tolerance

[Jerseyman]

Someone once said to me "tolerance will be the down fall of our civilization"This is the the closed minded thinking not just us but many groups have to deal with.I only wear my kilt when I go out.At home Its pantyhose and skirts.my fiance does not mind. she likes them on me.Plus they help make my legs feel better.I would like to just go out in hose and a skirt.but I dont feel like having people stare at me.I get stared at in the kilt but Its always followed buy a woman asking me where i got it.she wants to get her huband or boyfriend one.To me Its just clothing.Thats all.Clothing.somthing to cover up the naught bits.and when people can get over this.I don't think there will be a problem.

[Since1982]

It's probably easier for me in public than you because I have been stared at and negatively commented about most of my life for being "morbidly obese", a condition I am in the process of changing. So wearing a skirt in public only adds a bit to the "fat jokes" I've been hearing since I was 10 or so. In recent times I still get more comments about my weight than my clothing choices. There certainly are a lot of "dense" people out there and I am not going to let them dictate how I dress or live. The commonest question I have ever gotten is, and this is really stupid but very common, "Did you ever think about going on a diet"? I'm 64 and have gotten that as recently as a month ago. It's all I can do to answer with some degree of civility instead of going "Duhhh, NO, what a good idea, did you just think of that?" Instead, I just answer with "I have, thanks for caring" and get away from that person as quickly as possible.

My favorite "fat joke" is this one. (Negative commenter)"Boy are you FAT!" Me, "Yes, I know, we are both fat!" to which I usually get answered with "Me?, I'm NOT fat!" and I reply with Oh yes you are, we are both fat, only difference is all my fat is BELOW my neck!!" Every once in a while someone who says that is sooo stupid they continue on with it, "Are you calling me a Fathead?" To which I reply, "If the shoe fits"......:whiteflag