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Posted by: murisopsis Original: 7/12/2009 6:59 AM Views: 53 Comments: 22 eProps: 32 Read Comments Post a Comment Back to Your Xanga Site

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Sunday, July 12, 2009

I was trained to be observant. It was part of my college experience. Because I work with animals, keen observational skills are essential. Noticing the minutia of life is one of my claims to fame, though I'm not as good as the main character on Psyche. So as I walk through my life, I notice things. The 3 males in my life are generally oblivious - they don't see dirt, disorder, or odd fashions. On numerous occasions I'll ask if they noticed a fashion, a figure, or a fad. It goes like this -

"Did you see that woman wearing the belly button ring connected to her nose with the gold chain?!!"

One or all will reply, "Nose ring? No."

"She was wearing purple stripped hip huggers and a yellow halter top."

"Mmmm, no I don't recall anyone like that."

"She had blonde hair."

"Oh, there was a blonde that we passed."

“You didn’t see the big gold chain running from her nose to her navel?”

“No. Was I supposed to?”

We went to some rummage sales and I noticed a woman with a pedicure. Not just painted toenails. Oh, no. This was the most bizarre thing I've ever seen. She had long toenails. Very long toenails. There was no way she could wear anything except sandals on her feet. I was fascinated and repulsed. Now there are women, and I work with one, that have elaborate nails. They are long and acrylic. Personally, I find long nails unattractive. Short, well kept nails are what I strive for since I have to donn surgical gloves. In fact, I've only had long nails just before my wedding (and by long I mean more than 1 mm of length). The thought that long nails are more feminine or that men find them more attractive seems a myth that begs to be debunked. Nonetheless, it is a popular fashion to have the fake nails painted in checker board patterns with the favorite NASCAR driver's number applied to the thumb nail. Young girls' first introduction to cosmetics is usually fingernail polish. But I have to know, are the long toenails done with a french pedicure really the latest craze? Do men notice and find it alluring? Or is this just one crazy woman's fetish? I'm hoping it was a manifestation of a mental abberation and not a new style....

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I've seen them before and think it's disgusting. Like you I prefer shorter nails. Pedicures are nice and help make us feel a bit more feminine but long nails like that??? *shivver* No thanks!

Posted 7/12/2009 8:28 AM by AnamcharaConcepts

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I sure hope so it is! The idea of long toenails as a style statement is so weird. YUCK!

Posted 7/12/2009 8:39 AM by Dezinerdreams

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eww, i hope not. if it really is a fashion do, i don't want to be fashionable. i prefer clean, short fingernails myself. i try to keep my toe nails long enough not to have in-growns. something makes me think men don't notice finger nails at all. ahh, all this talk is making me want to go get a mani/pedi.

Posted 7/12/2009 9:21 AM by royal_diadem - reply

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Posted 7/12/2009 11:40 AM by Ponyboygirlietoolshed - reply

unless a woman is really huge in the bust or really flat I don't notice but my husband does otherwise he say,"what purple elepant?"

Posted 7/12/2009 12:22 PM by Jillycarmel

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ps I notice things since I'm a retired nurse but when it comes to feet -I notice all the ugly toe nails and wonder why folks don't cover them up-I would if I have fungus nails.

Posted 7/12/2009 12:23 PM by Jillycarmel

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garsk ... i notice those kinds of details too ... and sometimes wonder if they were an optical illusion ... peeple can't really be that dorky can they?

Posted 7/12/2009 12:48 PM by windupherskirt

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@AnamcharaConcepts - You mean there are other women doing this?!!? what is the world coming to?

@Dezinerdreams - Glad you agree.

@royal_diadem - Go get your nails done - short doesn't = ugly.

@Ponyboygirlietoolshed - my response too.

@Jillycarmel - Yes, guys notice some things but miss everything else. Notice if she has cleavage but couldn't see the wart on her nose. Makes me wonder who women are trying to impress.

@windupherskirt - I have to say I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it. Still can't understand the why.

Posted 7/12/2009 2:20 PM by murisopsis

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My wife gets a pedicure monthly. She keeps her finger nails slightly long and polished. She is very fashionalbe. I do notice ladies shoes and toes. That started after Norma started getting the pedicures regularly. I have seen some ladies feet that were unattractive due to their bent and out of shape toes.

frank

Posted 7/12/2009 7:08 PM by ANVRSADDAY

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Long toenails really disgust me. *shudder* I do like pedicured feet, and a French pedicure is nice, but I think it should be short and neat on the toes. Same with fingernails. I don't like long nails at all.

