justification for underwear when kilted

**Copperheid** · 26th January 13, 09:05 AM

From an American female perspective here, and I may be way off base...I cannot imagine a man of any ilk NOT wearing underwear under anything, given anatomical features. Go figure kilts are looser than other varieties of attire, but still... On my side, I layer to avoid friction with bifurcation. Unbifurcated, I tend to avoid knickers-but at the same time, it is personal, and I do not advertise.

This thread of conversation would be interesting if gender X chimed in and began discussing the benefits, sensibility and side effects of wearing brassieres for the varied activity of life...Wear what is appropriate to what you are doing, in other words, THEN apply personal preference.

**neloon** · 26th January 13, 09:07 AM

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. FREEDOM!
Anyway, I've always been puzzled by the "nip-in-the-bud" metaphor since it's what gardeners do to encourage strong and prolific later growth.
Off topic? Maybe.

**neloon** · 26th January 13, 09:54 AM

Corinne/Copperheid,
It's very good to have female contributions here - they are always very sensible. Would the brassiere answer depend on which tartan was used in the construction of said garment - hunting, dress or ancient?

**Copperheid** · 26th January 13, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by neloon

Corinne/Copperheid,
It's very good to have female contributions here - they are always very sensible. Would the brassiere answer depend on which tartan was used in the construction of said garment - hunting, dress or ancient?

That would depend very much on what would be viewed in concert with-some variety of sensible over garment, or, if not, the contrast to the setting (skin tone) it was presented in concert with. Personally, I am a fan of the clarity and colour of Dress, but being of a rather pale nature in the setting department, perhaps the Ancient would be more appropriate...Though it would also come to comparison what other variety of tartan was being assumed, and whether it was being worn as a part of a Day or an Evening ensemble.

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**Babyvett** · 26th January 13, 01:45 PM

LOL This gender x can attest to the fact, when it comes to brassieres, regardless of activity, they must always be worn.. Otherwise, my bumpy bits would get road rash.. (sorry, couldn't resist)..

**rmckay** · 26th January 13, 02:02 PM

I don't talk a lot around here, but I certainly read most threads and I finally need to add my voice to this thread. Tonight I am going to an event where the hostess asked me to wear one of my kilts, so I will certainly do as she has asked. One of the other guests, who works with my wife, has asked her multiple times if I would be wearing underwear. I told her to tell him that yes I would be. I try to do my best to use common sense with this topic. While the freedom associated with not wearing anything under the kilt is great, there are times I just don't think it is practical. This is a function hosted by a doctor that my wife works with all the time and there will be other doctors there as well as guests. To me this is a time to use decorum and not let my wife be embarrassed by someone seeing stuff that they shouldn't see on accident. Now when my close friends and I back in my hometown gather up and we are all sitting around in our kilts, I will most likely not be bothered to be wearing anything underneath. It just seems to me that this is an issue that should be treated with common sense rather than an I never do or I always do.

Hope my rambling makes sense

**Copperheid** · 26th January 13, 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by Warpfactorx

LOL This gender x can attest to the fact, when it comes to brassieres, regardless of activity, they must always be worn.. Otherwise, my bumpy bits would get road rash.. (sorry, couldn't resist)..

Well, to the defense of some men, I do know a couple of kilt wearers to which I will give kudos too on the side of "sense" whilst kilt wearing. Gravity is kinder to them than to us in some regards, as well. Personally, my "bumpy bits" prefer minor friction to pressure (and I to strap friction!), and my anatomical cantilevering being very much limited, I can abstain from the preconceived notions. One must always be conscious of the viewpoint of those about when preferenceing comfort to assumption and, ultimately, expectation, to be sure.

**Chainsaw02** · 26th January 13, 05:59 PM

This has been a really interesting discussion. We have the "dos", the "don'ts", the "maybes", the "sometimes" and great opinions about each of the above. Life is certainly very short so live it the way you want and try not to hurt anyone in the process. By the way, you will always offend someone no matter how hard you try not to.

Larry Dirr aka Lord Chainsaw of Maclaineshire