Greetings from Kansas

[Nick the DSM]

welcome from NC!

[auld argonian]

First: a hearty welcome from a Chicagoan with family roots deep in Kansas...Marysville to be real exact.

And as my graddad used to say as we drove out there on family reunions:

Kansas!
Where roosters lay eggs
As big as beer kegs
With hair on their legs
In Kansas!

I think what djmi had in mind, refering to family is not meant as family forbiding him kilts, but rather to be afraid that family would have to deal with others comments.

At least this is my case. I don't wont my kids would have to hear comments like: "Your father is ..." and those kind of things.
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Got to tell the story about a kid making a snide remark about the kilt. I wore it to my daughter's school to pick her up after classes and as I walked along I heard one of her little classmates doing a real "stage laugh" and turned to see her pointing at me and making a big show of how funny she thought it was. And I stopped and said, "...I seem to remember your dad running around here in his Kente-Cloth African Pajamas a while back...is that his ethnic outfit? Well, this is mine."

Point made.

Go get 'em...just don't let any smart-*** remarks wreck your good humor...laugh it off and be congenial.

Best

AA

[michaelbeeman]

Welcome from Northern Colorado!

[Kiltedmusiclover]

A hearty welcome from the Foothills of North Carolina.

[FreeDon!]

Welcome from Colorado!

Once you get your courage up, wear the kilt like you mean it. Be confident and hold your head high. If you look uncomfortable or nervous in it, that's when you will attract negative attention. If you wear it like you own it, it's not an issue. After a while, you'll not feel that wearing the kilt is unusual at all. Your improved comfort and confidence will just build and build with increased wearing. Some like to start small (i.e. at a grocery store), but you can always just jump in and do it.

Don

[triolamj]

A 1,000 Welcomes! If you're not far from Lenexa, go visit the J. Higgins store there (www.jhiggins.net) and maybe they can hook you up. Keep your eye on X Marks The Scot and you might find a compatriot or two for a monthly kilt night.

[Daibhidh O'Baoighill]

from WV! Good luck and go for it!

[Ruanaidh]

Welcome to the rabble from West Texas.

[sharpdressedscot]

Welcome to X Marks!!

[Kiltman]

Welcome from Eastern Washington State. Often we project our own fears onto our family. Find some occasion to be an excuse to wear it and see what happens.