My mother taught me to tie my shoes just like her mother had taught her once upon a time, and they both tied granny knots, so I learned no other way to tie my shoes.<p>A friend of mine found this webpage a few years ago, and was very excited to tell me and all of our friends about it, and I finally learned how to tie my shoes properly.<p>30 years of tying my shoes the bad way. 30 years of sometimes slipping laces and shoes come undone. Goddamnit mom.