Men wearing nail polish

[TwiceRemoved]

Yup, guess it could be that old chestnut again.... I've done a quick search on the topic and nothing is leaping off the screen at me, so...

Men with painted nails? I get mixed reactions (usually detrimental from the male of the species, and mixed from the softer gender), either to the general 'lovely' condition of my feet, or to the colour of my finger nails and/or toe nails, or both, or neither.

I probably spend far too much time worrying about that other people think, possibly because I do not take negative comments well (even the most light-hearted remark will get mixed up in my brain cell to mean total and unequivoval ridicule!)

I remember doing the touristy-thing in Turkey-land a three or four years back, and on a packed boat a middle-aged (so same as me) made a point of 'mentioning', loud enough that everyone on the boat could hear "he's wearing blue nail polish". His wife (partner(?) simply said "so?" But loads of the other bods onthe boat then made a point of either coming over (or sending their DCs over to point, stare, comment. Fine - I'll get over it - if that's the worst thing that will ever happen in my life then I'm in for a good one :o)

So to cut to the chase - is it ever acceptable? Is it really that bad? Can it ever be good? Does anyone really give a ff anyway?

Just wondered....

[GobblersKnob]

I am rather fond of a man in polish, ditto eyeliner, some stares you are getting might not be because the starer thinks you are odd

Dp always lets me paint his for holidays

[paintmark]

Married straight 3 kids etc. Too bad I have to qualify as who really gives a whit? I color my toes. It's cool to see a bit of color on an otherwise drab canvas.

Life's too short to worry about nonsense like this. Really. The fact is I have never heard one intelligent reason why a man can't wear nail color. Yes it's different. That's why people look. I look at things that are different too. Some I like some I don't. OK. And I'm good with that for everyone else too. Fair enough.

Crazy thing to me is that the negative folks always talk about men should be manly. By whose definition? Obviously theirs. Yet their manly man is in general so very afraid to go outside the boundaries for fear of what others think. Odd. So in fact the men who do go outside are the fearless ones and are therefore more of a manly man than the ones who are superficially thought of as such. Make sense?

Have a bit of fun. Enjoy the relatively short amount of time you have on this planet. No one else really gives a shit about you and what you do assuming you hurt no one else in the process.

[guythatpaints]

I have read this thread with interest, I am a straight guy and I paint my toe nails! There I said it! I know this thread dates back to 2014 but I would be interested to know if/how opinions have changed either positively or negatively.
So far I have kept this to myself and it is something that I never revealed to my ex, moving forward I would like any future partner to be cool with me doing this as I can't see myself stopping!
I would also be interested to hear opinions on what you all think of my painted toes
Thanks

[guythatpaints]

A couple more

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

Well guythatpaints I can honestly say that 9 years later I'm still not a fan of painted nails on blokes .

But as a Podiatrist I'm even less of a fan of Toe Rings !

But at the end of the day , each to their own .
If it makes you happy , go for the paint .
It has never put me off Freddie Mercury