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To not paint my toenails for my friends wedding tomorrow

365 replies

Hairsayitdontsprayit · 09/06/2023 12:25

First world problem I know! I have painted my fingernails a lovely red but I have lost my toe separators and find painting my toes boring, plus I have a 10 month old baby who makes every task 10x more difficult to complete! My toes will be on show as I have sandals to wear with my dress tomorrow.

UABU- paint your toenails to match your fingernails
UANBU- nude toenails are fine

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Hairsayitdontsprayit · 09/06/2023 22:12

ejbaxa · 09/06/2023 22:06

Who will even notice whether your toenails are painted? I would wonder about what is going on in someone's head if they a) noticed and b) made some sort of demented judgement over this. Nobody could possibly give a fuck about someone else's toenails, surely?

Well PP have said they would notice and judge, however I will have to just take that risk. I’m feeling defiant! I’ll go to the wedding without painted toenails and see if anyone does seem to notice 😂

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Neverinamonthofsundays · 09/06/2023 22:16

I would rather painted toenails than finger ones. Have a good day.

HRTQueen · 09/06/2023 22:29

It’s much easier to paint toenails as imperfections are easier to hlde

DarrellRiversCriminalBehaviourOrder · 09/06/2023 22:34

Hairsayitdontsprayit · 09/06/2023 22:12

Well PP have said they would notice and judge, however I will have to just take that risk. I’m feeling defiant! I’ll go to the wedding without painted toenails and see if anyone does seem to notice 😂

YOU WILL RUE THE DAY

....nah, nobody will give a shit. Have a great time.

Hairsayitdontsprayit · 09/06/2023 22:37

DarrellRiversCriminalBehaviourOrder · 09/06/2023 22:34

YOU WILL RUE THE DAY

....nah, nobody will give a shit. Have a great time.

Haha thanks, I’m sure it will be lovely 😊

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steff13 · 09/06/2023 22:40

You find it boring? It takes like 5 minutes. How do you live life not being able to be bored for 5 minutes?

WeAreBorg · 09/06/2023 22:40

I was once toe nail shamed when I had in fact painted my toe nails, however my nails on the smaller toes (maybe the outer two or three) are so incredibly tiny that they only warrant the tiniest speck of polish. A very posh man was both mesmerised and incensed by them.

So don’t be thinking painting your nails is the end of your troubles

Kanaloa · 09/06/2023 22:59

steff13 · 09/06/2023 22:40

You find it boring? It takes like 5 minutes. How do you live life not being able to be bored for 5 minutes?

Or, on the flip side, why would you spend your free time (quite limited for most of us) deliberately choosing unnecessary activities you find boring? Being able to tolerate boredom in order to have coloured toenails isn’t a moral virtue.

DarrellRiversCriminalBehaviourOrder · 09/06/2023 23:01

steff13 · 09/06/2023 22:40

You find it boring? It takes like 5 minutes. How do you live life not being able to be bored for 5 minutes?

This is hilarious. Toenail polish isn't the window into one's character that some of you people think it is.

Hairsayitdontsprayit · 09/06/2023 23:31

Kanaloa · 09/06/2023 22:59

Or, on the flip side, why would you spend your free time (quite limited for most of us) deliberately choosing unnecessary activities you find boring? Being able to tolerate boredom in order to have coloured toenails isn’t a moral virtue.

Couldn’t have said it better myself 👏

I enjoy painting my fingernails weirdly enough. Not sure why toes pain me so much! Maybe because I think hands can be pretty. I have pretty rings on my fingers and I often look at them and think they look nice. I don’t feel that way about feet/toes.

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Hairsayitdontsprayit · 09/06/2023 23:32

DarrellRiversCriminalBehaviourOrder · 09/06/2023 23:01

This is hilarious. Toenail polish isn't the window into one's character that some of you people think it is.

🤣🤣🤣 toenails may now be the window into one’s soul it seems!

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JMSA · 09/06/2023 23:41

I definitely would paint them.

ABugWife · 10/06/2023 07:55

Hope you enjoy the wedding today OP - you will definitely be on toenail patrol all day.

If the brides aren't nicely done make sure you stand up and object at the appropriate moment!

Hairsayitdontsprayit · 10/06/2023 08:19

ABugWife · 10/06/2023 07:55

Hope you enjoy the wedding today OP - you will definitely be on toenail patrol all day.

If the brides aren't nicely done make sure you stand up and object at the appropriate moment!

I will definitely be more interested in toenails than I ever have been 😂

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Softoprider · 10/06/2023 08:50

Yesterday, thanks to this thread I gave myself a pedicure and a manicure and I am now sporting ice white painted pinkies and tootsies. Pinkies and tootsies I tell ya !

ThanksItHasPockets · 10/06/2023 09:03

Tiddlypomtiddlypom · 09/06/2023 21:02

I’ve tried to find a photograph that is as bad as the toenail extensions I saw. They were poking out of a pair of those spongy slider things. God, they were so awful. And made her toenails look so weirdly big, not just long.

Anyway, I can’t find anything quite as awful. But the gist was such (first one illustrates length, but they were much, much wider, second one illustrates style) 🤢:

These presumably also make it impossible to wear closed shoes? Confused

Hairsayitdontsprayit · 10/06/2023 09:04

Softoprider · 10/06/2023 08:50

Yesterday, thanks to this thread I gave myself a pedicure and a manicure and I am now sporting ice white painted pinkies and tootsies. Pinkies and tootsies I tell ya !

Ooh they sound fab! Enjoy your weekend 😊

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Grumblevision · 10/06/2023 09:05

Undisclosedlocation · 09/06/2023 12:39

Then I would kindly suggest you have a bigger problem to deal with than the colour of your nails 😂
enjoy the wedding naked toed

I read this as "enjoy the wedding, naked toad" and imagined a happy little toad at the side of the aisle (so it didn't get trodden on) just enjoying being at a wedding.

KarmaStar · 10/06/2023 10:18

Yabu. absolutely ridiculous.who cares if you paint your nails?

Neverinamonthofsundays · 10/06/2023 10:23

I dont think I have ever noticed if other women paint their toenails or not but I am going to a wedding in a few weeks and I think it is all I will be looking for now lol

Tiddlypomtiddlypom · 10/06/2023 22:28

Maireas · 09/06/2023 21:42

They are just awful, @Tiddlypomtiddlypom , just hideous. At first I thought the poor people had some sort of dreadful fungal infection, but they've actually paid for that look!

They’re so ghastly, they haunt me a bit. I’m glad to have been able to offload. I kept imagining how awful they must feel inside a closed shoe. Ugh. She’s lucky it’s been so unbelievably hot.

crazyaboutcats · 10/06/2023 22:50

I wouldn't wear sandals or open toes without my freshly pedicured. I do it myself so it's not expensive but it takes about 1/2 an hour, not two minutes.

tammie49 · 11/06/2023 20:14

Think how many you could have painted in the time it took to write that post. I'd definitely paint them for a wedding. I'd have nude fingernails over nude toenails. It's literally a 5 minute job.

Hannahsbananas · 11/06/2023 20:16

tammie49 · 11/06/2023 20:14

Think how many you could have painted in the time it took to write that post. I'd definitely paint them for a wedding. I'd have nude fingernails over nude toenails. It's literally a 5 minute job.

She doesn’t want to paint them 🤷🏻‍♀️
It’s fine. Some people are putting going out with unpainted toenails on the same level as going out without knickers.

celticprincess · 11/06/2023 20:20

I never have this dilemma as I always wear tights even with sandals. Lol. Rarely paint my toes. Can’t actually remember when I last did.

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