Wives' reactions?

[Computergeek]

I consider myself to be pretty fortunate, my fiance does not mind me wearing the kilt at all, and I think has gotten pretty comfortable with it. ( shortly after we met I had spiky purple hair so this is not to much of a stretch) the only exception to that is that she asked me not to wear it when we have our date night because there tends to be too much attention by those around us that is concerned with the kilt and it keeps us from being able to have a good date with people coming up all the time.

[FreeDon!]

I'm sorry to hear that some don't have supportive wives. My wife likes the kilt, she just doesn't want me to buy any more (I have 4).

Oh, first reaction? Very good. Very very good. But I'd say the reaction was a bit too personal to describe here.

Don

[Splash_4]

My wife is the one that got me into kilt wearing after out trip to Scotland a couple of years ago. She is very supportive of the fact that I wear them as often as I do.

[Hillwalker]

Yep, it is a small world after all Nighthawk.

[Mr. Woolery]

My first kilt was a gift from my mother on the occasion of my brother's wedding. The whole men's party wore 'em.

My wife's reaction to that first kilt was to buy me a good Argyle jacket, sporran, and belt to go with it. I wear that kilt when we have any sort of good excuse for dressing up, otherwise I wear a SWK I traded for or my homemade twill kilt. She doesn't mind a bit, but I think would like to see the wool one more often

I think you can call that supportive.

-Patrick

[DTrain]

My experience is more like ForresterModern. My wife doesn't like them, doesn't like for me to wear them, even makes comments like "the kids will have to get therapy to understand why daddy wears a skirt." On occasion I have put my foot down and worn it out anyway, but those situations generally are tension-filled and wind up with me on the couch for the night. She doesn't get it at all and can't understand how I have come to enjoy kilts.

Now, I did marry before discovering kilts and I don't want to destroy my relationship with my wife over kilts, BUT. . . a little tolerance of this would go a long way. I think that she doesn't like the attention a kilt brings, since she is more of the wallflower type and doesn't like to stand out in a crowd. I'm more extroverted .

I envy all of you that live in a kilt-friendly household.

[ForresterModern]

Thanks Dtrain for the support. At least there are two of us to do the bailing of this leaky rowboat.

Just got some phenomenal news today that is going to make our lives so much better, and far more secure. In celebration, and becasue I found it on sale for only a couple days , I ordered another 8yd 16oz tank in Marton Mills Jura Ancient Douglas today. Now I just have to figure out how to break it to her without her breaking anything of mine in response.

[Grundie]

My fiance loves me wearing a kilt. When I told her that I was planning to wear a kilt at our wedding her response was "Yeah, you'd better be!".

[Mipi]

I believe that kilt wearing shouldn't be the cause for breaking marriage. At least not the only one. Marriages ususaly break for more reasons which accumulate and tear it bit by bit.

Otherwise, life (marriage) is a compromise.

[oldfool]

My wife doesn't like anything I do so wearing the kilt is just one more thing. I don't wear it out by my choice not hers. I no longer consult her about anything in life as she is against it regardless of what it is but I have to say she is pretty much that way with everyone. The weather is always wrong as well. Her life is one of opposition.

I have to say however that it has boiled down to only two things that I do wrong.
1. Everything I say is wrong.
2. Everything I do is wrong.


At my age I don't have time to worry about it. When she is pleasant I hang out with her when she is not I don't.