Dirty fingernails - red flag or am I overreacting?

[Icked]

I went on a date with a man a few days ago. While he made a positive impression in some ways, there was something specific about his appearance that has given me the ick. I noticed that when his hands were on the table, there was dirt deeply embedded in his fingernails. The rest of him didn't appear to be dirty, although I can't comment on other, more intimate areas of his body as I haven't seen them. I am concerned that if his nails are that dirty, then those other areas might also be dirty, which would give me the ick even more. What are your thoughts? Would dirty fingernails alone be enough for you to ghost someone or not want another date?

I would add newsagent to the list.
The black coming out from handling the papers is insane.

What’s his job? My husbands an agricultural mechanic, he thoroughly washes his hands all the time and showers pretty much as soon as he walks thru the door but the only time his hands look actual ‘clean’ is after a weeks holiday going in the pool every day!

My dad was the same. He was an engineer then became a gardener as he got older and it’s only since he retired he’s actually got clean hands - he showered daily but that oil and dirt gets ingrained.

Depending on his job it wouldn't bother me. I work with horses so it's hard to have immaculate hands and I'd rather have a man with dirty nails after a hard day's work than man with a perfect manicure tbh

Years ago DS said he disliked his new teacher (Y5).
When I went in for parents' evening, I noticed this teacher had long, dirty fingernails, greasy hair and looked generally unclean. Most offputting.

Why does it matter what other people feel? It's not a right or wrong thing, or a red flag or an over reaction.

It's a preference. You prefer a man with clean nails, and this guy doesn't have clean nails. How other people feel about it isn't going to help you decide how important it is to you.

Was it just his nails or did he have great clods of tarmac on his hands?

It could be that he is a 'Just Stop Oil' protester who is stuck with the after affects of having glued himself to the road?

You'd have given me a red flag by using the phrase - 'give me the ick'.

It's baby talk.

Dirty finger nails depends entirely on the job he does - if it's a manual job then can be expected but office job, no it's just dirty.

Dirty nails - yes definitely enough for me to not want to see him again (sorry I just couldn’t) however you ghosting him isn’t an acceptable way to behave. If you don’t want to see him again then be mature and tell him.

My partner works with old cars and bikes and tends to have slightly dirty nails, but then his nails are really short....

If a man had longer nails that were dirty than would repulse me slightly.....

But anyway, as a PP said, you feel what you feel OP. If you really fancy him this probably won't put you off. But if it does it does.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c19k2rdzxyko

It's in the Cambridge dictionary...

Haha! And?

It's still baby talk - 'awww are you feeling icky? Let's find your dumdum and have a little night nights'.

Adults should be able to converse properly.

Glad we've got someone in charge..!