How long are you generally able to wear a pair of socks before a hole appears in one? Do you then toss it and buy new or keep wearing it?

I live in socks because I hate wearing shoes. I love shoes, I have a lot of them, but I cannot keep any one pair on for too long before I kick them off because they are never comfortable for hours and hours.  And when I am in the spa massaging people I get in trouble if I am barefoot running around the spa.  They freak when I do that which is OFTEN. So, socks work great.  They are black and they look like shoes when you are not really looking closely.  I guess that I pass that test because there is not flesh color peeking out from my pants.  

So, I go through a lot of socks because I wear them like shoes.  I buy a dozen or so men's socks in small and make sure they are cotton and stretchy and I'm good to go for a few months before they get lost or ripped to shreds somehow.  

THE END. I hope you took notes. I will not repeat this again.  Thank you for this question, Twinkie, because I am not going to buy these socks. I love them.

This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at November 5, 2019 12:29 PM MST

My socks last a long time. I do not wear them outside without shoes. I throw them out as soon as I see a hole or they get thin. 

As a kid it happened often because I'd walk around the house in my socks, but I don't really do that anymore, so I can keep socks for years. I recently gave away some socks that were years old but still had no holes. 

Anything from 6 months to 2 years. If the toe wears out first, I will mend it. Increasingly often now I find it's the heel that wears through first, possibly because I get dry skin on my heels, and if that happens I don't usually mend it, just carry on wearing it until it becomes unwearable. This post was edited by Reverend Muhammadovsky at May 19, 2021 10:12 PM MDT

I used to be THAT person who had two colors of socks: black and white. I would never wash them and just throw them out after the first wear.
No joke, I would buy a pack (or two) each week and always wear brand new socks each day. I did have a few that were ornate and expensive that I kept for very special occasions, but normally, it was wear and out hey go!

Now I will wear them until they tear then I toss them because holes annoy me especially when my toes stick through them in my shoes.

Socks last ages with BRITISH QUALITY, when a hole appears I throw them out.
I am a London person.

All socks have to have at least one hole in them so you can get them on ya feet or foot    :)

Nowadays life's too short for darning.