Newbie says: "Newbie do!"

[porrick]

Thanks for all feed-back to my posting

Have only been at work for 30 mins now, and already I have had colleagues (both sexes) tell me they heard that my first kilt had arrived - and when would they get a chance to see it... Answer: "soon and often" (it's -22 now, and had to bring in a bit of wood and get the fire started on my way to work, so a little worried about mucking up my House of Edgar. Maybe a logger's kilt moving up the must-have-list?)

[Panache]

My neighbor looked at us on the way there and said "I'm glad my wife isn't here. She loves guys in kilts". All the other parents (well Moms that is) at school just had smiles and compliments. The question I kept getting was "What's the special occasion?" I replied "the occasion is that this is the day I was brave enough to wear my kilt out to school".

One of the moms (and a friend) lives on my street, and she told me her daughter had come running up to her from the window saying "Mom, Mom, Tristan's Daddy is wearing a skirt!". Not bothering to look for herself she informed her daughter "No Tristan's Daddy is not wearing a skirt". When she came to school and saw me she went "OH! That explains everything" :rolleyes:

So far it has been a fun day.

[Oswulf]

Hehehe, one of my first forays was to my 10 year old daughter's dance recital. I think half the reason I got up the nerve to do that was to torture my daughter a bit. "Dad, did you have to wear that HERE where all my friends could see you?" Oh yes darling and to any and all school functions in the future too. I can't wait until she's a teenager, she's going to need counseling for years because of me.

Seriously though, she's pretty much gotten used to it already. She was my hardest sell on the idea of wearing a kilt, I figure if I can get her over it everyone else will be easy.

Oswulf

[timber]

I don't have a kilt yet, so I can't remember my first time out. However, I am looking forward to it. I expect that as soon as I have pleats on my **** I will be out and about to show them off. As long as I have been here I feel I am ready for all the positive comments, negative comments, looks and drooling women. (especially the drooling women )

My daughter likes the idea of her old man in a kilt, it is the rest of my family that might not get it. Since I don't really care what they think of my clothes, that shouldn't be much of a problem.

[UmAnOnion]

Hehehe, one of my first forays was to my 10 year old daughter's dance recital. I think half the reason I got up the nerve to do that was to torture my daughter a bit. "Dad, did you have to wear that HERE where all my friends could see you?" Oh yes darling and to any and all school functions in the future too. I can't wait until she's a teenager, she's going to need counseling for years because of me.

Seriously though, she's pretty much gotten used to it already. She was my hardest sell on the idea of wearing a kilt, I figure if I can get her over it everyone else will be easy.

Oswulf

just remember - your daughter will be the one deciding whereyou will spoend your final days - Shady Pines anyone???

[porrick]

just remember - your daughter will be the one deciding whereyou will spoend your final days - Shady Pines anyone???

True But guess who will be paying for it... (sorry, no pun intended)

[Oswulf]

just remember - your daughter will be the one deciding whereyou will spoend your final days - Shady Pines anyone???

It'll be worth it. I keep telling her her mom and I are going to move in with her when we get really old and senile, then she'll know what it's like for us now. Of course she has my smartass genes and says I'll have the same chores she has now.

Shady pines is looking better all the time.

Oswulf

[porrick]

Shady pines is looking better all the time.

Oswulf

Maybe a home with a more celtic ring? Perhaps "Slipping Sporrans" or "Kilting Daze"? :rolleyes:

[porrick]

Hehehe, one of my first forays was to my 10 year old daughter's dance recital... She was my hardest sell on the idea of wearing a kilt, I figure if I can get her over it everyone else will be easy.

Oswulf

She'll get over it when her friends think she has a cool dad - or in the worst case: she'll react strongly when she hits puberty and has the most-stupid-dad-in-the-world-and-her-friends-thinks-he-is-OK (been there, done that; but not with kilt)

Best advice: use kilt so often that it is no longer an issue before she reaches puberty

Guess I'm lucky: my 6 year-old son couldn't wait for me to try on my kilt, and even took an active part in deciding what to wear with it in terms of foot-wear and what to wear above the kilt for my first outing (he decided on the Arran sweater...)