Some postive spouse response

[MacHummel]

All I can say is my wife is so super supportive of kilt wearing she helped me start a business, she loves it, we did have a child shortly after we got married.

[nixphotography]

You know guys the one thing about your wife already being mad and you(or I), and being in the dog house is that she's already mad so why not keep wearing it. Once she get back happy with me she'll be used to it.

Just an observation.

Brett

[Barclay]

Since I've been kilted since childhood, I always kind of took it for granted that my SO was supportive, but in light of all the negative spousal responses recently I decided it might be time to ask. The response I got was an "Yeah! I like them." Followed by a sly grin and an "anytime you don't wear underwear is okay with me." Yep, I'll keep kilting.

[Blu (Ontario)]

My SO started out as the special occasions only type. By special occasion,that meant formal dances or dinners, h. games, weddings, and Xmas, and that's about it. It's taken several years and quite a few in-depth discusions but she now understands it's not a joke or strange affectation. Now she rarely makes a comment.

In my case the secret was persistance with patience ...... but with reasonable limits.

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[ckelly327]

I'm going to tempt fate a little bit and go to my mother's Christmas Open house kilted without warning my wife first. It's all friends and family but most haven't seen me kilted so I'm sure there will be a lot of good natured harassment. My wife is still on the edge of acceptance of kilts in every day situations. She lets me to church and dinners and other Irish related events but the daily grind isn't fully OK yet. Hopefully she'll eventually come around.

[dwg]

Well my wife is not keen, but just of late she has come to see me in a new light , I tend to dress down (a slob) but when I put one of my tartan kilts on I really dress up and try to look as smart as I can and now she will go out with me in a kilt mostly shopping but it's a good start


Derek

[Troy]

I'm really fortunate - my wife loves me wearing a kilt, and woe betide anybody who would dare to make a disparaging comment. How cool she is about it really hit home yesterday:

We getting ready to go to a party yesterday, and our (almost 8 y.o.) daughter came out of her room, saw me in my kilt, and said "Oh, Daddy, are you wearing your kilt?". She said it in a way that translated as "Oh, Daddy, why are you wearing your kilt?". I explained to her that it was a party for everybody, not just the kids, and that I like to wear my kilt to parties and other social gatherings, not just "special" occasions.

We got the impression that our daughter was a bit concerned about the way her little friends might react. Now, my daughter loves kilts and all things associated with them, but we all know how bitchy kids can be, and hate the idea of making my kids' lives more difficult that they need to be.

Straight away my wife took charge of the situation and explained that if any kids thought it was funny that I was wearing a kilt, then it was embarrasing for them, not us. She then went on to explain that if anybody asked if I wore anything under my kilt, then that was embarrassing for the person asking, because, after all, who wants to talk about other people's underwear?

She went on to explain that my kilt is a symbol of my (and our kids') heritage, and that people are allowed to wear whatever they want anyway. She finished it off by saying, "Darling, if anybody says anything rude or nasty, just say, "So what, my Daddy wears kilts, we don't make a big deal about it so why should you?"

God I love that woman!

[cgrinder]

My wife has been really great about everything. Yet she and I both are new to me wearing a kilt but she has been really supportive and even told me "It looks good." with an approving smile. She help me found the Scottish Firefighters Association and has been awesome about that as well. I don't know what I'd do if I was in some of you guys' situations. I think I would be discouraged as well. But knowing me it wouldn't last long and I'd be trying again. So to all my bretheren STAY KILTED!! int: