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General Discussion May 05, 2026

Does anyone actually know how to tie a tie by intuition?

Does anyone actually know how to tie a tie by intuition?
Just got asked to tie a tie for a wedding and yeah, completely stumped. I mean, I've worn ties before, but that was just a lazy Google Images search to get it 'right'. You'd think it's a basic life skill but I'm starting to think it's something only dads and formal events organizers know how to do. How do people naturally know how to do this? Was it just me or did anyone else have to quietly Google it at some point in their lives? What's the proper etiquette when struggling with a task like this at a formal event?
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DI Dila Sari 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Ever tried the Eldredge knot? 💀💀
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RA Rana Hosseini 4 weeks, 1 day ago
the problem with tying a tie by intuition is that everyone expects it to look perfect on the first try which is basically impossible since its like learning a new language in a flash *(edited)*
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RA Rana Hosseini 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Worked pretty well for my dad tho he just kinda winged it and always looked sharp not gonna lie
RA Rana Hosseini 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Pe is like an unspoken language of dads everywhere 👀
SA Samir Ahmadi 4 weeks, 1 day ago
I think the bigger issue is people expecting it to look perfect without understanding the basics first no one's going to tie a tie by intuition when they cant even describe the parts of the tie idk 🤦
RA Rana Hosseini 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Obviously everyone looks terrible in a tie
SA Samir Ahmadi 4 weeks, 1 day ago
no idea how that's supposed to help
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SA Samir Ahmadi 4 weeks, 1 day ago
so people still think this is a thing
SA Samir Ahmadi 4 weeks, 1 day ago
this is literally me *(edited)*
DI Dila Sari 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Yeah but have you tried the buntline method where you fold the tie in half longways before tying like you're making a pocket square? it totally changes the intuition thing
SA Samir Ahmadi 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Reminds me of that time i was getting groomed for my wedding and the dude kept trying to teach me how to tie a tie but ended up showing my future wife's family instead because i just couldn't get it lol i mean yeah intuition doesn't seem like it's gonna cut it here
SA Samir Ahmadi 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Yeah but tying a tie by intuition is like trying to parallel park by vibes lmao *(edited)*
RA Rana Hosseini 4 weeks, 1 day ago
No way dila the only knot i can do is the half windsor which my dad taught me and even then its just trial by fire i mean who actually knows how to tie a tie by ins..
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SA Samir Ahmadi 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Dila yeah no thats alot a lot* one i think i tried it like 5 times before i kinda got it and by kinda i mean my gf ended up just tying the stupid thing for me, anyway how did you learn it, did you just pick it up naturally or was it a slow process
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SA Samir Ahmadi 4 weeks, 1 day ago
the way I nodded reading this
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FA Fares Aziz 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Learned it in 5th grade after watching a kid fail 5 times
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DI Dila Sari 4 weeks, 1 day ago
my dad's an old-school dude and he always used to tie his tie wiht his eyes closed - claimed it was a skill he picked up from his grandad when he was a kid. what's wild is that he'd actually get it right more often than not, despite being pretty stubborn about not using a mirror.
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SE Sergei Wiśniewski 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Tying a tie by instinct is a weirdly romantic concept - my grandpa taught me how to knot my first tie when i was 8 and he told me it was all about the 'wrinkles' you want to leave in the fabric as you go. he showed me this one particular style that looked more 'accidentally' tied, and i swear it's the most effortless one i've ever tried - the secret, or so he swore, was in how you pinch the edges of the cloth together while you tighten the knot. still, to this day, it comes undone as soon as i try to eat a meal
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RA Rana Hosseini 4 weeks, 1 day ago
totally tied my tie on a first try when I was a kid just for a family photo shoot and I was convinced I'd 'figured it out' lol
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BR Britta Lind 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Wait didnt rana have a parent show them how to tie a tie beforehand for that family photo or SOMETHING iykyk
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BR Britta Lind 4 weeks, 1 day ago
family photos are staged and the photographer helps with tie fr *(edited)*
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RA Rana Hosseini 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Dude didnt you have a million grownups in teh room for the family photo or was it the kind where everyone just sorta stood there?
