Does your wife have to ask permission when, for whatever reason, she decides to put on a pair of pants? Probably not, and neither should you when it comes to a kilt. However... just as you might decide to wear a kilt, for whatever reason, you might also - optionally - decide to wear a pair of pants. You have to decide under the circumstances what is most appropriate. If it were me, I might wear pants just to make a point that I have the option of doing that. I would probably also wear a celtic or jacobite style shirt with it. When somebody asks... you can tell them you usually wear it with one of your kilts. Unlike some of the kilted pioneers posting here, I do not wear kilts full time nor do I feel that it is necessary for me to do so. So a decision not to wear a kilt would not stick in my craw.

IMHO
blu