The "Damn my socks are cute today!" thread.

[Mopsie]

Originally Posted by BullDog

I bought a 6 pack of Hanes classic white ankle socks today. All of my calf length socks are black. Of course when I go to fold them, they still never match.

I do have some special winter socks that I got for Christmas that I could wax poetic about, but I will save that for later.

Originally Posted by DapperButch

You have to wash all the black socks at the same time. Then, they will fade at the same rate. If you unable to complete this feet (hah), line up all of the socks you did wash, prior to pairing them. Just do the best you can. Only some of the people will laugh at for your mismatched fading.

I have struggled over the years with how high I want my white socks (while wearing shorts), to come above my foot (meaning, how long I want the socks to be). For some reason I have never been able to determine what looks best on me. Popping right out of the sneaker, or a little bit higher? It has always been a struggle.

A sock tip:

Buy some large safety pins. When you take off a pair of socks pin them together on the toe end. They will stay together in the wash. Then they are already matched when they come out of the dryer.

Voilà!

You're welcome.

[Cin]

I’ve eyed this thread warily for a while now. I love socks but there is a rather embarrassing issue that comes up whenever I talk about sock use. It’s rather uncomfortable and anyone who reads my posts can see how difficult it is for me to open up about just anything (tongue in cheek here). But before I share my secret shame I want to enjoy a little stress free conversation about my love of socks. I need to warm up and work my way into this.

I love colorful socks of every ilk. Like glass sculptor Dale Chihuly, I never met a color I didn’t like. I have socks with cartoon characters, superheros, animals, sports team logos, and designs of all types. I am not hampered by a need or desire to only wear socks of a certain length. I am also not restricted by a necessity for appropriate sock management for work. My socks are hidden under my pants and no one is the wiser. Of course there are times during a meeting when my slacks might ride up a tad and if one were to glance under the table at the right moment one might be privy to an explosion of color. But if my coworkers have ever noticed and been shocked at my shameless use of rainbow hued toe warmers they have kept it to themselves.

Colorful socks make me smile. I feel happy just looking at my socks. My feet would be so sad if they had to live in only black and white. Even when I’m wearing boots and I can’t see my socks that easily, I will push up my jeans a bit when I’m sitting so I can catch a glimpse of their colorful cuteness. Just a look never fails to bring me joy. There are only two times when I don’t wear socks bursting with color and character. One is when it’s really cold and I’m going to be trudging through snow and ice, then I wear the warmest heaviest socks I own and they usually have minimal color, maybe red and gray. The other is the source of my humiliation and embarrassment. I am a secret user of peds.

For years and years in the summer or when it was warm and I wanted to wear sneakers and no socks, I wore peds. I hate bare feet in shoes. I can’t stand it. Neither can I wrap my head around socks and shorts. I don’t care for that look. I try to stick with sandals and bare feet in the summer, but there are times when only a shoe or a sneaker will do. Then out come the peds. I have them in white, black, polka dot and of course there’s the plain nylon looking ones. Nobody sees them, my shame is well hidden beneath my shoes. But that has not stopped the bullying, the ridicule, the scorn I have endured at the hands of lovers and friends. Almost every person in my life has tried to stop me from wearing these tiny targets of tremendous revulsion. It’s unfathomable how much hatred the little guys can garner. There we times when current girlfriends and exes would come together, united by my misguided and offensive use of peds, and plot against this common enemy. Those diminutive disgusting excuses for socks had to go. The people in my life were not kidding. Friends, family, and partners alike were deeply disturbed by my penchant for this foolish footwear. When my wife and my best friend first met years ago, although it was winter with no peds in sight, the conversation ultimately turned toward my ped wearing and the taunting began.

Since moving to another country it has been difficult for those I left behind to hold this abomination in the forefront of their consciousness so I have of lately escaped any humiliating tirades. My wife is not thrilled with my use of the little horrors but she has made a sort of uneasy piece with them. However, every now and again her mortification surrounding this unfortunate and persistent folly comes around to bite me in the toes. I have been more careful since given another chance and I do not allow my new friends to get a whiff of my ped fetish.

I know what I’m doing is wrong and I should know better, but I can’t help myself. It’s the easy answer to my dilemma around what to do concerning the shorts and shoes debacle. And truthfully it is the only answer I can live with despite the ridicule, mockery and derision I’ve suffered at the hands of purposeful persistent peds detractors.

Since I’ve gone in the closet I haven’t talked about this problem in a couple of years. Stealth ped use has it advantages but we all know how secrets keep us sick.

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Mopsie

A sock tip:

Buy some large safety pins. When you take off a pair of socks pin them together on the toe end. They will stay together in the wash. Then they are already matched when they come out of the dryer.

Voilà!

You're welcome.

Wow, That's cool. Thanks!

[DapperButch]

MissTick,

I get it. I very much dislike the look of shorts with sneakers (on adult masculine individuals). I also cannot stand the feeling of no socks in a shoe/especially a sneaker.

The white sock height issue I mentioned struggling with is where this comes in. I have to balance what I think looks good on me (with shorts), plus, with what is trendy (not trendy = crew style pushed down..but on me, I think they look good. *sigh*). It can be rough sometimes. A nice pair of short hiking boots can improve the situation, or like you, I wear sandals (very BUTCH ones, of course! ha!). I think I said in an earlier thread, I tend to only wear sneakers when working out. I do find them more acceptable on me wear with jeans, but rarely.

So, I have to tell you, I learned that with those sketcher sneaker type shoes people don't wear socks with them. I do think they look better that way, but me, having the same problem as you, what do I do?

