can you wear mismatched socks?
@macdingolinger (10386)
United States
13 responses
@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
10 Feb 10
I'm like you I would feel uncomfortable all day. I have a bit of OCD so this would be a problem for me. Just like I could never wear holely socks that would bother me alot too. Even if my pants covered it I still would not like it at all.1 person likes this
@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
10 Feb 10
Yep! That's me to a tee! i can't stand to wear mismatched socks. I can't wear socks with holes either! Call it OCD if you want!! Actually, OCD isn't in alphabetical order, it should be CDO!!!
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
10 Feb 10
I wear mismatched ones pretty often. They don't have to be exactly the same to me if they're the same general color, or if I'm going to be wearing them with pants that will mostly cover them anyway.
Not only that, but I sometimes were mismatched socks on purpose. If I'm wearing an outfit that is sort of neutral -- lots of black, gray, or perhaps white -- I'll sometimes 'brighten' it up with brightly colored socks, like a pink one and a blue one! :P
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
10 Feb 10
I get told that I drive OCD people crazy a lot! Because a lot of things that I do don't really have much logic behind them; I'm more of an intuitive person and do what I feel like doing in the moment. My ways of organizing things at home are the kind that make sense to me and no one else, too!
Socks are kind of one of my obsessions anyway, so most people who knew me at all would assume that I did it on purpose. It's not like I ever just slap on random socks, unless I'm wearing pants and shoes that cover them completely, or it's laundry day and I'm totally out.
@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
10 Feb 10
You drive us OCD people crazy!!! Actually, I would ask you if you did it on purpose, then I'd probably be okay with it.. but I could not do that!
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@savetheunlikely9 (390)
• United States
10 Feb 10
I do it every day, and it doesn't bother me at all. I don't see the point of worrying about what socks I wear. Nobody can see them, and neither can I. They all feel the same on your feet, so I don't see why it matters.
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@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
10 Feb 10
They do feel different on your feet! ugh!!
Sometimes they even get worn just right so that they only work on the left or right foot!!
Sometimes they even get worn just right so that they only work on the left or right foot!!
@kmahony610 (123)
• United States
10 Feb 10
I don't think they do feel the same on your feet. Diffeent socks feel different. I have to have them match.
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@cream97 (29086)
• United States
14 Sep 11
Hi, macdingolinger. I don't think that I could ever wear mismatched socks, well at least in public that is. Maybe at home in my own privacy though. The only time that I may wear mismatched socks is if I don't realize that I have them on, or if I may have one color that almost looks like the other color, of the sock that I am wearing. I would feel kind of odd wearing mismatched socks! If my pants legs are really long, I may be able to get away with wearing mismatched socks, just as long as my pants leg never rides up.
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@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
14 Sep 11
I can't stand it at all!! I do not care if I am at home or public I would go without before I wore mismatched socks I think! lol! I have had some that I found out later in the day.. you know those mornings where you are getting dressed with only one eye open! lol!
But it just made me organize my sock drawer better that evening so it wouldn't happen again!
But it just made me organize my sock drawer better that evening so it wouldn't happen again!
@commanderxo (1494)
• Canada
10 Feb 10
No, it doesn't bother me that much.
I just consider that I've got another pair just like them somewhere else roaming around the house, and that I'll probably wear them too, when the time comes.
;-)
cdrxo
@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
10 Feb 10
You know, somehow I expected that from you! sheesh!
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@MrKennedy (1978)
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10 Feb 10
This is one thing that I have never been able to bring myself to do, and it looks really odd when somebody else does it.
Call me weird, but I can't get over the unnatural appearance of mis-matched socks1 person likes this
@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
10 Feb 10
Even if they are both white they can be mismatched and you can tell! One can be a little darker or lighter. Then of course if one is more worn than the other one, it just won't feel right!!
@KrauseHome (36447)
• United States
5 Oct 11
I have done it before. It was definately by accident, and almost did not realize or notice it until someone else mentioned it one day almost at the end of my shift. I personally hate not being able to find matching socks when looking for them so how this happened, I must have been too tired to not notice. But there are stores I have seen that personalize in unmatching sock Sales, and it amazes me. I guess there is a fashion for anything out there.
@shaggin (72183)
• United States
10 Feb 10
No way! I could not possibly wear mismatched socks it would drive me nuts. My sister does this all the time and I always point it out to her. It would embarrass me so bad. I dont know whats worse being seen with your socks not matching or with holes in your socks both are pretty darn embarrassing I'd say so its a close call. Even if they are both white but slightly different I could not wear them. They have to be the correct matching pair. My sister doesnt even do that lol she will wear like a pink sock and a yellow sock.
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@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
10 Feb 10
oh! I couldn't wear mismatched socks or socks with holes in them! I actually check my socks every morning to make sure they are okay! Either way I would be annoyed all day whether or not anyone saw them or not!
@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
10 Feb 10
I don't really know why it would annoy me! But it would!!
I would cringe all day long just thinking about it!!
I would cringe all day long just thinking about it!!
@Allie_xoxo (1063)
• Canada
11 Feb 10
ALL the time. It's rare to see me wearing socks that match. People comment all the time and my mother has always hated it with a passion.
@fedoralinux (556)
• India
10 Feb 10
i wear only if i hadn't any other option.And socks are hidden by the pants we wear.i think it's a great fun when any one watched with mismatched socks.And i have many times use to wear like this...
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@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
10 Feb 10
I try to buy the same kinds of socks all the time. But then I have trouble because I want the new socks to all be matched and all the older socks to be matched! I just can't win!!
@kmahony610 (123)
• United States
10 Feb 10
I have a student about 13 years old that wears mismatched socks all the time. She actually matches them to be mismatched whe she does the laundry. Now I had never thought of that. I think it is cute and interesting but I hate when my socks don't match it drives me nuts!
@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
10 Feb 10
I guess if it was a part of a costume or something I could for that day. LIke striped socks as part of a clown suit or something!!
@bananamen1 (442)
• Bulgaria
10 Feb 10
Yes, sometimes I wear mismatched socks. Well, if I know I'm going somewhere where I have to take off my shoes, I'm careful to put matched ones.
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@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
10 Feb 10
But unexpected things happen and you just never know! I can't stand to wear mismatched socks!!!
