What if your wife does not like your kilt?

[Kilted cabin boy]

What if your wife does not like your wearing a kilt? I know that for many of you that grew up wearing kilts and can trace your family back to a wee village in Scotland, the idea that your wife does not like your kilt is crazy.

In my case, my connection is not so close.I am Scotch-Irish on my mother's side,but that's about all we know,except my 5 great grandfather left Ireland in the mid 1750s with the clothes on his back and a set of bagpipes.Unfortunely the bagpipes were lost in a house fire some 70 years ago.

So for this 55 year old,when I told my wife I wanted a kilt,I got the look.You know the one you get when your wife is trying to decide if your kidding or crazy.

I like to hear from theses with the same situation. Did your wife come to accept it or not?

[flyrod6057]

About 15 years ago, I had a similar experience. Today I own a number of kilts, including two I stitched myself. Let us say that the sight of her husband in a kilt no longer registers as unusual to my wife...

Pursue your dreams. If a kilt is one of them, so be it. She'll come around. However I must warn you: kilts are addictive. You'll see what I mean.

[Plaid Draftsman]

I know the look. The same thing happened to me. I have had my kilt for a little over a month now. The first time I wore the kilt in public we went to eat dinner with friends whose husband was also donning his kilt for the first time. After dinner we took pictures at the restaurant and left. That was when our wives could not stop laughing at us. After 3 girls in a car beep and waved at us our wives were laughing so hard they almost wet their pants. We had a good laugh too, because they were acting so goofy. I have thick skin so it did not bother me much.

I figure she is going to have to get used to it because I am going to wear it places. My 7 year old wants me to wear it to some of his baseball games. I won't wear it everywhere, even though i would like to, but I will try to wear it a couple of times a month. Others have said the wife gets used to it. I hope so. Good luck.

My first big test is this Friday. I am wearing the kilt to work for St. Paddy's Day. Hope it goes well. Wish me luck.

[Wil]

I know the look. The same thing happened to me. I have had my kilt for a little over a month now. The first time I wore the kilt in public we went to eat dinner with friends whose husband was also donning his kilt for the first time. After dinner we took pictures at the restaurant and left. That was when our wives could not stop laughing at us. After 3 girls in a car beep and waved at us our wives were laughing so hard they almost wet their pants. We had a good laugh too, because they were acting so goofy. I have thick skin so it did not bother me much.

I figure she is going to have to get used to it because I am going to wear it places. My 7 year old wants me to wear it to some of his baseball games. I won't wear it everywhere, even though i would like to, but I will try to wear it a couple of times a month. Others have said the wife gets used to it. I hope so. Good luck.

My first big test is this Friday. I am wearing the kilt to work for St. Paddy's Day. Hope it goes well. Wish me luck.

WOW, to WORK!!!! Good luck brother, I am sorry but my balls are not made out of steal and I do not think I could go to work kilted. I would be as red as a tomato all day. Let us know how it goes and post some pics.

[Wil]

I just wanted to give my 2 cents in on this topic.
I went to my wife about a year ago with this idea of being kilted. I went to her and took in "my meek and lowly hands" my family tree, from it we can trace from about 942AD until today, being a McFarlane and a Shaw she already knows that I do not let loose of ideas that easy. But she also being ScotIrish I "allow her" to win the arguments (because I enjoy sleeping at night ). I took her this idea of going to the Highland Games at Stone Mountain kilted. She loved it and asked if any of the boys also wanted to join in. One of the boys did and the other just wanted a new baseball cap. So I spent the next 3-4 months researching, ordering and planing this one day outing. I jumped onto youtube in order to learn how to tie my ghillie brogues and where your kilt pin should exactly go...... The day came and my youngest was the first to "get kilted" he looked great and enjoyed the fact that he and I would be matching for the day. I was next, I came out of our really my wifes dressing room (because I wanted to dress in private), as I thought about my family and the last time a grandfather might had been kilted. I really wanted to think about what I was doing and what I might be saying whilst getting and going about kilted. I walked out and she said...."Babe, you look HOT!" Well we had a great time and the day was quite fun.
Recently I added to my kilt, I purchased a Montrose Jacket, Fly Plaid, Brooch, Jabot & Cuffs. First class all the way for a dinner, a few people asked where I hired my "outfit" and prior to me saying anything she was the one that would whip around and tell my entire family history and that what I was wearing was our family story/history not "fancy dress". I really think that was a lot for her that night, because she did say how she liked the "dressed down, kilt" if she had to choose one, over the very formal highland dress.
I try to get my kilt out and wear it at least once a month and normally as long as I am not in the fromal highland dress she is fine, but we are just now coming up on our 1 year kilt anniversary. It is a understanding that is growing, she sees what I see and that I enjoy sharing my family history with our childeren.
I have placed an order for my 2nd kilt, I can say got the look....... lol Good Luck!

[Stan]

Bravo..!! and I loved your story. Kilts are fun, and can help ( and in my opinion do) MAKE any occasion an event. It's just great to hear another great (I think that they are all great) kilt, and kilting story...Good on yu..

[Plaid Draftsman]

Sorry Wil I'm just reading this now. Work went great I was not embarrassed at all. I was all ready for all of the rowdy comments and/or snickers but none came. The engineers in the office liked at and one guy said he has a friend who wears them a lot. So things were pretty well accepted. My boss even took the pictures I am going to post. He had to take them to show his wife to prove he was not lying about me wearing a kilt to work. Next month I will try again without St. Paddy's as the reason. Here are the pics. Hers for luck next time.

[MNlad]

Glad it all worked out at the office, McScott. It looks like that gray place needed some color anyway.

[Wil]

Sorry Wil I'm just reading this now. Work went great I was not embarrassed at all. I was all ready for all of the rowdy comments and/or snickers but none came. The engineers in the office liked at and one guy said he has a friend who wears them a lot. So things were pretty well accepted. My boss even took the pictures I am going to post. He had to take them to show his wife to prove he was not lying about me wearing a kilt to work. Next month I will try again without St. Paddy's as the reason. Here are the pics. Hers for luck next time.

You look great! Glad all went well. I am a chef and catering owner, I could get away with it as long as I wasn't cooking, I would hate to mistake the sausage...lol

[Father Bill]

Do some searching here for older threads on the topic; a LOT of excellent perspectives there.