Anyone's spouse/significant other vehemently opposed to you kilting?

[Nighthawk]

Isn't the internet cool? You can bust into a thread and insult everyone's wives, and they can't do anuthing about it!!!

It's not about "ownership". It's about caring enough about another person to have an opinion about what they're wearing. I don't remember anyone saying that they weren't "allowed" to wear one. Some of us have wives that don't like us wearing kilts. We're just in here talking amongst ourselves about that. We can appreciate that you're too cool to care what women think. The rest of us will just carry on with our little thread.

Hav Fun,
Java

The very first post says:

Has / does anyone have the experience of your spouse / significant other being vehemently opposed to your owning / wearing the kilt?

Just asking....

Correct me if I'm wrong here... but doesn't "vehemently opposed" mean the same as "not allowed?" And then there are the numerous posts about wives who refuse to be seen in public with a spouse in a kilt. That's a wife saying "You're not allowed to do that, and I will punish you for it." I don't tell my wife how to dress, and I expect the same respect in return. Not allowing a grown man to dress himself, especially if the manner of dress is perfectly appropriate, it shows a blatant lack of respect and need for control of the husband. Hence the comment about ownership. Now if I were going about my day to day life wearing a great kilt, Renaissance period shirt, and buckle brogues... that would be a little silly. And I could see objections. But a normal modern kilt? If you don't like me wearing it, then that's your issue, and you can get the he** over it. However, a lot of people don't like that attitude, and seem to think that instead letting me live my life, they have the right to force their views on me. That's the ownership issue.

So you see, not everyone's wives were insulted. The only ones who might have been are the ones who think they should control their husbands mode of dress. And if they take is an insult, well... the truth stings some times.