Hi guys, it's the same over here, in the netherlands. Of the handful who have the time to wear, they most probably aren't allowed by their wives.
That's one of the saddest things about blokes who want something different from trousers; those that are closest to them are the main denying force. Looked at intellectually, what we're doing is fundamentally harmless; it injures precisely no-one; it gives us happiness and pleasure; and in those things, it should foster acceptance by our "significant others".
I count myself incredibly fortunate that I have someone so supportive by my side. Sure, sometimes she thinks I'm nuts (sometimes I am), but that's normal -- what's abnormal, from my perspective, is those who categorically reject the notion of anything "out of the ordinary" in "fashion" (in the broad sense). Hopefully other wives/girlfriends might change their minds if more supportive women came to the fore.
Not having a job is depleting that little bit of savings that I had, very fast, so without spending money, I will visit town much less, and probably end up sitting in the house most of the time.
However bad it may get, please don't just mope around the house; that's a recipe for severe problems down the road. Humans are social animals and really need interaction with other humans on a daily basis. Isolation can breed depression, and depression can kill -- figuratively and literally; so stay engaged with your surroundings and community.
I say this to illustrate how difficult it is / most likely is to wear skirts in public. When it is allowd by the partner, then it may not be suitable for working conditions, then there may not be approval from the boss,
I regard my skirt-wearing as completely separate from my work life. Some of my co-workers (cow-orkers?) know that I sport skirts in my off hours, and some have seen me so attired, but it just doesn't figure into my work environment. Vastly more important is to have an accepting (or, even better, encouraging) partner, but, sadly, those seem to be few and far between.
All in all there may not be more than a handful actually able to wear skirts. Of that small group, skirt wearing is still a choice, so in the winter it won't be worn as much as in the summer. and so on.
Interestingly, I think that the ability to exercise the
choice is what's key. On days off, I am free to make that choice -- Is it a skirt today or trousers? I don't actually feel a sense of loss that I can't (or, likely more correctly,
won't) do so for work; and it's not something that I'm going to lose sleep over, either.
[O]ne [male skirt-wearer] is better than nothing, but it doesn't stimulate very much. I am however very interested in what people are talking about, or thinking along men in skirts way, now that I have been constantly seen in our town on an nearly daily basis, for the last two to three months. It certainly brings food for thought about men wearing skirts, and hopefully stimulates other silent skirt wearers to come out in the open, after seeing me.
That's largely true, mainly because one bloke can't be in all places at all times "flying the flag". It'll take more than the small handful that are active practitioners now before it reaches enough of a critical mass that it'll start encouraging "closet" skirt-wearers into public view and convince their partners that the activity is fundamentally harmless and serves to "beautify the landscape" somewhat for everybody.