You know guys I used to think that the sword world was strange, and I fit right in. Now I find this place, even stranger, and I still fit right in. You do have to be rather independent minded to wear a kilt in the US, particularly in the less populous parts of it.

I find it a fascinating addition to my continual observations of human behaviour. In Iowa, most of the time, noone says anything. When they do say something about it, mostly the comments are positive. Many men, however, are so busy trying not to look at you, and pretending not to notice that it can be very amusing at times. It would appear that many men think of it as a skirt, whether traditional kilt or not, and automatically assume that the wearer is gay. I find that immensly amusing as well, and have occasionally aided that misconception along just because of the amusement factor.

Mostly how people react seems to depend on you, the kiltie, and how you bear yourself in public.

And not everyone was blessed with the self confidence that many of us seem to have in overwhelming abundance. It can be cultivated, however, and this forum, and those kind of threads help with that, in my opinion.

I can see how it would be hard to relate to that if you had been wearing a kilt since childhood though. I'm hoping that my kids will have that same difficulty.