My wife bought me three of my five kilts so obviously I don't have a problem from that end. My parents have always wondered about me anyway, so they don't say anything, they just admire whatever kilt I'm wearing when I see them.

My mother-in-law thinks it's great, she actually has bought me kilt hose, flashes, a kilt shirt, etc. My father-in-law doesn't care, and doesn't say anything.

My brothers don't care either, though one likes to give me a hard time about it sometimes (he and I have a history of friendly smack so it's not really that big a deal). He's the one who asked me why I was wearing "that goofy thing" and I told him that "some of us need the extra room." I then looked at his jeans and said "you must not." He smirked a bit and shut up.

My sister is the only one who's been hostile toward it... and most of that revolved around her wedding. I think she was afraid I was going to wear my original Utilikilt to her wedding (I wasn't IN the wedding) and she told me that she didn't want me to wear it. I wasn't planning to, but being one who likes to poke at people's psyches a bit, I asked why! You could tell that she'd thought it out a bit, and she told me immediately that "it's a casual kilt, not a formal one. And this is my wedding." So my wife asked whether it'd be okay to wear a kilt if it was formal, a real tartan kilt. My sister said yes... never thinking I'd actually do that. And then she promptly figured that the matter was settled.... (It was assumed that she didn't want me stealing the thunder from her, picture-wise)

Silly girl.

My wife then bought me my Clark Ancient. As soon as my sister heard that I had that and was planning on wearing it, she called my mother. My mother, who knew the whole story, said "but... you said it was okay if it was a real kilt." So that went back and forth for a while until the condition was put on me that I had to be non-regimental, as she didn't want my "bum and dangly bits hanging out." So I ended up having to wear underwear, and my wife even inspected me before walking out to the ceremony to make sure I was in compliance.

(Ironically, no one really noticed me as much as they did my five-month old son, who is cute as the dickens and attracted more camera attention than anyone else AT the wedding).

Sis is the one in the family who worries the most about things being out of place, and to her a kilt is out of place if it's not in a pipe band or at a festival (or in Scotland).

Anyway, my point of view on this stuff is that when people ask me why I wear kilts, I don't go into a lot of detail about family history, health, built-in air conditioning, etc. I just tell them "I like it." And let it go at that. The best response for such problems is simple self-confidence.