Why do Socks have to Match?

Conventionalism beware! The following is a public message to all those who just can't grasp the idea of someone wearing two mismatching socks. Not no subtle dark brown/dark blue matches either, comfortably hidden in high top shoes. I'm talking about neon green with sea creatures on my left foot and bright red with little pink hearts on the right (I'm looking under the desk now).

Just want to publicly state my reasons, mainly so I can say "I just blogged about that last week" I love the way that sounds. Like tea drinkers, who use china cups and you get that delicate clinking noise when they touch cup to saucer, I love that sound. Anyway, I think I should clarify my reasons here on my blog.

The Back Story
It started out when my studio went digital over 2 years ago. Photographers (I was the main one) needed to wear only socks as they walked over massive backgrounds all day long. Our trainer insisted that dress code would be black everything from this day forward, and that meant black socks also. I had already purchased a bunch of colorful socks from JCP and planned on wearing them though the upcoming Christmas season. She looked me right in the eye, while chomping on yet another piece of gum, and said "take them off". Okay, I thought she is only hear for a day or two more, I can handle it, I'm the manager here and I don't feel like I need to make a stand on this issue when she will be soon gone. I so badly wanted to say, "I'll change my socks if you stop chewing gum while working" which I find far more distracting and don't allow during work hours.

So the trainer left and I wore my funny socks, then I started getting holes in some of them, but had grown attached to them. I tried to repair them, but they didn't feel right. So I would started trying to "match" them both pastels or both bright colors, or maybe the same theme.

After I got comfortable with that, I started letting it all go and matched them as opposite as possible. I also noted some of my employees really could not stand it, and rolled their eyes. But, hey I'm the boss!

So now I am totally out, I am a freer person person because of it, kinda like I am letting people know I don't have a problem being silly. Some people think I am intimidating, and maybe sometimes I am, but then again maybe I'm not.

I put up a 20x24 family portrait up at work, I am sitting on the floor right in front with my oddly mismatched socks on, the comments have been all positive. People think it is funny and say, "that's you alright".

They say you can find anything on the Internet, maybe if I bothered to look I would find a support group for people like me? I think the best answer for me is, why should I throw out a perfectly good sock?