Posted 7/12/2009 7:32 PM by WakeUpLaughing - reply

Lots of Love

Yes, my daughter, you are most observant. Thanks to you, Daddy lived a lot longer. You were the one who diagnosed the melanoma on his arm 20 or so years ago and made me promise I'd call the doctor as soon as we got home! You didn't call it "melanoma" but said you'd seen the same thing in animals and then emphasized, "IT IS VERY SERIOUS, Mom!" So I thank you for your observational skills. And I agree that long toenails are icky.

Posted 7/12/2009 8:03 PM by Gma_Joyce - reply

Long nails, on toes or fingers, don't do any thing for me either. That is totally disgusting. I do get pedicure every month, but the nails are short and trimmed. Same thing with my finger nails. I could never examine an abdomen or do a pelvic exam with long nails, so I have never really had long nails ever. But like my toe nails, I keep them trimmed and short and feel uncomfortable if they grow out even a mm. That reminds me, I need to clip my nails.

Posted 7/12/2009 8:21 PM by ZSA_MD

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I don't know if it's a style, but if so, it's one I'll definitely be avoiding . . . nasty!

Posted 7/12/2009 8:22 PM by jacksoncroons

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@ANVRSADDAY - @WakeUpLaughing - @ZSA_MD - A pedicure is a pampering kind of thing. My feet are so ticklish that I've never considered a professional pedicure - I just do my own...

@Gma_Joyce - At least someone listens to me! A nickle for everytime I could have said "I told you so" at work and I'd be able to retire.

@ZSA_MD - I am sure your hands were always perfectly groomed. I don't think I could go to a MD with talons or chewed up dirty nails! But then I've never met a doctor that didn't keep their nails and hand nice.

@jacksoncroons - It was shocking. I was going to point it out to my husband but was afraid he wouldn't be discrete... Didn't want to risk him shouting "Her toenails?! What about her toenails?"

Posted 7/12/2009 11:23 PM by murisopsis

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i thought the appeal of long nails was (or at least used to be) a status symbol, because it meant that the woman didn't have to do much work and had people (e.g. servants) doing everything for her. of course, i personally thing that long nails are extremely impractical, and that long toenails are particularly pointless, but hey, i'm a guy, what do i know? hahaha

Posted 7/13/2009 8:02 AM by kunhuo42 - reply

As far as guys not being observant of women, we do observe the female body, dress, mannerisms, etc. but there is little of interest below the knee.

Posted 7/13/2009 9:03 AM by OldDogSparky - reply

@kunhuo42 - Perhaps it started as a status symbol - people have a habit of taking things to extremes. lol

@OldDogSparky - that explains so much... lol

Posted 7/13/2009 11:41 AM by murisopsis

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Ewww @ the toe nails. I really like the acrylic finger nails but I keep those really short too, like flush w/ the finger short. I have my hands in water a lot and my nails break so easy and the acrylics are a fad to me they come and go. Right now they're gone and mine are short filed and clean.

My pet peeve is dirty nails.

Posted 7/13/2009 11:55 AM by WintersWitch - reply

I guess living in the ATL or Hot-lanta, I see a lot of this. There are even songs about it. "Pro Nails" by Kid Sister is one. Personally, I think the toe thing is gross. We call them "ghetto toes" here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VnMFgbmtM0

Posted 7/13/2009 5:24 PM by slccole - reply

@slccole - AAARRRGGGHHH! Ghetto toes are too gross to even imagine - Who's nutty idea was it in the first place and why would anyone follow this lead!! I'm not afraid to say it -The emperor has no clothes!!

Posted 7/13/2009 5:38 PM by murisopsis

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I too have seen those toe nails and am repulsed beyond description. Yuck! My nails, fingernails, are very moderate in length, but rarely polished. Clipping them is all I do. Can't stand the fuss and bother. Really can't stand the application of an emery board. I go nuts. I don't like the french manicure toenails either. I just don't think toenails should be long enough to do that. Guess I am a fashion dud.

Posted 7/13/2009 11:13 PM by adventofreason

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@adventofreason - Nah. You are among the sane and normal folks. I imagine there must be some virus or parasite (brain worm) that would induce someone to grow their toenails that long...

Posted 7/13/2009 11:29 PM by murisopsis

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