Family objections to wearing your kilt

[Barclay]

Nobody from either side of my family has any particular problems - of course, I'm a combo of Scots-American and Scots-Canadian. My mom had us in kilts as wee bairns, so we grew up with and around it. Oddly, at my mother's funeral, though, we were all to be kilted and at the last minute my father requested that we all go in more "suitable" attire. It was only later that he said he wanted the attention on my mom, not on us. I can see and respect his point. In leiu of "dressing out", as my mom called it, at her memorial, we will when we scatter or bury her cremains.

As for the shaving of legs, I know a few rugby players that shave arms and legs as it helps minimize fiction burns (strawberries) on the pitch. You can discuss your percieved issues regarding their masculinity with them yourself.

[Barclay]

---"hey brother, I think you are supposed to leave the curtains behind when you check out of a hotel".

Sorry, but that is really funny. He may be acting like a donkey, but he gets *** for that one.

You know you have a true tank when you carry it out if a hotel and are accused of stealing the curtains!

[ForresterModern]

The best way, IMO, to deal with your narcissistic brother is to do what happened is to do exactly what happened -- ignore the comments.

Ignore the ignorance.

I have two older brothers, the eldest a successful pharmacist in the wholesale pharmacy business. The second is the problematic one (typical second child inferiority complex) but probably the brightest one in the family, just never put it to good use. As the third I got picked on, predominantly by number two, as an easy outlet for his frustrations as the second son, initially physically, then when I got bigger than him, verbally. He always has to have something about me to pick on--weight, losing my hair, my dress, my spouse, my car, my work, and now my kilts. After 45 years it has become easy to let the "water roll off the ducks back", although sometime I feel I am only feeding his disorder by not standing up for myself----in essence teaching him it is okay to pick on my by letting him do it, nearly always in family settings. Good thing is that that is the only time we ever see each other or communicate. One day their will be a comeuppance, when the time is right.

[2176agp]

I hadn't really considered wearing a kilt until my wife saw a guy wearing a UK with his girlfriend at the grocery store she works at. One thing lead to another and kilt #1 arrived.

On the other hand, my first wife NEVER would have gone for it. She even hated the fact that I had long hair!

While the rest of my family (M & P) haven't seen me in it, I know they'd freak. My sister is cool about it to. My wife's family, my in-laws as it were, will be cool about it too. But then, they're from British Columbia, and don't get much better than that.

Tony

[Nighthawk]

And we do have at least one 'pro' wrestler here, I wouldn't go up and demand anything form him.

There are more than a few competitive martial artists here- myself included. My new neighbor didn't know that I do the Celtic festival circuit until weekend before last, when she saw me sword fighting with my reenactment group. She upgraded me from "charming and eccentric" to just "plain nuts."

[tetley88mark]

i've only got a plain black casual kilt, i kinda wish now i'd got one with tartan but those are the breaks, i'll just have to save up and get another one =]

when i first got it my brother detested it, still does to some degree i think, my dad thought it was amusing and my mum just accepted it and let me be, my parents were kind enough to let me wear it for their 25th wedding anniversary renewal of vows and party, my dads side of the family seemed to love it, i had an uncle i rarely speak to strike up a long and indepth conversation about kilt wear which was nice, my mums side of the family seemed a little indifferent with the exception of 2 uncles who tried to tease me about my "skirt" then gave up when they realised they weren't going to get a reaction

i'm actually going out tonight to a birthday and night out round town, a few of my mates who have never seen me kilted have requested i wear it so i'm looking forwards to see how my friends react, i went out and bought a Ghillie Shirt this morning just for the look so we'll have to see how that works out lol

[MacKee]

I'm the only one in my family that's into kilts, even though we are full of scots. I don't mind, I put the wife and the 7 yr old wee lad in a kilt and we have a great time. I wouldn't mind my bro doning a kilt though...but there is no way, he just doesn't get it. Hmmm, I'm the only one who is interested in the family's scot history also...oh well.

[ziggy]

Actually I am already fighting this but making progress at the same time. My dad when I told him i would start wearing a kilt, he was just like "what would you do that for?" ...meanwhile my middle brother laughed at me....I found out last week though that is secretly saving up for one now, his girlfriend told me :P

Meanwhile my youngest brother would totally rock a kilt, just not pay for one...maybe a family gift?

[Strings]

Odd... my family has been incredibly supportive. Of course, the only ones I still consider family are open minded...

[Landon]

I just got a call from my mother after sending her a picture of me in my new kilt

As I recall, the conversation started off something like this:
"You wear that on campus?"
"Yeah..."
"No one beats you up or anything?"
"No..."
"Oh god..."

I guess it's not quite disapproval ;) But, we'll see if I get any hints to come pants'd for Thanksgiving!