Quote Originally Posted by beloitpiper
In my family, my father is the Scot, but my mom is 100% German....and she doesn't get it. My father is very much in support of my bagpipes, kilts, the whole thing, but my mom is not as tolerant. She doesn't like it when I wear a kilt casually, and she's not too fond of the pipes either. I've told her all about the Clan and the history on my father's side, but she just flat out doesn't like it.

She claims it embarasses her in front of her friends, saying "I don't wear a durndel when your friends are around!!" to which I reply "Go right ahead, the only person that is stopping you is yourself." I would apologize, but for me a kilt is not a mere piece of clothing. It is a memorial and testament to my family. I would hope that she, and anybody else would respect and appreciate that.

And guess what? If I'm going to pay $600 for an article of clothing, I'm damn well going to wear it whenever I want! I'm not going to let it be eaten my moths, I'm going to show it off! It's her problem if she doesn't like it, but I'm not going to compromise myself and my heritage for her personal tastes.

...by the way, I offered to wear leiderhosen, but she said that was out of the question. :rolleyes: Looks like I just can't win!
I'm of the same opinion... if you are going to spend the kind of money it takes to buy a proper kilt, then go ahead and wear it. My wife falls into that category where she would rather see conformity than individuality, where I am the polar opposite. I wear the kilt at every possible opportunity, both for my self and my heritage. Once I get my argyll jacket, I'll wear it everywhere!

As for a few of the other comments, the saturation approach works best form what I've seen. The more people see that you are going to wear the kilt, the less likely they will be to say anything about it as time goes on.

Whatever you do, don't give in a replace your kilt with pants or some other non-kilted whatchamathingy!!!