Have you ever forgotten you were kilted?

[pbpersson]

Well.....here's an interesting question - have you ever totally forgotten you were kilted and done something you shouldn't have?

I have been wearing my kilt as much as possible since around July 5th and it was bound to happen - I'm really pretty spacey.

I drove eight hours out to Santa Fe to meet some female Swedish cousins who were visiting the United States for the first time ever - didn't want to wear my Utilikilt while I was with them because I wanted our visit to be about family.

I told them about my kilt wearing and they weren't quite sure how to take that. Even my cousin who lives in Santa Fe had never heard of non-tartan kilts.

Anyway, last Friday night I hardly got any sleep and Saturday morning I walked all over Santa Fe with them so when I donned my kilt and hit the road around noon for my eight hour trip back home (regimental, of course) I was mighty tired.

I had bottles of coffee in the back seat I was drinking to attempt to wake up and I had stopped at a gas station in Albuquerque to fill up the car. I was finished pumping gas, I had a bottle of coffee in one hand and Advil in the other hand, I was tired and I had a headache and I just plopped down on the driver's seat.

Mind you, I wasn't even thinking...no butt sweep, no nothing. Also, since I was trying to fit my butt between the steering wheel and the seat I was rubbing on the back of the seat which made my kilt get really short.

I had no idea I was wearing a kilt until I was sitting and then realizing that NOTHING felt right I looked down and then said, "OH MY GOSH, WHAT AM I DOING??"

Fortunately, there was no one there to see me but......that would have been really embarrasing. I sometimes wonder if as absent-minded as I am I should be wearing a kilt? :confused:

[Kilted KT]

Nope, never forgotten I was wearing the kilt. Mostly because the people around me never let me forget!

[Southern Breeze]

Well, I do have a tendency for absentmindedly using ladders. I've never given anyone a show though.

[kilted in kleaveland]

Yup, Hot car. Even hotter vinyl.

[Freelander Sporrano]

The only times I can say that I've forgotten that I'm kilted is when I'm out for a walk and I wonder what people are staring at. Then I remember I'm kilted.

I happened to my wife too .We were out walking and she wondered what people were staring at before she remembered I was kilted

[MacWage]

Just working on something under a car.

BUT wasn't regimental at the time, no worries.

[Cawdorian]

If you forget to do the kilt sweep and sit down on on a cold metal chair, you will immediately be reminded of your memory lapse.

[Robin]

I'm always aware when I enter/leave a car, when I sit down, pick something from the floor, climb "open" staircases etc.

In the beginning (when I was a kilt-puppy ) I always asked my wife:
"all okey?" just to be sure all is fine. She now always checks my rear when I leave the car without asking her. When she's not around I always check the pleats myself. It's a routine.

[David Thornton]

Yep, everytime I am standing I try to slide my hand in my front pockets.

David

[RockyR]

The only times I can say that I've forgotten that I'm kilted is when I'm out for a walk and I wonder what people are staring at. Then I remember I'm kilted.

This happens to me a LOT... I hate when people stare at me (most times in public, I just want to be left alone) and it happens a lot when you wear a kilt. I guess it's kind of like being a Celebrity on a very small scale. People you don' know want to talk to you, take your picture, etc.

I can also give you a RESVERSE example. I had to wear a pair of pants while painting 2 rooms in my house. When I had to "relieve myself", I went into the bathroom. I stood there facing the bowl and bent down to lift the bottom edge of my kilt, but I wasn't wearing one. After that split second of "of crap... what do I do? I really have to go!", I remembered that I was wearing pants and that I had to unzip. Sounds stupid, but after your brain is trained in one way of doing things for a couple years, it becomes second nature!