Diminishing returns?

I was all excited today to show the DH how far I was on the sock... he was very confused- Socks? he said. Then he went into the law of diminishing returns and how you can buy socks so cheap and they won't stay up and and and... Hello?! Apparently he thought I was knitting socks to save money. Um no. You see to me, socks are like the "aaaaaawwww" of knitting that I have been too scared to try for months. This is huge for me. Diminishing returns. Harumph!