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Possibility A: Wearing heavy jewelry can distract the eye from less attractive features. Perhaps the seller has already nabbed a partner, and is hoping to spread the joy.
I worked with a woman who had nails like that. She was a really nice person, but I always felt like the only thing anyone ever knew about her was that she had long hard curling nails.
And I always felt bad because I liked her, but her nails creeped me out and I had a hard time getting past that.
Is it something I'm missing? Do some people (other than people who have nails like this) find them attractive?
you know I really admire people who can grow their nails. For years I had to keep mine very short and they just never recovered.I can only fake it now. Sigh!
But this puts things in perspective. When picking your nose could result in a frontal lobotomy, that's when you stop I say.