No pics required for your nasty habit.

yes i do :and i've been tryna stop doing it for about 6 years now

i've stopped doing it as much because i wear nail polish but sometimes i still do

ewww neither

I use to as a kid...and then the older I got I stopped.

years ago I use to but I wouldn't even dream of it now no offence to anyone who does tho...

i did when i was like 4 and 5.

then i stopped and started chewing on the excess skin beside my fingernails

such a bad habit

No!

Nope. That's one nasty habit that I don't have. Good thing you didn't ask about nose picking.

Nope. That's not a habit of mine.

Yes-The only time I don't is when I'm wearing polish.
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No. I tend to chew the cuticles/meat around my fingernails, though.


It can get out of hand sometimes and they get painful. The more you chew on it, the more there is to chew, unfortunately. I'm getting better about it though.

Raze said:

I do the same thing. I am getting better at times. Now I just do it when I am really stressed. Some times I think it is a self mutilation pain thing.

I hope to grow out of it someday completely.

nail biter here

prb said:

MrsMdiver said:

hows married life?

prb said:

Very good...we have not killed each other yet.

MrsMdiver said:

uve got urself a good one there

prb said:

Thanks! I plan on keeping him.

Your's sounds lovely as well.


I guess we are blessed.

MrsMdiver said:

I chew my fingernails but my fingers don't look like sausages
It is true that a female hand look better with long nails but trust me you can't grab things properly with them Most of my girlfriends who have long nails always complain that when one of them get broken like it is the end of the world.
I had fake acrylic nails fixed once and it felt very awkward like I had claws

I generally keep my nails short, clean and well manicured. But occasionally I get caught up in 1000 different things and neglect them... and they grow pretty fast if untouched. In those times, I'm often a nervous wreck, too, so eventually I'll chew off my nails anyway.

MrsMdiver said:

me too, except i bite & trim/cut with scissors. you can basically gauge my mental health by how my hands look.

I used tobite my nails, but I stopped ALMOST around last summer. I still bite my thumbnails. But I guess if I can stop biting my OTHER nails, I can stop that too.
But what sucks is I got a Guitar and a Bass, and right now, its easier for me to play with short fingernails.
It kinda sucks, I can FINALLY grow out my nails without biting them...but now I HAVE TO cut them down.
I want long fingernails, dammit.

evenstar3 said:

same here; i use those little scissors that always come in the nail kits

my hands are a mess right now

Protege said:

i use the ones on my swiss army knife i have bandaids on two of my fingers right now.