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RA Rana Hosseini 4 weeks, 1 day ago
ok I need to log off
SA Samir Ahmadi 4 weeks, 1 day ago
rana i dont think thats how tie intuition works it kinda requires knowing how to tie a tie first
BR Britta Lind 4 weeks, 1 day ago
That's an oversimplification we never actually learned by intuition in school it was always shown to us in like a step-by-step guide or from a parent *(edited)*
RA Rana Hosseini 4 weeks, 1 day ago
why tho
SA Samir Ahmadi 4 weeks, 1 day ago
came here to say this
BR Britta Lind 4 weeks, 1 day ago
That sounds like a great story but did you actually jsut throw a few loops of string around each other and hope it looked neat or did someone show you the actual knot method lowkey
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FA Fares Aziz 4 weeks, 1 day ago
didn't read lol
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RA Rana Hosseini 4 weeks, 1 day ago
screenshotting this
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FA Fares Aziz 4 weeks, 1 day ago
flagging this for misinformation *(edited)*
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RA Rana Hosseini 4 weeks, 1 day ago
actualy, my dad who was an seperate separate* by trade could tie a tie in UNDER 30 seconds with his eyes closed which always weirded me out, but I think its because he...
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SA Samir Ahmadi 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Damn, I used to think I knew how to tie a tie until I tried teaching my little brother and realized I’d been doing it wrong for years—somehow the wide end always ended up shorter than the narrow one and I just called it "artistic." Turns out the half-Windsor isn’t some mystical knot you just *feel*, it’s a series of steps you either memori..
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SA Samir Ahmadi 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Tying a tie, right? I used seperate separate* work in a suit-and-tie corporate gig, and let me tell you, it took me years to get the thing right (mostly by winging it and not getting fired). ONE time, my then-boss asked me to give a 3-minute impromptu presentation at a meeting, and I totally bombed it - mainly cause I had a loose tie knot, but still.
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BR Britta Lind 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Dude, if you're tying your tie by instinct I'm guessing that means you've never actually watched someone do it a thousand times.
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RA Rana Hosseini 4 weeks, 1 day ago
so did you learn how to tie a tie from someone who actually knew how, like a dad or a prep school teacher, or was it more of a YouTube-crash-course kinda situation tho *(edited)*
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SA Samir Ahmadi 4 weeks, 1 day ago
For me it's always about finding that one weird pattern on your tie that kinda makes the knot fall into place, and it took my uncle 5 minutes to teach me that it's about the dimple on the Windsor knot, still gotta check in mirror every time
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SA Samir Ahmadi 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Tie: the original impossible knot lol
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RA Rana Hosseini 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Tying a tie is actually kind of like making a knot in a sailboat - there's a specific sequence to it and once you learn it, you'll get a weird intuition for it, kinda like how you know if a knot's good just by feel and practice. My dad used to make me practice until I could tie it in the dark.
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RA Rana Hosseini 4 weeks, 1 day ago
not gonna lie
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SE Sergei Wiśniewski 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Tried the whole intuitive thing in high school, ended up with a knot that looked like a bird's nest
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BR Britta Lind 4 weeks, 1 day ago
ok fair
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SA Samir Ahmadi 4 weeks ago
skill issue tbh
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SA Samir Ahmadi 4 weeks ago
Just tried to tie my own kid's tie for the first time and it was a mess, but in a weird way i kinda sorta felt like i was close... like i had the gist of it, but couldn't quite put my finger on why it wasn't working, do people who claim to be able to tie a tie by intuition actually practice it with kids a lot??
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RA Rana Hosseini 4 weeks ago
Tying ties as an intuitive exercise makes sense until you try to explain it to someone who's never seen one before - my dad had a job interview and asked me to teach him the "quick way" I'd pick up from TV when I was a kid, turns out he just ends up with the thing dangling off his neck
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RA Rana Hosseini 4 weeks ago
Oh man, I definately definitely* tried the "just loop it around and hope for the best" method and ended up looking like a deflated balloon animal. Still maintain it’s a valid tie-tying technique, just maybe not for job interviews
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DI Dila Sari 4 weeks ago
Ugh, I tried the "just wing it" method once and ended up with a tie that looked like a deflated balloon animal—my roommate still has the photo as blackmail
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