I don’t abide by this rule. When wearing shoes, yes. But at home, it drives my roommate fucking bonkers that I often absentmindedly kick off one sock and just leave the other alone. She’s somewhat OCD-ish, and she says it would be like constant nails on a chalkboard if her feet were like that.
That’s next for me, or at least, it would be, if this guy hadn’t started doing it first - in his biography, he says that he thinks wearing matching socks or shoes is a wasted opportunity.
During the cold months, I wear sweater socks and I love it. However, those things aren’t cheap and hardly no one ever sells them anymore, so I tend to hold on to them forever. The only bad thing about that is that they can very easily come unraveled and get holes in them. So, inside the house, I’ll wear those mismatched because they’re too distinct to try to replace just one bad sock and I’m sure as hell not just growing to throw out the other that’s still wearable.
I have a friend, a math genius (who might have Asbergers), who sorts his socks into two categories: black and other.
I hit a point when I only buy black socks and white. Each color, all socks are the same brand, all identical. Easier to match up when the washer loses one, and no worries about mis-matched.
One day back in the early '80s, two friends and I compared socks. We all had on sneakers, blue jeans, and tube socks. There were six different stripe patterns among us. We didn’t care.
Cyndi Lauper (once voted “worst dressed woman of the year”) always wore mismatched socks/stockings.
Jerks, they need to leave Cindy alone! She’s awesome how she is.
I keep 20-30 pairs of the exact same socks in circulation. Right now it’s white Adidas socks. I never pair them and just have a drawer full. I throw them out and replace as necessary. Every six years or so my system is disrupted by the brand changing or being discontinued. Once the supply depletes enough the remainder gets thrown out and I start over.
I have some dress socks and specialty cold weather socks which always get paired and are rarely used.
They are not mismatched, just different colors. I’ve even got another pair just like them.
It would bother me to wear mismatched socks unless they were exactly the same save for the color. I would feel the difference. As far as other people doing it, on purpose or by accident, I’m not really concerned. I do have a friend whose 14 yo daughter who hasn’t worn matching socks in 5 years. I love her.
I bought some patterned socks at Target to be mismatched, and I had socks with light and dark blue and teal metallic bands at the ankles that I wore mismatched as well.
I don’t especially give a shit if someone wants to wear mismatched socks- it’s not hurting anybody.
I also chuck my socks in the drawer instead of pairing them. Most of my socks are black so if they aren’t the same pair, it doesn’t really matter. But I don’t like it when your feet feel different because of the differing sock styles, e.g. one has extra cushion on the base and the other doesn’t.
No, and you’re not the only guy who thinks he’s unique because he wears mismatched socks.
Wearing mismatched socks is acceptable and not unusual.