It took my lady about 6 months to get to grundging acceptance, but nowadays if i do a good job of putting stuff together, she'll actually tell me I look nice.

Here's the thing....if someone ELSE says something snide about my kilts, then all I have to do is turn her loose on 'em and they retreat, bleeding from multiple wounds. nope, nope..it's her prerogative and only her prerogative to rag on me about kilts.