Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy View Post
My ex-wife had no qualms about me wearing the kilt as often as I wanted but I have some friends whom I run about with and during the summer, I like being kilted a lot and generally this is accepted well but I have just been talking to Cessna152Towser who has asked me if I will be going to the Old Vintage Bus Parade in Glasgow next month, I met him there last year and he was kilted, I was not. He asked me if I will be kilted at the event this year, I have told him as this is not a particular Scottish event, my friends would expect me not to be kilted and they would think I was daft wearing a kilt on that day. It is an attitude that even in Scotland we have ''Why are you wearing a kilt'
Sometimes on the occasional Friday night out at a pub in the west of Glasgow, I have randomly been kilted and still you get many questions from many people on why you are kilted.
I think your friends question of, "why are you wearing the kilt?" is fairly universal in Scotland these days, although it may not always be asked out loud. In my youth, too many years ago to mention, I think that the kilt was worn without prompting this particular question , although I do think that the kilt was not as common in those days. Even these days, Alex would be fairly unusual in his fairly regular kilt wearing escapades, I would say.