beat up for calling it a skirt?

[Mad Dawg]

A few weeks after Queen Elizabeth's funeral I was in a convenience store in Wisconsin. The cashier was an old Chinese lady for whom English was obviously a second language.

"Nice dress."

"Thank you."

She went on to to say that she admired the men marching in the Queen's funeral that wore dresses like mine. As it was an honest mistake, I did not correct her.

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In 2023, I went to a St. Patrick's Day parade. After the parade I went in the large event tent that had beer and a band. I walked past a young drunk lady.

(Seriously, as near as I could tell), "Nice skirt."

"Thank you."

I have no idea if it was an honest mistake or if she meant it as a joke. I gave her the benefit of the doubt and kept going

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My niece got married this summer. She encouraged folks to wear kilts and such. My mother, sitting on the other side of my Sweetie, made a crack to Sweetie about me wearing a dress.

Sweetie, quite sternly: "It's a kilt. Not a dress."

And that was the end of that despite wearing the kilt until I retired for the night.