"Has it always been this hard tying a tie?" I asked. I had been trying for the past ten minutes to tie my stupid tie, but it ended up looking like an ugly knot.

To make things worse, my brothers and Jerome were just watching me with an amused smile and it wasn't long before Jerome started laughing.

"Yeah, I'm glad this is funny to you," I said.

"Here, hand it over," Alan said. "I'll fix it."

I took the tie off from around my neck and handed it over to Alan. He looped it around his neck and once it was tied, he handed it back to me. I...