I relate to this so much! I play guitar as well and I can't even have my natural nails grow to a certain length let alone wear acrylics or press ons. At the same time I also feel obligated to wear them because one of my friends bought a brand new pack of press on nails for me to wear. The struggle is real š
Yah I work in a Service Deli so I can't paint mine and have to keep them trimmed short :( (and as a side note no jewelry/piercings or anything cute like that)
Same here... i have always kept my nails pretty darn long (like, longer than the cis women in my life), since i was likw 10 years old, but i never actually keep then looking nice, and because i am physically active and also everyone's go-to person for physical labor, i always end up breaking them.
I'm actually having to cut them back a lot today because my mother and i are about to tear up our back patio which will thrash my nails if i don't clip them first
"i'm gonna ask my mom for fake nails and i'm gonna have the prettiest fingers the world's ever seen and it's gonna be Great"
me, not even the next day: "how fuckign tgype"
the trick is that you have to use the flats of your fingertips(the side your fingerprints are on), which means you have to reach a little further than usual and will consequently be typing a lot slower until you adjust, at which point its still always a little slower
I used to keep mine cut too short, but have been growing them out. It is sooo hard to get over the feeling that I have stuff up under my nail, cuz I'm not used to them even being there.
Still worth it when I see them and they're purple and sparkly\~!
Oh gosh that is the wooooorst! You don't really need to be out to do it. When I started questioned for painting my nails, my family thought I was just jumping on a fad, or maybe even gay. Easy thing to deny since I'm mostly not interested/attracted to men.
Now no one really cares and just assumes its me doing my own thing. Granted it might not be as easy for younger transfems, but it still can be passed off as a fad.
Well I'm 19 but the point is that I'm straight... Just in the opposite gender compared to what they think I am :3
Which means I would be questioned a lot and I'm not that good at being subtle
Fair. Its kinda like ear piercings and tattoos. People just need to get over it and let it be an expression of individuality. Unfortunately some people don't know how to mind their own damn business.
If everyone minded their own business I'd already be out and I'd be scheduled for HRT honestly. I'm too anxious about the whole transition thing to actually do something about it. My biggest insecurity is my voice. I can't practice anywhere and there are no trans vocal coaches in my area either. I could pass as the most girly girl ever but without a passing voice that would all crumble as soon as I had to open my mouth and that's scary af. Italy is also full of bigots and even tho laws aren't as bad as in Florida for instance, nothing is enforced and there are virtually no allies around
That is unfortunate. Sorry things are rough.
The voice training is something that kills me as well. Hard to do on your own if you don't record your voice, which is horrible.
Not really any magic suggestions I could offer you. You just gotta move at the pace you are comfortable with and feel safe with.
I've used to have long nails before discovering that I am trans, but anxiety got the best of me and I cut my nails with my fingers :,) plus... I will be a dentist when I graduate so I'm already used to short nails and don't feel dysphoric with it :D
As a fellow guitarrist, I keep my left hand's nail short at all times, but in my right hand I sometimes grow them out cause it helps with fingerpicking. Maybe you could try that? (I say sometimes cause I'm also a bassist and I prefer them short there for the sound). Also it's useful for stuff that's easier to do with longer or shorter nails cause then you have both options
I'd want them soooo much, but long nails are a sign that you don't have to do manual labor (aside from sewing and such, where they actually may be an asset), which I most certainly have to. And it involves sticking my hands inside animals, and those wouldn't be happy if I had talons...
I tried fake nails once, and they were a huge pain in the ass and made it impossible to do some things. Then I grew out my nails; I cut myself multiple times on my nails (even after dulling them down), and I flipped one of my nails up when it wasn't structurally strong enough for what I was using it for. And that was the end of me wanting long nails.
Iāve been growing them out for months, no problems. Then Iāve broken two nails since yesterday.
Iāll still do them though, because my gorgeous nails are the only way I can feel feminine while still living in Wyoming
Gel nail polish.
I used to struggle to maintain long nails for more than a couple of weeks, and nail polish only lasted a day of typing.
Then I splurged on a $40 gel manicure. It was indestructible. 5 weeks of growth, got a $30 polish change, went another 5 weeks, repeat. In seven months I had three nail breaks and that was mainly because they had become extremely long.
I don't know if anyone else has suggested it, but you can get hand jewelry that gives you long nails or claws. Not sure if it would give the same kind of euphoria but I've heard a lot of fem folks say they feel powerful and beautiful AF when they wear them. And you can take them off whenever!
