mart360

It would appear that Mrs Mart and i have differing opinions on sock pairing!

She is adamant that socks must be paired, and cannot be worn otherwise.

My viewpoint is that other than glaringly obvious mis matches, anything goes.

The objects in question are the multipacks, either with toe and heel in dirffering colours or days of weeks on side etc. Predominantly they are all black though.

To me whether one foot has a red toe and the other blue, makes no difference.

Ive allready got my ""safety"" clean undies on, which will prevent me from being run over by a bus, or do odd socks reverse the protection afforded by the clean undies?


To her its a cardinal sin ...


Discuss

Mart

hodgy0_2

depends on how many feet you have

dpb

your life insurance might not pay ( her ) out if youre discovered uncoordinated ?

PaulC72

don't really matter unless you plan on losing a leg somewhere and need to identify it later, which is much easier with matching socks.

donny andi

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It is a sin , the wife is right .

It's like socks that are inside out

wrx300scooby

Got to say I pair mine up and have them the right way too

InTurbo

iTrader: (3)

Never seen my misses wearing a matching pair of socks! Lol

boomer

Every few years i replace my current socks with a few dozen identical new socks (and throw the old ones away).

No worries about odd socks, mismatched socks or anything.

Yup i have a few other "specialist" socks (extra thick, waterproof, gym etc.), but they can be "managed" separately.

mb

Paben

iTrader: (5)

If a man can't be bothered to match his socks properly were does it all end? Inside out underpants?(or worse, none) T shirt on backwards? Shorts worn with grey socks and sandals? Silly Christmas jumper worn without shame? The mind boggles!

Turbohot

For me, socks should be paired to the like. But for some others e.g. my daughter, she doesn't give a flying funk whether they're odd or what. It does annoy me to see her feet in odd socks.

urban

iTrader: (1)

My be a daughter thing then, as I've experienced the same flipping thing with mine

veerinder9

iTrader: (1)

I find it completely annoying when i see ppl wearing odd socks.

MOTORS S GT

iTrader: (2)

Never mind odd socks, use to work with a chap who would regularly turn up wearing odd shoes, he had not even noticed until somebody would laugh & point it out to him.

Tidgy

tell her to make sure she washes them all properly and then pairs them properly if she's that bothered, besides, what you doing letting her have an opinion?

dpb

and ironed !

urban

iTrader: (1)

How do folks like that survive life?

dpb

better than barefoot

Turbohot

Possibly. I think they rebel against the norms to the point that they start to believe that they're looking cool n' wicked with odd socks on. But factually they look like complete fvvkwits like that.


Well, it makes me very uncomfortable, too. But im not so OCD about it that I urge to punch something or feel so restless that dread the location with the threat (odd socks) in it; glaring at me with its repulsive, invisible eyes. I just divert my attention to something else and deep breathe like Buddha. That's what you do, when you have no choice, innit.


Perhaps he has either some learning difficulty/ies, autism or some other issue that is causing it.

Turbohot

That's absurd.

Why don't you just go around everywhere with your duvet on, rather than getting into your proper clothes, then? That will be better than naked bodied, isn't it?

tarmac terror

iTrader: (2)

I had this same chat a while ago with the wife, I told her the pattern (Sesame Street characters in my case!) was in a place where it would be covered by a shoe, so there was no need to match those socks.

She told me that was another fact I could add to Dave-O-Pedia

When I asked what Dave-O-Pedia was, she told me its kinda like Wikipedia, only its always wrong!

MOTORS S GT

iTrader: (2)

He was a F1 trackside engineer, no common sense, lived totally in a world of his own, oblivious to anyone else.

veerinder9

iTrader: (1)

Woooosaaaaa

Turbohot

I had to Google that!

Anyway, why should I woosaa, eh? You're the one putting excessive letters to write this urban slang. So you need to woosaa, not me!


LOL Merry Christmas to you, Veerinder Ji. Hope you get matching socks this Christmas

veerinder9

iTrader: (1)

Lol oh ji nice and respectful . I sure did and i got a nice set of lynx too

Merry xmas to you too

The Joshua Tree

My socks arn't identical pairs, one's got a hole in it and the other ain't.

Turbohot

Fail.

Wear n' tear is excluded. We're talking about the oddness of the colour, patterns etc. here; between the two.

Hole or elastic going all fvvked up or bobbles all over or covered with your pet's hair, doesn't matter. If the sock is from the same pair, then it's not an odd sock.

David_Dickson

This man is correct.

Bulk buy a load of plain black socks and throw the old ones out.

Scooby.Newbie

I am pretty OCD about this sort of thing, they have to be in pairs, if I come across a lone sock, he is extracted and put in a pile at the bottom of the wardrobe until a mate is found or they are sent packing.

Have tried the bulk buy black ones, but they have to be the same, nothing can ruin your day like getting to work and finding out that one is an inch longer than the other one

Even if they are the same, the odds are that some will get worn/washed more than others, so the 'shade' of black can be slightly different when you are random matching, and not sure that is a risk worth taking!

Coloured toes and heals, match them and rotate often, is the only way in a civilised world