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to really detest long nails on a man?

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Igglybuff · 20/08/2010 13:41

I saw a picture of a man with long nails - so long they extended past the end of the fingertips. Not talons but long enough. It gave me the shivers.

AIBU to detest long nails on a man? Even if they're clean? (Even worse IMO as implies they've deliberately grown them. Urgh)

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izzybiz · 20/08/2010 15:08

YADNBU!
I hate long nails on men, the worst one is that Phil on time team, fat podgy fingers with long nails, Egh!

There is a man Ive seen a few times where I live who I think thinks he is some sort of vampire man, he has long black hair dresses in black leather and his nails are really long and filed into points like claws....

[We so need a 'Vom' emoticon!]

TiggyD · 20/08/2010 15:08

If women can have long nails, so can men.

Pbpbpbtt to you all.

JodiesMummy · 20/08/2010 15:09

No, you ANBY - long haired men are just vile, as are feminime hands on a man, cannot abide it. But then I cant stand hairy hands either, or pudgy hands, or sweaty hands. My DP's hands are purrrfect!

GeekOfTheWeek · 20/08/2010 15:10

Long toe nails on anyone makes me vom.

JodiesMummy · 20/08/2010 15:11

I mean long nailed men not long haired men. Though long hair doesnt rock my boat either TBH.

TiggyD · 20/08/2010 15:21

Hmmmm. I have long hair too.

HowAnnoying · 20/08/2010 15:26

Long fingernails on both men and women are gross.

MinnieMummy · 20/08/2010 15:39

YANBU, as soon as DH's show the slightest bit of white I'm nagging encouraging him to cut them.

I used to have a regular client who had really long fairy-tale-monster-style nails. And obvious yellow-head spots. And who smelt. I spent a lot of time trying not to think about all of these facts...

[ps I worked in mental health, just realised it could sound like it was something a little more... personal]

B52s · 20/08/2010 15:48

Mowiol - I kid ye not. Luckily I only see him at Christmas...

Mowiol · 20/08/2010 15:51

Oh B52s - god that's so yuck. And Christmas is just round the corner you know....... Grin

PrivetDancer · 20/08/2010 15:58

did your neighbour wear cravats too?

Mowiol · 20/08/2010 16:04

PrivetDancer - no but his ensembles in beige were a sight to behold! Usually involved a cardigan and shoes that matched everything else.
How mean I must be to be laughing at someone who is no "longer with us" Blush

narkypuffin · 20/08/2010 16:29

Bleurghhh! I loathe long fingernails on men, They make me feel sick. It's just wrong

TheShriekingHarpy · 20/08/2010 16:40

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Igglybuff · 20/08/2010 17:16

I'm disturbed by the ear cleaning. Really disturbed!

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colditz · 20/08/2010 17:18

YANBU they are irrationally disturbing

colditz · 20/08/2010 17:19

I LOVE long hair on men - all messy and clean but tangly and wild.

DirtyMartini · 20/08/2010 17:25

at the ear-cleaning uncle. Does he state that this is the purpose of the nail, or are you going by visual evidence of him doing it? (not that there's really a right answer)

Ryuk · 20/08/2010 17:26

Sexism is disgusting. IMO.

niftyfifty · 20/08/2010 17:28

YANBU - it makes my flesh crawl! Someone who works with me has long, thick nails and he also wears a smelly old anorak type thing with a greasy collar - vile!

DirtyMartini · 20/08/2010 17:39

I'm no great fan of long nails on women either actually. Unless very clean and aggressively healthy-looking.

MinnieMummy · 20/08/2010 18:06

I was thinking about the sexism angle - yes of course men are as entitled as women to have long nails, but in the same way that I'd think Hmm if I saw a man in a skirt, I think Hmm with a touch of boak if I see a man with long nails.

AnyFuleKno · 20/08/2010 18:28

I don't think I've ever noticed a man's fingernails!

SeaTrek · 20/08/2010 18:29

YANBU - really grim. I noticed my friend's husband had long (long for a man) manicured nailed the other day and I wondered why the hell he would have that 'look'. TBH I don't much like them on a woman, either. I think if you can see your nails when you hold the back of your hand up they are too long, and for a man - well go shorter than that!

Each to their own, of course...

Igglybuff · 20/08/2010 19:03

Quite Minnie. I also find it odd when men have shaped eyebrows for example. Seems to be a current trend amongst footballers these days.

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