Knowing what we all know now ...

**mbhandy** · 24th March 06, 07:06 AM

Originally Posted by angerli

What IS this business about 58...? I started this year, too...at 58!!!!!!

Sandy

Me too!
But my 59th Bday is Sunday 26 Mar

Going to Lava Hot Springs for the weekend.

MrBill

**Kirkwood** · 24th March 06, 08:37 AM

Couldn't have worn one to high school, we had uniforms. Although every St. Patty's day I'd replace my uniform shirt with a green one. Caught a lot of crap for that. I don't think I had the cojones to wear one back then.

I would have worn one while I was in the Navy, but they closed the base at Holy Loch before I had a chance to get there. Back then I honestly thought Scotland was the only place to get kilts.

Thank God for the internet or else I'd still be wearing pants.

**Morath** · 24th March 06, 03:06 PM

Being directly from High School (not more than a year ago), I would say I would definetly not have any qualms about walking around the hallways kilted.

However, High School doesn't even hold a match to the place I'm wearing my kilt now... Just imagine the hazing you get walking around a USMC base kilted!

Still have no problems with wearin' one...

**Rigged** · 24th March 06, 03:28 PM

I've always been a couple of steps ahead of my peers. For instance, I wore an afro ten years before they became popular. I was a hippie before Woodstock and a Teenie Bopper before anyone coined the term.

And yes, I caught hell for being so unlike my classmates. I got into fights all the time, got suspended a couple of times.

On the upside, I tended to hang out with the smartest students, even though they thought I was weird.

So, a kilt would have fit my image in those days -- rebellious, forward thinking, individualistic, adventurous.

Most of my classmates from those days haven't changed much. I guess I haven't either.

**pbpersson** · 3rd July 06, 12:36 PM

Replying to an old thread.....I was doing a search on the word "shyness" and found this one.....

I am 50 years old now and there are three things that are today RIGHT NOW pushing me into wearing a kilt in public:

1. Kilts are becoming more widely accepted, they are seen on TV, etc.
2. I am more secure in who I am and don't need the approval of others as much - although I hope to find a support group of kilted guys here in Phoenix
3. I am wondering how many more years I have on this planet and thinking I should be having fun while I can!!!

However, I do tend to be somewhat shy so I don't know even at the age of 50 if I'm really 100% ready for this big change in my life. My kilt is on order and should arrive any day....I plan to venture out on Saturday and see what happens. If women scream and faint and the police come and haul me away for disturbing the peace or causing emotional duress then it might be my first and last time in a kilt.

When I first went out into the workforce as a young lad I was so shy I couldn't say "Good Morning" to the people I worked with - I just wanted to disappear into the woodwork. So....no....I could not have worn a kilt when I was younger and even now it feels like I am about to leap off the side of a cliff.

But....what fun is life anyway without some adventure?

Phoenix Phil

**Ugly Bear** · 3rd July 06, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by Derek

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.

If I knew then what I know now, I would not have been the same person. And I would have grown up to be a different person.

Taking the question at face value, the answer is no. I would not have worn a kilt to my suburban high school in the mid-80's. I would not have been ready for it. The experience would have been traumatizing, probably. But that's the thing: what would have traumatized my teenage self, the grown-up self I am today can take in stride.

Teenaged me and myself today would not have gotten on at all. But we're probably united in our disdain for elderly me, coming up in a couple more decades.

**Kilted KT** · 3rd July 06, 01:10 PM

I would have worn them everywhere...without exception. I am certain that when I was in high school, it wouldn't have phased anyone. I was kinda the fashion misfit of the whole school, simply becuase it wasn't that important to me to wear the right clothes. Still had good friends and fun times...

the kilt would have only increased the fun, I would have to say.

**Freedomlover** · 3rd July 06, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by pbpersson

Replying to an old thread.....I was doing a search on the word "shyness" and found this one.....

I am 50 years old now and there are three things that are today RIGHT NOW pushing me into wearing a kilt in public:

50? You are a mere pup.

1. Kilts are becoming more widely accepted, they are seen on TV, etc.
2. I am more secure in who I am and don't need the approval of others as much - although I hope to find a support group of kilted guys here in Phoenix
3. I am wondering how many more years I have on this planet and thinking I should be having fun while I can!!!

#1 is not relevant. Are you acceptable as a person? Betchurbutt you are. #2 and #3 are more to the point: you are secure in who you are, and (fact of the matter is) time is somewhat seriously shorter than it was 30 years ago.

However, I do tend to be somewhat shy so I don't know even at the age of 50 if I'm really 100% ready for this big change in my life.

Why not? Are you planning on getting younger? Friend, it doesn't matter what the proletariat thinks.

My kilt is on order and should arrive any day....I plan to venture out on Saturday and see what happens. If women scream and faint and the police come and haul me away for disturbing the peace or causing emotional duress then it might be my first and last time in a kilt.

I'd think that would be cause for a re-do. (You might also speak to your lawyer since any such hauling away would be a blatent violation of your civil rights).

When I first went out into the workforce as a young lad I was so shy I couldn't say "Good Morning" to the people I worked with - I just wanted to disappear into the woodwork. So....no....I could not have worn a kilt when I was younger and even now it feels like I am about to leap off the side of a cliff.

You'll hate yourself in the morning if you don't. Besides, have you ever seen a hang glider unwilling to jump off a cliff? BTW, it isn't as far down as you may think.

But....what fun is life anyway without some adventure?

Phoenix Phil

And there you have it! Don't lie on your death bed (50 more years from now) and pine over the time you almost took control of your life.

**Rex_Tremende** · 3rd July 06, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by pbpersson

...However, I do tend to be somewhat shy so I don't know even at the age of 50 if I'm really 100% ready for this big change in my life.

<Shrug>
It takes about two wearings, I'd say.

Good luck and enjoy!
Rex in Cincinnati, jonesing for his FK and seventh kilt ANY DAY NOW!

**Kiltman** · 3rd July 06, 04:39 PM

I would not have worn a kilt in high school. I would have been accused of all sorts of things. But once I discovered them, and began to know myself, I started to wear them a bit, in my late 20s, my 30s and my 40s. In my 50s and, now in my 60s, I wear them a great deal. I still look good in the kilt and any lass who says so to me is just one more reason to keep wearing this most manly of garments.