Actually, I’ll agree with you there. I don’t let my own nails get much longer than the tip of my finger, maybe a few mm, and I go nuts if I get gunk under my nails (also if they get broken or cracked in some way and I don’t have a pair of clippers or a file).
The pictures of the lady with the longest fingernails in the world? shudders That oogs me out.
I wouldn’t ask to touch them, but may we have a look at your seemingly nice nails? Thanks.
Count me in with the faction that doesn’t like long nails. Not only do they look creepy, but how do you do normal, human things like type and dial a phone? Do you hold babies with those talons?
I don’t have any problem dialing a phone. The only phones I have are all pushbutton, so there’s not a problem. You ‘learn’ how to type with long nails. I don’t have to hold babies anymore, since my baby is 18 years old. If I did have to hold a baby, my nails wouldn’t get in the way. I’m not going to claw anyone with them. You just learn how to do things differently when you have long nails. My nails are only 3/4" long, squared off at the tips. So, it’s not like I have talons or anything. I am a habitual hand-washer and my hands and nails are always clean. If I couldn’t keep them clean, or was too lazy to bother with keeping them clean, then I would not keep them long.
I usually cut them when I start to have trouble opening doors because my nails reach the door before my fingertips reach the knob. 
nonacetone , you have my sympathies, as my nails are also long, and I get a lot of the same thing. Hand grabbing, nail inspecting, pokes, prods, and strange questions. You are correct, you do learn how to get by with long nails - I once went from short, bitten stubs to fake nails, went to use the bathroom and nearly lost an eye. However, when you grow them out yourself, they grow slow enough that you just get used to it. When I lose a nail, things feel strange. I can’t knit properly, I have a hard time taking my contacts out, typing, etc.
My nails are not terribly long, but they do look like well done, well manicured, “reasonable-sized” fakes. I recently had to trim mine down quite a bit, since I broke three of them. It’s very frustrating. I had to stop knitting, and I won’t start again until my fingers feel “normal” again.
no screen name for now:* Awesome*.
Were they longer than the fingernails on this guy?
Do you mean Lee Redmond? I gotta say, EW!
Googling… OMFG there’s a whole slew of nuts out there! I especially like this entry:
As a male all I can say about your situation would be like your husbands wich is the Scooby “huh”?
However when I replace a male body part with the word “nails” in your story I quite enjoyed it.
no screen name for now you go, girl!
