Quote Originally Posted by xman View Post
I too have a tendency toward sarcasm which isn't always the best thing with strangers, but not so much while kilted. I'm keenly aware that I'm noticed in the kilt and that I represent the kilted community so I'm usually more polite while kilted. It has made me more civil.

When the subject of underwear comes up from women I almost invariably turn it right around on them. "Why what are you wearing"?
From men I ask why they're so interested. It puts them on the defensive and I've got plenty of room to manoeuvre from there with, "Where did you hear that"? and "Ah yes, the old wives tales". I never answer.

The skirt thing ... I accept it. A kilt is a skirt. I don't care. Someone called it a dress? Whatever. I'm confident enough to wear it, I'm comfortable enough in my own skin. I don't need anyone else's validation. I appreciate it if it comes and say "thank-you", but I'm not about to get my panties in a bunch over it if it's the opposite.
That is why I tend to fight my sarcastic tendencies. The questions usually come from work and that is no place to get sarcastic. Some of the questions are actually genuine (usually the older people that I work with) as some have never seen a kilted person before. I wear it to work as often as I can get away with but there are over a thousand people where I work so some have never seen me in the kilt. My office is dedicated to my Scottish heritage so those in my unit know the story, thank God.

The skirt comment comes a lot of times from the opposite sex, so my ego interprets it as harmless flirting. I have mentioned a time or two that I have heard it called a Scottish skirt.

I've also seen some men at various Highland games wear T-Shirts that are overly responsive to what is under the skirt. I think the only T-Shirt I've worn is one that simply states "Real Men Wear Kilts".

Thanks for the reply