So, this question was verbalized to me so i do not have the conversation VERBATIM, but it went something like this:
Me: J what have you always wanted to ask me.
J: Well. It seems a little weird, but I’ve always wondered, would girls rather if a guy has perfectly manicured fingernails?
And then I stifled a giggle. MANICURED FINGERNAILS? I am not that kind of girl. At all. But then I thought some more about it, and did a little research with some of my straight(er) friends.. and it turns out, girls (at least many of the ones I talked to) DO prefer nails that are kept neat and short. So, it appears that the answer to this question depends on the type of girls that you’re trying to attract. I highly suspect J is more interested in the types of girls I talked to rather than girls like myself, so the answer to his question would be a definitive, yes. However, I find this debatable.
When I like boys, I think I like boys who are too busy doing tough, “manly” things, to worry about the state of their nails, and I usually don’t stop to notice what their hands looks like because I’m too distracted thinking about what it will be like for them to throw me against something and make out with me wildly. (As my women’s studies teacher dies a little inside hearing me say that.) But, really, for as queer as I am and I can be, mostly I find nothing sexier than a little traditional gender role playing. And I don’t think I really care about the state of my girlfriends fingernails either. Also for the previous reason.
But I’m not a particularly pulled together girl myself. When I got home from my cabbing shift last night, I found myself looking at my hands before washing my face at 2 AM, and not only were they absolutely grimy, they were also about about two weeks too long. So, it just goes to show.
That said, I find this literally terrifying.
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