Not exactly a poll, but a question-How often are you the only one kilted?

[RCAnderson]

I am a little different than most in that I look at wearing the kilt differently than others do. I stopped wearing the kilt when I was 9 years old because I moved to a new school in St. Louis Missouri and I was the only kid wearing a kilt. I was constantly teased, harassed, and picked on over it. I swore I would never wear a kilt again.

Fast forward almost 40 years later and all of that has changed. Just over a year ago I almost died from a massive heart attack which triggered sudden cardiac arrest. In the months that followed I began to rethink several things in my life, the denial of my Scottish heritage being one of them. I decided that I was no longer going to care what anyone else thought about what I chose to wear.

So, several months ago I bought a kilt and started wearing it, and I haven't looked back. I wear the kilt everywhere, everyday. I have not worn pants in months now, and I have even boxed up all my pants and shorts and packed them away to give me more closet space for my kilt collection.

I served 17 years in the Marine Corps and fought overseas in several campaigns so that I and everyone else in this country would have the right and freedom to honor our heritage and to wear the kilt if we so choose to. I do not ask myself if I shouldn't wear a kilt to any occasion. I see the kilt as any other clothing. I always wear it appropriately depending on the formality of the situation, but I never even consider not wearing it anymore. The way I see it if someone doesn't like me wearing a kilt, then thats their problem not mine.

From what I have found, outside of celtic events and such, I am the only person on this island of over 1 Million people that wears a kilt, so yes, I am quite frequently the only person wearing one.