Knowing what we all know now ...

**Derek** · 20th March 06, 10:12 PM

Knowing what we all know now about Cilts/Kilts, comfort/warmth etc, if you could turn the clock back, how many of us would have been prepared to wear them to school and/or as an everyday casual garment back then. To be honest I'm not sure if I would have had the courage/nerve to do so, but then I again theres something in me that says maybe I might have done so. I certainly admire the guys on X Marks who confidentally wear their Cilts/Kilts to school and out about in their general everyday activities.
Iechyd Da

Derek

**NewKilt** · 20th March 06, 11:43 PM

Derek, that is a very thought provoking post. I started wearing kilts at age 58. I not sure that I could have done so at age 18, 28, or even 38. Why? Probably because of peer pressure, and caring a great deal about what people thought of me, and how that might affect my career.

I think as we age, what people may think of us becomes less important. We become more confident in who we are, and where we are going. So, to the younger members of XMarks I have to say, well done. Your self-confidence and maturity may very well exceed your years.

Darrell

**Raphael** · 20th March 06, 11:50 PM

I would have done it when I was in university.

**Andrew Breecher** · 21st March 06, 12:43 AM

I so would have done it in uni, if not high school. I'm glad I've chosen to do it now, in the summertime of my life.

Andrew.

**herminator** · 21st March 06, 01:09 AM

I´m quite sure I wouldn´t have worn kilt at school, I was a very insecure person then! I wouldn´t have dared to draw attention to me, being an outsider and having jewish greatgrandparents (yes, that was a problem in my class!)

It took me 35 years, getting married to a wonderful woman against my parents wishes, being baptised strictly without their approval and a severe depression for me to become a kiltwearing man!

It was worth it, though!

**Schultz** · 21st March 06, 07:19 AM

Had I had the cash back in high school, I'd have definitely worn a kilt to school and as much as possible. It would've made my mother happier than seeing me in the ol' "studs-n-leather" punk rock attire, that's for sure!

**Jewddha** · 21st March 06, 07:36 AM

Well, for me, my kilt at school is almost the "studs-n-leather" to the "studs-n-leather" about, on account of there being so many of them, and so few of me.

**auld argonian** · 21st March 06, 07:38 AM

Well, I went to high school back in the middle sixties and it would have been an incredibly tough thing to do...it was a boys' high school and the really cutting insults were those that dealt directly with one's sexual orientation...in retrospect this is sort of funny because I've subsequentally found out that not a few of my classmates were, in fact, gay.

But the problem was that it was high school, we were all in our teen years and insecure and the times were different. You wore a sweater that was "too pretty" and you got called every derrogatory name for a homosexual you could think of...so you could only imagine what would happen if you wore a kilt. It was not at all fair but what do you expect from a bunch of puppies fighting for position in the pack order?

I knew a couple of guys who were active in Irish step dancing back in grammar school...they had kilts as part of their outfits...they got out of it right quickly by the time they got to high school. The funny thing is that now my own son knows a kid in his high school that has attained a bit of notariety because of his Irish step dancing...I bet that this kid thanks Michael Flatley every day of his life for Riverdancing in pants instead of the kilt. I would have never had the nerve to wear the kilt in high school...all credit to the guys who do it now..they have thicker skin than I had back then.

Best

AA

**mddock58** · 21st March 06, 08:09 AM

I was in HS in the 70's, insecure and not one to buck the norm.

Enough said, don't really want to remember specifics as to my fashion choices during those years.

**pdcorlis** · 21st March 06, 08:10 AM

Great Question! Well - I wish I could say YES I would have worn a kilt in high school and college but I have to be more honest than that. The truth is I didn't know who the H E double hockey sticks who I was back then... I do think I would have worn a kilt in my 30's and 40's but I was poor as a church mouse then. But... it all works out in the end and being kilted in my 50's is wonderful. Who knows - maby I get less grief since I'm an old fart in a kilt :rolleyes: