I've only worn my kilt in public twice, and one place was a festival where kilts were common.

The other place was a place where they may have never seen a kilt, and everybody in the bar checked the kilt out. Only the guy serving us asked "The Question" (in a very quiet, "just between you and me" manner).

I don't stress over somebody lifting the kilt, but I'd view it as a major invasion of personal space. Friends joking and even touching the kilt is one thing, but strangers another.

I understand that people are going to ask and be curious--that's fine. But if anybody tried lifting the kilt, I'd stop them. If it were a woman, I'd tell her if I lifted a woman's skirt, I'd most likely have charges brought against me, and if it were a guy, I'd lock eyes and tell him to stop (I'm bigger than the average guy and the look has served me very well in my 38 years).

Asking what's beneath the kilt is one thing, but lifting is another. I'd do my best to dispel the situation with tact and humor if the moment called for it.

Anybody lifting the kilt would probably be happy I put an end to it instead of my wife, Cynthia. She's a pretty tough Texan!