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To think that my DD is broken?

248 replies

WinterWillow · 09/05/2019 14:01

I noticed something really odd today, something I can't unsee!
My DD, 3, puts her trousers on before her socks!!

AIBU to think that this is absolutely crazy, and to question if she's even mine Shock

OP posts:
RumpoleoftheBaileys · 09/05/2019 18:49

Socks always last.

SoVogue · 09/05/2019 18:57

Socks first to keep your feet toasty.

This thread is full of monsters. Monsters I tell you!

Overandoverupanddown · 09/05/2019 19:00

What type of sock I wear (ankle sock, trainer sock, thick sock, etc) is dependent on which shoes I put on, so I need to know what shoes I'm going to wear in order to put on a sock.

But to know which shoes to wear, I need to have picked and put on my trousers first! And then I'll decide on a pair of shoes that go with my trousers! So I don't know which socks I'm wearing until I'm already wearing my trousers!

I think I've confused myself, but I think what I'm saying makes sense!

3in4years · 09/05/2019 19:07

I don't wear socks around the house, nor do dc. Just before we go out we put on socks and shoes.

NannaNoodleman · 09/05/2019 19:20

No one in our house wears socks around the house - we're barefoot and smug with our underfloor heating.

So socks are put on last thing with shoes, if we're not all wearing flip flops!

Kapeka · 09/05/2019 19:58

But to know which shoes to wear, I need to have picked and put on my trousers first! And then I'll decide on a pair of shoes that go with my trousers! So I don't know which socks I'm wearing until I'm already wearing my trousers!

I get my entire outfit out before I get dressed, so I already know Wink

sanityisamyth · 09/05/2019 19:59

Socks first. It's harder to pull them up when trousers are already on.

Kapeka · 09/05/2019 20:00

My MIL has underfloor heating but I still wear socks at her house. What if someone is making toast and they've got crumbs on the floor and you step on them? Makes me cringe personally. But then my hair falls out a lot and I always find random hairs on the floor even though I clean, so I'm not risking it.

QuestionableMouse · 09/05/2019 20:03

Work trousers socks go on first because I wear knee socks and it's easier but in general I put them on last.

Clettercletterthatsbetter · 09/05/2019 21:52

I’m just impressed your 3yo can put her own socks on - if I ask mine to put her socks on herself, she acts like I’ve asked her to split atoms.

Smellbow · 10/05/2019 09:42

@Kapeka that is what slippers were made for - I wouldn't want crumbs stuck to my socks either! Grin

NunoGoncalves · 10/05/2019 10:37

What if someone is making toast and they've got crumbs on the floor and you step on them?

Then you know the floor needs sweeping! It's a perfect system!

vdbfamily · 10/05/2019 10:41

My husband and son drive me mad as they don't put socks on until they are putting shoes on but they bring the chosen pair downstairs with them and then lose them so there is a last minute sock panic and they rush upstairs for a new pair and the original pairs appear at odd moments in odd places!!

Hecketyheck · 10/05/2019 10:46

I bet you don't separate kit kat fingers before eating them either.

I cannot unread this now and it is disturbing me greatly - people don't actually do this do they?! I don't eat Kit Kats because - Nestle - but if I did I would NEVER NEVER eat them without separating the fingers.

Sock last, definitely last. And vdbfamily yes, we have the same trauma in our house with lost socks but it is usually DD and DS rather than DH.

ladymalfoy · 10/05/2019 10:49

#socksfirst

Benjaysmum · 10/05/2019 16:15

1.pants
2.Socks
3.Bra
4.Trousers
5.Top.
End of 🤣🤣🤣🤣

freshasthebrightbluesky · 10/05/2019 17:09

The order in which I get dressed depends on what I'm wearing.
If I'm wearing normal jeans, I put socks on last. If I'm wearing super skinny jeans then I have to put socks on first.

randomchap · 10/05/2019 17:30

Socks first, even before pants

Namechangerextraordinaire1 · 10/05/2019 17:32

I do bra and knickers in whichever order I find them, then socks, then rest of clothes. Socks last is definitely weird

Cookingclass · 10/05/2019 17:32

Socks go last. You are broken.

Bungalee · 10/05/2019 17:42

I quite agree. My daughter does the same. Drives me bonkers for some strange reason. I’m assuming your DD wears leggings whereby in my eyes you put socks on first otherwise they end up looking like a crazy person. Confused

Greeborising · 10/05/2019 17:42

If a bloke puts his socks on before trousers or takes trousers off before socks
There is a very real risk that he will be standing in his pants and socks 😳

Rtruth · 10/05/2019 17:44

Wtf... socks go on last

Lweji · 10/05/2019 17:48

It happens.

But you should send her on a training course. Start them young on the proper dressing order.

WaxOnFeckOff · 10/05/2019 17:49

If I'm wearing socks then they definitely go on before trousers.

It smooths out your foot so it makes trousers much easier to put on.

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