# What's the longest you've gone without sox? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 5, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-sox/475924 "2008-12-05T22:24:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-sox/475924/1 "2008-12-05T22:24:14Z")
Since you first wore a pair, of course. If you like, tell why. For me, it was probably last winter, almost a year ago, when I spent my winter break in Australia–at one point, I was in sunny Queensland and all I had to do was swim and walk along the beaches for about a week. Either that, or the time I came down with an infected kidney and I was in a hospital with a terrible high fever for a week or so–I don’t remember that so well (sophomore year of college), but I can’t imagine that my feet felt chilly when I was running that fever, so I was probably barefoot the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-sox/475924/2 "2008-12-05T22:42:41Z")
During my freshman year of college I often wore sandals without socks on school days. I can’t give a precise number of consecutive days, but it wouldn’t surprise me to learn that I went a week without socks. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-sox/475924/3 "2008-12-05T22:46:45Z")
How long is mid-May to Mid-September? I don’t **ever** wear shoes or socks when it’s warm enough to wear sandals instead. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-sox/475924/4 "2008-12-05T22:50:39Z")
Gone without S **O** X? Nevermind… ---
**Author:** ![CAT\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@CAT\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAT_1)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-sox/475924/5 "2008-12-05T22:58:23Z")
I am a sockaholic. I wear mine all the time, even in the summer. I have permanantly white feet and a tan line at my ankles that rarely fades. If I do wear shoes without socks, you really can’t even tell. It isn’t pretty. It is very cold in WI half of the year, so going barefoot isn’t always the best. But I don’t know why I still wear socks in the summer. I guess I just don’t like the sweaty-feet-inside-of-shoes feeling. When I was a kid I spent every summer barefoot. I am not sure when it changed. College maybe. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-sox/475924/6 "2008-12-05T23:49:07Z")
For some reason I can’t even begin to fathom nearly 40 years later, I wore moccasins without socks for most of the time I was in college - including Cambridge MA winters. As for Sox, being a Yankee fan I’ve done without them forever. ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-sox/475924/7 "2008-12-06T00:05:55Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > How long is mid-May to Mid-September? I don’t **ever** wear shoes or socks when it’s warm enough to wear sandals instead. This is me as well… The first business day after Labor day always sucks, cause I have to wear socks work, and I hate it. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-sox/475924/8 "2008-12-06T00:10:01Z")
Around here, it’s from mid-March to mid-November. The tan lines from my Chaco sandals last all winter. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-sox/475924/9 "2008-12-06T01:18:49Z")
I don’t like wearing socks unless absolutely necessary, so from March to late November/early December (9 months or so). ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-sox/475924/10 "2008-12-06T01:33:50Z")
I pretty much did two years in Peace Corps Cameroon without socks- the longest stretch was maybe a year. It was unholy hot (more than 100 most days) and local custom meant I had to wear skirts. So I just wore nice sandals all the time. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-sox/475924/11 "2008-12-06T01:35:50Z")
prolly when i was a kid, a summer break- my shoes smelled rank though… and school always made me put them back on. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-sox/475924/12 "2008-12-06T02:02:42Z")
I’ve gone long periods of time without sox. I’m not going to say how long, though, to avoid others asking me how I could do it and why. Let’s just say that it’s a choice I’ve made and it works for me. I’ve even gone without (gasp!) shoes for periods of time as well. But we won’t talk of that here. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-sox/475924/13 "2008-12-06T02:21:43Z")
Just long enough to take a shower (not counting being at a water park). I HATE not having socks on.