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    Quote Originally Posted by Graham
    starbkjrus, I'm glad you feel open enough to ask the question here. You are among friends, you can ask any serious question.

    Adding to what has been said, I have found a workable technique of flipping the kilt behind my back as I sit, and holding it in place with my left arm.
    With my right hand I have learned to detach and use the appropriate amount of tissue single-handed.

    Of course, this is reversed when visiting India, since local custom demands the left hand be used for toilet and the right hand for food.
    and never the twain shall meet..
    Thus the left handed comment was born....




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    Kilted in Detroit! Now that's tough.... LOL

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    If you don't want to go through all that lifting or taking it off,and don't want to use public facilities,then may I suggest wearing Depends?

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    As someone with IBS, who generally spends more time in the loo than most people, I've found it easier for me to just take the whole thing off, as Matt suggested. If I happen to be in public (sadly, it happens!), I just carefully drape it over the knees.

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    Someone, I believe on one of the other kilt forums, suggested taking it off and draping around the shoulders like a cape to keep off the floor and facilities.

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    Alright, maybe I'm just confused- I've been able to sit on a toilet in semi-public restrooms* in a wedding gown with 3 foot train and not get it dirty, I respectfully suggest those people who condone taking the whole thing off may want to try the flip-n-hold method and practice it a little before the main event- you may find it a lot easier and faster in the long run once you get it down. Er, up. You know what I mean.

    I'm not saying I'm right and you're wrong, by all means do as you feel best, just saying it seems an awful lot of trouble to go through for the occasion.

    *At the church and the reception hall. Hey, I had a lot of coffee that day.

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    I find pulling the whole kilt up to/past my abdominal area and then making use of the aforementioned "flip technique" seems to do the trick.

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    Thank you Shay. You summed it up nicely and did so in a tasteful manner. Much better than I would have done. I basicly picked up the potty training the same way I did sitting...by watching women that have been doing it for years. And no guys and gals, I am not a peeping tom. You don't get to be over fifty and have spent over 20 of those years in the Navy without seeing one or two along the way.

    Mike

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shay
    Alright, maybe I'm just confused- I've been able to sit on a toilet in semi-public restrooms...
    Maybe it's because we were raised wearing dresses, & you just learn to handle how ever much fabric there is in the skirt. As a woman, I don't think too much about it. Slacks, now, that's another matter. You gotta make sure they don't touch the floor. <shudder>

    My 20 yo does the pull it around thing.

    Sherry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sherry
    Maybe it's because we were raised wearing dresses, & you just learn to handle how ever much fabric there is in the skirt. As a woman, I don't think too much about it. Slacks, now, that's another matter. You gotta make sure they don't touch the floor. <shudder>
    Right. I am better off in a skirt beause it doesn't have zippers and stuff- and heaven forbid I have to take a baby in a bathroom and am wearing pants- it's moider to hold the kid and get them back on all zipped up and stuff.

    See? Another reason kilts make more sense- you can hold babies while you go to the bathroom. I don't know that I'd put it on a t-shirt, but there ya go.

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