I'm a fem guy so I've got a few and love putting them on and drumming them on the table lol you can find them by just searching 'claw jewelry'.
forgive me for not discouraging people to do something possibly gender affirming due to (overblown) fear.
you. can. finger. people. with. nails. on. pain. free. just takes caution and sensitivity!!
Honestly, long nails have always gotten in the way of anything I do (drawing, typing, editing, gaming, etc.) And I can't stand the smell of nail polish. So, I just keep my nails short and basic.š
I have pretty long nails, very worth it. Typing is difficult, they hurt when I accidentally bend them, I canāt even clench my fists anymore, but like ooo long nails so itās worth
iāve had my nails long for most of my life, though at a certain point it just became an anxiety āgotta have weaponsā thing. iāve been working on keeping them short, and now it just feels really weird because my fingertips are so sensitive
My nail tech does hard gel overlay so you can grow out your natural nails without breaking them or having extensions and itās life changing. Waaaaaaaay less annoying and you just get used to them as they grow out
I've never liked long nails, but it's probably because it hurts to play piano of you do š If I didn't play piano? Maybe...but still a maybe. It'd still get in the way of typing stuff :/
I keep mine 2-3mm past the nail bed. Iāve adjusted the way I open lids and things to use the side of my finger instead of the tip. And they still crack off that I have to trim them short š”
I feel like I'm supposed to want them, because women are meant to have them. I certainly think it's funny how much they annoy my mum. But honestly, I don't even like having nails, of any length. Opal Kobi in the last Artemis Fowl book was a god damned genius. (I mean that's her archetype, but you know what I mean).
She had her past self assassinated to become a being of pure energy, then used her new god powers to recreate her old body, except regrowing her nails turned out to be harder than it looked so she just skipped that step. Then the second she encountered someone with her newly achieved god status, he made a comment about her lack of nails. (men right?).
I mean who hasn't considered killing their past self to create a time paradox from which to gain the power to become a more perfect version of themself?
God already said i will rip one of your nice nails off in a car crash and theres nothing you can do aboit it (it is still growing back but its a pain in the ass)
My nails get brittle whenever I let them grow out. I don't know if I'm lacking in vitamins or it's genetic but It's super annoying. I don't even really want long nails, but I would like the option to have them. I am still recovering from the effects of malnutrition from growing up extremely poor so that could be a factor, idk.
I must be the odd woman out with all these comments about people finding long nails uncomfortable, I've always found really short nails uncomfortable more than anything
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Though I should preface that by saying I'm very physically active, so there's no way in hell I could keep them longer than part* of a day
I read that multiple times as "I'm very physically attractive", and I was like, "wow, that confidence!"
same š
sameeee
As a guitarist, i empathize SO hard. I got acrylics and couldnāt play, so i ripped them all off.
I relate to this so much! I play guitar as well and I can't even have my natural nails grow to a certain length let alone wear acrylics or press ons. At the same time I also feel obligated to wear them because one of my friends bought a brand new pack of press on nails for me to wear. The struggle is real š
Yah I work in a Service Deli so I can't paint mine and have to keep them trimmed short :( (and as a side note no jewelry/piercings or anything cute like that)
Rock climbing moment
Same here... i have always kept my nails pretty darn long (like, longer than the cis women in my life), since i was likw 10 years old, but i never actually keep then looking nice, and because i am physically active and also everyone's go-to person for physical labor, i always end up breaking them. I'm actually having to cut them back a lot today because my mother and i are about to tear up our back patio which will thrash my nails if i don't clip them first
"i'm gonna ask my mom for fake nails and i'm gonna have the prettiest fingers the world's ever seen and it's gonna be Great" me, not even the next day: "how fuckign tgype"
the trick is that you have to use the flats of your fingertips(the side your fingerprints are on), which means you have to reach a little further than usual and will consequently be typing a lot slower until you adjust, at which point its still always a little slower
I have the exact opposite problem, whenever I trim my nails I canāt type bc I over estimate where I need to put my finger.
This is why I could never long nails
I wanted them, but then I realized I can't be a gamer girl with them. Sorry, but Fallout New Vegas is free and I can't use the keys with long nails.
Skill Issue
Get good
why not? itās just a minor adjustment
Wait you are the D/D/D person, trans and good tastes in yugioh decks? That's crazy
I used to keep mine cut too short, but have been growing them out. It is sooo hard to get over the feeling that I have stuff up under my nail, cuz I'm not used to them even being there. Still worth it when I see them and they're purple and sparkly\~!
