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6th September 06, 07:24 PM
#1
 New from Memphis, TN
I have been just reading posts since joining a few weeks ago.
I have only recently started wearing a kilt. My wife is anything but supportive. She barely tolerates it and wants it reserved for renfairs only. She goes ballistic if I go without boxers. Advice on this from anyone but, especially from the ladies, would be appreciated.
I have a USA tartan from Sport Kilt and a solid black one I will probably reserve for formal occasions like theater, opera & nice restaurants. I have my eye on a Royal Stewart and a Gunn as well. Within the next year I hope to get up enough money for a full 8 yard Clan Skene.
I am very comfortable in a kilt and will wear one anywhere except to Mass which could be a distraction from true focus, and work where dress code would not allow it for "customer expectation" reasons.
This last weekend we went with another couple to dinner at a very nice restaurant downtown & the other fellow & I both wore our kilts. I did not know till recently that he even wore one.
Within the next week I hope to finish my profile on this site by putting up my pix & contact information.
I am glad to be part of the group. 
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6th September 06, 07:54 PM
#2
Welcome from a Scot in Japan.
My Grandmother didn't approve of the true Scotsman (regimental) thing so my poor old Grandad had to suit up as it were.  Point being that traditional old Scottish ladies even have a problem with it! 
Good luck in your kilting!
In Scotland, there is no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes. - Billy Connolly
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6th September 06, 08:08 PM
#3
A hearty welcome from Ohio! Many here have to deal with similar situations. I would ask her what specifically bothers her. Show support for her concerns but explain why you enjoy kilt wearing ( comfort, wanting to look nice for her, testicular health etc.) Communication is the key. Some people can be worn down such as other family members, when they see that the kilts aren't going away, and that it is a non-issue with most other people. Just my two cents.
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6th September 06, 08:13 PM
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Welcome, glad you're here. If I may comment on your situation: Women are often very conscious of what others think of "Their Man". Now if her friends thought that your kilts were great then she in turn would perceive them as great. So the answer is to encourage all of her friends to ooh and aah over your kilts and you'll be set. O'Neille
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6th September 06, 08:16 PM
#5
Welcome to X-Marks and the addiction!
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6th September 06, 08:18 PM
#6
Welcome to the boards. I'm only about 4 hours west of ya.
Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad
 Originally Posted by Dreadbelly
If people don't like it they can go sit on a thistle.
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6th September 06, 08:31 PM
#7
Welcome!
Great to have ya!
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6th September 06, 08:57 PM
#8
Originally Posted by dirkskene
I have been just reading posts since joining a few weeks ago.
I have only recently started wearing a kilt. My wife is anything but supportive. She barely tolerates it and wants it reserved for renfairs only. She goes ballistic if I go without boxers. Advice on this from anyone but, especially from the ladies, would be appreciated.
I have a USA tartan from Sport Kilt and a solid black one I will probably reserve for formal occasions like theater, opera & nice restaurants. I have my eye on a Royal Stewart and a Gunn as well. Within the next year I hope to get up enough money for a full 8 yard Clan Skene.
I am very comfortable in a kilt and will wear one anywhere except to Mass which could be a distraction from true focus, and work where dress code would not allow it for "customer expectation" reasons.
This last weekend we went with another couple to dinner at a very nice restaurant downtown & the other fellow & I both wore our kilts. I did not know till recently that he even wore one.
Within the next week I hope to finish my profile on this site by putting up my pix & contact information.
I am glad to be part of the group.
1. Welcome to the forum. I get to memphis 4 to 6 times per year on business. Perhaps a Kilt nite?
2. Don't let the kilt get in the way of your marriage, but slowly look for opportunities to expand your TIK (time in kilt). Hopefully your wife's objections aren't because you get more attention than she does.
3. Wear boxers, but cut across the crotch. you still get all the bennies of being regimental, with no red helmet from wool-skin contact, and reduced body oil on the kilt.
Convener, Georgia Chapter, House of Gordon (Boss H.O.G.)
Where 4 Scotsmen gather there'll usually be a fifth.
7/5 of the world's population have a difficult time with fractions.
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7th September 06, 12:23 AM
#9
walcome tae the rabble!
guid oan ya fur fin'in us!
ya may need tae remind yur lassie that troosers cause sterility....
yur maire o' a mon in a kilt!
slainte mhath
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7th September 06, 05:29 AM
#10
Welcome to the forum, from rural Virginia.
"A day spent in the fields and woods, or on the water should not count as a day off our allotted number upon this earth."
Jerry, Kilted Old Fart.
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