Quote Originally Posted by McFarkus View Post
When my other niece graduated from Northwestern, she acknowledged the power of the kilt by asking my brother and me NOT to wear kilts. "It's my day," she said, "and when you guys wear kilts everyone pays more attention to you than to me."

This is exactly why I chose not to wear a kilt - though I really wanted to. It was my daughter's day to shine and she didn't need me to be drawing any attention away from her. I can wear a kilt any day, but she can only graduate from college for the first time once in her lifetime.