Question for all young stylish men

Swissmiss
Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
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Do you paint your fingernails? I am seeing this more and more. My step-daughter's boyfriend came to dinner last week wearing black polish which was starting to chip off his nails. So, is this just a fad or do you think it will continue on?
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  • gerard54
    gerard54 Posts: 1,107 Member
    I thought it was oy a goth thing...
  • Piqueaboo
    Piqueaboo Posts: 1,193 Member
    Yes, it's trendy, just like wearing a skirt, make-up or dyeing your eyebrows yellow, blue or red. He could also be gay or a goth. I'm going to assume your step-daughter is younger than 17 so my guess is he's doing it to stand out and thus get a girlfriend :)
  • sathor
    sathor Posts: 202 Member
    I don't know about goths boys in skirts, but yeah, I have seen black polish on the emo/goths before. I don't think they get away with other colors though, and there may be other reasons for it too. (And since you have to be carded now to get nail polish remover, he may have decided to let it just wear off)
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    No.

    If my daughter's boyfriend showed up at the dinner table with his fingernails painted I'd find a new use for the carving knives.
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    yah, not just black either. gold is pretty awesome.
  • TylerJ76
    TylerJ76 Posts: 4,375 Member
    No.
    Just no...
  • agggie550
    agggie550 Posts: 281 Member
    No... cool socks that match your shirts, and pockets squares
  • mperrott2205
    mperrott2205 Posts: 737 Member
    Honestly? If a heterosexual man comes in wearing any form of nail polish then they don't know anything about being stylish.
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    Honestly? If a heterosexual man comes in wearing any form of nail polish then they don't know anything about being stylish.

    so if you're gay its ok? isn't that kinda.... racist?
  • Rak0ribz
    Rak0ribz Posts: 177 Member
    I'm neither young nor stylish, but my young and very fashion-forward (female) friend advised me to paint my nails 15 years ago, so it's been acceptable in trendy circles at least since then, I'd wager. I'd totally be on it if I had a look that fingernail polish could integrate into, but I don't have the fashion sense to pull it off.

    Letting the fingernail polish get all chipped, however, is a little much. If he's still around on his birthday, you should have your daughter buy him a manicure.

    (Also: a new use for the carving knives? Really?)
  • Lupercalia
    Lupercalia Posts: 1,857 Member
    I have a teenage son--he's just turned 18. He's stylish, and there is no way would he paint his fingernails.
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
    Well I am not that young, but yes I paint my nails black or a dark blue and have done so on and off for at least 22 yrs.
    Also I am heterosexual(not that I think it matters) Its just a matter of preference and style I guess.
  • mperrott2205
    mperrott2205 Posts: 737 Member
    Posted twice by accident :ohwell:
  • mperrott2205
    mperrott2205 Posts: 737 Member
    Honestly? If a heterosexual man comes in wearing any form of nail polish then they don't know anything about being stylish.

    so if you're gay its ok? isn't that kinda.... racist?

    I believe the term you was looking for was "homophobic". And no, not really. Just I know plenty of homosexual men who wear clear nail polish.
  • TylerJ76
    TylerJ76 Posts: 4,375 Member
    Honestly? If a heterosexual man comes in wearing any form of nail polish then they don't know anything about being stylish.

    so if you're gay its ok? isn't that kinda.... racist?

    Racist?
    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    I believe the term you was looking for was "homophobic". And no, not really. Just I know plenty of homosexual men who wear clear nail polish.

    actually i was kind of taking the piss out of you. lol. thanks for correcting my definition, top marks.

    it wouldn't really be homophobic because you are hating on straight guys. where to do meet these "homosexual friends"? chariots perhaps?
  • mperrott2205
    mperrott2205 Posts: 737 Member
    The way I see it is this, you can have your own sense of "style" but there is a global acceptance of what being "stylish" is. And too me, being stylish for a man means dressing your self like a gentleman and looking presentable in both a working and social environment.

    You wouldn't see Ryan Reynolds or David Beckham wearing nail polish would you? ;)
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
    Honestly? If a heterosexual man comes in wearing any form of nail polish then they don't know anything about being stylish.
    Says the man in a white polka-dot t-shirt and wannabe hipster profile pics lol...just ribbing ya
    wait a minute just read your last post, Ryan Reynolds/ David Beckham jeez I think you may be a fashion victim...fashion comes and goes style lasts forever.
  • mperrott2205
    mperrott2205 Posts: 737 Member
    At what point am I hating on anyone? If you want to paint your nails, go ahead I don't care, but that's hardly "stylish" now is it? Rock and Roll probably.
  • gerard54
    gerard54 Posts: 1,107 Member
    He may have a nail fungus he didn't want y'all to see...
  • MudRunLvr
    MudRunLvr Posts: 226 Member
    So long as the color matches his purse I don't see a problem.
  • mperrott2205
    mperrott2205 Posts: 737 Member
    So long as the color matches his purse I don't see a problem.

    :laugh: :laugh:
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    At what point am I hating on anyone? If you want to paint your nails, go ahead I don't care, but that's hardly "stylish" now is it? Rock and Roll probably.

    I'm don't think your hating on anyone per-se, but it is funny that you think its ok if i like boys, but not if i like girls. how does that work?
  • mperrott2205
    mperrott2205 Posts: 737 Member
    At what point am I hating on anyone? If you want to paint your nails, go ahead I don't care, but that's hardly "stylish" now is it? Rock and Roll probably.

    I'm don't think your hating on anyone per-se, but it is funny that you think its ok if i like boys, but not if i like girls. how does that work?

    ... What on Earth are you talking about? Can't you just read something how I've actually worded it instead of trying to some how interpret some secret hidden message about homosexuality?
  • trophywife24
    trophywife24 Posts: 1,472 Member
    To me, that's more of a tattooed, long haired rocker guy type statement than anything else. Some of my more gothy friends in high school would paint their nails black, too. You probably won't see the soccer dads with blue manicures but that's alright. If you like it, wear it - if you don't, don't.
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
    Good luck...just wanted to say nail polish rocks.
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    At what point am I hating on anyone? If you want to paint your nails, go ahead I don't care, but that's hardly "stylish" now is it? Rock and Roll probably.

    I'm don't think your hating on anyone per-se, but it is funny that you think its ok if i like boys, but not if i like girls. how does that work?

    ... What on Earth are you talking about? Can't you just read something how I've actually worded it instead of trying to some how interpret some secret hidden message about homosexuality?

    "Honestly? If a heterosexual man comes in wearing any form of nail polish then they don't know anything about being stylish. "

    the antithesis being, if your a gay man, ill high five your manicured hand, riiight?
  • nekoface
    nekoface Posts: 149 Member
    I'm 27, not that young and not a man, but I've seen regular, straight boys/men with painted nails all my life. I think to my generation it's pretty normal, like tattoos and bright dyed hair.
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
    Gotten to deep just backing out of this thread.
  • ryanlee77
    ryanlee77 Posts: 65 Member
    Um no!

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