With pic - to throw these odd socks in the bin?

[youngerself]

A carrier bag full. I swear some have been there for years!
I'm fed up of this soul destroying task

Shall I bin them after another try at matching? I'm fully at the bottom of my washing piles.

Is there a supernatural being causing this?

I've got an entire basket of the tings...they make my life hell

I’ve done this and started again. A couple of times 😀

I hate waste but you will honestly feel so much better if you just get rid!

Just wear odd socks?

Are your loved ones deliberately wearing unmatched pairs? I know it's a thing for some kids (although it would freak me out).

I use odd socks for cleaning the fish tank, then they go in the bin. I couldn’t cope with the amount you have!

it’s the new year, bin and start fresh

I gave up and just started wearing them odd. I didn't have that many though. Your 'washing sock thief imp' has been busy.

As soon as you get rid of them you'll find the other socks.

Most charity shops have a rag bag and accept clean clothing.
Just let them know it's for their rag bag.

I've given DD2 19 plain black socks to examine
Oh god
DH just come in with 3 more😳

I feel your pain. And yes, am convinced there is a sock demon that interferes with every attempt at keeping orderly hosiery.

When I had a houseful of people, I used to end up with other people's random socks in with my clean laundry, yet I swear the tumble drier / washer was always empty when I started.

Now I live alone and only have black socks. And I STILL have a selection of odd ones that aren't the same styles taking up half my sock drawer just in case the demon spits their partners back through the portal at some point.

To answer your question - if binning them helps retain your sanity, fill your boots in my opinion, YWNBU!!

I have a bag full of odds! I bin them every other year or so! When I last moved (2 years ago) I paired up all the socks so I only moved with matching ones. Binned everything else. Now I have another bag full! No idea how!

When I say I'd wear them odd, they have to be from the same set, so no different thickness etc. I would happily pair the green and blue at the top of your picture up 😁.

I would do as a PP said and send to a charity shop for their rag collection. Life is too short for that! Been there OP...been there

Right they are off for rag to charity shop.
Apart from 2 lovely hiking socks that I bought in the last few weeks

Life is indeed too short

I’ve kept odd socks for months just in case the other one turned up. DH binned them all in the post Christmas tidy up. It’s quite freeing 😂

Lots of them are just black, so I’d wear them even if they’re not a pair.

Wear the odd socks. Nobody will notice. They’re not rags. Life is too short to care about odd socks.

Yes, but it depends how odd the socks are IME. Colours not a problem, but lengths, thickness and elasticity variation can lead to some very unpleasant walking experiences.

The fluffy pink one looks like the partner to one I threw away... pity

I had an odd sock collection when my three sons still lived at home.

As soon as the two eldest left, I threw the whole lot out. It was surprisingly liberating

You’ll cope.

Tip for the future, only ever buy one brand and colour of sock. It completely eliminates this problem.

Well that’s weird , because that’s exactly what I’ve been doing this evening . After getting the ones paired that I could , I looked at the odd ones that must be years old and I can’t remember the last time they were paired , thought “fuck it “ and binned them . 2025 is going to be New Year, New Socks .

I have a pile on my window bench in my bedroom. I went through one bag and now got more!

I would bin them
Although I would bin odds even of I only had 2 or 3.