It took moving in with my husband-to-be, a sock aficionado who favours vivid colours in a fine gauge, for me to understand the extent to which some men obsess over socks. But then one day I discovered an entirely unworn stash, still with their labels on, hidden at the back of his overflowing drawer: pastel pink and yellow socks by Richard James; multi-coloured striped socks by Paul Smith; maroon wool and cotton mix socks by Falke; as well as pairs by loafer brand Fin’s and the fine cotton label Sunspel. Did he, I wondered, have some sort of ... issue he hadn’t told me about?
与我的未婚夫共同生活一段时间之后，我才明白一些人对袜子的迷恋之深。他是一个袜子痴迷者，并且特别钟爱细针、色彩鲜艳的袜子。然而有一天，在他塞满东西的抽屉内侧，我发现了一堆根本没有穿过、还带有标签的藏匿物：一双理查德詹姆斯(Richard James)牌子的水粉+黄色袜子，一双保罗史密斯(Paul Smith)牌子的多色彩条纹袜子，一双法尔科(Falke)牌子的栗色棉毛混纺袜子，还有一双拖鞋品牌Fin’s的袜子，以及纯棉品牌Sunspel的袜子。我不禁猜测，他身上是不是有一些事情没有告诉我？