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[davedove]

I'm still in the occasionally wearing stage. I first wore a kilt to the office on National Tartan Day, which generated a lot of "What are you wearing questions?" but no rejections. I then wore one with some friends to an amusement park and got a few "Oh my God! He's wearing a skirt!" comments, but most of my friends were just "Cool, he's wearing a kilt."

Now, I wear it from time to time and get all the "What's the occasion?" questions. When I tell them I just felt like wearing it, I get some confused looks, but mostly acceptance. Generally, the women just tell me how much they like it.

[Alan H]

I saw kilts at various Celtic music events that I go to pretty regularly and thought they looked good. "I can do that" sez I. So one day I was snooping around on the web and came across this website called X Marks. I read stories about other guys wearing kilts, and a couple of weeks later I shelled out the $$ for a Stillwater Black Watch. It arrived soon after to a chorus of "boo's" from my wife. I wore it anyway. Those boo's evolved into a one of my rare "You will not tel me what to do." sessions with my wife. I figure that I have the right to decide what I'm going to wear, and after I went head-to-head with her, she realized I was right, and stopped dropping her little comments. A fw weeks ago we went to the symphony and some guy dropped a few comments on me about having a "real Scottish connection" and she lit into him plenty good, right there. Pretty funny.

It's been seven months now, I own three kilts, will soon own three more, one of which I'm making myself. I think that might be enough! Then again, an 8 yard tank in the California tartan is mighty tempting!

I wear kilts to work and around town 2-3 days a week, pretty much whenever I feel like it. I don't wear them all the time, and that suits me just fine. If I know I'm going to be crawling around under someone'sdesk at work, for example (I'm the computer support guy) I don't wear a kilt. I don't wear a kilt while sailing, either.

This weekend I did a sailing race 25 miles down the coast with my association. I happened to finish in 3rd plce in my division so I got a little award. When I went up to get it, there was a chorus of.."What, no kilt?"

Pretty funny.