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Hello from South Africa

Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:57 pm
by Gus
Hi,
Gus from South Africa here. I've just joined after browsing this site for the past few days. I logged in for the first time today and decided I bettter post something now since I don't want to be a lurker :D

I must say that finding this site was a real eye-opener for me and at least it confirms what I have always known about myself, I am not a tv, just a regular married guy who likes to wear skirts. I have never been brave enough to go out and about in a skirt but I have worn a sarong in a few places.

Can't think of much else to say at the moment but I am really happy I finally found a forum to chat to like minded guys (and not forgetting the open minded gals here too! :lol: )

Re: Hello from South Africa

Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:54 pm
by Since1982
Hi Gus :welcome:
I'm a full time skirt wearer in public since 2005 thanks to this site. I was an inside the house sarong and home made skirt wearer since 1982 and an inside sarong only wearer since 1972 when I was in a diving movie filmed in the South Pacific where everyone wore sarongs all the time. There are quite a few of us who are at least part time public skirters and a few besides me that wear them most of the time. I was afraid most of my life that I'd get bullied or killed wearing a skirt in public. I just wish I'd tried it sooner. It wasn't really anything special at all.
:welcome:

Re: Hello from South Africa

Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:18 am
by Gus
Thanks for making me feel so welcome Skip. I feel right at home now! :hooray:
I've been wearing sarongs since the mid nineties, but mainly at home. When I have ventured out in one it has been generally while on holiday or at the beach. There is an east African sarong called a kikoi which is quite common here in SA, but generally only worn by (a few brave) men at the beach. Right now I am wearing my pink and yellow one that was given to me by my wife.

The thing is I really want to move from sarongs to more "regular" skirts. My biggest problem is to convince my wife that this a perfectly natural thing to do. I think I found the perfect skirt but now I need to break it to her. I want her to be involved from the beginning and even help me choose it - honest and trust in the relationship. The shop that sells this type of skirt is in Durban which is some distance away from Johannesburg where we live.....however :think: we are going to Durban next week, so we'll just have to see :roll:

I will let you know how it goes and maybe even post a pic or two...

Re: Hello from South Africa

Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:34 pm
by RichardA
Hi Gus and welcome to the forum

Re: Hello from South Africa

Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:43 pm
by DTSA
Hi Gus, we lived in Kimberley, South Africa for a couple of years and had a great time. I used to wear my Macabi skirt when we visited the game reserves and never had any problems at all.

Re: Hello from South Africa

Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:06 pm
by Ray
Hi Gus, and welcome. South Africa is a captivating country, and one that I find myself increasingly visiting. On my last visit in Feb this year, I took my kilt with me, and it went down a storm in a place near Port Elizabeth!