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So my "wife" came over to visit Sunday to hangout,and watch the Dolphins and Cubs games.The last 6 months,anytime we go some where running errands (either passing or going to anyplace she can), "I need to buy underwear,and/or socks." We met up for lunch she was meeting me for lunch,and was late because she stopped to buy socks.She buys a 3 pack,or 6 pack almost every time.

*(it must be noted her house did burn to rubble in late May,but this has started before that)

I've joked,Wow that flavor of the month,she stealing your underwear? Really likes to tear those off you,she's a really panty dropper,etc...

A few people at my work are somewhat obsessed with new socks...

How often do you Buy new Socks,and  Underwear?

Not until the old ones wear out and that is even kind of subjective as I have old yard work socks that don't have a bit of elastic stretch to them but I don't want to get my nice socks stained.

I buy a pack of socks or underwear once a year (if that),but I also tend to buy as many as I can at one time. Ie 20 pairs of socks,12-18 pair of underwear.I have some that I've bought and didn't like,and have 3-4 pair brand new still in the package.

I also have two pair each of Black,Grey,Navy Blue,and Brown socks. I also have several pair of longer winter,socks when I wear boots.I rarely wear any of them anymore.

Both my Socks and underwear,I tend to wear 3-4 pair over,and over.I keep the rest in the original package in the drawer,and grab a new pair as the 3-4 pair wear out.

I buy new ones whenever the old ones start to get a little worn which seems to be about once a year.  They are both always on the xmas list, LOL.   I'm still the guy who fears getting into a car accident and being shipped off to the hospital with a hole in my drawers.   ;D

If I am in an accident bad enough to go to the hospital, it won't be a hole I am worried about being in there.

Shit man, I'm so picky about my underwear and socks that when I find some I like, I buy 2-3 years worth. Last time they stopped making the underwear that I liked, so in June '15 I bought 10 pairs of a different kind and I liked them. So I immediately ordered 10 more pair and put them up in the closet in case they stop making those too. So I'm good for the next couple years, lol.....

^ I'm like pondwater.

I have literally ONE type of underwear.  One cut, one size, one brand.  Sometimes, I'll get some novelty underwear or boxers as a gift, but on a day to day, I wear one.  I haven't bought underwear in a long time.

For socks, it's different.  I wear white tube socks occasionally, but it's always the same brand.  Within that brand, they do change from year to year, so my strategy is to throw a bunch out all at once and replace them all at once so I don't have mis-matching socks.  I'm due for that again.

For work socks, I've abandoned that strategy and just go with whatever crazy crap I can find.

The only underwear I own are for "date nights" only. ;D

I buy new socks a couple of times a year, always the same white tubes for play, black dress socks for work. I will usually buy a few packs of the tubes and one of the dress socks when I go shopping.

Where do you guys still find tube socks? They are almost impossible around here (although I have three pair) because all you can find are crew socks.

I wear those too. But what do you guys call tube socks? To me tube socks come all the way up over the calf to right under your knee. But obviously I was wrong. Tube socks are just straight socks with no heel shape. I bought some at Walmart and they only came up mid calf. I hate those things because they keep falling down. Anyhow, since I can't find any over the calf socks in store locally, I buy mine on Amazon. They are pretty good, they last about a year or so. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IO9JCY4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IO9JCY4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

I buy socks very rarely but when I do it is like 24 pair of identical socks.  I hate dealing with the process of matching them and this way if I lose 2socks I now have 23 pairs as opposed to 22 pairs and 2 odd unmatched socks.

More than I should lol because I lose them in my shuttles from the gym, work, and home. 

I'm extremely picky about my underwear.  I need a boxer brief that prevents chaffing and provides a good home for the boys.  Fruit of the Loom recently discontinued the make I've purchased for over a decade, so I've been in an experimental phase with a couple of different Hanes designs.  My job potentially requires me to stand/walk for over 12 hours a shift so comfort is essential.  I can't thrust someone's jaw forward for 45 minutes straight so they can breathe if I've got undercarriage issues brewing.  When I find what I'm looking for, I'll buy a metric shit ton of them and stash them away.

I made a switch years ago to ankle socks when I moved to central Texas.  Since there are only 2 seasons here, summer and not summer, I have no requirement for added fabric to help me sweat.  As long as they're not the low profile ankle socks which end up in my shoes after a few minutes of wear, I'm good to go.  I don't mind matching socks, so I purchase them in packs of 3s or larger packs whenever I'm feeling it's time.

I recently had to put down all the marathon runner quality socks I bought that lasted me 10 years plus.  They were $9/pair, but I got every last penny out of 6 or so sets I bought.  Best friggin' socks I've ever put on in my life...but the company stopped making the style that fit my feet.

About once a year, although I usually buy enough that I could skip a year without any worries. The older stuff just migrates to the back of my sock/underwear drawer (which reminds me... I really need to clean that crap out).

