At least they aren’t on the floor…

If women hate it when men wear white socks with suits, or black socks with sandals on the beach, they hate it even more when men wear socks to bed. It gives women the impression that a man doesn’t care enough to remove the things attached to his feet.

Part of the thrill of sex is usually having both people in the nude, and that means not wearing socks. It is such a simple thing, yet it can make a world of difference, so why do men do it?
I can’t answer for all men, only this one.

First off I would say that although a rarity, there have been times when I have succumbed to this low.  Thinking back it was typically in a situation where the entire encounter was rushed or there was a good chance of someone walking in on us.  I can get my pants on in 0.5 seconds but socks might take 1 second so in order to avoid possible embarrassment they got left on.  Hypothetically if my son walked in on us I could tell him I was changing my pants because I spilled something on them or the like, but why were my socks off? Ummm??

I guess in (typical) male thinking, I want to get down to business ASAP and the socks are the last thing on the list of getting undressed.  They don’t interfere with the act of lovemaking so the two seconds saved by leaving them on could be spent better elsewhere…if you know what I mean.
All joking aside, I’m sure that it is sheer carelessness on the man’s behalf.  We really are just thinking about one thing and taking our socks off doesn’t necessarily come to mind.  If someone asked me pointedly, I would say, “What difference does it make?”  The socks in no way interfere with the actual sex…so what is the problem?

There could also be some inherent fear in the man that if he takes them off and throws them on the floor that he will forget them there.  5 minutes later after the torrid love-making session is done and over with, he will drift off and not a thought about the socks will enter his mind.  His partner on the other hand, who has a strange habit of not sleeping after this type of workout, will be up again, doing what she does best…looking for socks on the floor.  It may take a while but a man, similar to a dog, will learn if the lesson is repeated enough times.  Most men know by now…”Don’t leave your socks on the floor” so in this case they are simply avoiding future aggravation by keeping them on.  Are women ever happy? Geez!

See my previous post on this particular subject: here

I feel that the reason that it causes great irritation to women is that it makes her feel like the guy doesn’t care.  This is a “love-making” session and should be treated with the respect and intimacy that this moment of passion and connection deserves…everything should be perfect.  The guy on the other hand doesn’t think about “love-making” in the same way as she does.  It doesn’t matter how “romantic” the situation, he will still look at the act as being “sex”. He can “love” you all the time…right now he is getting laid.  When the situation is more rushed, more risky…”let’s do it now!” the male mind can only comprehend the articles that “must” be removed in order to accomplish the act and socks don’t even come to thought.

Have you ever seen a man on the rare occasion when he uses the supplied assembly instructions for any given product?  He sees the line where it says:

1.Insert part A into part B so it fits snugly.

It does not say:

1.Insert part A into part B so it fits snugly and by the way don’t forget to remove C

Pretty much the same thing happens when it comes to a sexual encounter…Part C might be overlooked.

I had a woman ask me once, “How would men like it if women kept their sweaters, socks, hairnets, etc. on during sex?”

The truth is, and for a completely different reason, I would LOVE it if the woman left her socks on during sex.  To some men this is a sexual fetish.  It was born out of necessity as in the “old days” women too left their socks on during sex due to lack of proper heating in the home.  This practice was originally equally displeasing to men but rather than treat it as an irritation or barrier to the “act” men’s brains adapted and made a woman wearing her socks “sexy”.  Her socks are a “prop” that increase his sexual arousal and tension…not detract from it.  From this I can hypothesize that men leaving their socks on is yet another instinctive, historical carry-over from a previous time.

Yeah…that’s it!

Share your thoughts: Does your man leave his socks on and does it bother you?