To anybody else have this sock problem?!

[RodeoDri]

I can literally never find a pair of socks! I constantly buy them and the kids just throw them off anywhere? please tell me I am not alone. DH said I have a huge issue with it and its appalling that I cannot manage it:(

Obviously the answer to this is to tell your H that you look forward to him demonstrating how he can do it better.

It was such a relief when my two youngest decided wearing odd socks was cool! I just let it all go and no longer pair them up!

No idea where they all go though.

Every washing machine contains a portal to Narnia, where all socks end up living in eternal sunshine with Aslan the lion and Mr Tunmus the faun.

Yes, three of us in the house now wear size 4-7 so am going to buy loads of black ones and keep ina basket available for all. DH always buys the same grey socks but when they wash they seem to become varying colours of grey so I still have to match them. ( I do the laundry, DH does the cooking before anyone says he should sort out his own socks)

We have this in our house. Weirdly MY socks never go missing and I’ve always got pairs!
Everyone else’s however….

One of the things about having lots of children very quickly is that you can just have "family socks" - they used to have the same school socks shared evenly.

Our current issue is pants - DH and our 3DSs all wear the same size and style of pants. I thought I'd cracked it by giving them all different animals but now I have to wear my glasses to tell the difference between teeny dogs and horses.

I won't confirm or deny that until I know if I have a pay CM (cutlery maintenence) for any resulting sporks 🤣

I thought I was the only one! I finally got round to pairing some of them while listening to my audiobook. I never realised I had so maybe pairs of socks although many are still awaiting a mate

Yes!

I just buy black socks now or wear odd socks under my boots

Ugh, yes this is me! DH only buys the same socks so it’s not a problem for him. Me and the kids have many many hundreds of socks.

My most recent (and arguably best) system is to sort them into colours, pair up what I can, then keep the odd socks in bags of separate colours. So when there are odd socks in the clean washing I add them to the correct colour bag and then do a pairing every couple of weeks.

Socks disappear (only half a pair though) and come back as coat hangers.

I put socks in the machine in pairs and from the washing machine to the dryer/line in pairs and then actually put back together as a pair before going back in the drawer. I like checking them 😂

I’ve got a peg board by the washing machine - odd socks go on that then get paired as soon as their partner appears (usually a wash or 2 later). Once the board is full, the socks that have been on it the longest get binned as obviously their partner has left never to return.

It’s a very efficient system and I never have odd socks hanging around anymore.

I also have a well-trained family who understand the importance of using their laundry baskets properly.

They should make a horror movie about that. They could have a scene like in the movie Killer Bees where she goes in the attic but instead of a hive she discovers rows and rows of single socks hanging from the beams, some of them almost ready to hatch out as hangers.

I would pay to watch it.

I find odd socks in the corners of duvet covers when I turn them right side out. Under beds or sofa and inside shoes.
DD puts them in the basket one at a time, same as pyjamas…
The dog has a fixation for moving socks into the corridor.

There is one holding area for odd socks, only pairs go back in drawers.
I currently have 8 or 10 orphans.
If I had more I might put them on a separate whirligig or one of those cutesy pegboard signs “Clean, single and looking for a partner”.

I once saw a Christmas tree in a launderette with odd socks instead of baubles.

I need to know if the “investment sock” ever turned up!

Everyone, don't go ending your relationships over this. I live alone and the missing sock thing still happens! 😭

Me too, I think there's a sock block hole in our house.

There was a really funny kids’ book that my son liked which was by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet (of Supertato fame).

It was about a stripy sock who had never known his pair. He went around trying to pair up with other stripy things like popcorn boxes and towels but it never quite worked out. Then his long-lost mate turned up from being stuck behind a chest of drawers. Much rejoicing- until they realised very quickly that they couldn’t stand each other!

The final page was the sock skipping off into the sunset with some entirely non sock-like and non-stripy friend, possibly a mitten or something.

DH said I have a huge issue with it and its appalling that I cannot manage it

Definitely need to delegate this responsibility to him then.

I don't seem to have an issue with my own socks, and DH has bought lots of identical pairs - clean ones get shoved into the back of the drawer do so they fade pretty evenly, holed socks get thrown out individually and at some point he'll replace the whole lot.

Oh yes! That is the answer!

TimeandMotion
It didn’t, it’s still asked about from time to time!!!!!

Wow he did well!

DH said I have a huge issue with it and its appalling that I cannot manage it

Was hoping for a funny light hearted thread but this bothers me - did he actually mean this seriously? If so, why is it "your" job and why is he being so critical? Maybe he needs to take a turn of matching up the socks!