Knock Your Mismatched Socks Off

“Hey, guess what?” my friend asked one day.

“What?” I replied

“I have a purple sock on and a pink sock on!”

I looked at her as she smiled and simply shook my head…

One of my biggest pet-peeves is unmatched socks. I only wear socks that match and will NOT mix-match them. I have frequently pointed out to my roommate that her socks do not match. An example of this mismatching is a pink and black zebra stripped sock paired with a green and blue polka dot sock. Her response to my outbursts was that she bought a pack of 10 socks that purposefully did not match and she that was going to wear them proudly no matter how many times I complained about it. I eventually gave up and tried not think of how much they didn’t match.

But one morning after my ranting, she challenged me to wear unmatched socks. I reluctantly agreed but told her that she would have to listen to me complain about it all day. My unmatched socks consisted of a purple sock with a green frog on it paired with a white and pink stripped sock. When I first put them on, I did not know how I was going to make it through the day. It was wrong. They did not match. At all. Nothing about them matched. Did I mention that I was wearing socks that didn’t match? Obviously I wanted to make them match. But I couldn’t; I told my roommate I would wear them until 10 o’clock that night. I could do this…maybe.

I put my tennis shoes on which helped, but I could still feel their unmatching-ness nagging at me in the back of my mind. Surprisingly I made it through the day with minimal complaining. This amazed me because I thought having unmatched socks would be a big issue for me. But honestly after my first class I forgot about them and was only reminded when I occasionally glanced at my feet. Out of sight out of mind perhaps?

The saying goes don’t knock something until you’ve tried it. Well I tried it. I made it to 10 o’clock that night and I proved to myself that I was not confined by disdain for mismatched socks. I “faced my fear” if you will, and conquered it. Even though I continue to match my socks, at least I tried something new and out of the ordinary. And surprisingly, I lived to tell about it.  

Do you wear mismatched socks? Why or why not? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below!   

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