Most 'kilt-friendly' occasions?

[Kylahullu]

Had to think about this.
Having used a kilt for less than one year now I have had mainly positive occasions. Those not so positive have needed a bit of sense of humour .

Those needing a sense of humour have been:
- One not-so-close relative in a family gathering saying: "So, you have came out of closet". Hadn't spoken with him for about 20 years, looks like no need to have any conversation with him during the next 20 years either.
- Walking in Riga (Latvia), seeing (late) teenage girls having their eyes widening open and bursting into laughter after getting to my back. Well, seemed like Latvian people do not recognize a kilt as a male garment. The adults were more polite but seemingly wondering my garment.
- Strolling on a Portuguese local market place in a small town. Some women had some kind of own fun over my kilt. I just smiled.

Otherwise the experiences have been kilt-friendly. Amongst those experiences have been:
- A birthday party of a friend of a friend. She was 80.
- Many daily walks and visits to food and other stores in my home town.
- Midsummer party in an inn with about one hundred others. A mother asked me to tell about the kilt to her early teen son. Many conversations over the kilt.
- Attending an opera in a medieval castle in Savonlinna.
- A couple of bus-trips to Estonia and one to Latvia. Some partly kilted and one week-long fully kilted.
- Attending (as a spectator) a Highland Games in Finland.
- A 10 day trip to Portugal. Most of the time in Sintra and a couple of days in Lisbon. All time kilted the flights included.

My experience has been that when using a woollen tartan kilt (Roxburgh Red 8yd) it has been easier to be recognized as a male garment than wearing a black one (8yd budget kilt from Buyakilt). So most of the time I have been using the woollen one. During the visit to Portugal I used the black one on the hikes during the day and changed to the other for the evenings. Either way, there was at least three people a day asking to take a photo.

This summer I have had many friendly conversations, with totally strangers, that have started over the kilt and continued to other interesting subjects. I think I will continue kilting.