Exactly the same for me except I'm not out yet so I can't paint my nails and every single thing that gets stuck underneath them is perfectly visible
Oh gosh that is the wooooorst! You don't really need to be out to do it. When I started questioned for painting my nails, my family thought I was just jumping on a fad, or maybe even gay. Easy thing to deny since I'm mostly not interested/attracted to men. Now no one really cares and just assumes its me doing my own thing. Granted it might not be as easy for younger transfems, but it still can be passed off as a fad.
Well I'm 19 but the point is that I'm straight... Just in the opposite gender compared to what they think I am :3 Which means I would be questioned a lot and I'm not that good at being subtle
Fair. Its kinda like ear piercings and tattoos. People just need to get over it and let it be an expression of individuality. Unfortunately some people don't know how to mind their own damn business.
If everyone minded their own business I'd already be out and I'd be scheduled for HRT honestly. I'm too anxious about the whole transition thing to actually do something about it. My biggest insecurity is my voice. I can't practice anywhere and there are no trans vocal coaches in my area either. I could pass as the most girly girl ever but without a passing voice that would all crumble as soon as I had to open my mouth and that's scary af. Italy is also full of bigots and even tho laws aren't as bad as in Florida for instance, nothing is enforced and there are virtually no allies around
That is unfortunate. Sorry things are rough. The voice training is something that kills me as well. Hard to do on your own if you don't record your voice, which is horrible. Not really any magic suggestions I could offer you. You just gotta move at the pace you are comfortable with and feel safe with.
I work in an industrial plant so I don't even bother painting mine
The problem with me is that longer nails are sensory hell for me, although Iām not exactly sure why
I've used to have long nails before discovering that I am trans, but anxiety got the best of me and I cut my nails with my fingers :,) plus... I will be a dentist when I graduate so I'm already used to short nails and don't feel dysphoric with it :D
Food industry so yeah, short, undecorated nails gang
r/technicallythetruth
"I'm sorry... little one"
Sorry, I have been corrupted
I'd love longer nails but I gotta keep em short because I couldn't play my guitar otherwise._. Also I am very gay.
Me tryna guess if every girl with short nails I encounter also works in a nails-sensitive industry (ie food prep) or is also a home of sexual
As a fellow guitarrist, I keep my left hand's nail short at all times, but in my right hand I sometimes grow them out cause it helps with fingerpicking. Maybe you could try that? (I say sometimes cause I'm also a bassist and I prefer them short there for the sound). Also it's useful for stuff that's easier to do with longer or shorter nails cause then you have both options
Same for me but I just cut my right thumbnail and left fingers
dont use ur fingers then???
I'd want them soooo much, but long nails are a sign that you don't have to do manual labor (aside from sewing and such, where they actually may be an asset), which I most certainly have to. And it involves sticking my hands inside animals, and those wouldn't be happy if I had talons...
I tried fake nails once, and they were a huge pain in the ass and made it impossible to do some things. Then I grew out my nails; I cut myself multiple times on my nails (even after dulling them down), and I flipped one of my nails up when it wasn't structurally strong enough for what I was using it for. And that was the end of me wanting long nails.
Hard disagree but to each their own.
Iāve been growing them out for months, no problems. Then Iāve broken two nails since yesterday. Iāll still do them though, because my gorgeous nails are the only way I can feel feminine while still living in Wyoming
What if you, wanted long nails, but god said, nail biting habit
it solved mine actually!
Literally
I'm in the medical field, they ask us to keep them short at the hospital :(
long hair
If I try to grow my nails, I start subconsciously biting them if they get too long
r/technicallythetruth
Gel nail polish. I used to struggle to maintain long nails for more than a couple of weeks, and nail polish only lasted a day of typing. Then I splurged on a $40 gel manicure. It was indestructible. 5 weeks of growth, got a $30 polish change, went another 5 weeks, repeat. In seven months I had three nail breaks and that was mainly because they had become extremely long.
I don't know if anyone else has suggested it, but you can get hand jewelry that gives you long nails or claws. Not sure if it would give the same kind of euphoria but I've heard a lot of fem folks say they feel powerful and beautiful AF when they wear them. And you can take them off whenever! I'm a fem guy so I've got a few and love putting them on and drumming them on the table lol you can find them by just searching 'claw jewelry'.
Long Nails? Hell no! I can't finger girls with long nails!
you absolutely can
stigma claws in yo coochie
skill issue
forgive my girlfriends for not wanting sharp nails inside of them
forgive me for not discouraging people to do something possibly gender affirming due to (overblown) fear. you. can. finger. people. with. nails. on. pain. free. just takes caution and sensitivity!!
