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Men with long fingernails....

105 replies

Noangelbuthavingfun · 29/02/2024 08:41

Omg just yuck ! Why? It gives me the ick... currently sat on a train next to a very pleasant man by all accounts and then I see his long fingernails ...think like 3mm or so long. Why ?? Is it just me that really gets out off by it ? Cut your nails short ! I can't even explain it....
I'm not talking about guitar players where there's a function or similar. Normal men (this one is definitely going into an office job). Tell me what also icks you ??

Oh and don't get me started on woman that have phones on loud speaker holding it by their ears as if the sounds comes out of the underside of the phone 😆

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Strugglingtodomybest · 29/02/2024 08:49

I'm the same, I think long finger nails on men reminds me of Nosferatu and that's why I'm freaked out!

HelloHappyCampers · 29/02/2024 08:49

Don't they call them coke nails or something?

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 29/02/2024 08:50

🤮

Strugglingtodomybest · 29/02/2024 09:00

The stuff of nightmares!

Men with long fingernails....
DinoMummsy · 29/02/2024 09:06

Yes, totally agree! But it doesn't just bother me on men - all long nails give me the boke! Anything longer than end of fingers gives me the proper heave 🤮 But I realise I'm probably the weird one on this 🤣

Backtoreality1 · 29/02/2024 09:24

I know when I have travelled overseas there are a certain group of men (not going to identify race/nationality and risk getting accused of racism), who grow their little finger nail extra long to clean their ears with......its particularly gross knowing this when you are shaking hands with them! Don't mind a few mm on men so long as they are well cared for.

KimberleyClark · 29/02/2024 09:32

I’m reminded of Sarah Millican describing how her husband (Gary Delaney) keeps one toenail long so he can scratch the eczema on his other foot.

HowDoYouExpectMeToGrowIfYouWontLetMeBlow · 29/02/2024 09:33

Long fingernails give me the ick, big time.

DP is very clean, always presented well, but occasionally he'll "forget" to cut his nails, I hate it so much, a few weeks back I could hear them tapping on his phone 😖

Whatevershallidowithmylife · 29/02/2024 09:34

Actual 🤮shivers

iwiporangi · 29/02/2024 09:36

KimberleyClark · 29/02/2024 09:32

I’m reminded of Sarah Millican describing how her husband (Gary Delaney) keeps one toenail long so he can scratch the eczema on his other foot.

Please tell me she was making a joke and not sharing a truth...

I am feeling quite queasy now!

VeterinaryCareAssistant · 29/02/2024 09:37

If a man has long nails it often means they play card games, or enjoy casinos. It's usually just one or two long nails though, not a whole set.

IfYourHorseSaysNo · 29/02/2024 09:37

I hate long fingernails on men or women. 😬

coureur · 29/02/2024 09:37

If it's just right hand on the thumb, index, middle and ring then they are a classical guitarist.

Wannabegreenfingers · 29/02/2024 09:37

Long finger nails on anyone gives me the shiver!! Long toe nails are the worst, just why?!

CarterBeatsTheDevil · 29/02/2024 09:37

Can't bear them. But I don't like long fingernails on women either, really. Anything longer than the end of the finger is a no for me.

KimberleyClark · 29/02/2024 09:38

iwiporangi · 29/02/2024 09:36

Please tell me she was making a joke and not sharing a truth...

I am feeling quite queasy now!

Yes it was a joke.

LittleWeed2 · 29/02/2024 09:39

IfYourHorseSaysNo · 29/02/2024 09:37

I hate long fingernails on men or women. 😬

Me too - how do clean long false nails? I m e you dont

iwiporangi · 29/02/2024 09:39

@KimberleyClark Oh thank god!!

mylifeisprettygood · 29/02/2024 09:40

Long nails on men are Absolutely revolting. I have boys and I've drummed it into them thats it's beyond gross. I feel queasy just thinking about it 🤢. Luckily my Dh keeps his neat as he knows how repulsive I find it.

Herdinggoats · 29/02/2024 09:40

Up there with guys with ponytails

Dreamer2027 · 29/02/2024 09:43

My sons nails grow so quick I always wonder why I'm always telling him to cut his nails

Unforgettablefire · 29/02/2024 09:47

Wannabegreenfingers · 29/02/2024 09:37

Long finger nails on anyone gives me the shiver!! Long toe nails are the worst, just why?!

Seeing the clippings is even worse 🤢

1099 · 29/02/2024 09:50

Seriously, 3mm long fingernail, that's barely past the end of his finger. What on earth is wrong with that.

Strugglingtodomybest · 29/02/2024 09:50

Dreamer2027 · 29/02/2024 09:43

My sons nails grow so quick I always wonder why I'm always telling him to cut his nails

How does he react to garlic and crucifixes? 😉

ancienticecream · 29/02/2024 09:52

I used to sit next to a man who had long finger nails. Those teamed with him eating his lunch at his desk but getting crumbs all over his keyboard was just 🤢

I moved desks very quickly 😆

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