PUT A SOCK IN IT

“Roosil, Let me see….”, the first words I hear when I see most of my teammates. They always know the answer but they love making fun of me. I grab my pant leg and lift it exposing my plain, $7.99 for a six-pack generic white socks. I immediately hear the chorus of “nooooooo”, “whyyyyyyy?”. Then they take turns asking if I like girls, “What, don’t u want to meet Italian girls?” “You only like little boys and goats?”. They have told me over and over again that wearing plain white socks is the biggest sign that I will never meet a nice Italian girl. From what they say it’s the equivalent of rolling into a bar with your grandpa’s suspenders, a pocket-protector, and a big kiss from your mom still on your cheek. No matter how good your game is, it’s just not going to happen.
They on the other hand wear any type of random sock that you might find in your dad’s business drawer. Crazy patterns, ridiculous colors, anything but white. Of course no one can ever see my socks because I’m always sporting jeans but they love just making sure I know how stupid I look. I would say it’s starting to piss me off but now I love wearing whities just to see them freak out. After three weeks and the language barrier fading I’ve finally gotten them to explain why white socks are such a sin. They say it is because it makes you look lazy, like you don’t care about your presentation. They say white socks are for the morning when you walk your dog and no one will see you. They are just for when you want to relax and feel comfortable. So after working it around in my head, it’s probably most similar to wearing sweatpants to a bar or club. When I finally figured it out, it kind of made sense, kind of.
Still I hold strong to my roots and vouch to wear my white socks like the stubborn and I guess style less American that I am. I will break down these prejudice ideals and show them that everyone should be able to pick up a girl in a bar, no matter what color their socks are!

Bus #10