Ron,

I think that I am slowly getting to that point at work as well, although given the number of people in our office, it is still going to take a while. I actually had a lady, who I do not know, stop me in the hall the other day and say she likes that I wear a kilt every day. She thinks it is neat. It seemed to me to point out the beginning of acceptance and people becoming comfortable.

I also had a few other recent experiences at work. First, while standing in line to get some food at the cafeteria, a lady wearing pants and a suit type jacket, with a tie/cravat walks up to me and says "If I can wear a tie, you can wear a kilt. That is great!", then went on her way. I haven't seen her before or since and I think she may just have been visiting our office.

Next, in an email exhange about our department holiday luncheon, I was joking with my manager about the amount of food that is going to be available and that I will have to fast for 3 days leading up to the luncheon. Now my manager has been less than thrilled with the kilt. No overt resistance, just not excited about it. I think that he can't figure out why anybody would want to wear one, but allows that there might be a reason (and he and I get along very well). Anyway, in response to my email about the amount of food and fasting, he fires back a reply email saying "or just buy some XL kilts!". It floored me. He is coming around. I did provide hime some education by pointing out the the straps provide a very nice, built-in feature for allowing one to indulge without feeling constrained! The fact that he was able to initiate a joke about it is a huge sign of acceptance from him.

Got one more experience, but I think that I will start a new thread as I would like to see people's input.