My wife worries about me

[Christopher]

You know...my wife has never accused me of being obsessed per say, but she did call me a freak for wearing my Scottish National tartan tank to the Bite of Oregon in Downtown PDX about a month ago. As I came out from the bedroom dressed in a black polo shirt, kilt, wide brown belt with brass studs/D-ring buckle, brown sporran and brown Doc Martens hiking boots with appropriate hiking socks (looking quite dapper, I thought), she looked at me and said "Oh God, help me be a supportive wife in these difficult times". It made me chuckle but her true feelings were quite apparent to me behind the joking tone of her statement.

So confident was I that I wouldn't be the only lad in a kilt that day that I made a bet with her (a case of wine of the winner's choosing, to be paid in full within 2-weeks). We both enjoy wine, so this was a safe bet regardless of who won. Anyway, I reassured her as we approached the festival entrance that if anyone should be self conscious about what I was wearing, it should be me. It was at that time that she stated that it was hard not to be self conscious when your spouse is in "full freak show mode".

It was at that time that we stepped into the entrance line right in back of another traditional kilt wearing fellah and I won the bet. I pointed out 2 more gents wearing traditional kilts and about 8-utilikilt clad guys within the hour. It was after about the 10th blatant compliment on how good I looked in a kilt by pure strangers (some of whom were attractive young ladies) that my wife became much more comfortable with my attire and no more was said about my kiltedness.

All in all, it was a fairly satisfying experience and I think I will get less grief the next time I choose to wear one of my kilts out and about.