Parents Something only a gym parent does

[skschlag]

.....matches socks by color, design, brand AND how much pit foam is stuck to them!
*Full of pit
*some pit
*little pit
*NO Pit (had 1 pair in this category!)

 

[gymbeam]

How does pit get in her socks?

 

[skschlag]

well, he is a boy, and wears his socks in the pit. Usually working rings/pbar/high bar dismounts and release moves

 

[gymbeam]

Ahhhh. I didn't realize boys use the same vault table as girls! Ha!

 

[wandrewsjr]

You forgot one:

*single sock (because the other one is at the bottom of the pit)

 

[skschlag]

You forgot one:

*single sock (because the other one is at the bottom of the pit)

When D was about 8, he cleaned out his cubby at the gym...and found 21 socks. Not all had mates. I quit matching them for a long time and just let him wear mismatched socks everywhere.

 

[auswi]

I also categorise singlets into baggy - enough- armpits -to be comfortable but tight enough to be safe and still respectable lol- this is for DS our Magman not Dd

 

[GymDad9.9]

My daughter will typically wear mismatched socks so singlets have a home with her.

 

[thefellowsmom]

My dd always wears mismatched socks too!!! . She says she prefers it that way. Sure makes folding her laundry easier. All socks in a basket!

 

[duyetanh]

You forgot one:

*single sock (because the other one is at the bottom of the pit)

oh my freaking God, are you my sister from another mother?
My dd currently has 11 (eleven!!!!!!) single socks.
I have told her that when they clean out the pit in a few weeks, it is time to play matchmaker....

 

[duyetanh]

My daughter will typically wear mismatched socks so singlets have a home with her.

Yes, this is all the rage right now with mine also....but I want the partners back.

 

[Iwannabemargo]

Pink has no problem with mismatched socks, I on the other hand am an old fart and like mine to match, trouble is we wear the same size...........

my sock drawer has 17 singletons waiting to steal their partners back

 

[Gymmonkeymomma]

Between the 5 of us, there are probably about 75 singletons right now! And my son's socks are those pricey Nike basketball ones. And they are huge. How do those get lost???

 

[Pigeon]

And it's like there is some sort of chemical reaction between the little tiny pieces of pit foam and the sock fibers...impossible to pull them off (I've tried in desperation to get competition socks foam free. Let me save you all some time: it's not possible).

With two in the gym, I buy a lot of socks and we are still usually mismatched. I do smile when I see all the other little boys wander out of the gym wearing mismatched socks as well! Maybe I should suggest a sock party with the other parents, we can all get together with our piles of mismatched socks and make things right .

 

[Pineapple_Lump]

And it's like there is some sort of chemical reaction between the little tiny pieces of pit foam and the sock fibers...impossible to pull them off (I've tried in desperation to get competition socks foam free. Let me save you all some time: it's not possible).

Electric lint remover, cuts all that foam off.

 

[duyetanh]

Between the 5 of us, there are probably about 75 singletons right now! And my son's socks are those pricey Nike basketball ones. And they are huge. How do those get lost???

They are in the "pit of despair..."
Bahahaha....
On a serious note, I swear my dryer eats them also. Really. I know they go into the wash, I swear I put them there. Dang.