men in kilts as well.) I asked her why once. Her answer was straight to the point. To quote my wife, she says "A man in a kilt is more self assured, looks better than trousers, and the swing of the pleats is downright sexy." We have been together over thirty years, and have seven children, and she still likes to walk behind me when I am kilted to watch the swing of the pleats. I am definitely blessed to have this woman as my wife.
The children on the other hand, have mixed reactions to the kilts. We have four girls and three boys. The three older girls like the kilt, while the youngest girl (who is thirteen) likes the kilt, but gets embarrassed when I wear it to her school functions (she thinks it is fine everywhere except school.) We moved from the San Francisco bay area to outside of a town of less than 1000 people. Ninety percent of the people in the area are of Celtic descent. So,...I try not to laugh when she says she doesn't want to explain our heritage and the kilts to her friends, this of course, will change with age. (On a side note, one of the school district's music teachers is the mother of Celtic violinist Hanneke Castle. She also has been my daughter's instructor for violin and guitar.) The three boys think kilts are cool.
Last edited by Highlander31; 19th April 09 at 02:23 AM.
Reason: Typo.
[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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18th April 09, 08:03 PM
#3
My wife and kids think I'm being silly. The wife does'nt mind me wearing them when we go out though she thinks it's just my middle age crisis. The kids (son who is 20 and daughter who is 18) look at me like I lost my mind.
But thats allright because I normally look at the way they dress and think they are crazy.
J. Robinson
Just your average kilt wearing redneck.
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18th April 09, 08:42 PM
#4
When I first got a kilt (Utilikilt), my girlfriend at the time was lackluster about it, but not disapproving. The only comment she made when I asked if she liked it or not was to the effect of "Well it gives me easy access". Besides that, I have always received positive remarks from women about the kilt.
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18th April 09, 08:45 PM
#5
easy access?
ha easy access? Ive only been with my wife for 9 years and access is a rare occasion in my world ;) I applaud you.
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18th April 09, 08:46 PM
#6
I love my husband in the kilt. I think he looks handsome and it puts us both in good moods. I wish he'd wear it more, but he's losing weight so his kilt fits a little off right now (not really worth the trouble to try "fixing" it right now, we'll just deal with it as he continues losing weight and eventually buy him better kilts when he's closer to his goal weight), and he wants to get better accessories.
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18th April 09, 09:01 PM
#7
My wife loves it when I wear a kilt. Her family likes it too. My family, not so much. Oh well, I don't particularly care what they think about the matter.
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18th April 09, 09:01 PM
#8
My wife absolutely loves the kilt!
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19th April 09, 01:12 AM
#9
errr... yep !
Best,
Robert
Robert Amyot-MacKinnon
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19th April 09, 01:55 AM
#10
My wife is a highland Scot who was brought up in a house where the kilt was worn by her family on a regular basis, so she KNOWS about the kilt.Which makes my life easy!
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