Cravings for skirt-wearing

AMM · Post by **AMM** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:17 pm

Have any of you gone for a while without wearing a skirt (, kilt, etc.), and found yourself "craving" an opportunity to wear one?

Last week, my kids had school holiday and I was with them the whole week. I don't wear a skirt around my kids (too many things to deal with with them already), and after a day or so, I just felt like I had to wear a skirt. I ended up doing stuff before they woke up, like doing laundry, taking a walk, or going to the post office, just so I could have an opportunity to wear a skirt.

We went away to a sort of conference for the weekend, and the whole time, I kept thinking, I wish I felt I could wear a skirt. I think the people there would have been mostly able to deal with it, but since the kids were there, and I didn't want to deal with that, I didn't. I so envied the one woman who wore a denim skirt on Friday night. I ended up getting up before anyone else to take a walk in a skirt (it was below freezing, but I had long socks and a number of layers.)

I guess I hadn't thought about how important this part of my life is to me....

-- AMM

Sasquatch · Post by **Sasquatch** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:04 am

Amen, Bro!
Sasq

ChristopherJ · Post by **ChristopherJ** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:20 am

Yes - I can identify with this as well. I guess skirt wearing has some similarities to a chemical addiction. The craving for a "fix". The anticipation. The pleasurable feeling when we do put on a skirt - etc.

So - it does have some similarities to other addictions.

It's just more expensive - that's all

Raakone · Post by **Raakone** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:04 am

while maybe not always cravings per se, I do look forward to the moments when I can wear my sarongs. And for that matter, at night, I wear a nightshirt, and I'm not the type to get dressed soon after rising unless I absolutly have to.
~Ra'akone

G.Shaw · Post by **G.Shaw** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:14 am

I can relate. I've had periods when I wear skirts on a regular basis. While I've had other periods where I cannot wear skirts regularly. When I haven't been able to wear a skirt for a while I do crave the freedom. I'm fortunate in that my family (Children and Wife) have no problem as long as I'm 'decent' about my skirt wearing. My oldest daughter loves my skirts and tells me which ones she thinks look best on me. I may not venture out often in public but that is out of respect to those in my immediate family who are uncomfortable with being seen with a 'radical'.

Greg

Charlie · Post by **Charlie** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:35 pm

One of our managers (female) was wearing a tiered flowing skirt today. It looked sooo comfortable and cool - I'll admit to envying her. She'll probably wear trousers tomorrow. Nice to have the choice.

Many of the men wear dark trousers, blue shirts and ties (not me

). Dress must be the biggest inequality in the work place, but no-one seems to notice - except us.

Charlie

mk3 · Post by **mk3** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:42 pm

it is almost like a drug, but i know many girls who can relate to what you're saying. the first sign of spring comes around and all you hear for a few weeks is how the girls can't wait to wear their flip flops and skirts around because it will be so hot soon.

there are other things they say (clothing related as to what they wear) but i don't give that much attention. it's almost like their clothing gives them expression and without it, they feel held back and unfree.

iain · Post by **iain** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:39 pm

I think that's exactly right. If you suppress anything in the mind, it has a way of forcing itself to the front again, sometimes in unhealthy ways like aggression and frustration.

I think whatever releases that tension in socially acceptable ways should be fine. Women worked hard for their clothing freedom, and they certainly didn't always have it. Even now some die hards say women must never wear pants.

We have to expect the same kind of resistance sometimes, but I think here in the UK people are very accepting and understanding because most of them feel the same way we do!

davereporter · Post by **davereporter** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:53 pm

Yes,

I notice when I go for long walks in pants (even light linen ones) that I end up with a hot and sweaty crotch, heat pimples on my legs and generally feel uncomfortable enough not to bother with the walk again.

Funnily enough when I wear a skirt I feel cool and comfortable.

I wouldn't refer to skirt wearing as an addiction - there are already enough negative connotations out there without us having to add to them. Hopefully no one has yet held up a Seven-Eleven to get cash for their latest skirt "hit" nor do they have rehab centres where they lock you up until you only wear pants again and I still haven't seen little skirt patches that you put on your arm to ease the cravings.

Dave

iain · Post by **iain** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:51 am

That's all true! But actually, most things we build into our lives become addictions in some sense. When we first move home or start going out with someone new or start a new job, there's a sense of distaste because it's all unfamiliar. Strangers look weird, unapproachable, like someone we wouldn't want to know and we yearn for the old, familiar stuff we left behind.

After a while, our home is "perfect" for us, our partner is the best we've ever known, our job is "made for us" and those strangers become friends. All of this formerly weird-looking stuff becomes the norm from which we measure how weird and unfamiliar everything else in the world now seems.

None of these judgements are based on reality--it can't be that we all have the best partner or the best home or job! We just became familiar, and in a sense, addicted, so that the removal of these things from our lives causes distress even though we once shunned them as repulsive. Weird!

Gregg1100 · Post by **Gregg1100** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:07 am

Hi All,
I can never wait to get back into a skirt as soon as I get home. The feeling of relief is brilliant. I wear a skirt nigh on all the time that I am home.
Greg

Yorkie · Post by **Yorkie** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:40 pm

[FONT="Arial"][/FONT]I have been wearing sarongs on and off for a number of years. Two years ago had trouble with the old water works and was very uncomfortable in trousers, sarongs were ok to wear but I wanted something with a little more weight so I experimented in making myself a couple of kilt/skirts and found them more comfortable both for doing jobs and sitting around home. Since then I have worn them regularly in home although at first I was a bit apprehensive in case anybody saw me, but after being caught out a couple of times by family and friends with no adverse comments or reactions kilt/skirts have now become part of life I wouldn't call it an addiction.

I have had some very good and positive discussions regarding the wearing of kilts/skirts with visitors and family. The vicar called unexpectedly three weeks ago and caught me in one of my kilt/skirts and we had quite chat on the pros and cons and benfits of kilt/skirts after all what is a cassock if it isn't a type of dress??:cheer:

ChrisM · Post by **ChrisM** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:13 pm

Iain that was extremely well put and cogent. Thank you for that essay.

Chris.

skirttron · Post by **skirttron** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:40 pm

I certainly get the skirt craving. I am lucky to be able to wear kilts most weekends and some evenings, but I love being able to wear an unequivocal skirt and opportunities for that are very rare.

cessna152towser · Post by **cessna152towser** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:18 pm

Ian, you are just so perceptive. What you say is just so true. I used to be too fond of alcohol and initially it was a struggle to quit and all too tempting to relapse, but now more than two years on, drinking alcohol is something I simply would no longer want to do. I used to be nervous about wearing a kilt, and even on the rare occasion when I did wear one I found them uncomfortable and scratchy, but now I wear them almost every day and find them the most comfortable garment to wear. Indeed I now feel constrained when an occasion requires the wearing of long trousers. Today the weather was hot so for a change I wore shorts and felt very self conscious as they are shorter than the kilts I normally wear.