Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot
That's too bad, then. In general, most Scottish societies are filled with nice people who take pride in their ancestry and wearing the kilt.
Frankly, your suggestion of contacting “The Caledonian Society Of Arizona” made me cringe which is why I had a knee-jerk reaction to your words.

This forum (Xmarks) on the front door says “All who wear kilts are welcome here, regardless of whether you are Scottish or not” and I have felt so included by the great people on this forum even though I am Swedish.

When I heard the name “The Caledonian Society Of Arizona” I imagined a meeting hall filled with official Scottish men discussing matters of great importance and I envisioned me showing up and saying, “Hi, I'm Phil, I'm not Scottish, I don't know anything about Scottish heritage or history and I don't have time to learn but I'm wearing this cheap American kilt-like thing and I want to hang out with other guys who like wearing kilts.”

Well.....I think that would be more than a LITTLE insulting and I would never do that. Also, I feel that attending Scottish festivals or games just to have a place to wear my kilt is somewhat disrespectful and I woudn't do that either. When I attended the Highland Games in Flagstaff I was VERY glad I was there with Scottsmen would could explain to me the historical and cultural significance of what I was seeing – otherwise the day would have been a total loss. Well, I take that back because the music was awesome.

By the way, I did check out that other group of Phoenix area kilt-wearing guys and they had pictures on their web site that showed these young, wild, party animals and I am certainly not that.

I think the guys on this forum are the guys I want to be with, people who are about my age group and share many of my interests.