The sock on the stair!! Is there anything more annoying!!

The sock on the stairs happened to me so many times, so now I count the socks into the washing machine, and if I have an odd number I retrace my steps to find the lost little soul.

Nandalot

I have a stash of about nine odd socks. Every time I sort the clean laundry, I check to see if anyone’s partner has been found. Alas no. My question is, where have they gone?

I found one today between the laundry basket and the basket liner.

By far the worst is the undiscovered tissue left in a pocket. Now that infuriates me.

Socks come in pairs?

I bought a pack of stainless steel nappy pins and use them to pair socks. Nearly all of my socks are black but no pairs are exactly the same shade.... or the same length..... so they stay together in the drawer and the washing machine.

That's a great idea, pce612.

I read somewhere that every time a sock goes missing it comes back as an extra Tupperware lid.

I used to look after my GCs and while they were at school I would empty the washing machine and hang out it out on the line.
There was great joy when out of 10 socks I could find a pair that matched.
I use a net bag for mine.

Socks have it in for us. We need to accept this.

Hi Juliet ,
With you there -
my dogs were very keen on getting old knickers out of the laundry basket .

And running round with them stuck on their heads .

And they seemed to choose inappropriate moments ie : when male visitors arrived .
So I put the laundry basket out of their reach and installed a baby gate .
At the first sound of the door bell they jumped over it with knickers on their heads as they excitedly showed the guests their trophies .

OP I would suggest hand washing the stray sock! It is impossible to control socks. When DH and 2 sons were in the same size of socks I thought I would sort it out so bought about a dozen pairs of plain black socks, which would be interchangeable. Or so I thought. Wrong! Because I didn’t buy them all at the same time there were still problems with matching - different lengths, different ribbing at the ankle end, even different shades after a few washes. We used to go to DS2’s house each week to look after youngest GS and my task was to fold and sort dried washing. After just a week of sock accumulation it was difficult to match more than 3 pairs.

Quickly hand wash it and add it when machine gets to spin.

Some socks disappear for a long time then turn up again. I found one of my GDs socks in a pillowcase. It must have stayed in the washer and then jumped into the pillowcase when the spare bedding was being washed. It stayed in there warm and cosy until the next time the bedding was used. By then my GD had grown and the sock was too small.

Lucky you to have seen it first. Were it myself you maybe sure someone else would have got there earlier. 'Did you know there was a sock on the stairs ?????????.like you made a habit of dropping socks on the stairs

Lucky you to have seen it first. Were it myself you may be sure someone else would have got there first saying 'did you know there was a sock on the stairs'? like you made a habit of dropping socks on stairs?

mumofmadboys

Dont talk to me about partnerless socks! For years we had a big bag, more like a sack, where I put clean odd socks. Life was busy, seven of us wore clean socks every day, the boys were
messy and we had a dog! We ended up with more odd single socks than I could ever admit to!!

I ended up with a bag like this that took up half a drawer. I matched a few, put a few in with my dusters and the rest in the clothes recycling bin.

That just happened to me. I left the clean, dry sock on the clothes horse to await its partner. I once bought my grandson 12 pairs of the same black socks .

I wish i had a washing machine i could pause. They sound great

Lizbethann55, a well written post that I can thoroughly empathise with. Somehow, even when I put a pair of socks in the wash together, I only get one back. Do socks have a mind of their own?

I can cope with the odd dropped sock. It is the pair that should have been in the washing basket, but are on a bookshelf behind the settee, that blow my gasket.

Lizbethann55

This morning I brought a huge armful of washing downstairs. It was a dark wash. Put it in the machine and set it going . (40°. Some of it needed it!). A bit later I went back upstairs, and there it was! Nestling gently, snoozing in the sun. Just like Christopher Robin, it was sitting half way up the stairs! One single, solitary, lonely sock. The one with a triceratops on the ankle. Oh the fury and frustration! It must be the most annoying occurrence ever! Knickers on the stairs are bad but despite them being called a pair, a pair of knickers is only one item. It does not have a twin, a soul mate, in a completely separate location. So what to do with the sock on the stair and its soon to be clean partner. Put it back in the linen basket and wait for the next dark wash? Run the risk of putting it in with tomorrow's white wash? And what about its other half? Do I leave it hanging , waiting for it's mirror image to return? Do I put it away and then next wash day wonder why I have one odd sock? Or do I return it to the linen basket despite it's being clean, so at least they are reunited? Oh! The anguish!!

You must have so little to concern you if can get into a strop about a sock left on your stair. For goodness sake... you sound so pathetic!!
Take a look at the world...people in Ukraine have left their homes with only the clothes they stand in. Will they worry about a single lost sock?? Get a life. ?

OmaforMaya, this is a light hearted thread. We are all aware of Ukraine but we are allowed to be light hearted sometimes! Get a sense of humour!

This really cheered me up. Made me laugh. At least you will have a pair. I have two oddsocks that came out of the wash. There's only me in the house so I have no idea where the matching ones are. I don't wear odd socks and they're not still on my feet!

icanhandthemback

*OmaforMaya*, this is a light hearted thread. We are all aware of Ukraine but we are allowed to be light hearted sometimes! Get a sense of humour!

Yes, it certainly is a lighthearted thread! I'm positive that the OP and all those who have commented are acutely aware of the plight of the Ukrainians and are in no way dismissive of them with their contributions to this thread.
I have found all the comments entertaining and some informative apart from the one from OmaforMaya, a right sting in the tale!
Some on GN are quite unwell, are bereaved, have no family, have no contact with AC and GC, are longing for the day they can visit family overseas............threads like this are a distraction and it does NOT mean they don't care! They DO have a life!

You do know how to make stray socks reappear, don't you?

Once the remaining partner has been alone for at least a year, throw it away. The stray one will reappear almost immediately,

The same applies to those pesky tupperware lids, too. I speak from experience. Grrr!