mint Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Well, I don't know the answer. Do you?OH complains that I shrink his socks! As though I do it deliberately, but I don't!MY socks don't shrink so why do his?He tells me he had socks that went up to his knees and that they are now shorter than ankle length. No question that I will wash them by hand and I can't persuade him to wash them by (his) hands either!I do them on "delicate" or 30 degrees but he insists that all his socks have shrunk!Anyone else has this problem? If not, please just let me know. I can't wait to show OH your answers![;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 I can only assume he's still growing . . . either longer legs or bigger feet[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 I also wash ours on 30, but always stretch them before they go out on the balcony on the airer. Or when I have a bad back, as today, OH stretches them. I find that socks in France don't behave as in UK. I always reckon they turn into coathangers there! Too many coathangers, and plenty of missing socks! [:D] In France they mostly behave themselves1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 My prob is SWMBO mis-matching pairs so when I'm in a rush for a biz meeting at some unearthly hour, dressing all suited and booted......................Or the damned washing machine (Her excuse) eating socks!So I finish up with odd socks in the drawer.Dennis Healey, apparently suffers the precise same difficulty: Saw him interviewed banging on about it.[:)]No probs with shrinking socks, Sweets: probably 'cos me legs and feet are.[blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Well, mine seem to wear out at the heels quicker and quicker these days. And another thing; why do some socks twist in wear so that the heel ends up on top? Very annoying![8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Just a thought but.... maybe he's got your socks by mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 We were just having the same "debate" before I read this thread.She asked me why I buy small socks. I pointed out that I buy large socks but they somehow quickly turn into small ones when washed.One of life's mysteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 I don't do washing machines.What do they look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pouyade Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 I find that OH stops mentioning such issues once he has had to use the machine himself for a week or so...... He has choice, my way; or DIYFS!!Pouyade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 My OH seems to have the problem with shrinking jumpers - they seem to be getting tighter [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 [quote user="woolybanana"]Well, mine seem to wear out at the heels quicker and quicker these days. And another thing; why do some socks twist in wear so that the heel ends up on top? Very annoying![8-)][/quote]Indeed: I suffer from this phenomenon too, Woolly.Have come to the conclusion it's the cheap way they bang 'em out on machines.Good wool socks (Wolsley e.g.) don't: if you can find them these days and not cheap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I just don't have a problem with shrinking or worn out socks, unless they are fried in the Tumble drier or if I dance around the patio in them, so I don't, often[:)] I wash on 30° and let air dry. I always buy black, so don't worry too much about matching[:D], JL, M&S, Lidl, Champion et al according to where and when (JL are the best, you get what you pay for) ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Wash them on a cold wash and air dry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 The mystery of why socks dissapear and coat hangers increase is simply answered.Socks are just the larval form of hangers [geek] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I'd suspected such a link for a long time! [:D] But why is it different in France? I know we wear socks a lot less down here, but we're still wearing them just now, despite the sunshine and warmer temperatures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I trust, as a good Brit, John, that you wear your black socks with your sandals and white shorts. My kids say it's wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 [quote user="Alan Zoff"]I trust, as a good Brit, John, that you wear your black socks with your sandals and white shorts. My kids say it's wrong.[/quote]What are friends for if not to help one another out?, a particularly unkind (but candid) friend of a friend took this snap of a very good friend of mine (I've known him for what seems like all my life) during one such moment, obviously your kids are not all wrong, only cherrypickers and cheesemongers wear white shorts, and bearing in mind this is last years model, but clearly black socks, shoes and shorts are a la mode pour le average brit whilst going about his daily business in the sun[8-|][IMG]http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/classic69_72/socks.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Time you told your o/h to wash his own socks, Sweets. If he doesn't like it - he can do it himself. Blimey, you do coddle him - what did he do when you were walking across Spain - go barefoot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Come on, Coops, sock washing is women's work, isn't it? Let's see how many men wash their own socks?Well, I do because I have no distaff side to do it.Come on, own up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 That's 2 then. Although, to be honest, I'm not sure who washes whose socks chez Coops because we each put a wash on when the laundry basket is full - whoever's there at the time so it's a shared task - as are most things here. If they weren't, I wouldn't still be here after 37 years.[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hey, I've washed my own socks. She did suggest I took them off first, next time. They definitely think in a different way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1293179/Bruce-Forsyth-reveals-secret-everlasting-energy--Fountain-Youth.htmlIf Bruce Forsythe can wash his own socks........I seem to remember he likes to fold them himself too, no tucking one inside the other, spoils the elastic [8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 [quote user="Russethouse"] no tucking one inside the other, spoils the elastic [8-)][/quote]I doubt we have much in common but in this, I am with Bruce.[:D] It's a habit which really annoys me as the bloomin' socks never stay up properly afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britgirl Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 [quote user="just john "] [quote user="Alan Zoff"]I trust, as a good Brit, John, that you wear your black socks with your sandals and white shorts. My kids say it's wrong.[/quote]What are friends for if not to help one another out?, a particularly unkind (but candid) friend of a friend took this snap of a very good friend of mine (I've known him for what seems like all my life) during one such moment, obviously your kids are not all wrong, only cherrypickers and cheesemongers wear white shorts, and bearing in mind this is last years model, but clearly black socks, shoes and shorts are a la mode pour le average brit whilst going about his daily business in the sun[8-|][IMG]http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/classic69_72/socks.jpg[/IMG][/quote] Crikey John, with friends like that who needs enemies. I always imagined your 'friend' as having more sartorial elegence. Think a visit by Gok or Trinny and Susannah might be be something for your 'friend'to consider.[Www] edit: forgot to say that all my socks shrink in the washing machine irrelevant of the temperature. Can't blame the tumble drier as I've never had one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Sartorial elegance to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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