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Bri----

Good Luck with your Education Program! I have a few
'Relatives' who I would not wear 'any skirted garment'
around. They are VERY set in their ways. Mostly due
their age and up-bringing. Others, Definitly think out-side
the box. My nephew ( 14 yrs old ) doesn't think a thing
about it. His attitude is - My Uncle wears kilts---So What!
( Now he is 'into' girl friends, cars, etc. Typical teenager. )

Most of my relatives are on my wife's side of the family.
My wife's parents are very acceptable to kilt wearing. My
father-in-law, who is 76 years old, has even asked for help
in researching his familys Irish/Scottish history.

I would suggest, after you've settled in, for the 1st month
or so leave the skirts/kilts out of the picture. This may be
easy to do now as the temp's in Colorado are not good
for skirt/kilt wearing. As soon as the 'Spring Thaw' starts,
bring out a kilt for a Saturday event. Let the 'Cowboy'
know about kilts gradually-like every Saturday. Saturday
IS an event in this case. Soon he won't bat an eye about it.
Increase the number of days you wear the kilt. Then, at
this point, start changing the kilt days to skirt days--one
day at a time. Let it sneak up on him.

The main 'event' will be getting him to know you personally.
That you are an OK-Joe, you speak your mind but are willing
to change an opinion if the facts or information warrent it. Then,
the kilt/skirt wearing should not be an issue.

OK--That's my $.02 worth.

Best wishes and good luck!

Uncle Al
Duncanville, TX

BTW-My wife grew up in the Denver area.

Charlie,
Thanks for the link:-
http://www.in-my-opinion.org/debate-top ... html#53241
I have posted a reply there too. I need to find some other forums that we can post on too, as it is nice to chat within this forum, but as you say, we need to get our thoughts out to the people.

Bri wrote:Something I brought up with my gf in the car a day ago about crossdressing and possible gender change (I was looking at a pair of high tops that were pink and several other shades of neon and pastel). My gf then told me that she was worried that I might want a gender change. I was very surprised by this and asked her a bit later why she asked that. She didn't have much of a response, and that's when I brought up the idea that she was wearing jeans, and me wanting to wear a skirt is as much cross dressing as her in the jeans. Really strange thing is she knew about when women couldn't wear jeans and get away with it, and agreed with me on the cross dressing thing.

I think personally that discussing freedoms and such won't really get men very far. We're kicking a dead horse and thinking it's alive. Perhaps maybe more support is needed and possibly less funny comebacks. Maybe just some history to the ignorant on men wearing skirts and women wearing jeans. You have to know though that some people not matter how persuaded they are by you and how much "logical" sense you're making, won't make them want to wear a skirt or accept you anymore than they don't now.

Maybe the idea of, some people just don't like me, and I'm cool with that or, there's a few bad parts of town to go wearing a skirt. I just won't visit them and be safer and happier. Besides, why would anyone who's smarter, by choice want to hang around with obviously dumber people?

Maybe if you find pushing the idea of "Fashion Freedom for men" is becoming a bit like 'flogging a dead horse' to you, you could go lighter on that subject [in and of itself..] - and make it part of a bigger picture approach - for example, including it as part of a wider look at Personal Freedoms :
Freedom of speech;
Freedom of association;
Freedom to travel;
Fashion Freedom;
Freedom to religious and political beliefs;
Human rights, in general...

This way you make what may be of trivial interest or importance to some, part of something that is of more universal - and undeniable and more relevant - importance..