Wife jealous of the Kilt

[davidlpope]

But if I may relate your wife's reaction to something else. . . for example, if Bob suddenly started getting tattoos.

I really dislike tattoos, for reasons I won't go into here (no need to open that worm-can with all the tattooed folk on the board).

If Bob suddenly showed up with a large, visible piece of ink... and started going to ink shows... and spending time on an internet ink boad... and planning his next "purchase"... and people in public noticed his ink, and talked to him about it... and he spent more and more time and money on getting more and more visible ink... I can't imagine how I would react, or what I would do. It just might go along the lines of what you describe from your wife.

Very well-put.

Is your interest in wearing kilts viewed by your wife as a runaway obsession? In other words, "Is it always about the kilt?" Did you grow up wearing a kilt? Were you wearing a kilt when you met her and started dating? Or is this some new "wierd" obsession in her eyes? Does it negatively impact her in a financial sense? Does it cause her to respect you less as a man because it seems "childish" to her?

Has she reacted like this to any other issue in your marriage? If so, then perhaps she has a tendancy to overreact to your receipt of attention from others. If not, then maybe she is identifying an issue that the two of you need to address...

It's just clothing, after all...

Cordially,

David