WELL, I found that they make cotton socks that are not peds, but are hidden right under the shoe line. Regular thickness and everything. I found them at some show outlet store.

Check it out!

P.S. Peds are for sissies.

[Mopsie]

Could someone fill me in?

What are peds??

[Cin]

Originally Posted by Mopsie

Could someone fill me in?

What are peds??

[willow]

Originally Posted by Miss Tick

Have you tried the peep toe version?



Useful when breaking in new peep toe shoes


Today I am wearing these in pink.

[Cin]

Originally Posted by willow

Have you tried the peep toe version?



Useful when breaking in new peep toe shoes

Well thank you. Although I can’t imagine any scenario where these would ever be useful for me. However it is the thought that counts. And it’s important that ped use of any variety be encouraged. Toward that end, here is another kind of ped that I would never ever in a million years need but might come in handy for others.

[Cin]

Originally Posted by DapperButch

MissTick,

I get it. I very much dislike the look of shorts with sneakers (on adult masculine individuals). I also cannot stand the feeling of no socks in a shoe/especially a sneaker.

The white sock height issue I mentioned struggling with is where this comes in. I have to balance what I think looks good on me (with shorts), plus, with what is trendy (not trendy = crew style pushed down..but on me, I think they look good. *sigh*). It can be rough sometimes. A nice pair of short hiking boots can improve the situation, or like you, I wear sandals (very BUTCH ones, of course! ha!). I think I said in an earlier thread, I tend to only wear sneakers when working out. I do find them more acceptable on me wear with jeans, but rarely.

So, I have to tell you, I learned that with those sketcher sneaker type shoes people don't wear socks with them. I do think they look better that way, but me, having the same problem as you, what do I do?

WELL, I found that they make cotton socks that are not peds, but are hidden right under the shoe line. Regular thickness and everything. I found them at some show outlet store.

Check it out!

P.S. Peds are for sissies.

Are they really hidden under the shoe line? Maybe it's me, but i can always see them sticking up a tad. Or they slip below the shoe and then they slide around and annoy me. I might be using the wrong ones.

Peds aren't even for sissies apparently. Nobody likes them. I can't imagine why they still sell them. I've never found anyone who wears them.

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Miss Tick

Are they really hidden under the shoe line? Maybe it's me, but i can always see them sticking up a tad. Or they slip below the shoe and then they slide around and annoy me. I might be using the wrong ones.

Peds aren't even for sissies apparently. Nobody likes them. I can't imagine why they still sell them. I've never found anyone who wears them.

No, no tags. I will look in my "white sock drawer", and let you know the name. It is just some no name brand.

[Cin]

Originally Posted by DapperButch

No, no tags. I will look in my "white sock drawer", and let you know the name. It is just some no name brand.

no, no tags. nothing about tags. Sticking up a tad, as in they are visual outside of the shoe by a small amount. Not really completely hidden under the shoe line. At least the ones i have tried.

The only thing I don't see sticking out of the shoe, at least to some small degree, are peds.

But many people have tried to show me the error of my ped ways by explaining that there are other options that work just as well. I just haven't been able to find any. Maybe I will someday, but up until now there is always a little bit of sock showing. Perhaps this is a fair trade off to most people. Way worth it not to wear peds or not to wear shoes without socks. I just can't choose the sock sticking out a tad alternative when I can just wear peds. I'm a non-repentant ped user. I don't want to commit such a fashion faux pas but rather than use anything else I would prefer it if peds just became more socially acceptable. Rather than change myself I would like the world to change instead. Ask me how that has worked for me so far.

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by Miss Tick

Peds aren't even for sissies apparently. Nobody likes them. I can't imagine why they still sell them. I've never found anyone who wears them.

Considering that they still make Peds, there must be a lot of people that buy and wear them.

Today, you proudly (maybe proud is a strong word) came out of the closet for all the Ped-wearers in Canada and the USA.

Hold your head up high and march forth, with your Ped-shod feet; knowing that you have spoken up for many of your Ped-friends!

[BullDog]

Butches and their socks... I never knew before what a mess we were.

[easygoingfemme]

It's a steady rotation of Halloween socks for me until Friday this week. I won't be ready to give them up right on Halloween, so I'll hang on for one more day.

[candy_coated_bitch]

Originally Posted by BullDog

Butches and their socks... I never knew before what a mess we were.

Oh, I knew. I knew y'alls was frigged up and would come into this thread in droves with your elaborate sock stories. Have we realized yet that as far as the volume posted Butches with sock issues have posted more than everyone with cute socks put together?

I suggest you, Dapper, and Miss Tick start up a support group. Because, like others--I am truly fucking concerned at this point. I don't even have time right now I address the depth of your issues right now. Especially Tick. Wow. I am not a sock counselor, I only play one on TV.

And ahk: I expected better from you than flip flop socks. That is just freaky.

There is an up side, though, because when I checked into this thread I could NOT stop laughing. Thank you for the amusement from the bottom of m heart.

Right now I am wearing stolen wool socks because it's fucking FREEZING. Earlier I worse shoes with no socks (not even PEDS) because I was wearing a dress.

[Cin]

Originally Posted by *Anya*

Considering that they still make Peds, there must be a lot of people that buy and wear them.

Today, you proudly (maybe proud is a strong word) came out of the closet for all the Ped-wearers in Canada and the USA.

Hold your head up high and march forth, with your Ped-shod feet; knowing that you have spoken up for many of your Ped-friends!

LOL. Yep that's me. The reluctant Ped Activist.

Ped wearers unite. Together we can stand invisible in our shoes, but visible in our commitment toward a cleaner albeit faux bare foot look for our sneakers.