I've gotten a few "I like your skirt" comments recently. They were all from women and they were all sincere. Some were from classmates. One was a woman who struck up a long conversation in line at the grocery store.

Today, a female clerk in the Safeway supermarket interrogated me for several minutes about the kilt. I was wearing the Nightwatch Camo UK, black work boots with hiking socks topped in hunter red, a maroon hooded sweatshirt, and my favorite khaki cap -- a rather "guy" looking outfit.

Also today, I got some nice comments from a woman who's best friend's boyfriend wears a leather Utilikilt.

What I find interesting is that many women are very curious as to why a man would wear a kilt (or skirt). It makes sense to them when I explain the comfort and practicality of it, especially when I remind them of how male anatomy is constructed.

So, I found I don't mind someone calling my kilt a skirt as long as it's not meant as a put-down.