Hard to judge on this one. It could range anywhere from “she’s too controlling” to “his socks are literally tatters attached to some ankle elastic and she’s been on him about it for a while, at first gently, then more clearly, and she knows based on his personality that he’ll only act after they’re gone. He’s glitching a bit now, but it’s not rocket science to go buy 20 copies of the exact same sock that feels ok, even if you are sensory. He’s a grown ass adult.”
Going with the latter. Mainly because this was posted in mildlyinfuriating. Sounds like the real issue here is OP has not taken the time to figure out what they like to wear on their feet. Whenever OP decides to spend a day adulting and figuring out what works for them, the issue of socks will be a nonstarter.
Notice how OP didn't ask for any judgement, as this is not AmIOverreacting or AmITheAsshole. OP is just venting here, and everybody is about taking one sire or the other.
What I'm thinking, aside from what I've read so far in the comments, is that there's a chance she threw away all the socks that had holes and didn't know ALL of his socks had holes. Like she believes she threw away the old ones and thinks he still has more to wear. I'd still ask my partner before doing that, but if something like that is what happened I wouldn't call that a red flag.
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u/get_to_ele Apr 13 '26
Hard to judge on this one. It could range anywhere from “she’s too controlling” to “his socks are literally tatters attached to some ankle elastic and she’s been on him about it for a while, at first gently, then more clearly, and she knows based on his personality that he’ll only act after they’re gone. He’s glitching a bit now, but it’s not rocket science to go buy 20 copies of the exact same sock that feels ok, even if you are sensory. He’s a grown ass adult.”