Community Chat

[pattypeep]

I finally cleaned out and sorted my sock and underwear drawers. I have four socks without a mate. And those four could not possibly be married to each other. Do you think washing machines really do eat them?

[Mz iMac]

What the washing machine doesn't eat, the fitted sheets will gladly take the leftovers.

[kivah]

Almost every time I wash/dry my socks - with other items - 1 sock is missing. I just leave the 1 sock on my dresser - and, eventually, the other sock appears. Sometimes I find a sock hidden in my pajamas/underwear in my dresser. They do show up!!!!

[Havarti]

I safety pin them together at the toe or the heel so that when they go…they go together as a couple and live happily ever after in the mysterious sock universe.  I am less likely to miss them when they disappear together (unless they were my favorite pair).  It is the same for washable gloves/mittens. 

[alicedee]

I'm thinking about a new kind of block party...everyone brings their solitary socks...and maybe pairs can be made with the neighbors' singles!  

[Perkup]

A now almost grown granddaughter has always said that the missing socks go to heaven so the angels can wear them to keep their feet warm.  She has an answer for everything.

[MaRina]

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@pattypeep wrote:

I finally cleaned out and sorted my sock and underwear drawers. I have four socks without a mate. And those four could not possibly be married to each other. Do you think washing machines really do eat them?

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@pattypeep It's the dryer 

[drizzellla]

I got tired of having so many unmatched socks that I filled a box. SOO - it is now the law of the house. If you want socks washed - you are to use a zippered mesh bag. Each bag has the person's name on it. 

Don't you know the FIRST time I used my "fool proof system" - the zipper came unzipped about 3 inches - and one sock escaped.

[cherry]

They get poofed

[SahmIam]

They go to the "hose-zone".