Told NO!

[porrick]

Oh man! Sometimes women do this stuff to test us. I think it's a test of power. Sometimes they're very conscious of it and other times it's more like a reflex.

If my wife said I couldn't wear my kilt to a dinner and movie out, I'd probably tell her something like, "Well, I really feel more comfortable wearing a kilt so we can rent a movie, order some take-out and stay home."

But then my wife likes me in kilts so I don't get tested on that issue. I get tested on other stuff.

I count my blessings - my wife thinks kilts are great ("aren't you going to wear your kilt? Hurry, you still have time to change...").
Tested on other stuff? Nah

PS
Good to see you back, Rigged

[Erisianmonkey]

Ah, I am definitely one of the lucky ones. I met my wife while wearing my great kilt. She loves to see me wearing it. Of course, I have some problem with the wife and the kilt. It piques her interest-perhaps a little too much. Sometimes we end up canceling a night out...

[Frog]

Ah, I am definitely one of the lucky ones

It's a rough life, living kilted...

Frog

[Planopiper]

I think the kilt is perfectly appropriate to wear to an event like this. By 'kilt' I mean a kilt, not a utilikilt or other kilt wannabe. To me, those are equivalent to a pair of shorts. Fine, but not for somewhere where you want to dress up. A quality tartan wool kilt is appropriate, if you complete the ensemble.

FWIW, though, even though you should be able to wear it, you might want to consider the seating. I have attended a couple of concerts at the American Airline arena in Dallas and the seating there is tight. Adding all the extra fabric of the kilt almost made it too uncomfortable for me. And it was not very easy to straighten out the pleats after I sat down. I had a lot of good comments from people, and I liked how I looked, but the hassle factor almost made it not worth it. So choose your battles.

[scoutniagara]

My wife asks me what she should wear. I wear a kilt when I feel like it. The bulk factor, is the reason I can't make up my mind as to whether I should fly down to Florida in January wearing my kilt, or comfortable trousers. Sitting for hours on a plane in a kilt may not be as comfortable as a comfortable loose-fitting pair of pants. I'd like to be unbifurcated for all of my 17-day vacation. While on my ten-day naked cruise, that won't be a problem.

[mkmound]

. . . Sometimes we end up canceling a night out...

And this is bad how?? :rolleyes:

You are one of the lucky ones!

[Chef]

I find the argument of whether or not the members here wear the kilt because it garners them attention slightly silly considering all the threads about what good or bad attention their wearing the kilt did or did not get. Wearing a kilt does get attention, some bad, mostly good and I have yet to hear from a member that they didn't like getting the good attention.

[Erisianmonkey]

I find the argument of whether or not the members here wear the kilt because it garners them attention slightly silly considering all the threads about what good or bad attention their wearing the kilt did or did not get. Wearing a kilt does get attention, some bad, mostly good and I have yet to hear from a member that they didn't like getting the good attention.

Ah, but the argument is not whether or not the kilt gets attention, it is about the intent behind wearing it. I get lots of attention when wearing my kilt, and enjoy both the good and the bad. The good, because even though I'm married I love chatting with a pretty girl. (Who doesn't?) The bad because it gives me the chance to make an idiot ashamed of themself. I don't, however wear the kilt to get that attention. I wear it because I like the comfort, and showing off my Scot heritage in a way that my big bushy red beard alone can't.

[Eujeankilt]

My wife asks me what she should wear. I wear a kilt when I feel like it. The bulk factor, is the reason I can't make up my mind as to whether I should fly down to Florida in January wearing my kilt, or comfortable trousers. Sitting for hours on a plane in a kilt may not be as comfortable as a comfortable loose-fitting pair of pants. I'd like to be unbifurcated for all of my 17-day vacation. While on my ten-day naked cruise, that won't be a problem.

I fly several times a year and I can tell you that flying kilted beats flying panted hands down. There's no comparison in comfort. Definitly fly kilted.

Dale

[Chef]

Ah, but the argument is not whether or not the kilt gets attention, it is about the intent behind wearing it. I get lots of attention when wearing my kilt, and enjoy both the good and the bad. The good, because even though I'm married I love chatting with a pretty girl. (Who doesn't?) The bad because it gives me the chance to make an idiot ashamed of themself. I don't, however wear the kilt to get that attention. I wear it because I like the comfort, and showing off my Scot heritage in a way that my big bushy red beard alone can't.

I never said that it was "the" reason people wear it, but I have yet to meet someone for whom that wasn't at least part of the reason and your comments help prove my point. The only possible exception might be when it is being worn as part of work (i.e. pipers). Now I do wear mine for my work and so it is my work uniform and I don't feel I wear it because of the attention it brings at those times, however i am willing to admit that wearing a kilt (when I don't need to) wouldn't be qite as much fun if it didn't garner attention. I also believe that there are at least several of the members of this community for whom the attention is a large part of the reason they wear a kilt. Not judging anyone but I think this is true based on many of the posts I have read

I fly several times a year and I can tell you that flying kilted beats flying panted hands down. There's no comparison in comfort. Definitly fly kilted.Dale

I also fly kilted, more from the necessity of arriving dressed for an event than for any other reason however. That said it is indeed more comforable. The down side is that in this day and age of greater security it can be a pain at times to go through the security screening. I had on incident in Chicago, where my number was the one called to be screened further, where they spent 10 minutes debating the procedure for pat-downs for a man in a "skirt"