Since I started becoming interested in wearing kilts, it has gotten my dad interested in wearing kilts also. I am sure that once I send him some pictures of me in a kilt, that will put him over the edge and get him to buy one.
He has the same worries that you do, Rufus. He seems much more interested in wearing the great kilt, as he thinks it would go better with a pot belly than the modern kilt. Maybe if there is some good advice in this forum, I can convince him that he would look fine in a modern kilt.