Well - I’m a guy. And I can’t imagine, even back when I was single - a months worth of stinky socks! (A month of dirty dishes? Thats another story!) However, my son does have about 40 pairs of socks I bet. Although he probably only wears 5 or 6 pairs.
“Well what’s wrong with these?” (Too short, too long, too loose, too tight, too bumpy....)
Now I’m more like in the post with the variety of socks. Some white, some dark, but where it really adds up its the heavy wool, med wool, light wool, wool liners, poly liners, etc.! And with the wool socks - when they get worn out I cut the toes out, and make them into wrist/arm warmers (cut a little hole for the thumbs in the heal).
Well they aren’t stinky in the drawer, those are the clean ones. The stinky ones are in the hamper, or somewhere in the neighborhood of the hamper... same floor anyway. I have enough socks and undies to make 1 entire load each, I don’t actually know how many that is but it must be a lot since socks and undies are small. I don’t have any wool socks, I live in the desert, sweat enough as already, I don’t think I own any wool anything, I’m not even sure I know what it looks like.