My wife thought that my getting involved with kilts was a short lived thing related to me going to the homeland (Scotland) last year for vacation combined with a work related meeting, where I was presenting to the crowd of attendees. I was kilted 9 out of 10 days in Scotland. Since then she wonders why I continue to want to wear the kilt or buy more kilt related items, although I keep explaining to her that it is a relatively new found feeling of family and heritage (I am also doing a fair amount of geneological investigation into my family tree too).

My wife states that, although I look good in a kilt and wear it well, she is sexually turned off by a "man in a skirt" and complains that I have "more skirts in our closet" than she does. She knows how this rankles me but continues anyway. She refuses to attend formal or semiformal events if I talk about going to them kilted, unless they are specifically scottish or celtic related events. She tolerates going to scottish and celtic events like highland games and the occasional kilt night, even helping dress our 18 month old son (my avatar) in an infant kilt for the occasions. Every kilt I have brought home (save one inexpensive casual PV kilt) she has gushed over the beauty of the tartan and the quality of the workmanship and fit, but still does not want to be seen with me wearing them, but then again does not want me going out wearing them without her (because of the attention they attract---the power of the kilt).

It is indeed quite strange sometimes how she can love the look of the tartans, allow our son to wear it occasionally, let me wear it to "appropriate" activities, but think it silly or ridiculous, even embarrassing or threatening, for me to wear it on a daily (even intermittent) basis, and financially silly to continue to slowly enlarge my kilt collection and accessories (despite the fact that I make a comfortable living that supports all three of us without difficulty).

It does cause occasional arguments, ultimatums, etc... which we still have to work out one way or the other, usually with me caving rather than alienate my spouse. Although I will tell you as I have told her, the disagreements are starting to alienate me a bit as well.