I used to wear socks that were pretty much black, but after getting married and having kids, sorting 5 different sizes of "black sock" just became too much of a hassle, so now I go for black with some color, usually a few stripes. I don't like patterns all that much, since I find that they often stretch slightly differently that the rest of the sock. I do appreciate socks that have the size sown into them, which can really help with sorting (although I have to admit my wife does that 90% of the time).

Really picky about underwear as most people above. Everything needs to have just the right fit and getting all aspects right is almost impossible. I'm a boxer-briefs / trunks guy (need some support, no free-hanging stuff!). Okay, I digress, that's pretty much a separate issue -- we can take that with the "which way should the toilet paper roll go" (out, not even a question).

+1 to Dave's point,about slight changes being made.

I wear the Hanes Big &Tall 12-14,comes in 12 pairs of ankle socks per pack,(just over the ankle). In August I saw they had them at my local Wally world,they had zero at my closest store,the other one close said they had 6 in stock.I got there,and had to ask someone,Do you have these? after wandering around the mens department for 20 minutes. (I showed her a picture on my phone).There was a black guy on the package on the old ones,and white guy on the new package,and moved all the lettering around.The socks themselves have a few tweaks,black writing,slightly different seam at the toe.

I've gone back and forth on my Boxer Briefs,I love the Hanes Comfort tops,but the last couple of packs were horrible.(Losing weight didn't help either) After 2 washes the elastic started poking through the top,and they became really baggy.After like 2 months I went to replace them, I went with Fruit of the loom boxer briefs,got more,for roughly the same price,and they seem to be holding up much better.

I'm wrong.  I call them tube socks, but I guess I mean "crew" socks.  Built in toe and heel, mid-calf height.

Those don't slide down during the day for you? I hate having to pull up my socks. The ones that go almost to the knee solves that problem great, haha.

What's with all the boxer briefs? Are those the ones that are like bike shorts? I have a whole pack of those sitting in my drawer that I never wear because the legs get loose and ride up my leg. For me, bikini briefs are the only thing that I can wear. Don't even get me started on boxers, might as well just go commando......

What you're describing sounds like trunks (which do have that problem). Boxer briefs combine the best of both worlds ;-)

Boxer briefs for the win.  I used to wear fruit of the loom boxer briefs and they would ride up and get loose like the one guy said.  But I recently found a store brand at Academy Sports that is made out of the dri-fit material which makes them super comfortable and they are tight enough to keep junior and the twins nice and snug without feeling strangled.  They run like $10 bucks a pair, but well worth the money in my opinion. 

^ I've found that products made with about 5% Lycra (aka Spandex, aka elastane) and 95% cotton retain their fit much better than pure cotton.

Some companies completely mangle the difference between trunks and boxer briefs, though (I'm looking at you Fruit of the Loom). Apparently, men are too stupid to distinguish between more than 3 types of underwear.

They do scrunch down, but that's just how I wear them.  I don't wear them a lot, because I wear dress socks to work.  And I live in FL, so I wear a lot of flip flops on the weekend.  I only wear crew socks with sneakers.

For undies:

I used to be a boxers guy through college.  I jumped to boxer-briefs a few years ago and haven't looked back.  I wear Champion (get them at Costco).  I threw out everything I own and bought like 30 pairs of the same thing.  They just fit me well, but my brother in laws complain about the ride-up.  I think you just have to try new things until you find what you like.

I did get one undershirt and one pair of boxer-briefs from a company called Tommy John.  They are ungodly expensive...like $40 each.  Got them for my birthday for my wife.  It is strange how different they are from standard underwear.  They're super thin and you barely feel them.  I like to wear it with a full suit for when I'm super dressed up.

+1 on the Boxer Briefs ..

I used to do the string Bikini's till about 2004 or 2005,when I felt like I was coming home feeling like I was being cut in half in half during a really hot day..A suggestion here at TDMMC said to try a pack of boxer briefs, I've never looked back.

I am gouging out my mind's eye right now.

String bikinis sound painful, haha. But bikini briefs have an 1-2 inches of fabric on the sides by the hips. Jockey used to have some real comfortable ones called Elance, but they have totally fuck them up in recent years.

Ok, I'll whip out the shovel here... :D

I felt like I was being cut in half horizontally,from hip to hip....I'm not talking G-string. ???

I was diver on the swim team for 2yrs in High school,and learned to like Speedos.I had to stand in front of an audience and do a dive while wearing the darn things,so wearing when most people would never see them wasn't a big deal.

(shovel time) TMI

The ones I wore initially were more like a jock strap,accept covering the arse region.

After high school my F-buddy,bought me some "string bikini's" where the small cloth covered elastic between the front and back part as a joke.The "string" part of it was 3" in length between the front and back,and about half the width of normal underwear band.It's a bit different from a "women's string bikini"


I'm not sure if I'd ever go back to a bikini type underwear :-\