# Poll: Doin' it with socks on **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 22, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466 "2008-01-22T04:32:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/41 "2008-01-22T19:06:48Z")
I like keeping the socks on, my house is often cold. Male ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/42 "2008-01-22T19:42:12Z")
Female. Yep, but only my lacey little anklets when I’m wearing my saddle shoes… ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/43 "2008-01-22T20:06:19Z")
[QUOTE=SanibelMan] _You know when I’m down to just my socks It’s time for business That’s why they’re called [business socks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGOohBytKTU)_ [/QUOTE] Ah, I love those guys. So funny, they are. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/44 "2008-01-22T20:35:57Z")
Male. No and no. We’ve got a space heater in our room. If it is cold enough for socks, it is too darn cold. And socks don’t do anything for me. ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/45 "2008-01-22T21:46:12Z")
1. Male 2. Nope 3. Nope We usually wear very little to bed. Socks come off before even getting into bed. Just always been that way. Brendon Small ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/46 "2008-01-22T22:49:48Z")
Man, some of you people have way too many rules about boinking. Socks/no socks/knee socks ok but not athletic socks. It’s a slippery slope kids. Next thing you know you’ll be talking about only doing it in the dark or in a specific room or gasp! only inside a building. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/47 "2008-01-22T22:54:23Z")
Somebody needs to market sexy socks so we can have sex wearing sox. “I wear sexy soxs for sex while wearing soxs.” ftr, I wear socks because I sleep with socks and boxers on. It feels weird to put my socks back on after sex. I don’t give a shit whether my partner wears socks or not. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/48 "2008-01-23T00:25:43Z")
Female. I personally find human feet so incredibly beautiful that I would never in a thousand years tolerate not involving all four of them in the lovemaking process. They are a part of the masterpiece that is the human body and they _will_ be present with no exceptions. To put it another way: Socks are for snuggling. Feet are for fucking! ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/49 "2008-01-23T00:29:15Z")
No socks. No lingerie. No stupid porno high heels. No stockings. Not even a fucking hat. The only thing absorbing the sweat should be the sheets (or the upholstry!) Male. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/50 "2008-01-23T01:13:54Z")
Female. Usually, he knocks my socks off. Socks, no socks, no big deal. Sometimes we’re in such a hurry we’re still mostly dressed. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/51 "2008-01-23T01:17:39Z")
1. Male 2. Dear G-d, no! 3. Dear G-d, no! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/52 "2008-01-23T03:32:49Z")
Fun thing recently discovered about having cold bare feet after sex - you get to play postcoital footsie afterwards. Which leads to more sex. It’s a vicious cycle, I tell you. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/53 "2008-01-23T10:26:52Z")
1. Male 2. Occasionally forget to take them off 2a. Yes, she refuses to let me get near her with socks on, so naturally I now keep them on deliberately just to annoy her. 😛 3. No, never. She wouldn’t dream of it anymore than she would dream of painting her toenails orange and hanging upside down off Tower Bridge, singing dirty sea-shanties. She has very definite views on socks in bed. 3b. Not in the least. I know that socks would interfere with slow and sensual, because, er, she likes her toes sucked, but quick and dirty? Can’t get there fast enough; and taking socks off takes time, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![SamuelP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SamuelP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelP)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/54 "2008-01-23T10:46:17Z")
1. Male 2. Yes, don’t care if she cares. 3. Yes, doesn’t care if I care. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/55 "2008-01-25T04:40:44Z")
I am male. I have left my socks on, if I happened to be wearing them. And as for my wife, it has happened also. To my surprise, when I told my wife of this thread topic last night, my wife said this is a common topic of discussion/complaint among the wimminfolk, particularly in magazines and whatnot. The sentiment being expressed is along the lines of “the guy’s so insensitive/in a rush to round the bases that he _doesn’t even take his socks off_ to do the deed”. As if undressing completely were a minimum level of effort, and skipping the de-socking is a sign of someone from the Phi Slamma Jamma School of Lovemaking. She went on to say that a pretty large percentage of “girl chat” overall (which by and large she steers clear of, by her own account anyway) is of the husband or boyfriend slamming variety, be it complaining of financial irresponsibility, displays of inconsiderate thoughtlessness or sheer lummox-headed stupidity, or how out of shape hubby has gotten since the wedding. Rarely or never is one’s Man held up for praise of any kind. Scientist that she is, he supposes this to be an evolutionary adaptation, in that there really is no upside to saying something like “My man rakes in the dough, is in the best shape of his life from working out at the gym, cooks like a chef, is great with the kids and hits it out of the park every time he steps in my box”. (Not that I’m putting myself out there as a paragon of the ideal husband, this is just an example of What Is Never Said.) The most likely outcomes would be a fistful of hair ripped out by the roots in a fit of catty jealousy, or some dolled up tramp would end up taking a try at claim jumping. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/56 "2008-01-25T14:44:43Z")
Back in the day when I was a rampant 15-20 times a day super-stud I allus removed my socks but kept my flat cap on. Now I’m 66 and down to a mere 6-10 times a _year_ I’m hard put bending down to take off my bloody slippers. ---
**Author:** ![Jean\_Gray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jean\_Gray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jean_Gray)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/57 "2008-01-25T15:47:05Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Back in the day when I was a rampant 15-20 times a day super-stud I allus removed my socks but kept my flat cap on. Now I’m 66 and down to a mere 6-10 times a _year_ I’m hard put bending down to take off my bloody slippers. [/QUOTE] So, you’re saying that up against the wall is more your style now? 😃 Female, sometimes I keep them on in winter because my feet turn into popsicles, and they could be rude shock. 😉 No one has seemed to mind. I don’t much care if we’re in such a hurry that he leaves his socks on - I’m not really noticing that, you know? But a guy just walking around in socks and nothing else looks even dorkier than socks with sandals, in my book. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/58 "2008-01-25T17:13:13Z")
[QUOTE=Jean Gray] So, you’re saying that up against the wall is more your style now? 😃 Listen madam, It is a case of propping my zimmer frame up against the sodding wall and gasping for breath more than anything else. Now get off my lawn dammit ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/59 "2008-01-26T06:12:51Z")
1. _Male or female?_ Male 2. _Do you ever leave your socks on during sex?_ Never. I don’t even like to wear socks around the house. I just take 'em off with my shoes. 2a. _If so, does this bother your partner?_ IF I DID … it wouldn’t bother her, I think. She’s always cold, and LOVES wearing socks. I doubt she’d slight me for it. 1. _Does your partner ever wear socks during sex?_ Not that I recall. That’s surprising, now that I think about it. 3a. _If so, does this bother you?_ If she did, yes it would. It seems uncouth. ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466/60 "2008-01-26T08:51:43Z")
1. Male or female? Female 2. Do you ever leave your socks on during sex? Yes. It gets COLD here! 2a. If so, does this bother your partner? Nobody ever said anything to me about it 1. Does your partner ever wear socks during sex? _Thinks way, waaaay back…_ I THINK so. 3a. If so, does this bother you? It never occurred to me until this thread that ANYONE would be bothered by this. Honestly, it’s a matter of comfort. If my feet are cold, the rest of me is cold. Being cold is no fun. If my feet were required to be bare for some specific reason, I’d happily take my socks off. And I don’t think I’ve ever found myself examining a man’s feet during sex, so he could be wearing pointy elf shoes and it probably wouldn’t bother me, because I probably wouldn’t notice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-doin-it-with-socks-on/434466.md?page=4)