Newbie says: "Newbie do!"

[Iolaus]

Porrick,

Good for you! I'm still a newbie. I've worn my UK mocker out only twice. Both times I got a fairly positive response. I figure St. Patricks Day would good be a good time to bring out my Blackwatch kilt and fly plaid. We are having a small dinner party tonight and I asked my wife is she was ok with me wearing a kilt and she was very positive. I think when I can no longer remember how many times I have worn a kilt out in public I will be no longer be a newbie.

Panache, as a stay at home dad, your options for public wear are kind of limited. I'd start by wearing a kilt every time you go to the store - let people who know you get used to seeing you in them - then go out to dinner with your Red-headed wife a few times. Go somewhere that you know you'll be waiting a few minutes for a table, that way you'll get used to people you don't know looking at you - having your wife along will provide a certain sense of support, and will tell others that it's probably not a cross-dressing thing.

After doing that a few times, you won't even notice people's responses to you any more. Instead, your wife will start laughing at the people you don't notice and will tell you about it afterward.