Another Question

[Redshank]

Absolutely! And the first round is on that chap over there who doesn't understand that gentlemen respect each other all the more after a spirited discussion.

You 2 can keep me amused for hours with your gentlemanly banter, it would be my pleasure to buy you both the first round.

[Schiehallion]

I have always worn my kilt without underwear. There is a very practical reason as it is almost impossible to answer a certain call of nature with having to pull down and hitch up underwear, whilst wearing a kilt. It's up to you but I have been told that, yes you should wear black in Highland dance competition as one dances on an elevated stage. The other time is in marching display pipe bands as their legs are brought to the square in slow march time.
As I said I never have worn anything below my kilt except for hose, flashes and shoes. If you want to feel safe why not try a black jockstrap first and get used to the feel of a bare bum. Then if you feel ready ...go for it... or without it!!!

[Copper]

I love my husband in his kilt. :-)

While I heartily approve (from a female's perspective) of him going regimental, I did make a strong *request* (ok, it was a demand) that when we are involved in Scouting functions, he has to wear something underneath. He bought navy and black boxer briefs just for that purpose. Same rule applies for our 12-yr old son when he wears his kilt.

Both of us are Scout leaders, and we want to avoid this even becoming a potential issue!

-Coppercarla

[Nighthawk]

I don't wear anything under my "regular" clothes, why would i wear anything under my kilt? It is just another piece of my attire. Don't get the wrong idea. I respect my scottish attire and really enjoy wearing it.

Larry Dirr

Yeah, same here! I find p@^ts to be binding enough without having even more material bunching around my tenders! It was a perfectly natural transition. There are times when I don't go reg, though, like on extremely windy days and the occasions when I wear my Sport Kilt. That's when I'm competing in some sort of athletics competition and there's the possibility of me falling down or kilt flying up.

I love my husband in his kilt. :-)

While I heartily approve (from a female's perspective) of him going regimental, I did make a strong *request* (ok, it was a demand) that when we are involved in Scouting functions, he has to wear something underneath. He bought navy and black boxer briefs just for that purpose. Same rule applies for our 12-yr old son when he wears his kilt.

Both of us are Scout leaders, and we want to avoid this even becoming a potential issue!

-Coppercarla

I have a pair of yellow Sponge Bob boxers that say "Freedom is not wearing pants." And no, I'm not joking! I Also have a red pair with a caboose on it that says "Cute caboose!"

[Bugbear]

I have a pair of yellow Sponge Bob boxers that say "Freedom is not wearing pants." And no, I'm not joking! I Also have a red pair with a caboose on it that says "Cute caboose!"

Shame on you, Nighthawk, and your little red caboose.

[AFS1970]

When I first started wearing my Kilt, I was lucky enough to have input in these matters from allot of good folks in my local Saint Andrew's Society. My wife purchased me a copy of So you are going to wear the kilt, soon after we were married, which brought up the matter and offered suggestions. I have worn my kilt without underwear and with different styles of underwear. If one normally does wear underwear, then I would say you probably will not be any more or less uneasy than if you wore jeans without underwear.

The different standards applied to Kilt wearers has often confused me. Were I out in public in trousers, no one would think it proper to inquire about my choice in under garments, much less to try and move (or remove) my pants in order to find out for themselves. Yet in my kilt, it is taken as a given that I am supposed to advertise publicly such choices, and many women seem to feel it their right or responsibility to check for themselves. I thought of this very issue in the thread about the student wanting to wear a Kilt to his prom, in that he told his principal that he would of course be wearing underwear. I thought that strange, as the boys in tuxes make no such assurances. To me underwear or the lack thereof is a personal matter, not to be discussed or displayed among gentlemen.

The main opponent to my not wearing underwear is my wife, who seems to think that I will make a day of flashing women should I dress like that. I have told her that with or without, I am still me and do not plan on intentional indecent exposure any day, kilted or not. I have a T-Shirt that makes the distinction between Kilt & skirt as being totally dependent on underwear. I would consider that T-Shirt to almost require regimental wear, lest it lead to some embarrassment, after an unwelcome Kilt check. My wife does not agree with me. Guess who wins that argument.

[Nighthawk]

Shame on you, Nighthawk, and your little red caboose.

I've been looking for a pair that say "Kiss me! I'm Irish." I think having that on my butt for kilt checks would be hysterical.

[MacBob]

It is a simple answer; a balance between personal choice and discretion. I am of the opinion that it is bad manners to have bare backsides on the furniture and I choose regimental or otherwise accordingly.
Happy kilting

[Jordan]

You 2 can keep me amused for hours with your gentlemanly banter, it would be my pleasure to buy you both the first round.

I agree completely and would offer the second round on me if such a situation were to occur.

Back on topic I started kilt wearing firmly in the Dude wears kilt= regimental/true Scotsman etc
however when I went down to Edinburgh to visit TFCK I got chatting to Howie who pointed out that not being regimental (with "Wee trews" or whatever you want to call them) saves having to clean your kilts so much more for the wool tanks not the lighter weight ones that can go in the washing machine UK's SWK's etc. So I’m at a cross roads just now not sure what to decide either way.

Just my tuppence make what you will of this.

Jordan

[Bugbear]

I've been looking for a pair that say "Kiss me! I'm Irish." I think having that on my butt for kilt checks would be hysterical.

Ok, Nighthawk, that's a very cute idea.

Here's what you can do if you don't find any; though surely they have those somewhere. Go buy some nice green boxer's- or what ever you prefer. Take them to a T-shirt shop, and have that print it on the undies in red letters.