Women don't understand men

It has often been said that men don't understand women. I accept that. But women don't understand men, either. Women will scoff at this and either deny it or say "Who cares?" Well, they might have a point, but understanding each other is crucial to living together. Yes, men need to try harder to understand women, but the opposite holds true as well.

Case in point: my lovely wife recently bought me socks. I kept saying I needed to buy socks, but I kept forgetting (because I'm not too bright), so one day, while she was at the mall, she bought me twelve pairs of socks. Because she is, after all, excellent. She brought them home and showed them to me. They were all "sport" socks, they all had the yellow tips, they are all made of the same material, but there was one important difference:

 

Now, what's the big deal, some women might say. So six pairs were white, and six pairs were black. I explained to Krys that black socks are old man socks. She scoffed. "I can't wear these," I said, "I'd look like an old man!" She scoffed. "Wear them with jeans," she said. "Well, no shit," said I (the kids were asleep, so the profanity was flying!), "but here in Arizona, in the middle of an unseasonably warm winter, I'm wearing shorts more often. And I run out of socks (hence the need for new ones), so I am forced to wear the black socks with shorts! Why would you emasculate me like that, woman?" I believe she enjoys the emasculation part, actually.

She pointed out to me that if I folded the laundry more quickly, I wouldn't need to wear the black socks, but let's just put that aside for the moment, shall we? My point is: old men wear black "sport" socks. I asked Mia's physical therapist, who s a man, and he concurred. What say you, men of the world - am I correct? Does Krys need to understand this as I need to understand that it's never okay to say "What, is it that time of the month or something?" Back me up, fellow Y-chromosome bearers!