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My socks come with left and rights. Comfortable but annoying when the rights all seem to vanish
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But now I have one black sock and one gray sock.... I'm not sure this is an improvement >

But you’ve got 2 socks 🤷🏽‍♀️ >

LPT: Buy your socks in bulk, all the same type. Like a 20 pair pack or two. No more searching for matching pair, less laundry to sort. Keep your dress socks or silly socks or whatever for when you need them. >

Tried this. I now match them up based on how worn and loose they are. >

Just don't match them up. Grab the first two you can and be done with it. >

I do this with my dress socks. They are all different colors and patterns. It make for a fun day every day. Especially when someone notices. >

Idk if I would even notice if I lost two socks but I always notice when I lose 1. >

Pro Tip. Buy all your socks of the same calor and brand. Lose one....sooner or later another one will get lost. Case closed. >

They're not lost, you just happened to hide two of the same socks from your mum. >

Personally? Yes
Functionally? No.
Your socks don't HAVE to be the same color, unless your wearing shorts or they can be seen. It's better to have 2 different color socks than none. Socially though and for peace of mind you want matching socks. >

Not really. I just have a drawer with like 20 socks or something. Doesn't really matter whether it's an odd number like 21 or an even number like 20. I just grab any two socks. >

It's because if you lose a pair, you can think of that pair as being potentially useful to whoever finds it. Whereas if it's just one, then neither you nor the finder has a matching set. >

Losing one sock is fine. Just means you get a new "girlfriend" for the week. >

I took it to mean it’s less frustrating to lose a pair of socks.  And unless they have a particular pattern you may not even know which would remove the frustration completely.  
Incidentally also why I like to buy multiple pairs of the same colour/pattern.  There is still the frustration as you get to the end of the “batch” though. >

Until you realize you have fitted socks and both of them were left foot socks and now you’re down to 3 left foot socks and 15 right footers