Nail biting: Do you do it? Does it annoy you?

Canard

I bite my nails and I hate it. My fingers don't bleed often, but it's so unsightly and can hurt a bit when you bite too far without realizing. I stopped for about a week, got stressed and didn't even realize I'd done it til I went to see if they were getting any longer! I'll stop one of these days...

looking_around

I do and it's a bad habit

I don't do it. I don't judge people who do it. But I absolutely hate it. It's the sound that annoys me the most. I'll often have to walk away if there someone near biting their nails, but it's not because I'm judging them and think they should stop. The sound of it just drives me nuts

MaroonAndGreen

I don't

Always do it when im nervous

SusieBlue

I do, and I hate it. I used to have beautiful long nails until I went into 6th year.

Now I have horrible little stubs. I spend a fortune every month on acrylic and gel nails.

I can't help it, I sometimes bite them till they bleed. Its gross.

That said I don't give two fúcks if anyone else does it, and I don't find it repulsive when other people do it either. I do, however, think stubby, bitten nails don't look very pretty, especially on a woman.

Edited to Add: I tired that varnish, it didn't put me off, I just bit through it. Sick.

I used to but don't anymore

To the poster who mentioned a nail file because their nails are sharp, just scratch your legs through your jeans for a few minutes.. Basically as good as a nail file.


And very handy if you need to sort your nails out in a hurry.

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For those looking to stop: I found normal nail polish a much better deterrent than the nasty stuff. Getting bits of polish caught in your mouth and teeth does help to turn you off it. It also helps encourage you to get them looking nice.