Monday morning I took my wife to a doctor's appointment and by chance we happened to both be wearing skirts. Mine was a rather ordinary black denim one from Duluth, a little above the knee. We have the same doctor and while she was in with him, I was in the waiting room and did go up to ask about a referral I'd gotten last time I was there, so the office staff definitely noticed what I was wearing.
At the end of the appointment the nurse walked us over to the radiology office, even though I said I knew where it was (it's literally 40 feet away). As we were were walking the nurse nodded her head just a bit towards my knees and asked if we were going to breakfast after the appointment or something special. At the time I thought it was just small talk but later realized maybe she was curious if there was some reason we were both wearing skirts, like we had some quirky old person get-together to attend.
My own appointment is coming up in a few weeks and I'm definitely going to wear a skirt then too.
Later at home I was getting lunch together and my wife said my skirt reminded her of a skirt she used to have and asked if she'd given it to me. I had to laugh because I wear this skirt maybe once a week and I guess it just didn't register.
Then she said "I guess we could wear matching skirts sometime" with a bit of a chuckle and I told her that would be a lot of fun. I think every time we're out somewhere and people act like my skirt is a normal thing it raises her comfort level. I'll need to figure out some kind of matching skirt thing now as a surprise, maybe I can find something Disney-themed on Etsy, or matching kilts. Life has been pretty heavy this year with bad medical news, it'd be good to introduce some levity when I can.
