What to say to a woman with a husband not brave enough to wear a kilt?

[Bill aka Mole]

Two weeks back, the missus and I both had Friday off, so we skipped down to the North Charleston area to just have a day. During our travels, we stopped at the Navy Exchange onboard Joint Base Charleston (formerly Naval Weapons Station Charleston) to do a bit of shopping. While checking out, a woman a little older than us started asking about my kilt (Firefighter Memorial from USA Kilts) and when I stated that I'm not Scottish, she stated that I must have a lot of courage to wear a kilt. I replied that I wear it for comfort and no real courage was necessary. She replied with, "Well, my husband could never wear one," implying to me that he didn't have the stones to be seen in public wearing a kilt. The only response I could muster was, "I'm sorry." On the way to the truck, I asked my wife and she confirmed that she thought that the woman was stating that her husband was lacking in fortitude to wear a kilt. An odd episode for me, most people are curious but this was the first time someone had told me that they or someone that they knew was too self-conscious to wear a kilt.