To hate matching up husband's socks

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I just wear any old socks as long as really similar typedont have to be a pair. No one sees them. Job done.

Husband feels weird if socks aren't matched.

He does 99% of the washing in the house. He has a system and I leave him to it. On the odd occasion I di get involved I feel irrationally annoyed about the sock matching.

He has a scotch of black socks that are identical apart from a different coloured seam. Presumably designed for people like

Am I being unreasonable in just wanting to dump his socks in a heap? .

We have a sock box of black socks which we wear to work. Spent too many hours of my life in our early days matching up lefts and rights when I don’t care if they’re a pair or not. Patterned socks, yes. But not work socks.

I got 3 boxes of United Oddsocks for Christmas. They're great! They're all similar, but different, so they are always odd and never need pairing up. I love them. So I have 18 different socks that all just go in the drawer loose, and I can pick out any two.

We are also an "all black sock" household. Mismatched socks are a no from me. What's the point buying patterned socks if you don't wear them together so I agree with your husband they need to be matched. However, I am also like you and cannot be arsed to do the job. Therefore we have black socks and that's that.

So what you are saying is that even though your DH does the vast majority of the drudgery of laundry, on the odd occasion you do do it you can't actually be bothered to do a proper job of it because it "irrationally annoys you".

Okay, I presume you are happy with him doing the same with other household tasks.

I wash all the socks in a washing net and it goes in the tumble dryer as well. All socks stay together and no need to pair. Everyone in family has been trained to put dirty socks in their washing bag.

I got the idea from mumsnet and it has transformed my laundry 😊

Course you have to pair your socks up. So lazy not to it’s not difficult is it.

Weirdly, I quite like doing it. My partner has really colourful socks so it’s like a game pairing them up. I imagine I’m in the minority...

He doesn’t ask me to do it, I just do. It reminds of childish puzzle books.

I would leave him to it

I don't mind pairing them up at all. What puzzles me is why we have so many odd socks. There is a carrier bag full of them in the airing cupboard. All odd. Dozens of them.

Beginning to think there is some sort of sock portal in this house that sucks in random smalls.

I like pairing socks if they're colourful or patterned. Have to match them, can't have odd ones! Me, DD and DD have lots of fun socks.

DH used to have all black socks, but they were ever so slightly different... MIL had sewn little red crosses on the top to differentiate between DH's and FIL's when he still lived at home, but that didn't help because all of our black ones were owned by the same person, so all had the same red cross. Over the years I've convinced him to buy ones with patterns, pictures, etc. So much easier!

The kids pair the socks in our house, anyway. They think it's a great game and I'm more than happy to let them get on with it...

Don’t mind pairing socks. Hate hanging up wet y-fronts!

I don't mind doing it ,but if I did I wouldn't do it
If I am hassled I just put them in his sock drawer

I hate odd socks and I hate patterned socks in general. We are an all black household. Myself and my husband can get away with the same size socks so we buy the same brand of black normal socks and black trainer socks and just throw them in our sock drawer.
The thought of patterned socks make my feet itch. 😬

*DD and DS. Sorry DS

I second Knittedfairies - and the sock clips she has pictured are the best design - they hang on a washing line too. With 3 children, we have more than 40 pairs of socks (of varying sizes) going through the wash each week. I give them 10 sock clips each and only wash their socks if they are put in the washing basket in their clips.

I love pairing socks after they're dried. There's something satisfying in it, almost like completing a little game of tetrus.

Dh pulls two socks at random to make a pair and when 1 gets a hole he'll keep the other to use with any other random sock like a heathen. Mine are paired and organised according to thickness/length in a rather kondo like fashion.

I just buy everyone plain black socks so much easier

I quite like matching up socks, I find it relaxing. Doesn't bother me at all wearing odd ones though.

Husband feels weird if socks aren't matched.

Is there a reason why he can't match them up himself?
If he can't be bothered, just put them all in his drawer 'unmatched' and he can do it as he wears them.
Or, he can pick two and wear odd socks. His choice!

It’s just mindless work. I quite like it.

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Did you miss the bit where he does 90% of all the laundry but on the occasions the OP does they can't be bothered?

I'd say it was pretty normal when one partner does the vast majority of a family chore the other partner would try to do it to the same standard. It just seems respectful.

You'd hate me, I have to hang them on the line side by side in pairs or I will not be able to relax. I also have a different folding methods for kids socks and adult socks. Socks always are matched in this house.

I could have a PhD in sock organisation.

If he’s doing your washing and folding/sorting it all out nicely I think you are being a bit unreasonable, although it sounds like you have built it up in your head to be more annoying than it actually is which is very easily done!!

I buy DH boxes of OddSocks off Amazon.

Job done, no need to pair them up!