Posted on 10/17/2008 10:18:01 AM PDT by PERKY2004
My wonderful DH and I have been married 5.5 years. He is currently deployed to Iraq, so I decided to take inventory and straighten out his dresser drawers, plus the drawers in the closet. (With his blessing and permission, mind you.)
He has socks in 4 different drawers. He has over 80 pairs of socks. Most of his socks are black (work) or white (non-work), with a very few pair of other colors.
Ummm.... is this normal? Socks in 4 different drawers? Over 80 pairs? Or am I just married to a guy who loves his socks?
Molly
“What is a DH?’
Designated hitter?
I'd be banned for that.
I might even be in trouble for quoting it.
Yes, they breed. When you have too many, you’re supposed to put them in the washer so that they can be converted into wire hangers that will appear in your closet.
Molly, how old is your husband? I’m 39 and I have two drawers of socks...dress sock in one and non-dress socks in the other. And how big are these drawers? Mine are about 2.5ft square. Now the funny thing is that as soon as I got married for the first time (at 37), my wife went through my t-shirt, underwear and sock drawers and tossed the “bad” ones. I have been informed that this will happen regularly so I might as well get used to it.:)
It could be that he only wants to wash his socks every couple of months...
So, what your saying is, all the socks I lose, apparently wind up in your machine... I knew it, I knew it! There is a washing machine conspiracy... They are all connected in their own little world wide pipe system..
I have 2 types of socks. white socks for every day use and black socks for when I’m forced to dress up. I have about a dozen of the black and about 2 dozen white.
None of them have holes, if they do, they are immediately trashed, it’s bad luck to have a hole in a sock.
Only 80 pair? What a piker. Everyone knows that all real men should have at least 200 pair of socks.
60 pair of white cotton athletic socks
25 pair of black or patterned dress socks
10-20 pair of merino woll hiking and backpacking socks of verying thicknesses
10-20 pair of Pearl Izumi cycling socks
10-20 pair of polypropylene sock liners
4-10 pair of Skiing socks
4-10 pair of snowboarding socks
25 plus pair of assorted thermal socks for hunting and outdoor use.
You should get to the store quickly and get him the socks he needs to be a real man.
Then make sure that you thank him for me for serving our nation.
There was a scifi story about this.
Wire hangers were bicycles in larvae-stage.
You are married to a guy who won’t pitch the old ones.
I own all black socks, same brand, same type. That way I don’t have to check to see if they match. Once a batch gets worn out, they go in the rag bag.
Cost? $15.00 to $20.00 a year. I waste more than that sitting at stop lights.
Sounds familiar to me as well. I have been married for 17 years. He always buy socks without fail when ever we shop and don’t matter where we shop. You are not alone.
(NoCoGOP’s wife message)
This man just prepares ahead.
Imagine, if you will, that he keeps all his socks in one drawer, sort of like keeping all your eggs in one basket.
If that drawer goes up in flames this man is now SOCKLESS!
He is just spreading it around, sort of like squirrels with their nuts, so that should a catastrophe occur, he will not be without socks.
(Being without socks, outside, in your underwear, is kind of like a porn starlet without a bustier. It just doesn't look right.)
When I get up in morning, execute the 3 S's, then go to get dressed, the first thing that I go for is the sock drawer.
Socks are the start of a good day, the foundation if you will.
When I cannot find matching comfortable socks, I go slightly, just slightly mind you, insane(r).
And socks that feel good when you put them on then creep off and slip into your shoe when you move about? meh, that's another story.
So your husband is wise, 'cause when I can't get my sock fix in the morning, guess who I blame?
There was some comedian talking about the “bottom of the drawer underwear” a long time ago. “So there I am in the ER. And then I remembered! It had been awhile since I had done the laundry and I was wearing my bottom of the drawer undewear. YOU know the kind. Clean - but a few holes here and there. The elastic isn’t really elastic anymore - and not much use regardless as half of it is ripped away from the fabric. Perfectly usable, but not very presentable in the ER”
If you go throwing out a man’s socks you better be prepared to stay on top of the laundry situation. That’s why we horde these things, we don’t like to do laundry when we’re single, and we have a fear of being dependent on somebody else when we’re not. So we have lots of socks and lots of undies and can generally go at least a month without laundry being done.
You might be. ;)
What are the brand names? I’d like to invest in the company while the market is still down...
no, it’s not usual. Here is a few things to look for:
1. Are they organized based on color? If so, does he do this with the rest of his clothes or just socks? If it is only the socks, then you got some kind of childhood issue. If he never takes off his socks (including during sex) then you just know you have somebody trying hard to cover up something unconsciously (not like a murder or bad things like that).
2. Does he have more than 10 pairs of shoes? I’ve got 30 at least but I’ve only got about that many pair of socks. Other than sports socks, the others are all very different and match different shoes. If the shoes and socks match, no problem specifically. It’s just a little strange.
3. Does he scrimp and save things which you find maddening? Like ziplock bags, dental floss, aluminum foil? If so, he is just a patrack type and is unknowingly terrified of losing things. It’s not worth drugging somebody over but it also explains the socks.
Spare ammo,,,watch yer mouth.
Let’s see..... 80/5.5 = 14.54 ....
That’s about right
;~ )
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