nervous in my kilt

[David Dalglish]

The only way to gain confidence is to wear your kilt often, soon you will wonder why you ever wore trousers

[sharpdressedscot]

I've had the same problem, I think everyone has had it. though, I haven't gotten any bad comments, I'm sure they were said behind my back. But you no what? I don't really care, think about about maybe 95% of the people that will rag on you for it, you may never see them again, so why worry about it? Follow the way "not giving a crap". It's better to ignore that type of stuff.

If you see them laughing at you and making "Look that guy is wearing a skirt" type comments, laugh really loud, but not obnoxiously, and they will usually stop and have a revelation and go away. Make only smart comments, don't do something that puts you in a bad situation, which basically means: don't get revelled up!

But that my own way of doing it, yours may be different.

[northernsky]

The only way to gain confidence is to wear your kilt often, soon you will wonder why you ever wore trousers

This really is the best advice. Like anything else we are unsure of doing, the more we do it the better we feel/more confident we become. I can think of a couple of obvious ones...and the more confident we are the better we become at it. I often take public transit when I get kilted up for an event and at first was quite self-conscious on the sky-train and buses. Now I quite enjoy the looks and smiles and nods. Other than the occasional 'question' most people either smile or just turn away (they are the embarrassed ones not me!)