Thanks for the great questions. I'm enjoying reading the replies.

I'm answering for my husband and myself. I've always known that I'm Scottish (and Welsh & Italian with a tiny bit of English). And I've always known that I wanted to marry a man who would wear a kilt at our wedding. He didn't actually have to do it but he had to be willing. I figured that a man who was brave enough to wear a kilt in front of everyone we know was the one for me.

When my husband & I met he believed he was mostly English with a little German & Italian thrown in. We got friendly with a genealogist who discovered that the English was just for a generation or two to supply the last name. The rest was pure Scot. Yippee! (no offense meant to the English)

When we got engaged I asked about a kilted wedding. He thought about it for a day or so and then agreed. We got his first kilt soon after and he loves to wear it. We've amassed quite a collection of accessories including a new arctic fox head sporran that freaks out the dog. And I've ordered him a casual PV kilt for Christmas. As we can afford it he'll probably move toward being kilted most of the time.

The reaction has been wonderful. Even my little Italian grandfather thinks it's great. (I think he saw Scottish soldiers wearing them in WW2). No one has ever said anything derogatory to him and kids LOVE it. My favorite reaction was at the theater last year. We were waiting in line to exit and I noticed a woman starting him up and down. All of a sudden she smiled and started asking a ton of questions. Turns out her partner had decided to go kilted. Being in the construction trade, they had decided on a Utilikit to start but loved the traditional wool my hubby was wearing. It was the best kilt conversation we've had with strangers.

He loves to wear it for the comfort, to celebrate his new-found heritage, and because even though some think it's a skirt the kilt is as manly as it gets. That paradox appeals to both of us.