Beery,

The bottom line really comes down to what you are willing to tolerate in order to wear your kilt and feel good about wearing it. The suggestions about giving a tartan kilt a shot for a time is a good one. The uninformed think that all kilts are tartans. You can mix it up by bringing your Utilikilt back into play.

You have to put them through the old "stimulus/response" training until they finally figure out that the Utilikilt is a kilt. Then it's a matter of whether or not you get negative reactions because you are wearing a kilt.

All of us who choose to wear the kilt in public pull people out of their comfort zone of what they perceive as normal. Some folks are glad for the change and compliment you, others say nothing, and a few might make negative comments because they feel compelled to defend their perception. It's all part of the kilt wearing gig.

Darrell