Utility Kilt Question

[Alan H]

Look in the Do It Yourself forum. There's a thread on how to make an X Kilt. It's much like a Utilikilt in that most are made out of solid color cotton/polyester blend, or camouflage fabric.

As for the "gay" issues, I'm not someone to freak out at a word. I know someone else here in California who won't wear a kilt because his wife told him that she heard that kilts were popular in the "gay" community. Yet this same couple happily dons Tibertan prayer robes.

Whatever.

Buy or make one, strap it on and wear it. If you like it, wear it. If you don't like it, then don't wear it.

Regarding the concept of having your wife dictate what you can and can not wear, I'd suggest telling her that she can't wear a dress that you don't like. See how that goes over. Then make the point to her, that if you can't tell her what to wear, then how is it that she can tell you what to wear? There's "being considerate" and there's "being a doormat". There's a difference. Only you know which is which, in your own situation.

[Mel1721L]

Look in the Do It Yourself forum. There's a thread on how to make an X Kilt. It's much like a Utilikilt in that most are made out of solid color cotton/polyester blend, or camouflage fabric.

As for the "gay" issues, I'm not someone to freak out at a word. I know someone else here in California who won't wear a kilt because his wife told him that she heard that kilts were popular in the "gay" community. Yet this same couple happily dons Tibertan prayer robes.

Whatever.

Buy or make one, strap it on and wear it. If you like it, wear it. If you don't like it, then don't wear it.

Regarding the concept of having your wife dictate what you can and can not wear, I'd suggest telling her that she can't wear a dress that you don't like. See how that goes over. Then make the point to her, that if you can't tell her what to wear, then how is it that she can tell you what to wear? There's "being considerate" and there's "being a doormat". There's a difference. Only you know which is which, in your own situation.

My wife doesn't dictate what I wear but I respect her opinion and want her to be comfortable out and about with me. The kilt isn't part of her culture yet she understands what it is and accepts me wearing a traditional kilt. It's a mutual thing, but there are also financial considerations. Also I have never seen a person wearing a utility kilt, either here or in the UK, so that also has some bearing on the issue. Most people know what a traditional kilt is wherever they come from, but not utility kilts.

As for California, it's probably fair to say it's a bit more liberal than here or maybe I'm just not willing to be the only person wearing one.

[James Hood]

"...I'm just not willing to be the only person wearing one. "

Mel, neither are the other who-knows-how-many folks who are not wearing a or The kilt.

As was said so eloquently above, "...if you want to wear one, if you don't want to wear one...."

A quote from an old Neil Diamond song lyric...

"...do it, while your soul's still burning...."

[tky58]

I just bought a 5.11 Kilt this spring. I love it.

I must say I have never had my manhood questioned for wearing a kilt. Then, I don't worry about wearing a kilt because I am very secure in my manhood. That and my wife likes to look at my legs in a kilt.

Steve