Why should I wear a kilt?

[NewEnglander]

It started off as a way to honor my Scottish ancestors, but in the time since I've first wrapped a kilt about my waist it's also become the most comfortable type of clothing I own. But I still think my kin every single time I proudly put on my kilt.

[WClarkB]

It is a physical connection to a part of my heritage, and a good sight better than a ratty T-shirt that says "Kiss me I'm Polish" or something

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Rex has said it eloquently, so I have nothing more to add. The true question is not "Why wear a kilt?", but "Why not?", or "Why don't more men chose to?". And the answer to the last question is likely confidence in themselves and the desire to buck a trend.

[Sammac]

I started because of my heritage. But I soon found out that the more I wear the kilt the more I want to wear it. After a whole weekend kilted it feels weird to put p@nts on for work on Monday!

[Dixiecat]

People who care about me try to make me conform. (wear p@nts)
People who don't care about me ignore me.

I'd say you got it backwards. The people who care about you will be acceptable of you wearing a kilt. People who care about themselves are the ones who try to make others conform.

[starbkjrus]

Hello new guy. You are asking us to convince you why you should wear a kilt? That's entirely up to you.



You have not searched very hard. Here are two, but if you hang out here long enough, you will learn a lot about people's motivations and feelings behind why they wear their kilts.

Here are two:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/r...914/index.html

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/w...874/index.html

Should? Would? May? You've three different modal verbs in your questions, so it's hard to figure out exactly what you are asking. Should implies imperative. Would is conditional. May is possible.

You can assume that people don't know why they wear a kilt, but you would be wrong. You pretend to ask questions, but you don't appear to be listening to the answers. They don't fit your idea of sufficient justification, as though the reasons listed above don't matter.

The reasons for wearing a kilt are as varied as the people who wear them. It's not our job to persuade you to wear one. We can tell you the history of kilts, or we can tell you the benefits, or we can tell you the impact it's had on us, or personal meaning behind why we wear one, but you either want to, or you don't.

BruceBC has the best answer: it is your own.

You came here out of some sort of curiosity, I gather. Rather than us tell you reasons that don't fit your paradigm, why don't you tell us why you care at all?

Otherwise, I think it best for us to follow this advice:

Regards,
Rex.

Rex said it well...

Gentlemen, I think it's time to let this thread die. The OP is likely just trying to stir things up and we don't need that.

[Steve Ashton]

This guy joined at my invitation. He is a young computer programmer that I was talking to today and he said that not only had he never worn a kilt but had never seen anyone in his part of Orange Co. NY in a kilt.
He asked why would someone want to wear a kilt so I suggested he ask the rabble.

I don't really think this young man is a troll. Just a young person with an honest question.

[CDNSushi]

This guy joined at my invitation. He is a young computer programmer that I was talking to today and he said that not only had he never worn a kilt but had never seen anyone in his part of Orange Co. NY in a kilt.
He asked why would someone want to wear a kilt so I suggested he ask the rabble.

I don't really think this young man is a troll. Just a young person with an honest question.

Neat... That just makes me wonder what an OCC-made XMTS kilt chopper would look like... If we all chipped in a few grand we could find out, I'm sure.

[Larry124]

...I don't really think this young man is a troll. Just a young person with an honest question.

[Bugbear]

... it seemed more of a "religious" thing to me...

I don't know of any religions that call for the wearing of the kilt. I do know of a few people who have included the kilt as part of... personal, ceremonial vestments, perhaps.

...Either way it goes, wearing a kilt in public is not an option for me. Maybe to certain events that call for them.

Well, there's no reason that you should wear a kilt then. You are free of the burden of kilt wearing, and you won't have to be worried about people telling you that you are wearing the kilt incorrectly or that brings shame to the Scottish traditions.

When I first joined the forum, I wore the kilt as often as I could. As I learned more and more, I backed off that. Now it is very rarely that I wear either my traditional or non-traditional kilts. I've even considered whether the kilt is right for me.

I couldn't have done that had I not gone through the fires of the learning process etc.

The other side of this is that I have found friends here, started a tartan based, social group, and even discovered there is a tartan that is... best for me, or that I could say means something deeply a bit like a Scot might feel for his own clan tartan.