sock-trition

For a couple of months now, my children's sock supply has been dwindling, despite my better efforts to micro-manage their socks and buy them new ones often. I know that there are the natural forms of sock-trition (sock attrition), such as the dryer monster, the sock-drawer gremlin, the clean-and-dry-but-not-yet-folded-pile triangle, etc.

But I had forgotten to consider yet another source of sock-shrink (flashback to pre-college retail work).

Mommies house.


When I dropped off the girls at their mother's this evening, she handed me like more than a dozen pairs of socks. Which is kinda cool because I was about to go on another re-supply run. My guess is that I would send four pairs with them in thier suitcase for the couple of days they would spend there, and they would only bring back two or three and I wouldn't notice...


Since I'm on the topic, I must say that this whole sock-losing business drives me crazy. Because I still have a pair of socks that are something like fourteen years old and are still in good shape. And I mean REALLY good shape for old socks. I got this package of socks (furthermore known as the they-don't-make-them-like-that-anymore best-socks-I've-ever-owned) when I was in high school from a no longer in business (and unfortunately French) retail store called Carrefour at the Franklin Mills Mall in Philadelphia.

These socks were made out of something other than cotton (not sure what), were extremely comfortable and durable, and I've never found another class of socks like them. Over the years, all but this last pair have been toe-pierced, stretched beyond recognition, or sole-worn thin, but not before enduring many years of abuse and providing unmatched reliability. By comparison, my last two packages of JC Penney tube socks have been luckly to make it three to five years for the whole lot of them. I'm going to have to acquire more socks myself soon, since I can't seem to get a good durable set like those from my youth. Maybe the French are good for that at least, making quality socks.