Originally I started wearing kilts thinkiing that I could wear them everywhere, greatly increase public awareness of the kilt, and like cell phones soon no one would want to be without them. However, I must ask myself - what if that day never comes? What if they never become mainstream? More to the point, why would men not all want to wear them?

First of all, I think that men should wear kilts because they are more comfortable AND they are fun AND I don't know about anyone else but I'm not all that freaked out if a gust of wind blows my kilt up in the air and someone sees my underwear. Geez....if that was my biggest problem then life would be easy.

Furthermore, I don't think I'm giving up anything at all. If someone talks to me and thinks I'm somehow a "weaker" person because I'm wearing a kilt they have another thing coming. I mean, I'm the same guy regardless of whether I am wearing shorts, jeans, or a kilt. You WOULDN'T like me when I'm angry.

I have had to re-examine my goals and I think my goal is no longer to saturate the entire Phoenix area to cause all guys to start wearing kilts - that's not realistic. Instead, I will saturate the entire Phoenix area with the image of a guy in a kilt so they won't have a heart attack or choke on their coffee when they see me coming around the corner. If kilts catch on...fine. If they don't....fine....at least I'll be having tons of fun in my kilts for the next twenty or so years.




Phil in the Sunny Phoenix Desert