# Should I take my socks off during sex? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 7, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588 "2003-12-07T19:14:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/41 "2003-12-08T17:50:52Z")
Only take your socks off if you are having sex in the bath and they don’t need washing, otherwise leave the buggers on. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/42 "2003-12-08T17:58:03Z")
Fred Garvin - Male Prostitute Yes, take the socks off. You look ridiculous. Socks may stay on in the following situations: Male: Sorry, I’m hard pressed to think of a situation. Maybe with tennis shoes and your shorts in a bunch around your ankles while you have a quickie in a semi-public place (adds to the illicitness of it), but that’s about it. Female: Little anklet socks, but only if you’ve got great, tan legs. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/43 "2003-12-08T19:35:13Z")
If the sex is good enough, it should knock your socks off in the process. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/44 "2003-12-08T20:33:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SHAKES \* > \*\*Gee, After reading this thread, it kind of makes me wonder if I should take my jeans all the way off when I’m doing the nasty. \*\* Pfft. That’s what the zipper’s for. Just _be careful_ around the teeth. I left socks on once. When we were done, she looked down, realised I had them on, and said “Typical guy.” I’ve made sure they’ve been off every time since. ---
**Author:** ![NutMagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NutMagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutMagnet)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/45 "2003-12-08T21:14:26Z")
Oh, and **Anal**? Clip your toenails. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/46 "2003-12-08T21:44:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Baby Fish Mouth \* > \*\*…Most people look utterly ridiculous wearing nothing but socks. \*\* True…[The Red Hot Chili Peppers being one excpetion](http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/johnbuckwld/detail?.dir=/SDMB&.dnm=Chili+Peppers.jpg). Juvenille, Unique or Hilarious - yes, probably at least on of those. But Ridiculous - No. Besides, adjectives are much too subjective to argue over. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Serpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Silver\_Serpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Serpentine)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/47 "2003-12-08T23:03:26Z")
The two guys I live with both agree - take them off. And they’re very enthusiastic about this, hehe. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/48 "2003-12-08T23:19:10Z")
Gotta take 'em off. Keep leaving your socks on and next thing you know sex will be you just laying in a La-Z-boy wearing a dirty wifebeater watching tv over her shoulder while she does all the work. Is that the life you want for yourself? ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/49 "2003-12-08T23:53:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Giraffe \* > \*\*Gotta take 'em off. Keep leaving your socks on and next thing you know sex will be you just laying in a La-Z-boy wearing a dirty wifebeater watching tv over her shoulder while she does all the work. Is that the life you want for yourself? \*\* :eek: Are you spying on my boyfriend and I? Just kidding ---
**Author:** ![Sethra-chan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Sethra-chan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sethra-chan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/50 "2003-12-09T00:26:42Z")
Having sex with a guy who’s wearing nothing but socks is nearly as blasphemous as putting blinky lights on your Christmas tree. 🙂 (Granted, there are extenuating circumstances for keeping them on - Goo’s low foot temperature being an excellent example. ) I can understand why this puzzles you, since you’re a guy, and lots of things we girls do confuse you poor bearers of only one X chromosome. 😃 I can’t really give a good solid reason for this - just try and play along with it if your girlfriend is otherwise satisfactory. Oh, and as to the “trouble” it gives you to take them off… Unless you customarily keep your pants half on and therefore aren’t taking the shoes off either, what’s so hard? Just slide them off when untying your shoes. If things are fast enough you’re kicking them off instead, I doubt she’ll be inclined to complain about the sock or no-sock issue. If your next question is how to unlace your shoes in a seductive manner, well… I’ll just have to throw my hands up in despair. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/51 "2003-12-09T01:49:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anal Scurvy \*I’m surprised that people aren’t on my side on this. They’re _socks_. \*\* We are, but like you we have all learned that the position is untenable. I awoke one recent cold autumn morning, and climbed out of bed, staggering for the toilet. Since it was after sleep and other activities, I was stark raving naked… except for a pair of white Hanes athletic socks with the red stitch on the toes. I didn’t notice until these were pointed out to me by **ladybug** , “Did you wear socks to bed?” Blinking in delayed comprehension, I blearily regarded my cotton-clad feet and affirmed, “yep.” “And when we had sex?” Blink. Blink. “I guess so.” “Eewwwww!!!” So I tried a feeble excuse, “I was cold!” It didn’t help. It never will. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/52 "2003-12-09T02:14:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Goo \* > \*\*Your feet might. Mine don’t. The socks stay on. \*\* Something else stealing the blood from your extremities then? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ski)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/53 "2003-12-09T02:25:23Z")
If we’re having sex in bed, the socks come off. If, however, we’re having sex, for example, on the living room floor, or in the kitchen or something, we both just don’t usually worry about them. It really just comes down to whether it’s “making love” or “f-ing”. “Making love”, socks just come off as part of foreplay. “F-ing”, there ain’t no time for that, we’re both horny and need IT now! I’d call it about 50/50. ---
**Author:** ![brainfizz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@brainfizz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainfizz)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/54 "2003-12-09T12:22:39Z")
> [@](#): > > “When exactly do you take your socks off? My advice is to get them off right after your shoes, and before your trousers. That’s the sock gap. Miss it, and suddenly you are a naked man in socks. No self-respecting woman would ever let a naked man in socks do the squelchy with her.” ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/55 "2003-12-09T12:55:38Z")
> [@](#): > > **ski wrote:** If, however, we’re having sex, for example, on the living room floor, or in the kitchen or something, we both just don’t usually worry about them. Come on now, if you’re on the kitchen floor the socks HAVE to come off, other wise you wont have any traction! That is if you have a linoleum floor in your kitchen of course. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/56 "2003-12-09T13:05:08Z")
Second **brainfizz**. ALWAYS take off your socks before your pants. If there’s one sight more ridiculous than a naked man in socks, it’s a naked man hopping on one socked foot while desparately trying to pull the other sock off. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/57 "2003-12-09T13:21:11Z")
Move to Key West and NEVER wear socks. ---
**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/58 "2003-12-09T14:07:16Z")
Should I take off my hat, too? ---
**Author:** ![Snuggles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Snuggles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snuggles)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/59 "2003-12-09T17:26:00Z")
Sethra-chan --\> I put blinky lights on my xmas tree LOL OP --\> I don’t care if the guy wears socks at all. Doesn’t bother me, they’re just socks. I don’t even notice, I’m not worried about his feet when we’re in the middle of the action or anything… ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588/60 "2003-12-09T18:08:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Casey1505 \* > \*\*I left socks on once. When we were done, she looked down, realised I had them on, and said “Typical guy.” I’ve made sure they’ve been off every time since. \*\* That happened to me once, except I followed up with a hysterical case of the giggles, and he didn’t stop wearing socks during sex. His excuse is that he’s too distracted to think about taking them off. Naked men in socks are extremely silly. For the sake of all women everywhere, remove the socks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588.md?page=4)