I converted someone!

Ray · Post by **Ray** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:23 pm

Long story cut short. I was with a wine friend at dinner in October and met his fiancée for the firt time. She's a tomboy and mentioned that she hates skirts. I stated my amazement, citing the kilt for comfort. The chap (lets call him Bob) doubted this, so I said, you should try one! This, through alcohol, transmogrified from a kilt to a skirt. Bob's fiancée was up for the challenge.

I got a surprise EMail from Bob's fiancée in late November asking me to join them in their fabby big flat (US = apartment) at new year. I delightedly responsed, and cheekily asked if I should being a skirt for "Bob". She gave me the thumbs up.

Now Bob is about 5'10", bit of a belly (not too bad) so I managed to procure an ankle length a-line denim skirt, with a slightly elasticated waist. I got there for Hogmanay (as we call it in Scotland) and after a few glasses of vino, I got into my grey kilt with shiny sheer flesh tights. Big thumbs up at this AND admiration at my shiny legs and BIG kilt socks around my ankles. I then said "Bob, it's your turn". Out came the denim skirt, and out came the laughs. Off he went and put it on. He then went off to make dinner, still in skirt.

Meanwhile, I thought I would up the ante a bit, and ran off to return in a brown tshirt, knee length denim skirt and 30 denier semi opaque tights. No shoes. No discernable reaction until well into the night, over the music blasting out (a wicked combination of Led Zeppelin, ELO and Tori Amos) Bob suddenly noticed my distinctively non-bare legs and bellowed "you're wearing tights!". I said, "I have been for the last 3 hours!" Bear in mind that neither had ever seen men in anything other than trousers or kilt with bare legs.

Great chat followed about being yourself etc. At the end of the night, fiancée off to bed, Bob and I chatted about lots of stuff. Careers, wine, ...wine..and corporate stuff. All without batting an eyelid at the end of the evening.

Last thing Bob said - "can I keep the skirt? It's really comfortable." I said of course.

The following morning - sore heads and all and sundry in trousers. Bob mentioned that he was going to use the skirt to slob around the flat, as it was so comfortable. He's not inclined to wear it outside, but isnt fussed about people seeing him in it. He regards it like wearing slobby clothes that you would never go out in.

One more to the cause! What an amazing night.....

r1g0r · Post by **r1g0r** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:03 am

congratulations, ray!

what a wonderful gift to give your friend, both the skirt AND and internal freedom to wear it.

a truly happy new year!

iain · Post by **iain** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:01 am

Hey, that made really good reading. Amazing!

Colin · Post by **Colin** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:54 am

Congratulations.

Colin.

Sarongman · Post by **Sarongman** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:41 am

Definite congratulations are in order

This is a daydream come true!!!

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:54 am

Well done that man!

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:50 pm

Well done, Ray. But I'm not surprised. Most men could be converted under the right circumstances.

When I first started coming here, I thought guys who wore kilts and skirts were seriously weird and I couldn't fathom the attraction. Well, you converted me, albeit from sarongs which I discovered were wonderfully airy garments, but really for summer only. Then I discovered that denim skirts offered similar comfort in winter and now I'm hooked.

Stu

cessna152towser · Post by **cessna152towser** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:40 pm

Well done and hopefully he will in the fullness of time choose to venture outside in the skirt.

Peter v · Post by **Peter v** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:47 am

Thinking along those lines, just free thinking;
Why not have a once a year town festival "men in skirts" with the neccessary refreshments of course

It must have some seriousness, as otherwise it may make skirt wearing a joke.

Because no matter what the pretence, once men have worn a skirt, in front of others, the ice is broken, and an open discussion can be started, and maybe many men will be more open to skirt wearing, having actually tasted it themselves, and even some may think about wearing more often. Knowing that they were no other than they were before, only posssibly happier.

Wishful thinking? I have read that more often, that some men have for the joke worn a skirt, and hidden their interest in the fact that it was a "joke" but it was actually a way of trying it, in public without them being critically looked at. The fact is, once having done it, you can't honestly deny the possible pleasure that skirt wearing can bring. And saying that men don't wear skirts is to say that they were / are not men. Which they won't state of course.

Peter v.

sapphire · Post by **sapphire** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:29 pm

That's a nice idea!

Here in central Massachusetts, in the little towns, there are many town festivals, particularly in the fall during apple harvesting time. Our town is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year and there are a lot of events planned.

May I call on all of you for ideas to introduce male skirt wearing?

Peter v · Post by **Peter v** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:30 am

Just filling in on my suggestion, here in the Netherlands, we have in the southern half of the Netherlands every year, from 2 to 5 Februari this year.
Carnaval is a soort of more days fancy dress feest. And it seems that many men dress in women's dress, skirts, dresses. We skirt wearing men assume that there are very many men there who take the opportunity to wear clothing that they may actually want to wear more often, but do not dare. I must assume that if there were more opportunitys for men to don skirts and dresses "legally", officially "as a stunt" but still actually doing it, then I am sure that it would stimulate a more active role for many men. As being able to try it out in public, being seen but still "anonamous" gives them the hands on experience in total safety.

Peter v