What if your wife does not like your kilt?

**Kilted cabin boy** · 11th March 13, 07:01 PM

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** · 11th March 13, 07:14 PM

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** · 11th March 13, 07:33 PM

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.

**Father Bill** · 11th March 13, 07:43 PM

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

**Riverkilt** · 11th March 13, 08:33 PM

When its time for love - leave the kilt on.....

**brewerpaul** · 11th March 13, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

When its time for love - leave the kilt on.....

Sometimes when you have the kilt on ,, you create the mood for love...

**Truitt** · 11th March 13, 11:44 PM

My situation is very similar to yours. My nearest Scottish ancestor was an imigrant to Colonial America.

My wife doesn't hate my kilts, but she certainly doesn't understand them. She is fascinated, though, by the number of compliments I get when I wear a kilt.

I just shared your post with my wife and asked her is she has come to accept my kilt-wearing...I got the look.

**hector** · 12th March 13, 12:58 AM

My wife accepts the kilt is a garment for males just like trousers. She has no problems to go out with me. She gives me very useful advice on how I should wear it. Sometimes I get positive strokes from her on certain combinations.
And not to forget, I have no Celtic roots at all.
I must be one of the lucky guys.