The others just spent loads of money. Socks are cheap, comparatively, even the good ones. You can spend the saved money on something special, just for you. Enjoy yourself!

Look on the bright side, socks are a hell of a lot cheaper than a wedding dress or a ring.

OP, the measure of one's life is not in having a marriage.

There's nothing better than a new pair of socks

"it's okay ted you'll find the right girl someday"

That wedding dress can only be worn once, the rings have holes at both ends and get caught on everything, but socks... Haha, socks! With your warm feet and unencumbered attire, you will outperform your friends in important categories such as: - late-night stealth fridge raids. - sliding long-distance on polished hardwood floors - being you and fun and attractive and cool. There's literally millions of us dreaming of meeting a girl fun and geeky enough to share fml-style humor and wit with. I'm sure at least tens of is are attractive to you too. Don't give up!

I say that you made the best purchase

on the positive if you don't like the socks, you can throw them away, unlike those commitments.

Count yourself lucky, you saved yourself the cost of a wedding and a divorce

So...we will just ignore the fact that the female friend is the one proposing to the male boyfriend?