To find unpainted toenails gross?

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I wouldn't dream of wearing sandals without unpainted toenails. I just think it looks horrible. Am I being weird? I don't care what anyone else's feet look like though tbh.

I’m the same. I’ve painted my toenails since the age of 12. I know some people’s toenails look absolutely fine bare but I think they’re in a minority (and I envy them).

Thickly painted toenails with accumulated filth and dead skin make me feel sick. Natural nails look much healthier.

This will happen to you as you age.

I very much used to think this but recently have noticed the fashionably dressed women in London whose clothes I admire are going nail-varnish free! They've gone from brightly coloured a few years ago to white nails and then barely there white/pink and now nothing. And yes I am that shallow that I have started to like it. Even covet it. In fact I might be brave and go varnish-free this summer.

Bit contradictory, this. You said you don't care what anyone else's feet look like, it's just your own unpainted nails that are gross.

I prefer my own painted as I hate the bare look on anyone let alone myself. If I see someone with unpainted toes sticking out of sandals I just don't look. That's their choice, I don't judge them for not doing it but I do think painted nails look nicer, others don't, we are all different. I'm not a fan of feet in general though so that could come into play too though.

Come to think of it, the girls in their 20's at work don't wear nail varnish at all. They look great in simple clothes and makeup.

YABU. Coloured nail varnish is tacky. That’s why you never see royalty wearing it.

Tbh I find painted toenails a bit gross. If I was given the choice between the two.
I have never painted mine but then I’ve never dyed my hair either.

There is a thing called a foot fetish.

I don't care about toenail polish one way or the other, I rarely look at other people's feet! Anyway the opportunities to get the toes out this year have been rare enough, so I think those who dislike bare toes/feet will survive.

If I feel like it I use the Dior barely there thing, well the knock off in Primark which is exactly the same Glossing Glow it's called.

I find painted toenails gross. Like cocktail sausages with Smarties stuck to them.

Just about acceptable if the foot is an elegant one in perfect condition. But if you have got anything remotely wrong with your foot - a bunion or a callous or some such - painting the nails just draws attention to the yuckiness.

Did you miss the brouhaha when Kate spotted pillar box red nails at Easter? Diana also had coloured nails many times in her 30s. I think it was just an anomaly that QE2 disapproved.

The royal family have had plenty of extremely tacky moments over the years

One of my dearest friends runs. She swims, walks, hikes and cycles too. She wears gel on her toes.

Um….accumulates filth and dead skin isn’t compulsory, you know 😂 I find painting my nails mean I take even more care of my toes and feet because it makes me focus on them.

The weeping at unpainted toe people and the sobbing at painted toe people sound equally silly.

You do sometimes. I think it was the Queen who wasn't keen on it.

You may think it's 'tacky', but that's very old-fashioned. Have never seen as many nail tech businesses...

It was a joke?!

That's just silly. Most women who choose to have their toe nails painted are aware that the colour highlights their feet, and therefore take good care of them.

I find it makes some people think they don’t have to attend to the skin around the edge and what’s gathered underneath, as it’s masked.

Are you seriously saying that people don't wash their hands and feet properly because they're wearing nail varnish to cover the gunk??

Now that really is ridiculous!!

people wearing nail polish are actively avoiding cleaning their toes properly because it's just too easy to ignore proper hygiene.

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Your ex sounds like he belongs in prison!

I alternate between the two. Im quite pleased to be annoying all the weirdos equally.