Woman Laugh but Men are Arrested

[gealach]

I hope you allow me to have an opinion.

Although your opinion is none of my business: Did I imply anything?

I merely stated my own opinion on your "Tradition??? What tradition??? It's the current year!" argument.

[ItchyTick]

Happened to me this morning (Tartan Day) while getting my morning coffee at WaWa.

Not all uncommon happening while I have been wearing one of my kilts. I get a laugh out of it, but my wife has gotten irked at a few overly aggressive women over the years.

[Geoff Withnell]

Happened to me this morning (Tartan Day) while getting my morning coffee at WaWa.

Not all uncommon happening while I have been wearing one of my kilts. I get a laugh out of it, but my wife has gotten irked at a few overly aggressive women over the years.

My wife as well. I remember when on a crowded New York City sidewalk, a woman grabbed my arm and exclaimed "I love a man in a kilt!". Whereupon, my wife pulled me away and replied "So do I! This one! Get your own!"

[dcommini]

My wife as well. I remember when on a crowded New York City sidewalk, a woman grabbed my arm and exclaimed "I love a man in a kilt!". Whereupon, my wife pulled me away and replied "So do I! This one! Get your own!"

I've never had that happen, but I do remember one time, shortly after my wife and I were wed, that we went shopping at a bookstore that was going out of business. I was of course kilted. Since the store was closing they only had one cashier working, so the checkout queue was a little long. I'm thinking nothing of it, just enjoying being with my new wife and talking as I do, but everytime I shift slightly forward I notice that the woman behind me is getting closer and closer to me. I wasn't even taking step, just moving slightly as I was talking to my wife. I just figured that the woman was anxious to get her shopping done.

But my wife took note of her. Apparently, this woman couldn't take her eyes off of me the entire time we were in line, and she would move closer everytime I looked like I was going to take a step. By the time we left the store the woman was almost touching me, and my wife was glaring daggers at her, but still found it slightly amusing.

[Benning Boy]

I've related this before, but when in Chicago for a concert I wore my favorite kilt done in Holyrood Golden Jubilee and The Kilt Kut jacket from Freedom Kilt. I got many compliments, with one woman giddily asking what I wore under it. My answer really got her going.

At Symphony Center, as we filed by the ticket takers, much as you describe in the store dcommini, in a slow suffle, an older woman talking with a man I took as her husband, broke off her conversation with him, took me buy the arm, and told me how much she liked a man in a kilt. The husband had a very irked look on his face. Another younger woman walked by accompanied by a man. She sang in a very operatic style, "I love the kilt, I really love it, " ending on a high note that could have been heard a long way through the building."


Once while shopping for groceries when kilted, I heard a tiny woman's voice behind me telling how much she loved the kilt. I turned and almost knocked down a small Hispanic woman practicably touching me.


So far no woman has tried to lift my kilt, although I think one woman at a party was getting pretty darned close to doing it, but some have been very impressed by one. I'm not sure I'd ever seriously protest if a woman did. I'm not the bashful sort, nor easily offended. I guess as they used to end nearly every discussion at dear old Benning School for Boys, it depends on the situation.

As for my wife, she seems to take the comments and interest in my kilt by other women as an affirmation of her choice in men. She says I look very handsome kilted, and likes to be seen with me when I wear one.

[Mike M.]

Gentlemen, why is kilt wearing constantly associated with going 'commando'?

I read a memoir of an American who flew with the Eagle Squadron in World War II...after signing up with a Canadian Highland unit. He claimed that they did go commando, for ventilation in case of a gas attack.

Believe or disbelieve at your discretion.

[hector]

Sir, this was WWII, although cruel but short period in time with no specifically related to a 'highland' dress 'tradition'. If people see in this a kind of justification to explain the reasons to go commando I have difficulties to understand their logic.
But I respect the freedom of each to decide to do whatever he wants. The somewhat disappointment in this is that people in general see in each kilt wearer a man without underwear.

[derosa]

I'm just always surprised at how many people actually have an issue with questions or attempts, only time someone came close to making an out of line comment it was an older gentleman at colonial Williamsburg and he was saying it as a lead into a joke. His wife just rolled her eyes at him. Half the time I wear mine I'm wearing a clergy shirt and collar with shoes, socks and sporran and I actually never get a comment. The other half its a kilt with t-shirt and sneakers and shorter socks; that look does get occasional comments about liking the kilt or references to kilted relatives or past family members. On all too rare occasions I ditch the clergy shirt for a waistcoat and tie for an evening with the wife and rarely have anyone say a thing to me, usually just smiles and nods. Actually makes the kilt a greater joy to wear, I can look like me and don't get hassled, could even count on my fingers the number of people who have commented with "nice skirt", I just reply with thanks and move on.