# How do you wear your socks? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 21, 2000, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831 "2000-10-21T23:43:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/1 "2000-10-21T23:43:09Z")
Recently some friends of mine were surprised to see that I wear my socks as far up as I can get them. That is, when I put socks on, I pull them up as much as I can and if they slide down, I just tug on them slightly. So, how do you wear your socks? ---
**Author:** ![La\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@La\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/La_King)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/2 "2000-10-21T23:51:27Z")
Loose. I don’t like the bite of the elastic top edge, so I let them sag. (It’s a lot less dorky, too, but that’s not the reason.) ---
**Author:** ![AETBOND417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@AETBOND417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AETBOND417)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/3 "2000-10-22T00:11:58Z")
I run with my socks inside-out. This prevents blisters. ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/4 "2000-10-22T00:45:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kasuo \* > \*\*I wear my socks as far up as I can get them. That is, when I put socks on, I pull them up as much as I can and if they slide down, I just tug on them slightly. > \*\* Me too. Of course, I wear jeans and workboots most of the time… ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/5 "2000-10-22T00:53:33Z")
I wear my socks inside out also, to keep the seams from givng my toes blisters. And I wear all four pairs up as high as I can pull them. -----😛 —////\\ ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/6 "2000-10-22T01:12:52Z")
On my feet, unless my ears are really, really cold. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/7 "2000-10-22T01:47:14Z")
I’ve always worn the over-the-calf tube socks pulled up to just-below the knee. My wife and kids make fun of me all the time. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/8 "2000-10-22T01:54:51Z")
I used to wear my socks tied onto my belt loop to make a tail. Then I would skip and pretend I was a happy unicorn. Not really, but it’s an interesting mental image. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/9 "2000-10-22T03:24:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andygirl \* > \*\*I used to wear my socks tied onto my belt loop to make a tail. Then I would skip and pretend I was a happy unicorn. > > Not really, but it’s an interesting mental image. \*\* Yes it is 😃 ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/10 "2000-10-22T03:51:27Z")
If I’m wearing sneakers, i just pull the socks on until they cover my feet then leave them. If I’m wearing boots of any kind (work, combat, cowgirl) I pull the socks up as far as possible. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/11 "2000-10-22T04:17:51Z")
Unless I’m at work I normally don’t wear socks. My socks that I wear to work I pull up, so that they are higher than my boots. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/12 "2000-10-22T05:00:26Z")
I own approximately 100 pairs (OK, maybe only 50) of white athletic socks. I wear 'em all slouchy. I love them. I have a thing for socks. Yeah, so I’m weird, what’s your point? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/13 "2000-10-22T09:49:03Z")
One on each leg. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/14 "2000-10-22T09:54:06Z")
Matched, unless I’ve had too much to drink the night before, or am I really late for work. (Pulled all the way up, if you really insist on a serious answer) ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/15 "2000-10-22T12:14:21Z")
My youngest daughter has at least a hundred pairs of socks, and I think she changes them about five times a day, as far as I can figure from the laundry and what she tells me. It cheers her up to buy more socks. -----😕 —////\\ ---
**Author:** ![RosieWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@RosieWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RosieWolf)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/16 "2000-10-22T12:25:01Z")
LOL… accused of being a sockpuppet… will have to say I wear mine on my hands… I used to wear nothing but knee-socks, but in my old age and since Arthur Itis has come to live with me… the short 'bobby’socks are about as far as I can pull these days. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/17 "2000-10-22T12:53:55Z")
I’d like to sock that Arthur guy, Rosie W, and I am a non-violent spider. But I’d probably wear socks when I socked him. -----😛 —////\\ ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/18 "2000-10-22T16:48:39Z")
just covering my feet… cause it looks better 😃 b dodgy ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/19 "2000-10-22T16:51:12Z")
Hmmm…not a single person has thus far mentioned the Red Hot Chili Pepper style of wearing socks. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831/20 "2000-10-22T16:58:27Z")
[and I’m not venomous], what the IS the Red Hot Chili Pepper style of wearing socks? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wear-your-socks/37831.md?page=2)