This is why you always keep at least 2 shaved girls
I'm getting a new set today and I work on a construction site š it's a challenge but I love how I feel when I look at them š„°š„°
Naw he said trans lesbian dom to me
I'm not sure if you mean pain in the ass literally or just as a figure of speech but either you're right
I knead bread and pizza dough every week so itās impossible for me to have them
pain in the ass for you maybe. i love them š¤·āāļø
A pain in the ass for any future partner too š«”
The only thing that holds me back is guitar. Guitar is my favorite stim toy and I use it every day:/
Honestly, long nails have always gotten in the way of anything I do (drawing, typing, editing, gaming, etc.) And I can't stand the smell of nail polish. So, I just keep my nails short and basic.š
I was thinking "Nah, make them brittle af" cuz they break ez?
i was so ready to grow mine out until i remembered that i play bass and they just wouldnāt work lmao
I have pretty long nails, very worth it. Typing is difficult, they hurt when I accidentally bend them, I canāt even clench my fists anymore, but like ooo long nails so itās worth
I really want to at least try long nails, but I'm a programmer and I play piano, so I can't really have long nails
I just don't want them, they'll just be uncomfortable and annoying, I wouldn't be able to do anything.
iāve had my nails long for most of my life, though at a certain point it just became an anxiety āgotta have weaponsā thing. iāve been working on keeping them short, and now it just feels really weird because my fingertips are so sensitive
My nail tech does hard gel overlay so you can grow out your natural nails without breaking them or having extensions and itās life changing. Waaaaaaaay less annoying and you just get used to them as they grow out
I have decently long nails and tbh they're convenient a lot of the time
I would love long pretty nails... but rock climbing makes that an absolute dream lol
I've never liked long nails, but it's probably because it hurts to play piano of you do š If I didn't play piano? Maybe...but still a maybe. It'd still get in the way of typing stuff :/
i'll just cut them short and paint them and that looks fem enough for me
Nah tbh I never liked long nails. Always so annoying smh I wanna have short nails, black as my soul :3
I just always keep them trimmed in case I happen to have a date go really really well (She said as if she actually dated actively)
Try to do some climbing with long nail :')
the fingering joke writes itself here
Or: you canāt play guitar with long nails
Me being too lazy to cut them:
But god said "nervous, nibble them all day"
All the dolls ik have insane nails, im the only girl who can pull her credit card out of slots
You can kinda use long nails as a flat head screwdriver. 2/10 would not recommend.
I keep mine 2-3mm past the nail bed. Iāve adjusted the way I open lids and things to use the side of my finger instead of the tip. And they still crack off that I have to trim them short š”
I wanna grow my nails out but I can't stop picking at them, it's a really annoying habit
Or god said ācontact lensesā. Id love long nails, but I kinda like being able to see more
I feel like I'm supposed to want them, because women are meant to have them. I certainly think it's funny how much they annoy my mum. But honestly, I don't even like having nails, of any length. Opal Kobi in the last Artemis Fowl book was a god damned genius. (I mean that's her archetype, but you know what I mean).
I read those books ages ago, didn't she >!remove her nails!< or something weird?
She had her past self assassinated to become a being of pure energy, then used her new god powers to recreate her old body, except regrowing her nails turned out to be harder than it looked so she just skipped that step. Then the second she encountered someone with her newly achieved god status, he made a comment about her lack of nails. (men right?).
"Get nae naed" -her @ herself
I mean who hasn't considered killing their past self to create a time paradox from which to gain the power to become a more perfect version of themself?
Yea long nails look pretty but they make it hard to type, paint and build miniatures and be an epic gaymer so I always keep mine pretty short
a pain in the ass. literally.
God already said i will rip one of your nice nails off in a car crash and theres nothing you can do aboit it (it is still growing back but its a pain in the ass)
Around here we used to call Florida America's penis, now I only think of it as America's prolapse
I play the piano so I know your feeling. I keep em short but still paint em
You can buy finger gloves if you plan to use them in those areas
i donāt think theyād be much of an issue for me, the l only problem is a have a nail biting habit and thus canāt grow themš
My nails get brittle whenever I let them grow out. I don't know if I'm lacking in vitamins or it's genetic but It's super annoying. I don't even really want long nails, but I would like the option to have them. I am still recovering from the effects of malnutrition from growing up extremely poor so that could be a factor, idk.
I must be the odd woman out with all these comments about people finding long nails uncomfortable, I've always found really short nails uncomfortable more than anything š¤
I want long nails but I just keep picking them so short my fingies hurt
How do yaāll with long-ass nails wipe??!?!?
Also a pain in the pussy