What is a DH?
Run, do not walk.
He probably bought only a few pairs of black and white socks. In a dark warm drawer, they breed.
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That is odd.
My suggestion- make them into puppets or monkeys.
I do have alot of socks (many not even worn in the last year or two) and alot of shoes too, I like to rotate them.
Ever.
LOL! I think many men find socks hard to throw out. The socks may not be exactly suitable for wearing, but on the other hand, they don’t have gaping holes, and thrifty men are reluctant to throw the socks out until they are verifiably useless. Plus, if he travels, he probably buys new ones, brings them home, and just adds them to his collection.
Would he object if you helped him sort through them and maybe got rid of the worn ones?
What I’d like to know is where are the mates to the socks my husband has. Seems every time I wash those socks, I’m able to match up less and less of them.
However, men never through away socks. They're still good. You can wear them.
Wait 'til you see what's in the back of the underwear drawer.
(Or as my father would say, "The drawers fulla drawers.")
I knew a single guy that got tired of cleaning his house, washing dishes, etc.
He threw out every dish expect one, all of his silverware except one set, all of his chairs except two (a kitchen chair and an easy chair), etc. Don’t know about the socks!
My answer would be 20. Actually maybe just 7 darks, 7 whites. But a few spares of each would be good. Give them to the Goodwill NOW. He’ll never miss them.
Count your blessings it’s only a dresser and some socks. My sweetie has a pole barn out in the country that makes Ali Baba’s cave look like my kitchen junk drawer.
If this collecting/hoarding escalates, be prepared for anything! :)
If most of them are old and worn out it’s pretty normal. We have a hard time throwing out articles of clothing that still have a few threads left. If they’re all in good condition then he is very strange. Most guys have one weeks worth of socks maybe two at the most.
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.
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.
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