Regrets

**GMan** · 20th August 07, 09:01 PM

Hell-o all,

Do any of you have any regrets about Kilt wearing???

I know I do, that I didn't start earlier in my life.

**ardchoille** · 20th August 07, 09:16 PM

Regrets? None

**adam** · 20th August 07, 09:32 PM

I do. My family is still opposed. Well, all except my sister-in-law. They should take the hint. I also still feel self conscious when I wear. But then, that feeling gives me a reason to stand taller as I walk by: I have the courage to be different than the herd.

My other regrets: A tank is so expensive. Even a more casual is a bit out of my price range. I also don't have enough planned retorts to the comments I get. I'll need to read up on em, and try to remember them.

**Clockwork John** · 20th August 07, 09:48 PM

I have the same regret as GMan. My parents took me to highland games as a child, and my dad used to sing me Wolf Tones and Chieftans songs as lullabyes. I've been steeped in my celtic heritage from birth (I even have a birth certificate in Gaelic somewhere), but only recently have I begun to identify with that part of my family history.

I wish I'd started sooner.

**Roan Carter** · 20th August 07, 10:33 PM

Lol, my dad called me a horse's *** when I wore my WPG Seaforth kilt to an appointment with my art department's dean. The school is a liberal arts college and I wasn't about to wear shorts.

Idunno. It'd be nice if my family would just shut up about it. I've been wearing kilts for two years now, and they're the only people that give me flack.

**sporranlegionaire** · 21st August 07, 12:31 AM

I don't give a hoot what my relatives make of it (though most don't consider it a big deal - just strange, as none of our line have ever been anywhere near a kilt). I always insist it's mostly for comfort. At 60, I'm surely old enough and ugly enough to set my own rules now. I do regret not having started kilt wearing a lot sooner in life. They possibly think I've an interest in the various tartans I wear as well, so should I ever resort to a plain kilt one day, that thought will also be shot down, and they'll probably think it even stranger.
I always enjoy being kilted when I go out - no regrets there - and being so prominently clothed has not lost its magic so far. I have excellent hearing and find the various comments passed between people, who are assuming I'm out of earshot, fascinating. None yet have been offensive in any way. But I'm always labelled Scottish in their comments. It would be a bit good if folk could one day recognize that not all in kilts come from Scotland. But the image is too deep rooted.
Just out of interest, are those who wear plain kilts dubbed Scottish just as much?
A woman in a tartan kilt is not always assumed to have Celtic origins, but a man in one is. Whatever happened to equality? Still, I suppose if you go around looking like your from that neck of the woods, people can be reasonably excused for believing it.