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Question about men and .... SOCKS

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


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To: MediaMole

Actually, all I ever wear is white. Sort of like in the movie “No Country for Old Men” (don’t you just love Coen movies) Llewelyn (pronounced Lew-Ellen) was told all they sold was white socks, he responded, “That’s all I ever wear”. White goes with anything, including bare legs with shorts. Also easy to match.


101 posted on 10/17/2008 11:14:28 AM PDT by steelydan (...he has certainly established the ground work to keep OÂ’BamaÂ’s tax bill from passing.)
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To: Dianna

Sounds like you need to keep a stash for those occasions. A package of unopened ones in the back of the drawer.


102 posted on 10/17/2008 11:14:45 AM PDT by listenhillary (Should we turn Alaska or Texas into our Galt's Gulch?)
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To: 21twelve
Just make sure YOU keep those exercise routines going!

LOL! Let me say this...it's a good thing there was no pre-marriage contract about his hair migrating from his forehead to the middle of his back!

103 posted on 10/17/2008 11:14:52 AM PDT by Dianna
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To: Tanniker Smith
There is no vintage underwear of course, but it's not because the guy couldn't sell his underwear, it's because men wear their underwear until it absolutely disintegrates. Men hang on to underwear until, until each individual underwear molecule is so strained it can barely retain the properties of a solid. It actually becomes underwear vapor. We don't even throw it out, we just open a window and it goes out like dandelion spores. </seinfeld>
104 posted on 10/17/2008 11:15:30 AM PDT by B Knotts (Calvin Coolidge Republican)
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To: PGR88

Yes, I had permission to touch his sock drawer!!! (I’m a well-trained wife!)


105 posted on 10/17/2008 11:17:28 AM PDT by PERKY2004 (Pray for my husband Ron -- deployed to Iraq for the fifth time.)
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To: Gator113

They really should put tread wear indicators on mens underwear. They never die it seems.

I buy new once a year at least. Not because the old ones are falling apart.


106 posted on 10/17/2008 11:17:29 AM PDT by listenhillary (Should we turn Alaska or Texas into our Galt's Gulch?)
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To: PERKY2004

When I was a bachelor, when I would run out of socks, underwear and/or t-shirts before I did laundry, I would just buy another pack and make a mental note to do laundry at the next available opportunity. needless to say my wife was amazed at the sheer number of socks (120 pairs+/-) and skivvies I had when she moved in and started organizing.

Side note: my large quantities of t-shirts came from a friend who was a manager at a comic book store I could easily go a month or more with out doing a load of blacks/dark colors.

Before you think what a slothful individual, keep in mind I was working 2 jobs quite often seven days a week when I did get free time it was eat/sleep.

I then started to notice that t-shirts, or comfy socks or a particular pair of shorts would disappear from time to time and started to realize that someone was tossing them for too many holes and what not (NOOOO! they were my garage rags!!!!) So now she checks with me before tossing—socks with too many/too big holes get cut up for cleaning patches...:)


107 posted on 10/17/2008 11:17:38 AM PDT by BudgieRamone (God loves machinists--someone has to..:))
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To: Admin Moderator; Allegra

LOL!! I don’t know of many people getting a ping from the mods!!


108 posted on 10/17/2008 11:18:50 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Will it be "comrade" after the elections?)
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To: wideawake

That describes my observations in my own marriage...perfectly. lol


109 posted on 10/17/2008 11:18:52 AM PDT by kalee
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To: PERKY2004

I’ve heard odes to dry socks from a guy who was in the military. I think having spares is part of basic training. Eighty pair may be an over reaction to that.


110 posted on 10/17/2008 11:19:41 AM PDT by GoLightly
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To: PERKY2004

Normal, count yourself lucky if you don’t have to pick them up all over the place and inside out to boot! LOL


111 posted on 10/17/2008 11:20:40 AM PDT by dforest (Is there any good idea out there that Obama doesn't lay claim to anymore?)
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To: Arrowhead1952

She is our sock connoisseur and expert in sockology.


112 posted on 10/17/2008 11:21:43 AM PDT by listenhillary (Should we turn Alaska or Texas into our Galt's Gulch?)
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To: All

If all you found was socks, you should be happy.


113 posted on 10/17/2008 11:24:46 AM PDT by paterfamilias
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To: erikm88

exactly. but in the reverse order... in case someone is keeping track


114 posted on 10/17/2008 11:25:49 AM PDT by NativeSon (off the Rez without a pass...)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash
My sweetie has a pole barn out in the country that makes Ali Baba’s cave look like my kitchen junk drawer.

You just go ahead and laugh. Just wait until someone desperately needs a choke linkage for a ‘53 Studebaker and then we'll see who comes through!

115 posted on 10/17/2008 11:26:09 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (If you read only one book this year, read "Stolen Valor".)
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To: listenhillary
Sounds like you need to keep a stash for those occasions. A package of unopened ones in the back of the drawer.

We used to own a dog with an unnatural affinity for my underpants. It's not such a problem anymore.

116 posted on 10/17/2008 11:26:33 AM PDT by Dianna
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To: listenhillary

So I hear.. So I hear..


117 posted on 10/17/2008 11:26:39 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Will it be "comrade" after the elections?)
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To: Arrowhead1952

I think she has her doctorate in sockology. I could be wrong.


118 posted on 10/17/2008 11:30:20 AM PDT by listenhillary (Should we turn Alaska or Texas into our Galt's Gulch?)
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To: PERKY2004

I haven’t made it all the way through the thread yet,so I may be covering something someone else has already said, but if your DH is in the military, I can say with confidence that military guys tend to accumulate socks. Dry socks are a necessity to the soldier, so having many pairs around ensures that you’ll always have access to clean socks, so as to minimize the risk of trenchfoot or athlete’s foot. Granted, he’s in Iraq currently, but the maxim holds for regular footwear as well. I’ve gone through piles of socks myself, and have easily 30-40 pairs around, and I’ve been out of the Army now for over a decade.


119 posted on 10/17/2008 11:32:06 AM PDT by Little Pig (Is it time for "Cowboys and Muslims" yet?)
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To: Arrowhead1952; Admin Moderator
LOL!! I don’t know of many people getting a ping from the mods!!

Yes, I was really quite honored to get a ping from the Mods asking for my soxpertise! :-D

120 posted on 10/17/2008 11:33:13 AM PDT by Allegra (NO giving up, NO quitting, NO doom and gloom, NO drama queens...Keep up the faith)
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