To throw them out?

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beasmithwentworth · 26/10/2025 22:40

The socks I mean. I have 2 teens and one lodger. I work all week then feel like I spend my weekends cleaning and hanging washing out as a lot of us do but the thing that fills me with rage is the odd socks. I’m at breaking point. So my plan is to throw all of the socks into the bin (I’ll allow a few sentimental pairs) and buy a job lot of black socks for all of us. Other exception will be DS 15 ‘needing’ his Nike socks. I’m understanding if nothing else. But apart from that. They are all going in the bin and being replaced with 5 thousand pairs of identical black socks so I will never have to worry about pairing again.

Unless there are some better ideas out there? I am so sick of putting the one sock from under the sofa in the washing machine anymore.

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DoAWheelie · 26/10/2025 22:51

Do one colour per person otherwise you are forever trying to find two same sized socks in a giant pile of identical socks.

We did the same for underwear too to make sorting out what belongs to who easy.

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beasmithwentworth · 26/10/2025 22:50

Lodger does her own washing but on occasions it all seems to gets mixed up. I forgot to mention one has ADHD (confusion with odd socks) and the other Is ADHD and autistic so can’t deal with the unexpectedness of odd socks which adds to the nightmare 🤔

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1apenny2apenny · 26/10/2025 22:48

i would be buying some nice individual socks for myself so I could identify those and just leaving the other socks in a pile for them to sort. I would not be doing my lodgers washing. You are creating work for yourself.

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beasmithwentworth · 26/10/2025 22:46

Good point. DD is size 4, I’m 5 and DS 8. I’ll find a way to make it work such is my frustration ! We are all ok with universal black socks apart from DS ‘needing’ the white Nikes.DD steals them the whole time so we need to find a hiding place for those ones 🙄

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InfoSecInTheCity · 26/10/2025 22:45

You need your own colours or styles unless you all wear the same size, trying to match 20 pairs of black socks when half are size 4-6 and half are size 9-11 is a pain in the arse. In this house DD has plain black as needed for school, I have black with colourful heel/toe which can be mixed and matched they do not have to be identical and DH has black sports socks.

ThreePointOneFourOneFiveNine · 26/10/2025 22:45

Just shove them all in the drawers loose and let them pair their own socks or wear odd socks as they please. That’s what I do with my kids and husbands socks. I have loads of identical pairs of black socks for myself because I don’t want odd socks.

Zonder · 26/10/2025 22:43

You don't do the lodgers washing do you?

I would buy generic black socks for teens, nice fancy socks for yourself and the lodger does their own washing. Sorted.

Irenesortof · 26/10/2025 22:42

Do you all take the same size?
Do you all wear shoes/clothes that go with black socks?

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