My family has had few troubles with the kilt ...

My grandmother passed away with the coming of the cold weather this year, and when I attended her funeral I went in some formal pants, shirt, and tie, etc. Her side of the family was more English, and the only resistance I ever received in kilt-wearing was from her son, my dad. I figured it was no time to even think about it, even though I pretty much wear kilts daily now. I got dress pants and things just for that ocassion.

I think at any other funeral, I would have gone in a kilt, with a jacket and tie. But I knew how my dad felt and didn't mind wearing pants for a day.

As for a birthday party -- I don't understand the difficulty with a kilt. I'm sorry they've chosen to discriminate that way. But the glory of the post modern world is that if someone in your family bugs you, you don't necessarily have to deal with it. ;)