Oh! Dear Delaware . . .

**andyfg** · 3rd July 07, 01:46 PM

Just got back from a few days camping on the Delaware coast. We have a couple of foster kids and they had not seen the ocean. Great time.

But . . . I have never had such hostility to the kilt! I would say that over the years of kilt wearing, by far the majority of comments have been favorable. Either admiration or interest. Not this trip. As it was camping, I just took a black UK mocker. Great for what was needed. But, not a single positive comment. Eyes rolled by older women, little kids making fun. Fishermen joking about men in skirts.

So, someone on Xmarks give me something to restore my faith in the good folks of Deleware!

**Tattoo Bradley** · 3rd July 07, 01:59 PM

Wow. That is really weird. :s

**McMurdo** · 3rd July 07, 02:02 PM

Well I have been through Delaware, but not in a kilt. Sorry there was such resistance, but I have one question for you, did you feel good wearing it cause really you can not make everyone happy, if you are happy, then you've got them all beat.

**RockyR** · 3rd July 07, 02:09 PM

All that tax free shopping has gone to their heads...

**andyfg** · 3rd July 07, 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by McMurdo

Well I have been through Delaware, but not in a kilt. Sorry there was such resistance, but I have one question for you, did you feel good wearing it cause really you can not make everyone happy, if you are happy, then you've got them all beat.

Always feel good in kilts. I don't think you can be a kilt wearer if you are bothered what folk will say (or think). Just unused to the level of hostility!

**andyfg** · 3rd July 07, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by RockyR

All that tax free shopping has gone to their heads...

That must be it Rocky!

**Woodsheal** · 3rd July 07, 02:39 PM

Where in DE were you, Andy? We'll be going to Dewey Beach in August, and I was wondering about kilt-wearing at the boardwalk in Rehobeth....

**Perldog007** · 3rd July 07, 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by andyfg

Just got back from a few days camping on the Delaware coast. We have a couple of foster kids and they had not seen the ocean. Great time.

But . . . I have never had such hostility to the kilt! I would say that over the years of kilt wearing, by far the majority of comments have been favorable. Either admiration or interest. Not this trip. As it was camping, I just took a black UK mocker. Great for what was needed. But, not a single positive comment. Eyes rolled by older women, little kids making fun. Fishermen joking about men in skirts.

So, someone on Xmarks give me something to restore my faith in the good folks of Deleware!

First things first - Don't come down to the Delaware beaches during the summer (not enough restrooms near the beach

) try early October/Late September.

Second Delaware does not have the 49th lowest SAT scores by accident.

Third, my modern kilt wearing has been met with about the same but have had a few positive comments whilst big bad and plaid.

Wish I could restore your faith, but right now it is up to me and one other nutjob in Seaford De who braids his goatee because he is bald like me and braiding his goatee is the only way he can play braveheart.

We will have a kilt night in Delaware this summer. That means I will be going to Irish Eyes in Lewes and trying not to get the traditional Scottish Craaap kicked out of me.

**Perldog007** · 3rd July 07, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by Woodsheal

Where in DE were you, Andy? We'll be going to Dewey Beach in August, and I was wondering about kilt-wearing at the boardwalk in Rehobeth....

Let me know. I can introduce you around a few places. Used to work the restaurant trade down there. Boardwalk perhaps. WIll give it a try and let you know.

Sounds like Andy was at Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes. Only Perldog007 can get away with kilting in Lewes. It looks easy when I do it, but it ain't easy

**Cirthalion** · 3rd July 07, 03:02 PM

I had an experience like that on Sunday, July 1st (Canada Day to we Canadians; but I live in Alabama presently so I don't expect anyone to give a damn about that).

Everywhere I went, except church, I was greeted with looks of dismay and contempt. The worst was one fat redneck bugger in overalls that stared at me across a restaurant dining room for ten minutes, with an expression of utter confusion: and of course, the confusion soon turned to contempt, because ignorant people don't like to come face to face with things they have never seen before, and thus have their limitations confirmed. This bastard was joined in much of the glaring by his wife, who seemed to regard me as some kind of crossdresser, even though I had a rabbit-fur sporran and a thick leather belt around my waist and a knife sticking out of my sock. I even heard her say something to the effect of "I ain't sure if that's a mayne ur a wuman" as I passed. I was tempted to flip up my kilt to make it clear for her, but better judgement prevailed. Some people.

Sorry to vent, but it was very unpleasant, and so I'm taking this opportunity to expunge it from my memory...

Ahh, that's better...

-- Cirthalion