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Just to say hello, this is the very first time that I have admitted in public to enjoying wearing skirt or dress. Other than to my wife, not approroving or to my therapist who was at least a tad supportive. I now seem to have embarked on a journey and don't have the slightest clue where it will lead, but hey, ho.

I would like to make it clear that this forum is not a transvestite or transsexual forum - we are normal men who identify as such. We simply like the comfort of kilts, skirts, and sometimes dresses as alternatives to shorts and pants. We wear our non-bifurcated garments as men, and not as pretend women.

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To Richard A, thanks for the welcome. Distinguished Member, I stand truly reminded, but I get the feeling that you rather jumped to a conclusion based on not very much knowledge.

Hello and welcome aboard, Stevie.

By way of explanation of one of the earlier comments from another member of our community, we've had a bit of a bump in the road recently with folks who don't understand the function and purpose of SkirtCafe, and nerves are a bit raw at the moment. Hopefully that will calm down in the next week or so, so please don't get us wrong.

Again, welcome!

Hi crfriend
Thanks for the welcome. To John H, I apologise for coming over all defensive. I too have had bumps in my life. I hope now that we can look forward to some good discussions. Yes, I am a "normal" Scots bloke who enjoys wearing skirts, strangely enough, not "The Kilt " as I find it too rough and heavy.
On a more personal note, I sport a complete beard and smoke a pipe, so feminine is not an issue. I have 2 kids and a wife who really doesn't get the skirt thing. I am currently being counselled on the relationship issues not the skirt ones. That's just about as much as I can explain.

Stevie,

welcome aboard. Wifely acceptance can be hard. Remember that you've done a lot of the accepting yourself before you raise the issue with your loved one(s) and she has to go through the whole thing for herself. See http://www.skirtcafe.org/forums/viewtop ... 86#p103248 for my sage(ahem) advice on the matter.

I was in Glasgow at the weekend, my love of Scotland and its largest city undiminished by the fact that I was there for a funeral. Wore trousers, though.

For my wife, seeing me in a kilt (and declaring it "sexy") was the door through which we were able to enter wider skirt-wearing. Very hot about the bum: she had pity on my overheated thighs and agreed that skirts were acceptable, just as long as the kids were asleep. This leaves a couple of important bridges yet to cross, but life is a process.

I wish you well.

Paul.

Hi Paul
Thanks for the encouragement.

STEVIE wrote: On a more personal note, I sport a complete beard and smoke a pipe, so feminine is not an issue. I have 2 kids and a wife who really doesn't get the skirt thing.

Just like a woman who does not understand the comfort with skirts of the external plumbing males have. I have had issues like that with my wife. Sorry for my admonishment in the beginning.

Uncle Al

Hi John H
I was hoping for you to reply, but really no apology needed, I hope that that we can get some interesting discourse going. I think we may have more in common than skirts. All the best to you and yours.

Hi Uncle Al
Thanks for the welome.

Welcome. Hope you enjoy the discussions here.

Like you I find the kilts somewhat heavy. They are ok in winter. But the rest of the time I wear either lighter kilts or pleated plaid skirts...

Thanks Jeanfor
comfort aside, as a Scot the KILT is a very specific and expensive garment. Not to be taken lightly and not for casual wear. Skirts offer a more relaxed way of dress that trousers cannot match.
Steve

During my distressingly short time living in Glasgow, I saw guys going about their everyday business in informal kilts on more than one occasion. Certainly not the norm, but perfectly acceptable.

I definitely agree that they can be a bit warm, though, and I wear skirts much more often than I wear my (informal) kilt.