Man in Pink Socks...

“You look like a perfect gentleman”, I said as I shook hands with my cousin at one of our relatives wedding. He said, “Thanks a lot man, for such a wonderful compliment”.

A little later, we sat in the guest chairs. “My Goodness, let me just take back my compliment”. His face turned pale as he heard me say that. “Hey, gimme back the compliment, what’s the matter?” he enquired.

“Man, you wore your wife’s socks”. He rose with spontaneity,” They are not my wife’s socks they are totally my stuff”.

“They are yours? Really? Man, how could you ever think of wearing a pair of pink socks along with black leather shoes? And there seems to be even some design on them?” He argued, “Ohh these are not actually pink socks, they are sort of brown”.

I gave a puzzled look, “Sort of brown?” . He agreed soon, “Well yes, your eyesight is fine the colour is not brown but not exactly pink either. Actually the problem is I have only two pairs of socks, the dark one I wore to office today, so it’s into washing”.

“You wore a cotton rich sky blue shirt from Van Heusen, jet black formal trousers from Allen Solly and this belt it’s a good one I guess”. He carried on, “Yes, this is a genuine Italian black leather belt and the shoes I wore are designer ones with pure black leather giving the right shine”.

I interrupted, “You prefer luxurious dressing, it’s hard to believe that you have only two pairs of socks and when the dark one goes for washing, you end up wearing these light pink girlish socks to this dinner party”.

He made this point clear, “Socks are not exactly the most visible item of clothing, especially for men, cause our trousers cover till the shoe lace, so any colour would do”. I stopped him, “But when you sit down, they do grab attention, now look at yourself, you can’t cover socks when you sit”.

I continued, “I don’t know why you choose to buy such colours, you have crossed the age of thirty five, you are mature enough not to wear such kiddish stuff”.

“Man, I've not chosen this colour myself, it came along in a set of dozen socks I bought few years ago, all of them slowly worn out and I’m left with these two pairs, I don’t have the habit of buying socks when I go for shopping”.

I was surprised, “You don’t have the habit of buying socks? Man, you have two sons; they will learn these habits from you and will be laughed at in future.” He laughed out to say, “Don’t worry, my sons are too small now, we’ll think of it when they grow up”.

I promised him a gift, “Well, your birthday is still a couple of months away, you will get a box of dozen socks pairs from me as a birthday gift and don’t worry about the colour, all of them will only be jet black”.

He a gave a big smile, “Well, I’ll give this pair to my wife and tomorrow I’m going for shopping, guess what - I will spend the whole evening, only to buy the right pairs of socks which suits my formal dressing”.