I have been fuming all day long and it was all because of a nice pair of new socks.
I put on a brand new pair of ankle socks this morning. They were very pretty; they were a peach/orange sherbert color with yellow and pink birds and grey toe and heel. Though I liked these sock I quickly realized that no one was going to see my socks because my sneakers cover them, which is the point of ankle socks. I became slightly angry and began to wonder: Why do ankle socks have pretty designs? I understand if it's knee high socks or even regular height sock that aren’t completely covered by your shoes but still as it was pointed out to me that if you're wearing regular length socks you're probably wearing pants that cover them because most people don’t wear shorts and tall socks.

    So why make ankle socks look nice if they are just going to hide in your shoes all day? And who would look at your socks anyway? Feet are gross and smelly which make socks smelly too. Doesn’t it cost more to make pretty ankle socks with nice designs or fun colors opposed to plain, solid white or black? If you go to store and look for ankle socks they all come in cool designs and patterns, but are marketed as “no show athletic socks”. Why buy no show socks with patterns? They won’t show and nobody will see them. Also it doesn’t matter if ankle socks match because who will know if they are matching or not. Only you would know if they aren’t matching so don’t freak out.

    My dad only buys white socks to therefore they all match and he’ll never have mismatched socks. If one gets a hole he doesn’t have to throw out both socks. I used to think this was very uncreative and he was rather bland, but after today I think that might be the way to go. One would think that in the end it would save money to buy only black ankle socks because why does it matter?

    My french teacher wears nice socks and then wears flats that show off her socks. People also wear socks with Birkenstocks which I think is a fashion statement in itself. In these cases I can understand why someone would wear pretty socks. I’m also sure that in the stores it doesn’t cost more to buy socks with geometric designs or polka dots than plain white socks. I guess if anyone DOES see your socks you’ll have nice socks on instead of boring white socks.      Ankle socks are not comfortable. Everytime I take off boots they come off too. They don’t stay on your feet as well as tall socks. You get blisters easier on the backs of you heels because the sock slips; blisters hurt and no one likes them. So not only are pretty ankle socks dumb, they are also uncomfortable.
    Does this mean that I’ll stop wearing ankle socks? Probably not, but it does mean that I won’t care as much when my socks don’t match because NO ONE WILL KNOW OR SEE THEM. I never used to wear ankle socks but then people kept telling me that it looked weird if I wore taller socks with shorts and I have gym every day and have to change into shorts and I want the people to like me and not think I’m weird because of how I dress.