To think we need to put a stop to the sock abuse in our house???

[MaryMotherOfCheeses]

DH and I both like wearing plain black cotton socks.

When we first moved in together 12 years ago, DP (as he was then) used to borrow mine. Which was annoying as his feet are so much bigger than mine and there was never any socks left for me.

Then after we got married (6 years ago) he bought a whole load of socks and as mine were all worn out, I started wearing his.

He's never quite forgiven me for this.

Just before Christmas, I bought a whole load more socks with "Next" written on the soles. So it's really easy to see which are mine.

And he's still wearing them! His argument being that I've worn his for so long! Well, he started it...

Anyway. I think we need a sock amnesty and that he should stick to his own sock drawer.

AIBU?

YANBU.
I always steal dp's long thick sports socks when it is cold. I wouldn't want his stinky manky feet anywhere near mine.

Sock amnesty is a good idea though. We have a nose amnesty that works well (don't ask )

Oh come off it, you think i won't ask about a nose amnesty???? What on earth???

LOL I always steal dps socks but he can't steal mine as my feet are tiny and his are huge! Plus i wear trainer socks and he wears huge great wooly jobs. Then again my feet are little enough to squeeze into my 4 year old ds's socks if need be.

One of you needs to go for a charcoal grey option. Or start sewing nametapes. Or hide your socks so he can't nab them.

We're both too stubborn to wear charcoal grey.

and there's so much more chance then that you can't find something which can pass as a matching pair.

Tesco do awesome socks which have coloured toes and heels and are lovely and cheap and easy to pair.

Failing that, tell him to get his paws off your socks!

The nose amnesty came about cos we used to try and creep up on the other person adn stick something up their nose. It got out of hand. We made an amnesty - it has never been broken. It works well. We can both now sleep free from the fear of waking up with something sticking out your nose

All the socks in the house belong to me.
He's just lucky i let him borrow the ones without holes in

My DP is supposed to live at his sisters so whenever we have a fallout and he goes back there, she ends up with all new socks. The cow.

TheSuburbanDryad has made my suggestion - though I would go one further and suggest that you get ones with bright primary colour heels and toes for your dh, and ones with pink/purple/girly colour heels and toes for yourself.

Failing that, hiding all your socks would appear to be your only option. Keep a few decoy pairs in the usual place, so he thinks he's still using your socks, and keep the real supply somewhere he'll never think to look.

"Then again my feet are little enough to squeeze into my 4 year old ds's socks if need be. "

LOL - me too - I have on numerous occasions been known to raid either DS1 or 2's sock drawer (I drawer the line at tryig to squeeze into DS3's toddler sock ) when my sock drawer is empty

BlueSapphire, I think kidnapping your socks is appalling. Do you let him back after that???

Sunnygirl, of course! Decoy socks! That's what I need

Sunnygirl is a genius! You definitely need decoy socks!

Sunnygirl smiles modestly.

If you Google images of decoy socks you just end up with loads of pictures of ducks?!

WTF?

i think you had better buy HIM some

i think this kind of situation is easy to build up and gets out of hand
i have been convinced for years that dp was stealing all my socks as i could never find any, despite buying more and more pairs
i then cleared out my drawers and found i had 38 and a half pairs of socks in there, approx 50% of which were dp's

Franny, I'm impressed that you had 38 and a half pairs. Out of that many socks, i'd be surprised if we made 20 plus 20 odd ones.

I Am Not buying him socks though.

On secnd thoughts, I should have done that for chrsitmas shouldn't I

I don't think it's possible to have x pairs of socks in a house - you always have x½ pairs.

Franny is right - throw out ALL the socks. Buy some for you, and some for him, in different sizes.

[Ban Ki-moon]

I am very impressed at thirty eight and a half pairs of socks. It doesn't seem to matter how many pairs of socks I buy, there is always someone who has no socks at all - and that's despite the fact that dh, ds1 and ds2 are all wearing the same size socks so I buy lots of pairs and simply split them between the three sock drawers.

TheChristmasArmadillo LOL at nose amnesty

Nope but its fun cos when i go to hers i claim them all back..you think i'm joking
She's lucky i have him back out from under her feet so the spoils of war are actually my socks lol

i had been buying them for years, as had dp, and we were both mystified as to where they were going

well I was
dp says he knew damn well I had them all hidden away somewhere

I think its great what things get discussed on MN

You need to put some fragrance sachets in your drawer, something really feminine - which he will NOT want to have on him!!!

Lol that wouldn't stop my fella
His whiff soon overtakes anything i could use.. i suppose i'm just lucky his socks don't make their own way to the washing machine. Or should that be unlucky? Have to pick em up with BBQ tongs as it is.

Just brought lots of pink socks and had some fluorescent ones off my teenage daughter (bless) so might get away with it for a bit